Learn how one man made his trend following fortune: Get free video now. This is the true story of how a group of ragtag students, many with no Wall Street experience, were trained to be millionaire traders.

They learned to not be Warren Buffett. The Turtle students learned all rules in only two weeks.

They did not learn to trade from a screaming mosh pit on the trading floor with wild hand signals, but rather in a quiet office with no televisions, computers and only a few phones. Their rules answered these questions: What is the state of the market? What is the volatility of the market? What is the equity being traded?

What is the system or the trading orientation? What is the risk aversion of the trader or client? He was the lead turtle teacher with a unique view: Even though I was the only one who thought it was teachable. It was teachable beyond my wildest imagination. He was an overweight, working-class guy from Boston who was living over a saloon and determined to get as close to Dennis as possible.

Boom, Melnick got selected.

By the time Turtle research was over a story had been assembled that some Turtles Jerry Parker wanted deciphered while others Curtis Faith wanted it buried like a Cold War-era CIA operation. Given the mythical Turtle legend that existed for over two decades, opening up the blinds and letting sunshine in only helps investors without Turtle-like access and success to realize that the Turtles are human. Author Brett Steenbarger praised: The message is clear: That's a formula for success in any field of endeavor, which may be why the Turtle story finds universal appeal.

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