Trader’s Narrative

I’ve contacted the winner of my “Way of the Turtle” book giveaway (Kris) and made delivery arrangements. Hope they enjoy their copy as much as I enjoyed mine.

Thank you to all who entered with insightful comments

After writing my review of Curtis Faith’s “Way of the Turtle“, he graciously sent me a signed copy of the book as a gift. Which means that my original copy is now redundant.

So I’m giving it away. I know what you’re thinking. I just wrapped up my first contest and here’s the second one!

What can I say? I can’t have two copies hanging around, can I?

How to Enter the Trader’s Narrative “Way of the Turtle” Giveaway:

All you have to do is to leave a comment on this blog.

Yup, that easy. For this contest, anyone can enter. Just leave a comment on any post you like. Go back to previous posts (bottom of page, left hand corner), check out the Recent Posts on the sidebar or visit the “Best Of Trader’s Narrative” section and see if a post there piques your interest. Then leave a comment. But please, make sure that your comment is meaningful. Not something spammy like: “here’s my comment for the book giveaway”.

That sort of comment will not only not win, it will probably be erased. Instead, tell me if you like/dislike something I’ve written or if you agree or disagree and most importantly why. I would also like to hear from you if you have suggestions for future blog posts or this blog in general. Basically, use your own judgement to make sure your comment has some value. And don’t forget to provide a valid email. It will not be shown to others and I will only use it to reach the lucky winner and find out their address.

You can increase your chances of winning by leaving more than one comment. So, enter the giveaway as much as you like. Just make sure you are contributing something and not just ’spamming’.

When Will the Winner Be Announced?

At the end of the month, I’ll use a random number generator to pick one lucky commenter’s name from among the comments I receive from now until then.

Who Can Enter?

This giveaway is open to the whole world - not just US or North America. So if you’re somewhere in Nepal, you can still enter. Just allow enough time for the yak to deliver the book.

My buddy who took a law course at night-school tells me to add: “Void where prohibited by law”

And don’t forget to visit Curtis Faith’s own blog for some great insight and to get a free preview of the first 25 pages of The Way of the Turtle.

And the winner of my first trading blog contest is…

Contact me to claim your prize!

I hope you enjoy your free 6-month access to SentimenTrader, gain insight into the markets and above all make lots of $$$

I want to thank everyone who entered. I wish I could have given all of you the prize. The next best thing is to take up Jason Goepfert’s offer of a free 14 day trial. It is a zero cost, risk-free way of getting full access to SentimenTrader (including their massive archives) and seeing if they can add value to your trading.

Also, if you haven’t already, add my feed to your reader or subscribe by email (look over at the sidebar where the RSS button is) because I’ll continue to feature and talk about some of Jason Goepfert’s market calls and analysis.

If you’re curious about the quality of Jason’s work, check out my newly added virtual hard drive for his award winning (Charles H. Dow) paper on mutual fund cash reserves and their implications for the stock market.

For those curious how the winner was chosen: I kept track of the contest entries, numbered them and then used an online random number generator to pick the winner.

It’s time for my first trading blog contest!

This contest is for all the amazing blogs out there that I read everyday. I’ve learned so much from you all. This is a small way in which I hope to repay your generosity and hard work.

The prize is 6 months of access to SentimenTrader .

That’s a face value of $100 US! but the opportunity for you to make money based on information you learn there is priceless.

You’ve read my review, now here is what some others think about Jason and SentimenTrader:

“Jason Goepfert, President and CEO of Sundial Capital Research, is…a statistician par excellence…” - Don Hays

“I’ve never seen such a unique and skilled approach to sentiment and its financial applications.” - Todd Harrison

“One of the best ’stats’ men on the market is Jason Goepfert. He has a nifty site… and is a master at looking at data to see if it has any usefulness in predicting future market moves.” - Gary B. Smith

“Jason Goepfert is a hard worker, always looking for new angles from which to read the mass mind.” - Alexander Elder

To win the Trader’s Narrative Trading Blog Contest, all you have to do is make a post in your blog about it. That simple! Link to my blog with the anchor texts “stock trading”; to SentimenTrader.com with the anchor text, “SentimenTrader.com: Analysis Over Emotion in the Stock and Bond Markets” and link to this post to help others find out about the contest.

Here’s an example of what I mean:

Trader’s Narrative, Babak’s stock trading blog, is having its first trading blog contest. He’s giving away six months of access to SentimenTrader.com: Analysis Over Emotion in the Stock and Bond Markets! To enter, all you have to do is to write about the contest. This is my entry. Here is how you can enter this trading blog contest.

To make sure that I get your entry (sometimes trackbacks don’t work) let me know by using the Contact form (below) or by sending an email to babak @ tradersnarrative . com with the URL of your entry. Make sure to put “contest” in the subject heading. Once your entry is confirmed to meet the requirements, your name will be dropped into the ’submissions basket’. If you add me to your blogroll, that’d be extra nice of you

On April 15th 2007 I’ll pick one name from the submissions and that person will enjoy a free, all access pass to SentimenTrader for the next six months.

To all the great trading, finance, investment blogs out there, established and new, thank you! …and keep up the great work!

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