J. PETER STEIDLMAYER joined the Chicago Board of Trade in 1963, and has been an independent trader ever since. Mr. Steidlmayer served on the Board of Directors for the Board of Trade from 1981 to 1983. While a director, he was responsible for initiating Market Profile and the Liquidity Data Bank, which were revolutionary concepts in data arrangement and trading information. He has communicated his highly successful trading ideas to traders all over the world through his books and courses. He has dedicated the last ten years to developing software to improve the performance of traders and refining his market theory.

STEVEN B. HAWKINS has been involved in the markets throughout his professional career. He has acted as an institutional broker and analyst to some of the largest investment banks and trading houses in the world. His trading experience entails proprietary trading in stocks and commodities. Over the past ten years, Mr. Hawkins has instructed traders in the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, Singapore, and Hong Kong. He has also collaborated on the writing of trading books and has written articles for industry trade publications. Hawkins graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in economics.