DLC Profiles, Inc. is an educational and learning resource
focused on supporting your learning process
and
ADVANCING THE POWER OF CUMULATIVE EXPERIENCE!
Yes, to help traders learn about us, we host complimentary, periodic webinars focused on:
The schedule, for these presentations, is posted in our Profile Bulletin and on our web site.
Who DLC Profiles is, our goals and objectives for our customers and clients, our trading philosophy, an overview of the Cognitive Trading Process concept.
How the Market Profile helps traders observe completed and developing market structure based on the synthesis of time, price and volume.
How the Market Profile collects, records, organizes, and displays market-generated information, consistent with the ways our minds (pattern seeking machines) interpret information.
Do you do any type of ‘introductory' presentation for people wanting to learn more about you, DLC Profiles, your trading philosophy, and your services?
Do you provide specific order entry and exit recommendations?
No. Entering and exiting the market is the result of one’s personal timeframe, personal interpretation of market-generated information, the market’s current activity, and current market participant behavior.
We do not teach the Market Profile – The focus of our work, the Cognitive Trading Process, is about the interpretation and application of the information organized and displayed via the Market Profile.
Public seminars, to be priced attractively, traditionally dictate large audiences to be profitable. Understanding the Cognitive Trading Process and incorporating its key principles takes time and is best assimilated in structured, small groups where the learning environment is interactive and supported by immediate self-study and practice.
Our commitment is to truly ‘make a difference’ by focusing our resources on those traders and investors committed to increasing their understanding and skills in interpreting and applying auction-generated information to entering, managing, and exiting positions.
Three reasons:
With Jim Dalton being acknowledged as the premiere teacher of the Market Profile - why don’t you do public seminars for people wanting to learn to trade the Market Profile?
With all of the technology available to deliver courses and programs online, why do you only offer your Seminars and Intensives ‘live’?
Learning to trade is an extremely personal endeavor and there is no substitute, as far as we’re
concerned, for in-person interaction in dealing with complex principles and concepts.
The quality of interaction between ourselves and our clients, is something that can only be experienced in a ‘live’ environment. Live Seminars and Intensives enable us to better understand our clients, their history, and most importantly, better address each individual’s unique needs.
Once foundational relationships have been established, we use webinars and online conferencing to support our client’s cumulative experience.
What is the profile of your ideal client, or what type of trader and investor best benefits from your processes, programs, and services?
Our ideal client is a process-oriented trader who understands that the journey to expert trader in-cludes market understanding, self-understanding, and cumulative experience.
Acknowledging that our (DLC Profiles) potential market is very small due to the requirements of learning and advancing one’s skills in the application of the Cognitive Trading Process, we know, from years of experience that the traders and investors who benefit most from what we offer are those who:
There is no concrete answer to this question, because each individual trader brings with them unique experience and innate abilities, and, most importantly, the personal commitment they are willing to make.
How long will it take to show results?
Start by reading Jim’s books, Mind over Markets and Markets in Profile, which are available through Amazon and most major booksellers. Then, if what you read makes sense to you as a foundational approach to trading or investing, contact us for a personal, introductory overview of our offerings.
(1) Print out the syllabus for, ‘Anatomy of the Market Profile’, on our website which can be found under Resources,
(2) View the video, ‘Anatomy of the Market Profile’, narrated by Jim Dalton and take notes on the print copy based upon your learning style,
(4) Enroll in our Cognitive Learning / Continuous Education Series – complete the workbooks, study all of the weekly Index Insights, each issue of our series of 24 commentaries, and attend all the webinars you can, and
(5) Participate in at least one Cognitive Trading Process Intensive.
Suggested curriculum:
One of your clients, told me to read your books. I bought them; I’ve read one and I just started the second one - Question - what would you suggest as an overall curriculum?
How do I determine if what you’re offering is right for me?
Yes. New traders will initially invest more time focused on the study of market understanding and gaining experience through deliberate practice. Experienced traders, on the other hand, may find unlearning of previous concepts and learning new principles takes as much time, if not more, to gain a solid understanding of the Cognitive Trading Process.
Both new and experienced traders will face issues related to self-understanding.
Do your services differentiate between new and experienced traders?
Cognitive Trading Process Seminars and Cognitive Trading Process Intensives are progressive learning experiences that guide and support traders and investors along the path to becoming an expert traders and investors. We focus our efforts on helping our clients achieve the results they desire by:
Focusing on the synthesis of market understanding, self-understanding, and cumulative experience.
Providing leading-edge information, innovative concepts, effective materials, and personal support.
Helping participants advance their interpretative / application skills, versus providing book answers.
Creating a learning experiences focused on effectively incorporating the whole brain and the Market Profile graphic.
How do the Cognitive Trading Process Seminars and Cognitive Trading Process Intensives differ from other courses and programs available?
The Cognitive Trading Process is a trading philosophy capitalizing on both hemispheres of the brain to identify and capitalize on market-generated information. DLC Profiles Cognitive Trading Process is comprised of three phases; Foundational, Contextual, and Tactical.
What is the Cognitive Trading Process?
Our Cognitive Learning / Continuous Education Series. CL/CES is a supported, self-study, educational learning process. Part I Assimilation, is comprised of three phases - Foundation, Context, and Tactics, and Part II Application, is comprised of four components – Index Insights, Cognitive Market Commentaries, Cognitive Market Webinars, and on-line support.
Our Cognitive Trading Process Intensive is an empowering, three-phase learning process for experienced traders. Each Intensive is interactive and unique in its content, within a context designed to meet our objectives for the participants, in that it addresses the wants and needs
of the participants versus pre-planned scripts and power point presentations.
Our Market Profile Anatomy — a complimentary, introductory video narrated by Jim Dalton fo-cused on the nomenclature and terminology of the Market Profile graphic. (A complimentary, printable copy of the presentation is also available).
Our Cognitive Trading Process Seminars - for third party sponsors, such as futures exchanges, prop shops, and trading groups.
DLC Profiles processes, programs, and services include but are not limited to:
What programs or services do you offer?
DLC Profiles – Frequently Asked Questions
Have defined their trading and investing educational goals and have taken full and complete responsibility for their own learning.
Efficiently manage their investment of time, energy, and capital in their learning process.
Understand and appreciate results-driven learning as a multi-faceted process.
Work with us as a primary educational resource.
