Meetings with the Legends of the World
When I first started this work, I didn’t know right from wrong, so I studied only by reading the assigned material, “Technical Analysis of the Futures Market” by John J. Murphy, and the product manuals. However, as I began visiting clients, I was seated in the dealing room and learned how to use things and what the market is on the spot, and it turned into a case of “learning the scriptures by reading from the gate where the apprentice stands.”J.Murphy’s book, and I also read product manuals as my only study method. But as I soon began visiting clients and was seated in the dealing room, I learned how to use things and what the market is on the spot, which became the adage that “the apprentice reads the scriptures at the gate.”1994 year, when I first visited Chicago for a training assignment, CME, and CBOT on a tour of the trading floor. At that time I could still go if I were taken inside by floor veterans or people related to it; outside the Pit (the area where orders are matched) you could pass.
1996 year, when I again went to Chicago for a dealer-distributor meeting, Futures Industrial Association’s annual EXPO, while walking around, OMEGA’s booth, I met the woman in charge of international marketing for the first time. She introduced me to Thomas R. DeMark, and EasyLanguage was created by Samuel K. Tennis. DeMark’s asked if I wouldn’t translate his books and analysis series for sale in Japan, but at that time I didn’t know how to translate or how to sell them in Japan, so I avoided committing Samuel K, who was with a large parrot, simply said, “If you’re doing your own books, email me if you don’t understand anything.”
Indeed1996 year in Japan, I suddenly began helping a seminar by a teacher who had taught me technical analysis, and I was in charge of the seminar the day after the seminar of a leading company in the same line of business.Larry Williams didn’t know what I was selling. At first I was told that only end-of-day data would be enough, but during preparation, TradeStation was available in real time, and I suddenly received instructions like “display this chart this way” and “show this indicator,” and so on.
Since then, in this line of work, I have come into contact with people who became well-known even among Japanese, and with many who are now regarded as legends. Some remain famous, others disappear, but there is one thing I know: the people who are called legends give seminars and publish books not merely to earn money, but to let others know what they are doing now. They may not be able to fit everything into one place, but there is no ulterior motive; it is simply a genuine desire to share what they are doing with those who watch, and certainly not to deceive for income. That is why these people are called legends, and those who are not may end up disappearing.
(Next time, catching a glimpse of the professional stance from legends)
