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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

During the seminar Mark gave positions he said would move. I took the set at 3:45 XYZ (BLOCK) with a call. The next morning at the open it was up $200.00 per option.I close my position but it went... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Since joining Mark's 1RLock program, it has improved my trading immensely. What stood out to me most is the emphasis on disciplined risk management. The strategy focuses on keeping losses small wh... See more

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Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Notice to all traders , they do have good sales team They pass you from one to another I knew their fees $5000 for a year but they keep asking you for your saving and your capital in trading accou... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Since beginning Mark's 1R Lock program, I have executed most of his trades and, as of this writing, I am currently outperforming the S&P 500 by 3.5% after just 6 weeks. In addition to the performance,... See more

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The Pattern Trader, founded by Mark Shawzin, is a trading education company designed to help traders develop a more structured, disciplined, and repeatable approach to the financial markets. For many traders, the biggest challenge is not finding more information. There are endless indicators, opinions, news stories, and trading strategies available. The real challenge is creating a consistent process — knowing what to trade, when to enter, where risk is defined, and how to manage each position without emotion. The Pattern Trader methodology focuses on identifying high-quality trading opportunities through trend analysis, institutional price patterns, market structure, and disciplined risk management. Our flagship program, 1R Lock™ Structured End-of-Day Trading program, was created to help traders follow a structured framework built around clearly defined entries, stop losses, risk levels, and profit objectives. The objective is to remove emotional decision-making and replace it with a consistent, rules-based trading process. The 1R Lock™ approach focuses on: • Identifying high-probability stock trading setups • Recognizing repeatable chart patterns and market behavior • Defining risk before entering every trade • Building consistency through structured execution • Helping traders develop professional trading habits The Tactical Trading Room is our live educational environment where traders learn how to apply The Pattern Trader methodology in real market conditions. Members receive ongoing market analysis, chart reviews, trade education, and training designed to improve pattern recognition and decision-making. Our philosophy is simple: Successful trading is not about predicting every market move. It is about preparation, patience, risk management, and following a repeatable process over time. The Pattern Trader community is built for traders who want to move beyond random trading decisions and develop the discipline, structure, and confidence required to approach markets with a professional mindset.


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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very well put together 3 days of…

Very well put together 3 days of invaluable information. Trades well explained. No sell pressure environment.

September 28, 2022
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Hi Andy, thank you for your comment.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I attended the 3 day seminars and I…

I attended the 3 day seminars and I really enjoyed it. I have learned so much in such a short time. Mark is a genius at what he does and makes it so easy to understand. Thanks Mark and I would relish the opportunity to start trading with Mark as my mentor.

September 15, 2022
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Hi Karl, thank you for your comment. I am happy to hear you enjoyed the live trading seminar.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great 3 day induction

Great 3 day induction . No BS just straight talking from an established and successful trader.

September 15, 2022
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Hi Simon, thank you, I am happy to hear you enjoyed the introduction of my 3-day live trading sessions.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mark is great

I've been following Mark for just under 4 months now and I have learnt more in that time than I have in the previous 2 years of trading.
My mindset is completely different now, my discipline has improved and best of all I am profitable.
Not only is he an excellent trader but he is personable and true.
I'm always excited for his daily boiler sessions because I learn something new each day.
I would highly recommend the Pattern Trader to anyone who is considering it. It's not cheap, but if you think long-term you will certainly make your money back.
Thanks again for everything so far Mark

September 12, 2022
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Hi Alex, that's brilliant to hear. Discipline is one of the things many traders struggle with. I am happy to hear you enjoy and learn a lot from my boiler room sessions.
Thank you for your comment :)

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Loved this book!

Loved this book!! Very clear for seasoned traders such as myself and would be clear for new traders with little to no experience. I've already recommended the book to several aspiring traders, and they are already picking up on the techniques and looking at the markets in a different (and more profitable) way. This book is one of a few that is in my shrinking library; it made the cut whereas most trading books do not. A must for all traders of any skill level.

August 10, 2022
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Hi Jason, I am happy to hear you found the book clear! And thank you for the great comment :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Learning so much every day and thanks…

Learning so much every day and thanks to Mark my trades are now in the positive even though Im still playing the safe game.

September 6, 2022
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Hi Alan, thank you for your comment. I am happy to hear you are continuing to learn, and well done for being in the positive while keeping a safe game. Keep it up!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I was searching for information about pattern probabilities

I was searching for information about price action patterns and their probabilities and found Mark's book. It is a book primarily for Forex traders, which I am not. The book does not cover the range of patterns I see as a crypto trader so I am still looking for the information about probabilities. However, the logic covered in the book seems sound and well researched and the book is well written so I am sending the book to my brother who does trade Forex.

September 3, 2022
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Hi Steve, thank you for your comment.
I just wanted to cover your comment about the range of patterns. It doesn't matter the instrument. As long as it has time on one axis and price on the other, you can use the methods I cover in the book.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

As my Mentor

As my Mentor, You have single-handlely enhanced my
trading acumen to the ability to just look at a chart
without any indicators and suggest and/ or Plan
strategically enter a trade. Price is the only thing that matters. Ignore the news and any other distractions
such as analyst's recommendations, etc.
The Pattern Trader is a work of genius by Mark Shawzin
and I would like to thank him personally here!!!
Check him not; you will not regret it!!

June 22, 2022
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Hi Dr Sean, thank you for your kind words I really appreciate it!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is an excellent book with well…

This is an excellent book with well defined trading steps that has the information to turn anyone who applies it profitable. I have been trading for more than 20 years and taken a number of courses looking for the Holly grail. This book is as close as you will find. If you are on the fence, buy it. You won’t be disappointed.

September 6, 2022
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Hi Bob & Peggy, thank you for your kind words. I am pleased to hear that after 20 years of trading you found my book helpful :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I found the book very useful to learn and cement my trading knowlede in Forex. I who heartedly recommend this book to all newbie and aspiring traders.

I found the book very useful. It clarified my conceptual weaknesses and gave me not only a strategy but also risk management skills to leap as a good trader.
In my 15 years I have not come across a good guide and this is the one I recommend.

September 6, 2022
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HI Manvinder, I am happy to hear you found my book useful. I hope you continue to learn.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This book on Stock Trading and entry…

This book on Stock Trading and entry points following patterns of shares has everything you need to make a successful trade. Years of experience is held within this e-book and these patterns are what many successful Professional Traders use on a daily basis. There are patterns like the Head & Shoulders pattern which will increase your odds of a successful winning trade dramatically. Getting in at the Euphoria stage of a share and watching your buy position then fall by over 75% over a period is NOT the way to trade there are patterns that suggest buying a SELL position will be a better purchase. Shares go up on an escalator "slowly" and down in the lift "fast" . It is much better to teach a person to Fish than give him the fish - giving him the fish will last one day teaching him to fish will last Forever = Meaning follow this book help charity and Trust Mark Shawzin this Gentleman is not a scam and he is an Amazing Stock Trader learnt over many years in the business and working on Wall Street.

September 6, 2022
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Hi Robert, thank you for your detailed comment. I am glad you have found my book helpful :)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Concise & Clear guide

Concise, clear and practical guide to those searching for honesty. I will be following Mark with interest in the coming months.

September 6, 2022
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Hi Simon, thank you for your kind words :)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

His principles are good but trades are horrible

I don't know exactly where the reviews on this site come from, but I'll share with you my experiences.

I think Mark's view that swing trading is much better than day trading and that patterns are a key part in analyzing for a next trade are very valid. I found that swing trading also works a lot better for me and that patterns indicate a lot. However, in hindsight it's always easy to spot these patterns when they work, but when they don't work you could miss them, so take note of that.

That said, many months ago I signed up to get his weekly trades, with the idea that I could just sit back and take the same trades as the 'master' and follow his exact plan. Due to some kind of glitch I keep getting his weekly trades even though I stopped it after one month because they didn't seem logical to me.

I never once took the same trade that he took. I ignored the emails for all that time since, and out of curiosity I analyzed all his weekly sent trades for the last 2 months. He sends about 2 trades a week so this should be about 18 trades. Guess what.. not a single one hit its profit target. A few wouldn't get filled at all based on his order entry, about 80% would get stopped out and a few were still between the stoploss and take profit point.

Now Mark is a trader that is, or at least he claims to be, trading for decades. In my opinion, if 80% of your trades get stopped out, that's absolutely inexcusable, especially if you dare to sell these signals to other people. And these are not small stoplosses either.

I have about 3 years of fulltime experience trading and the trades I take are not always perfect but I already do a hell of a lot better than Mark with these.

I wouldn't go as far to say that this is a scam, but you're much better off just taking some knowledge that he shares about patterns, and go your own way incorporating these in your trading. If you're really keen to know for sure, then sign up for his weekly trades and see for yourself but I recommend to be very very wary to spend thousands on his courses/guidance.

August 26, 2022
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Hi Danny,

Thank you for your comments.

Whilst I always invite - and appreciate - constructive comments, I found your comments to be very hostile and misleading.

It is a common practice in our business for our competitors to leave negative and disparaging reviews, with the intent to deflect from other (successful) business, such as The Pattern Trader. Your review feels very much like that.

At the outset, you state "I don't know exactly where the reviews on this site come from". This is explicitly why we post reviews on Trustpilot. It is a beyond dispute and reputable review website, and reviews (such as yours) cannot be altered by anyone. So, the 295+ reviews posted on Trustpilot regarding me, and The Pattern Trader, are completely 100% authentic. For you to imply otherwise, is simply disingenuous.

Secondly, in your review you have stated, or implied The Pattern Trader is, or could be a "scam". I take personal exception to this. You can ask tens of thousands of our members, and many thousands of others that have attended our FREE webinars, I go out of my way to be 100% transparent. In our paid - and free webinars - I share (win-or-lose) my personal trades on a LIVE account.

My objective when starting The Pattern Trader, was to share the trading knowledge I have accumulated in over four decades of trading the markets. This is an educational service intended to free and liberate traders from hype, opinion, pundits, analysts, politicians, economists etc. My prevailing trading methodology is predicated on the premise, the Market is ALWAYS Right! I share my interpretations of price patterns and price action that have implications for broad moves in the market. My objective is to capitalize on the large, and very large, moves in the market. This means I do not have to be right on any one trade, or a series of trades. One profitable trade can erase the losses of ten trades. Over the past several weeks, I have been (very) accurate in my analysis of the patterns - and trajectory - of prices in indexes, gold and individual stocks.

In the past six months, we have seen unprecedented volatility in the markets. Indexes are going up and down 1%...an hour! In my Daily emails, I suggest take-profit levels, but have repeatedly stated, that when a trade goes into profit, traders should look to take partial profits. In my live webinar sessions, I go into much greater detail. In the end, while I strive to deliver, what I believe to be the BEST trading education anywhere, individual results will vary.

Since November 2021, I have enthusiastically stated to out members, the US Stock Indexes are in a bear market, and likely to go much lower. I urged caution in the rally from Jun through August, as I believe this was a knee-jerk "bear-market" rally. In the past few weeks, The US Stock Indexes are starting to roll-over, and I think they will head much lower.

To take advantage of an anticipated market collapse, I have suggested to our members to Short the Indexes and etf's (QQQ, DIA, IGV etc).

In my personal account, amongst many other (Short trades), two weeks ago when the Dow Jones was climbing over 34,000, based on my observation of a Diamond shaped bear price pattern, I started accumulating a very large PUT option position in the DIA ETF. I started buying DIA Put options (Strike: 300, Exp: Oct 21), at prices averaging between $1.50-$2.00. Those Put options are currently trading at $5.00, or a return of over 300% in just two weeks. I bought literally 1000's of these Puts. I expect these Put options to go much higher, and I believe I am in a position to make SEVEN figures on ONE trade. This is the education, and moves, I seek to identify and get our members capitalize. It is not an approach for everybody.

That is why we are very selective about our membership process, and end up turning back more than we accept.

If I am incorrect about your intentions, and would like to speak with me personally, please contact our support team, and they will arrange a call.

In the meantime, I wish you the best of luck i your trading journey.

Regards,
Mark - The Pattern Trader

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Mark Shawzin The Pattern Trader The Real Deal…

Mark Shawzin The Pattern Trader provides excellent education about price action trading for FX and Stocks. His method for analysing charts and finding trading opportunities is accurate and gives you an edge to make trading profits. He is the real deal. He says keep your risk small for each trade and risk only a small percent of your capital on each trade so to preserve your account. The winners will be worth more than all the losers. Losing trades are just part of trading however good risk management and control over the size/value of each trade will grow your account using his price action based method.

August 24, 2022
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Hi Jack, thank you so much for your amazing comment :)

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great class

Great class! Mark makes it simple. I followed 2 tickers he talked about in class and both of them were profitable.

August 23, 2022
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Hi Kimora, that's great to hear! I am happy to hear you found my teachings simple and were about to follow :)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I found Mark Shawzin to be very…

I found Mark Shawzin to be very informative. He clearly knows his stuff and is very fluid and familiar communicator, who explains his thinking very clearly. I have taken one of his recommended trades and it its currently at the most profitable I have ever been thanks Mark.

August 11, 2022
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Thank you for your kind review. I'm happy you found the sessions informative and well explained, as I aim for everyone to understand these sessions. I hope I can keep on teaching you in future sessions.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Life changing

These 3 live sessions have been very educational. This has inspired me to develop my skills in trading. I can't say enough how much I feel this is life changing.

August 11, 2022
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Thank you for your comment David! I am happy to hear you have found it life-changing. I hope I can continue to teach you through more of my live sessions.

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