J. Mark Kinoff

Senior Trader

Mark Kinoff has traded futures and stocks for over twenty years. In that time he has traded his personal account and managed a number of private accounts. Currently, Mark splits his time between trading on the floors of the CBOT, as well as publishing a nightly commentary which is drawn on by fund managers, commercial clients, brokers, and individual speculators. He is registered with the NFA as a sole proprietor Commodity Trading Advisor. His extensive background includes Broker Assistant, Floor Broker, Floor Trader, Private Account Manager, and CTA, giving him immeasurable experience of all facets of the trading arena. A technical specialist with emphasis on wave patterns, market psychology, classical technical analysis and chart pattern recognition, Mark has earned a reputation as a top technician in the futures trading industry. Proficient in the design of proprietary trading systems, Mark has developed a number of computerized "black box" trading programs. Mark also serves as a private consultant to commercial grain marketers and livestock farmers, working with them to optimize hedging strategies, as well as providing guidance and education to speculators who wish to improve their trading performance and better understand market dynamics and technical analysis. The Core Report is Mark's daily advisory service, which outlines his observations of potential trading opportunities, with a strong emphasis on education and the methods involved in his trade selections and opinions. Mark's recent articles have been published in the August '04 Active Trader Magazine, October '04 Working Money and the December '04 issue of technical Analysis of Stocks and Commodities magazine. 

J. Mark Kinoff is a current member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and a registered CTA with the National Futures Association.

Scott Barrie:

Scott is an expert on the fundamental, technical and seasonal nature of the markets. Scott has been in the futures industry for well over a decade. He not only worked as a floor trader, he also served as a risk consultant to major international banks, private fund manager, and brokerage firm analyst. He now leads a private research group whose clients include brokerage firms, grain elevators, hedgers and speculators. Scott is also the author of the Grain and Livestock Trader's Almanacs, The Complete Idiots Guide To Options and Futures and The Complete Idiots Guide To Market Timing. At this seminar, Scott will share some incredible tricks of the trade for profiting from movements in the markets, limiting your risk, and taking your trading to the same level as that of professionals and institutions.