[Dinerotrader]

Has anyone here attended any trading expo's?
If you have attended, was it useful, fun, educational?

Just wondering if it is worth putting on the calendar to go to next year.

[brownsfan019]

If there's a guest speaker that you really want to hear speak, then it's probably worth it. Otherwise it's sales pitch after sales pitch after sales pitch. Imagine a bunch of sharks congregated in one area that try to sniff out those looking for easy riches and then promise them the world.

I went to the NY expo a few years ago and would not attend again unless there was a speaker I really wanted to hear.

[erierambler]

ditto to what brownsfan said, I've been to the Las Vegas expo and one in Chicago. If one is interested in software it is the place to see and try them out as well.

erie

[robertm]

The NYC expo in Feb each year is the best one as it has the most speakers on offer, it's also done by the money show crew. Many of the materials are on their website to view free of charge also.

Mentors are great, but you still need to have your eye's open for ideas & what not. It's often a case of 20hrs of droning garbage to find one idea worth looking into though. Always handy to get to know the brokers better as well for industry info/changes.

Just leave your CC at home so you don't get tempted into some stupid trading scheme. "Just pay 10K to do our course, and if you get good we'll give you a fund to manage!!"

[robertm]

Should have read my e-mail before posting.

MoneyShow.com: The Traders Expo – New York, Feb. 14-17, 2010