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<font face="Calibri">Hello,<br>
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<font face="Calibri">We're interested in hearing from blind and
low-vision traders and investors who have used E*Trade, TD Ameritrade,
Scottrade, ThinkOrSwim -- or any other online trading platform -- to
discuss your opinions and experiences as to the pros and cons with any of
the accounts and platforms you may have used. <br>
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<font face="Calibri">I've mentioned what I'm about to say in the past
months, but have since found that some respondents messages got through
to me, while some apparently hadn't. So if anyone responded previously on
this topic and didn't hear back, please forgive me -- and try again.
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<font face="Calibri">A handful of blind traders and investors are putting
together a group of interested participants for an initiative, working
ultimately towards its own Nonprofit organization, dedicated to making
the world of investing and trading on the Internet more fully accessible.
So that those who are blind or have low-vision may trade as readily as
the sighted investors and traders who can do so any time they wish. <br>
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<font face="Calibri">For many people, Day and Swing trading, and
short-term investing, is a means of income to survive and thrive on --
not just an investment to retire on years into the future. Blind
individuals should have the ability to do so just as the sighted do. It
is a viable means of earning a regular, self-supporting income if one
learns how. But to millions of people around the globe, these tools,
materials, and opportunities are not accessible or usable on some very
important levels of access to independence. <br>
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<font face="Calibri">I've used some online paper-trading games to learn
how to trade and invest over the years. Investopedia, Stockpickr, etc.
Even those are inaccessible to screen readers with some of their more
important and necessary features. Our goal is to change this. To allow
the blind to have access, to have opportunity, to learn and earn if they
so wish, just like those who are fully sighted can. <br>
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<font face="Calibri">We want to make the training materials and the
trading platforms, as well as stock tickers and charts, fully accessible.
We're looking for interested traders and investors who are blind, as well
as those who'd like to learn how to trade. We're also looking for coders
and programmers who would be willing to work towards making these
platforms, programs, and training materials more fully accessible. <br>
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<font face="Calibri">Please contact me if you would like to be part of
this initiative to make the world of investing and trading more
accessible. Also, please share this message with anyone you think might
be interested. Thank you.<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Strive On!<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Everett<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Everett Gavel<br>
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<font face="Calibri">Successful Adaptations, llc<br>
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<font face="Calibri">everettg@successfuladaptations.com<br>
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