Very interesting! Thanks for this research Chicky. FF could very easily check the IP addresses from which the different potential shills you identified posted. Unless the guy was very tech-savvy, it is most probable that they all originate from the ...

Hello meepatme, I'm one of Jacko's ex-pupils (but never put money in his fund). Sorry to read he robbed you of 100k. I'd like you to disclose evidence behind the claims that you make, such as how do you know who set up Jacko's accounts, about ...

whistleblowing — In fact, my point was more about whistleblowing and how it is perceived rather than about why people get fooled. However your point that people who believe in honesty tend to get fooled because they assume the other one is ...

As a former pupil of Jacko's, I'm very much in favour of whistle blowing on FF. I'm therefore in support of onlydragon's post, whose arguments make sense. The only thing I would like to encourage whistle blowers to do in order to increase their ...

Hello aceTrader, I'm going to be your audience on this too. Sounds interesting!

I disagree... if the market was only made of 'pure' speculators, and moved only by them, then sure it would be a zero sum game. But it isn't (as no market is). It primarily exists because businesses and states do trade together and have to convert ...

Hello again, Still haven't written my reflections about the whole thing... would take some concentration and availability of mind which I seldom have had recently! Some practical information though: url As I'm not a US citizen and was not directly ...

Agree. It's all in there... Not very concise, but the anguish is very palpable! I may write a paragraph on my own story and feelings about this in a few days, now that I've recovered from the emotional shock.

Any new developments? — As one of Jacko's turtles, I'm very personally concerned by the whole affair. I have yet to take time to complete my reading of all the posts that were written on this thread since Jacko stopped replying our emails (I ...

First of all thanks a lot for starting this extremely interesting thread and project. I am myself in the project of implementing automated trading but with much less experience than you in trading and systems. I'm wondering, in terms of risks, what ...