Carl Aspin recently retired as President of Aspin Engineering Services in Prescott, AZ. He received a degree in Engineering Physics from the Colorado School of Mines. This was followed by post graduate engineering training at General Electric in Utica. NY. He was employed at Motorola for more than 30 years in a wide range of R&D, engineering, and management positions. He is a graduate of the Motorola/ ASU MBA program, received a Silver Quill award for technical publications was elected to Motorola Scientific and Technical Society, and received Six Sigma Black Belt and Project Management Masters certificate.  He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. His current focus is on the identification and utilization of balanced ladder levels in the technical analysis of stock and market index time series.