Training Class Schedule

Register for the newly redesigned TC2000 training class. Fresh material and a flexible format will help you

  • Choose from 8 distinct 70-minute sessions. Attend one or all of them—or mix and match those that interest you most.
  • Covers stock charting; chart trading tools for live and practice trading of stocks & options; custom conditions for sorts, scans, alerts and trades.
  • This is not a sales pitch. This is a collaborative class in which we scan for stocks & trade together using TC2000 software (TeleChart).
  • You'll have plenty of room, power & internet to follow along with your own computer.
  • Preregister or walk in for any of the sessions. Admission is Free. Voted Winner in 2015 & 1st Runner Up in 2016 by the readers of Stocks & Commodities magazine in the category of "Trading Centers, Schools, Training"

Day 1 (Friday) click session to reveal details

Session One (10:00 - 11:10 am)

A detailed study of three different basic orders that you can use to buy 100 shares of a stock. Using a Buy Limit, Long Call and Short Put, we’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of each order type and why you might use any one. Plus, we’ll examine all the "moving pieces" involved in the on-chart tickets that make placing the orders simple and intuitive. You’ll gain an understanding of these simple stock & option orders for live or simulated trading. Plus, you’ll get the advantage of seeing the trade tools used in live market conditions.

Session Two (11:20 - 12:30 pm)

Creating and executing Conditional Orders—orders based on some specific behavior(s) you want to see in a particular indicator setup or price action. We’ll review the actual toolset used to create conditions for trading. Using practical examples with different price and indicator setups, we’ll practice all the steps for these orders. Plus, we’ll explain the simple process of placing option orders triggered with conditions from the underlying stock. (Focus in this session will be more on conditional trading, but you will also learn to construct conditions for scans and alerts.)

Session Three (1:30 - 2:40 pm)

The "why’s" and "how’s" of multi-legged option trades. We will build several multi-legged orders (i.e. spreads, strangles and condors), talk through both the mechanics for setting them up and the rationale used for trading them. We’ll also use option charts and chains to illustrate how the chart P&L Zones show how the "moving pieces" of option trades relate (e.g. expiration dates, strike prices, intrinsic and time values, etc.) This session will help you understand the basic elements of multi-legged option strategies as well as the mechanics to use them.

Session Four (2:50 - 4:00 pm)

A practical examination of the different order types available for live or practice trading. We will dig into market and limit orders; stop and stop-limit orders; and trendline and indicator orders for buying or selling stocks or options. Plus, we’ll see how to use trailing stop/stop-limit orders for closing positions. We’ll also look in detail at step-to-market and step-to-limit orders which allow you to use the spread to try and get a preferable fill. You’ll leave this session with the information you need to start matching your order types with your trading aims.

Day 2 (Saturday) click session to reveal details

Session Five (10:00 - 11:10 am)

Two of the best organizational tools in TC2000 are WatchLists and Chart Templates. We will practice multiple ways to create personal WatchLists as well as explore the system WatchLists which are automatically maintained in TC2000. Plus, we’ll walk through the steps for adding and editing plots like technical studies, historical fundamentals and comparative price graphs to your chart for a custom analysis experience. You’ll learn to save them as chart templates and use them in different layouts. This session will prepare you to create and use these key research tools in your daily trading routine.

Session Six (11:20 - 12:30 pm)

A walk through the steps of creating a condition from price action, indicator setups, fundamental values or personal criteria formula. We will learn how to save conditions, combine groups of conditions in condition sets and apply them as sort columns, scan filters or single/multiple alerts. We’ll also write some simple PCFs (personal criteria formula) to use as conditions. You’ll end this study with the tools to create conditions and use them to find stocks that meet your specific setups. (Focus in this session will be more on conditions for scans and alerts, but you will also learn to construct conditions for placing trades.)

Session Seven (1:30 - 2:40 pm)

Using the prebuilt Drill Down and Sector-By-Year layouts, we’ll explore a simple method for "top-down" analysis. We will practice some techniques using Custom Date Sort, filter sectors and industries by conditions created on-the-fly and find one-click ways to plot the sectors/industries for any active symbol. We’ll also explore the unique "Related Items" WatchList to find stocks that make up sectors/industries and what ETFs hold those same stocks. In this session, you’ll begin to understand and use these fully integrated sector/industry tools.

Session Eight (2:50 - 4:00 pm)

A "nuts & bolts" session on how to create a layout composed of different tools—e.g. WatchLists, charts, news, trading tools, reports, etc. These layouts are the ways you place research tools you depend on at your fingertips. We will construct the tools you want to use into Layouts and save them in Layout groups. We’ll also explore the Position, Orders and Trades windows by which you can track your trading. Then we’ll customize some order tickets to get your favorite order setups at your fingertips. This session gives you the techniques you need to create a custom, streamlined trading environment.

Minneapolis - Minnesota

Hyatt Regency by Mall of America
3200 East 81st Street, Bloomington, MN 55425

Friday, June 22, 2018

Saturday, June 23, 2018

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Austin - Texas

Austin Marriott North
2600 La Frontera Blvd, Round Rock, TX 78681

Friday, July 13, 2018

Saturday, July 14, 2018

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Indianapolis - Indiana

Indianapolis Marriott East
7202 E 21st Street, Indianapolis, IN 46219

Friday, July 27, 2018

Saturday, July 28, 2018

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Portland - Oregon

Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel
8235 NE Airport Way, Portland, OR 97220

Friday, August 10, 2018

Saturday, August 11, 2018

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St. Louis - Missouri

Crowne Plaza St. Louis Airport
11228 Lone Eagle Drive, Bridgeton, MO 63044

Friday, August 24, 2018

Saturday, August 25, 2018

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New York - New York

Westchester Marriott
670 White Plains Road, Tarrytown, NY 10591

Friday, September 14, 2018

Saturday, September 15, 2018

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Philadelphia - Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Marriott West
111 Crawford Avenue, West Conshohocken, PA 19428

Friday, September 28, 2018

Saturday, September 29, 2018

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Washington DC - Maryland

Bethesda Marriott
5151 Pooks Hill Road, Bethesda, MD 20814

Friday, October 19, 2018

Saturday, October 20, 2018

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San Francisco - California

Hilton San Francisco Airport Bayfront
600 Airport Boulevard, Burlingame, CA 94010

Friday, October 26, 2018

Saturday, October 27, 2018

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San Diego - California

San Diego Marriott La Jolla
4240 La Jolla Village Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037

Friday, November 02, 2018

Saturday, November 03, 2018

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Dallas - Texas

Dallas/Addison Marriott Quorum by the Galleria
14901 Dallas Parkway, Dallas, TX 75254

Friday, November 16, 2018

Saturday, November 17, 2018

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Tampa - Florida

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tampa Airport - Westshore
4500 West Cypress Street, Tampa, FL 33607

Friday, November 30, 2018

Saturday, December 01, 2018

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