Kase and Company, Inc. offers market forecasting, and the planning, design and implementation of innovative strategies for trading and hedging. Kase designs practical methods for managing price risk, and develops analytical software to support these processes.

Jeffrey Owen Katz (Chapter 18) is a professional trader and consultant. He is president and founder of Scientific Consultant Services, Inc., a firm that specializes in custom programming, provides expert consultation on systems development and the use of Omega Researchs tools, and develops publicly available cutting-edge software for traders. He has taught at several universities, consulted for major institutions (both private and government), and has been a guest speaker for a wide range of organizations. Dr. Katz has published in journals of psychology and zoology, in trade publications, such as PCAI, NeuroVe$t Journal, and was a contributing author to the book Virtual Trading (Probus, 1995). Since 1996, he has been a Contributing Writer for Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. He received a BA in mathematics in 1972 from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and received a doctorate in psychophysiology in 1983 from the University of Lancaster, England.

Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. 516-696-3333

20 Stagecoach Road 516-696-3333 fax

Selden, NY 11784 off@panix.com e-mail

Ari Kiev (Chapter 10) is a trading consultant to a number of Wall Street hedge funds, where he teaches stress management and maximum performance trading strategies. He is the author of Trading to Win: The Psychology of Mastering the Markets (John Wiley & Sons, 1998). A practicing psychiatrist and Medical Director of the Social Psychiatry Research Institute, Kiev has been a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Cornell University Medical College for the past 30 years. He received his MD degree from Cornell University in 1958 and his law degree from New York Law School in 1988.

Suite 2H 212-249-6829

150 East 69th Street 212-249-8546 fax

New York, NY 10021 niss33@AOl.com e-mail

Casimir (Casey) Klimasauskas (Chapter 16) is Vice President, Special Project, Advanced Control and Optimization Division, Aspen Technology, Inc. He also has taught occasionally at the Graduate School of Industrial Administration in the Masters in Computational Finance program at Carnegie Mellon University. He co-founded NeuralWare, which was acquired by Aspen Technology in 1998, and has spent the past eleven years combining neural networks, fuzzy logic, genetic algorithms, and statistics to solve complex business problems. Prior to NeuralWare he worked on a variety of projects in Electronic Computer Aided Design (ECAD), robotic vision systems, robotics, real-time operating systems, real-time data analysis and control. Casey received

a BA degree in mathematics from the California Institute of Technology, and is a member of the International Neural Network Society and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers.

Aspen Technology, Inc. 412-787-8222 Advanced Control &

Optimization Division 412-787-8220 fax

202 Park West Drive klim@sgi.net personal e-mail

Pittsburgh, PA 15275 Casey.Klimasauskas@AspenTech.com office e-mail

www. AspenTech.com Web site

Aspen Technology, Inc., is a leading supplier of software and services for the analysis, design, and automation of process manufacturing plants. AspenTechs solutions help improve plant design, operation, and management. These solutions enable customers to reduce their raw material, energy, and capital expenses, meet environmental and safety regulations, improve product quality, and shorten the time required to get new production processes on stream.

Joe Luisi (Chapters 6 and 7) has been involved with the financial markets for 7 years. He was Director of Research for a Maryland-based Commodity Trading Advisor and now trades for himself. He has written several articles for Stock & Commodities Magazine. He currendy provides consultation for people interested in designing and trading a system personalized to suit their needs. He also offers several S&P 500 day-trading systems as well as currency swing trading systems. He received a BS in Finance from Kent State University, Ohio.

JAL Trading, Inc. 717-558-6407

1315 North Pitt Street 717-731-4785 fax Carlisle, PA 17013

Kevin N. Marder (Appendix A) is president of Technical Analytics, a Los Angeles-based institutional equity research firm that specializes in sector/group analysis of the U.S. market. Kevin also heads up Marder Investment Counsel, Ltd., a registered investment advisor. Kevin has developed fixed-income portfolio analytic software for use by institutional portfolio managers. His continuous real-time stock and bond market commentary is syndicated to the Internet sites of CBS News, USA Today, International Herald Tribune, Washington Post, Yahoo, and AT&T, among others. He received an MBA with honors in Investments and Corporate Finance from the University of Southern California.

Technical Analytics 310-479-9715

8033 Sunset Boulevard, Suite 939 310-966-1456 fax

Los Angeles, CA 90046 kmarder@cms.dbc.com e-mail

Christopher T. May (Chapter 15) is the president of Kriya, Inc., a firm specializing in nonlinear technology in finance, generating revenues from financial software

licensing and money management. Prior to this career on Wall Street, he served as a Captain in the United States Marine Corps. He received his MBA from New York University, where he was a Salomon Fellow and attended the International University of Japan. He received his BBA from Texas A&M.

Kriya, Inc. 212-213-2482

211 East 35th Street 212-888-7146 fax

New York, NY 10016 kriya@interport.net e-mail

Donna L. McCormick (Chapter 18) is vice president of Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. She was Administrative Director of The American Society for Physical Research for 15 years. She has published in a number of professional journals and financial trade publications. She has lectured to a variety of academic and institutional audiences, and has held memberships in professional organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Since 1996, McCormick has been a Contributing Writer for Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities. She graduated cum laude from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York with a BS in experimental psychology.

Scientific Consultant Services, Inc. 516-696-3333

20 Stagecoach Road 516-696-3333 fax

Selden, NY 11784 off@panix.com e-mail

Robert M. Melancon, (Chapter 2) is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA). He is President and Director of Technical Analysis for Vest Investment Management, a position he has held since 1988. Prior to this, he was Managing Partner of a prominent regional management consulting firm in Dallas. He is a former President of the Association for Technical Analysis, member of Society of Asset Allocators and Fund Timers, frequent speaker on the theory and application of technical analysis methods, and publisher of a quarterly technical market analysis newsletter. Melancon has been actively engaged in the study of technical analysis for more than 18 years, and manages assets for individuals, institutions, and corporations throughout the country. He graduated cum laude from Loyola University with a BS in Business Administration.

TymVest Investment Management 972-231-9963 P. O. Box 2383

McKinney, TX 75070-2383 rmmel@compuserve.com e-mail

TymVest Investment Management is an investment advisory firm registered with the Securities and Exchange Commissions under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. The Dallas-based company provides technical market analysis, investment timing and mutual fund selection services on a discretionary basis to individuals, corporations, and pension and profit-sharing plans.