The Garrison Financial Institute provides trading clinics for our students to bring industry best practices into the classroom. During these clinics, Sergio Santamaria and Ventsi Stamenov, teach students cutting-edge trading techniques.  Students learn how to analyze an “Initial Public Offering” (IPO) using market data from the recent IPO of VISA Inc.  To profit when the market heads south, students were introduced to the bear market strategy of short selling.  (Short selling involves selling a stock without owning it, and then buying it at a lower price at a later date, to cover the short position.)  Sergio and Ventsi are also Chartered Market Technicians and these experts taught students the art of the chart known as technical analysis. Students were also introduced to option strategies, such as the use of covered calls, straddles and strangles.