“Jeff, At 16 I got my first real job. From then on, I’ve worked a succession of jobs with an 11 year stint in the U.S. Navy, and my recent 10 year stint as a network security guy helping out the Army in South Korea being my two main “careers”. But all along, I’ve never been satisfied working for someone else, and my ultimate goal is to leave the corporate life behind. So with that, always searching along the way, I’ve been part owner in a couple restaurants, and a night club. I also have owned rental real estate, and have tried my hand at a number of different styles or systems to participate in the markets.

I’ve had some success, and I’ve had some failures, but all along this nagging feeling that I still hadn’t found what I was looking for persisted. But almost as if it were written in some kind of fairytale storybook, while trying to find me something to read and pass some time, my wife stumbled across a book in a used book store while we were vacationing in the Philippines. A simple easy to read book that discussed selling options. This piqued my curiosity and a few internet searches later, I found Jeff’s video discussing his course. This video really hit home with me. Here is a guy that really seems to have hit on something. It wasn’t only the system being discussed, but a sincerity within him that stoodout. Much of Jeff’s comments in that video, were very similar to things myself and a few co-workers had talked about a number times for a long while.

Although, I’d spent a lot of money on many different courses, I hadn’t spent $1000 on any one single course, so I was leary. I wrote directly to Jeff and it was his personal response, and again the sincerity that came through which convinced me to take the leap. I am so glad that I did!! To be absolutely honest I was a little bothered upon receiving the initial course DVDs and manual. I’d been so used to other courses which try to cover way too much unnecessary information, or attempt to fill pages with needless detail, that when I saw the simple basic ideas put forth in Jeff’s course, it hit me as lacking. But that’s when I had a moment of clarity. I stepped back, considered the sincerity that I felt previously and was able to view it for what it was; one winner’s disclosure of the system that any regular individual could use to become a winner as well!! No complicating things with extra needless information just to sound smart or fill pages, but the nuts and bolts of a winning game plan.

From the first day of receiving the course, and upon gaining access to the members site, I’ve attempted to absorb every morsel I can. With that, I immediately opened my brokerage account and started finding my way around the ToS platform. Viewing this and testing that, but all the while focusing on only that which was needed to operate within the Ziegler system. I felt I understood the basics, so I decided what better way to learn than start researching, evaluating and executing trades. Practice trades at first of course! So September ’08 saw the first of my credit spread positions set in place.

Although my first two months were a bit rocky and I learned some very good lessons concerning “What to do when the low probability occurs” (it takes a hard knock to penetrate a hard head), it’s no turning back now!!!”

Jim Nicol