Speak to rtharp, who is a member here... his dad, Van K Tharp, runs the Institute and was profiled in Market Wizards... Van K Tharp has also written several books, some of which are reviewed in the Elitetrader Reviews section e.g. http://www.elitetrader.com/bo/index.cfm?action=view&B_ID=64&CatID=1
if you want to speak to robbie tharp, you might have to go to the new ballpark under construction in san diego, word on the street is he is a laborer there these days