Professional Endorsements and Subscriber Comments

Thirty-six years of work, in other people's words.

Contrary Thinker has never advertised its way to an audience. What follows is the record: endorsements from working professionals who used the tools, and comments left by the people who purchased them. Every quote is reproduced as published, including original spelling and punctuation. Nothing has been edited, completed, or corrected.


Professional endorsements

“Jack Cahn's trading methods and systems are based on solid research and analysis. He is one of the industries brightest and prolific market technicians. No one can guarantee profits, but I am willing to bet that his techniques will produce one of the most winning track records.”

Jack D. Schwager, author of Market Wizards and The New Market Wizards

“Jack, he's the technician's technician.”

Dr. Alexander Elder, Financial Trading, Inc.

“After years of working for big names, it was a pleasure to work with him. I taught him everything he knows!”

Ralph Vince, author of The New Money Management

“Jack helped me build the underlying concepts in some of my more meaningful tools.”

Brian R. Bell, Custom Trading Solutions, Inc.

“Jack's Big Swing trading system is better than ‘Aberration.’”

Larry Williams, author and trader, The Definitive Guide to Futures Trading

“Jack had the courage inviting me to speak at his ‘Market Wizards’ conference in Vegas so I could show technicians the majority of their ideas failed when backtested.”

Bruce Babcock, author, system developer, and trader

“If you are not using Jack's market dynamics indicators you are on the back foot.”

Ture Johnson, Director, Tower Research Capital

“Great minds think alike, your %C is the right idea.”

Linda Bradford Raschke, LBR Group, Inc.


Client and subscriber comments

“Help identify the big picture and what side of the market you should be looking at.”

Fred Hughes. Review headline as published: Great market indicator. 2017-03-17.

“One of the most important tools in my toolbox. I use it every day.”

Rachel Cieslewicz. Review headline as published: Great tool. 2017-03-17.

“Help me to identify when not to trade when things get too choppy when using different trading systems that dont suit that style of market”

Michael Wilczynski. Review headline as published: Chop Indicator. 2018-03-08.

“I recently bought Eclipsed from you and have been really very impressed with the performance and relative simplicity of the system. So impressed in fact that I am also interested in purchasing Big Dog …”

paul Dowde. Comment posted 2012-12-02.


Published under a handle

Reproduced as posted, under the handle the reviewer used, with no title, firm, or location supplied. Retained rather than discarded, and no attribution has been invented.

“Thanks Jack, this makes TS a lot better! I can now view the % net on every bar. This sis great.”

ImpactZone. Review headline as published: This Rocks! 2016-03-17.

“Works better than most volatility filters out there and it a core tool in my arsenal.”

SDavis. Review headline as published: Excellent Filter with Multiple Uses. 2018-04-11.

“Useful tool to use in conjunction with other indicators. Watch Jack's videos.”

TWM. Review headline as published: Great Tool. 2017-12-18.

“I watched some of Jack's videos and saw some great results, give it a shot”

Miketle. Review headline as published: %C Great with ADX. 2013-10-23.


Quotes recovered from Internet Archive captures of the archived predecessor site in the Contrary Thinker corporate lineage, captured 2018-08-15 and earlier. Product names inside that lineage are retained as published.


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