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As I always teach my children, any project worth doing is worth doing well. With respect to this book, if in the end it is judged to be done well, it is only through the efforts of many whose names do not appear on the cover.

First, I would like to thank my friend and fellow author, Larry Shover, for both encouraging and inspiring me to write this book and for introducing me to Pamela Van Giessen of John Wiley & Sons and Stephen Isaacs of Bloomberg Press. Pamela, Stephen, and I conceived this book over some good coffee and excellent pastries. Stephen continued on as my support system throughout the process of writing the book, fielding (too) many confused phone calls and setting me back on the right path.

Special thanks to Judy Howarth, my developmental editor, who always had a quick, concise answer to my questions and who took a rough, raw manuscript from me and somehow returned a book.

I am quite sure this book would not have come to be without the strong, even-handed guidance I received from Kathy Graham, founder of the HQ Companies Group. Kathy's influence far exceeded this project. She was, and continues to be, a light in the storm of my career. When I am unsure of my path, I turn to her for help. Thank you for bringing me to, and through, this project.

To my many friends, colleagues, fellow traders, and students, I thank you for teaching me my trade. I find that you often learn the most valuable lessons from the most unexpected people. Only some of you fall into this category, as I knew I would learn much from those close to me. Thank you for sharing your knowledge, support, and encouragement with me even when I continued to whine that I would never get this done.

Nothing I could say would do justice to what the love and support of my family have meant to me. To my beautiful wife, Kathleen, this is every bit as much your book as mine. As always, you went through every second of sweat, pain, fears, and turmoil as I did. Only, somehow, you managed not to complain! You encouraged me, prodded me, supported me, and loved me until it was complete. To my wonderful children, Mark, Emily, Kevin, Ted, and Kerry, I know for the past many months you could see me, but, at least mentally, I was not always there. Or as one of you so tactfully put it, “Dad, the lights are on, but nobody's home!” Thank you for the love and support and the thousands of “it will be great” e-mails, texts, phone calls, and discussions.