Review – Trading Eminis With Trading Concepts Inc.
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For those curious or willing to take on the challenge of learning a new investment methodology, Trading Concepts Inc offers a home study package on how to trade Emini futures.
Eminis are electronically traded futures that are much smaller than existing futures contracts traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. The claimed advantages to trading Emini contracts include greater liquidity and flexibility. The most popular Eminis are those that track popular stock indexes such as the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq 100.
The home study Emini Trading System course provides a wide assortment of preparatory material, including a 250+ page comprehensive manual, 4 professionally shot video tapes (50+ page manual), 3 hours of professionally recorded audio cd’s (50+ page manual), unlimited phone/e-mail consultation, free unlimited access into the members area, and a free day of market training.
It Does Take Personal Effort and There Are Risks
Trading Concepts Inc. claims that the average student will take roughly one to two months provided they are prepared to spend between five and eight study hours on the course a week, to learn and actually begin using and profiting from Emini trading.
The company’s website does acknowledge that while futures and options trading offer potentially significant rewards, day trading does involve high risks and you can lose a lot of money. As always, please do very thorough research, and be careful.




January 14th, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I wanted to know if your charts are in candlestick form?
I watched the free dvd and I got a bit confused because
most of us use candlesticks for charting especially
the e minis.
January 18th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Hi Ernesto, I used to have the question, but since I got the course, everithing clear up, everithing is the same, using cadle charts or bars charts, I’m really happy with the course.
February 11th, 2009 at 8:29 pm
I am at the point of making a final decision on ordering the TC course.
Anyone have any issues/concerns with the materials?
May 21st, 2009 at 4:36 pm
To day is May 21st, 2009.
I Would love to hear a reaction from somebody who has recently joined TC – purchased the Trading Concepts Inc course.
How long have you been trading futures? How long have you been trading with using the TC course principles?
Do you find that this course to be helpful? Has it help you to improve your futures trading results?
Have your odds of positive consistent trade results improved since taking this course?
Do you feel the $2500 investment in this course was worthwile and would you rcommend it to your brother/sister?
Thank you for your HONEST answers and I will be more than happy to exchange my experience trading E’Minis with various Tech. methods.
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:11 am
Lisa, it is totally worthed, I been trading for about 2 months, been having the course for about 7 months, and I trully can tell you that have been the best thing that I have done on my futures trading approaching, the videos that He post every day are the key for the success, but also the undestanding from begin to end of the course, I have done the invest back already.
Good look with your decision.
September 15th, 2009 at 10:24 pm
I purchased the course and I can say that it is essentially another smoke and mirrors scam. It may come as a surprise to some people that he does not even use this system to trade! Just sits back using hindsight and then points out where the entries and exits would have been. Professional traders don’t sell educational systems, because they are too busy and too succesful. Waste of money. Do not recommend.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Unfortunately I’d have to agree with RT. While trading is about individual effort and willingness to put in the hours, it would be nice if the mentor is actually a successful trader. Now, I’m not saying that he is not, but all kinds of yellow flags have to go up when the only the main approach to mentoring is a bunch of marked up charts AFTER THE FACT. That’s an industry wide trick. Don’t fall for it.
October 12th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
I have had the Trading Concepts course for over 10 years and I have made a ton of money with what is taught in the program. Todd Mitchell is a great teacher and the trading principles he teaches have changed my life. So, for any negative comments that have been made about Todd Mitchell and Trading Concepts I really can’t understand that one bit. Anybody out there that is truly serious about their trading MUST take the Trading Concepts program, it’s truly a life changer.
December 24th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I purchased the Trading Concepts course and do not recommend it. The guy who peddles the course does not trade for a living, he sells educational materials. The service is crap and the system’s entries and exits are a joke. I am at a loss at the positive comments here. If you bought ten years ago as some of the responds seem to suggest, when the course was selling at a fraction, that may make sense. Otherwise, stay away. Trading concepts is not a reputable firm.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
As a long time trader at both the retail and institutional levels, I find the negative comments perplexing. The material is fairly straight forward and certainly in the realm of mainstream trading. Further, Todd has a Emini trading room where you can see him and an associate trade this system effectively.
January 8th, 2010 at 5:48 pm
I would like to contact RT, GH, or DRV. I am considering purchasing the course. Please contact me at tbonds1234@yahoo.com
January 22nd, 2010 at 11:14 am
does anyone have any news on top dog trading, been looking bto purchase but need some feed back???????
January 23rd, 2010 at 10:52 pm
Trading Concepts emini program is a joke. Does not work and their “trading room” service is a complete fraud. If I had followed this “expert” (Todd Mitchell) I would have lost a fortune. Then when I called him he said “Jared Putnam” is the guy who does the room and he “personally trained him”. If he trained him on how to LOSE money he did a wonderful job. This guy does NOT trading for a living – he is a salesman and NOT a trader.
AVOID THIS COMPANY.
February 13th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
AVOID THIS COMPANY AT ALL COST
RUN DO NOT WALK, HE DOES NOT HONOR HIS GUARANTEE ( TODD MITCHELL)
THE PROGRAM IS A JOKED IT DOSENT WORK IS OUT DATED
HE DOES NOT TRADE.
February 19th, 2010 at 11:24 am
The guy is a shister, at best. Loads of promises and no follow through. The “massive 250 page manual” is mostly really old, poorly reproduced charts. The production is so poor you can barely make them out. He promises a nightly update on the “membes only” portion of his website and he’ll get maybe a third of the month up.
When he does get a video up, it’s so obvious that he’s cherry picking a five year old could figure it out. The trading room is a bigger joke. The clown in there couldn’t trade his way out of the proverbial wet paper sack. Run, do not walk, away from these people.
Now I understand he’s working on a FX program to bilk more money out of more people.