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Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 15th, 2021, 10:54 AM
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Posted By bobwest
No problem, man. Bob.

No problem, man.

Bob.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 15th, 2021, 09:58 AM
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Posted By bobwest
This was Richard Dennis, who was a successful and...

This was Richard Dennis, who was a successful and fabulously wealthy trader in the 1970's and 1980's, making several hundred million dollars, at a time when a hundred million was real money ( :) )....
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 14th, 2021, 10:11 PM
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Posted By bobwest
Hi goodoboy, We seem to have these run-ins...

Hi goodoboy,

We seem to have these run-ins from time to time. You certainly have every right to your opinion, as I have to mine. When you say "Stop making this trading so hard man. It is not....
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 4th, 2021, 06:26 PM
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Posted By bobwest
My opinion is that no one can teach trading. You...

My opinion is that no one can teach trading. You can learn to do it, but no one can teach you.

I fully understand the outrage at vendors who don't deliver what they promise -- keeping predatory...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 4th, 2021, 11:23 AM
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Posted By bobwest
Also, it is one thing to know and understand the...

Also, it is one thing to know and understand the markets and to be able to comment on them well -- it is another thing to be able to trade.

They are not even close to being the same, but are often...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 3rd, 2021, 06:57 PM
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Posted By bobwest
No, I'm not kidding. I'm saying that if you ask...

No, I'm not kidding. I'm saying that if you ask for a statement, they can just lie to you and fake it, and you won't be able to tell. I wouldn't take anybody's supposed proof. How do you know that...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors August 3rd, 2021, 10:13 AM
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Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
At one point, the cry within the industry became...

At one point, the cry within the industry became for vendors to provide statements as a way to prove they were truthful. I thought then and I think now that if you take what someone tells you is his...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors July 31st, 2021, 07:13 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I view the whole thing about looking for broker...

I view the whole thing about looking for broker statements to be a mistake.

Suppose you see a statement. What you will see, whether the account and other info is on it or not, is a printed page...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors July 27th, 2020, 02:10 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
Different strokes for different folks. :) ...

Different strokes for different folks. :)

I've seen people who have done well with Mack. With that said, I would prefer Brooks to Mack also, but then, I can't trade the Brooks way myself, either....
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors July 27th, 2020, 07:01 AM
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Posted By bobwest
You've mentioned Mack in posts before, I believe....

You've mentioned Mack in posts before, I believe. Mack has a somewhat cut-down, simplified version of Brooks, taking a few things out without the rest. (This is not meant as a knock against Mack, and...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 28th, 2016, 10:44 AM
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Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I pretty much agree, but I'm not sure about the...

I pretty much agree, but I'm not sure about the 50/50 split....

I think it's more like this: a very small number of people are very excited and strongly committed to the belief that Al Brooks has...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 23rd, 2016, 07:10 AM
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Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
It was a post that quoted a post from Emmett...

It was a post that quoted a post from Emmett Moore's site, not an expression of opinion on this site by a FIO member.
...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 22nd, 2016, 09:12 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I wrote that I am forming an opinion about this...

I wrote that I am forming an opinion about this mess. My opinion has nothing to do with Al Brooks.

I'm not even pissed about "Mr Kumbya bobwest," which is kind of funny in a way.

But insulting...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 22nd, 2016, 04:13 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I understand that you are just quoting this. ...

I understand that you are just quoting this.

Whoever wrote it has confirmed an opinion I was starting to form about this whole mess.

I don't think I will share my opinion. It has nothing to do...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 21st, 2016, 07:15 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I do wish that we would manage a normal level of...

I do wish that we would manage a normal level of civility in this thread.

These are only expressions of opinions, not absolute truths to be hurled at an opposition.

Everyone now knows what each...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 18th, 2016, 10:49 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
My mistake in what I was trying to utilize your...

My mistake in what I was trying to utilize your words to convey. I wanted to say that I agreed with your point that all the analysis isn't going to change anyone's ideas.

I didn't mean to say...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 16th, 2016, 04:22 PM
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Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
This will be my last on all this, really.... ...

This will be my last on all this, really....

It's just this: anyone who goes into a trade room looking for trades to take is going to lose their money, their time, their self-respect, and anything...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 16th, 2016, 11:53 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
Damn, I knew I shouldn't have mentioned...

Damn, I knew I shouldn't have mentioned statements.

My post had essentially nothing to do with statements, but that is what will attract all the attention.

Time for me to bow out of this...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 16th, 2016, 10:55 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I have spent a little time sitting in on his...

I have spent a little time sitting in on his room. Some points:

- He does not give any trade calls. He says up front that he won't, and he does not. Anyone looking for trade calling could...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 15th, 2016, 07:06 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I hope that, in expressing my views, I gave no...

I hope that, in expressing my views, I gave no one offense.

If I did, I did not mean to, and I apologize.

Bob.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 15th, 2016, 07:30 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I read parts of the 3 later Brooks books (his...

I read parts of the 3 later Brooks books (his writing style is so hard to read and so deadly boring that I couldn't make it all the way through any of them :sarcastic:), and also a good part of the...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 14th, 2016, 03:32 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
All true enough. Most of these things are...

All true enough. Most of these things are worthless scams and the vendors are fakes.

I wish we could count on statements or whatever -- but it's important to realize that if they are faking the...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 14th, 2016, 12:53 PM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
There's a lot just in this little piece about...

There's a lot just in this little piece about really learning the in's and out's of a method. This is what makes it yours, no matter where you initially got the ideas from. A vendor can give you a...
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 14th, 2016, 10:30 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
Agreed. Bob.

Agreed.

Bob.
Forum: Trading Reviews and Vendors November 14th, 2016, 10:00 AM
Replies: 472
Views: 254,369
Posted By bobwest
I would be disappointed, too. I'm not...

I would be disappointed, too.



I'm not able to speak for FIO as a whole, nor about how Big Mike decides who can come on and who can't. I assume he has made a value judgment about their...
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