The only thread you will ever need: FX Exposed!

"Report notes: Dear FF Admins. When you read dukas_trader's posts about Fractal Freak, you must have seen that he never talks with respect about him. He accuses FractalFreak of several things, without any evidence.
Besides that, every other member who responds in a normal way to dukas' posts is called a beginner, stupid etc etc.
My 3 questions:
1. Do you think this is normal behaviour?
2. Why is dukas_trader still able to post while he only rants and has no respect for other posters?
3. Can you block dukas_trader from posting at FF."


"1. In my experience yes. He fits a certain profile.
2. Dukas contributes a unique perspective and for the most part consistently searches for the truth.
3. Based on our current Trader Codes of Conduct and internal policies, we cannot block him however, you can with the “Ignore Block” feature"



A "unique perspective"???

Cursing every day in bad English?

Seriously??

"With the introduction of Algos, you are up against emotionless robots."


Admitting the manipulation?

FF

"I would steer clear of the Commercial Content forum at all costs. It’s only a distraction from your trading. Any thread or posts of real value will be on our main forums. "



So why did you move our thread to Commercial then?

FF

That is really disappointing.

Still,

I wait for their official reply to me.

FF

crazy huh. They nearly applaud him.

You are welcome, dear.


Unfortunately,

you are a bit late to the party.

Anyways, let us see what will happen.

FF

REMEMBER GUYS:

https://www.forexfactory.com/showthr...7#post11136097


"1. What has happened? - A summary (for the ones who did not know)

Hereby, I first summarize what has happened.

As you are aware, I started a quite deep thread called "The only thread you will ever need: FX Exposed".
In this thread, I not only presented the SUBSTANTIAL pre-work I have done over years (such as many documented live trades on a yotuube channel), but I also delivered hard evidence on the actual market mechanics, driven by manipulators etc.
I even went so far to produce high quality educational videos, answering particular questions members had asked. I am not aware of any thread that could be compared to my work.
And as many now realized, I did not show up with a knife to a gun fight. I had done my homework way before and that was the only way to back up my big claims here. YES, I already EXPOSED the EXACT mechanics of the SM market manipulation, this also LIVE, and the original plan was to continue that until the last person doubting it was convinced by the striking evidence. YOU WILL NOT FIND ANYTHING SIMILAR ANYWHERE. And remember, I had not even shown the main topics. Think about that. Then think again.
The rules for participating in this thread were laid out VERY CLEARLY on its first page (I have observed what has happened to other popular threads before). It was also stated that at this point, I cannot sell anything and that the objective is to explain to you how the daily FX market manipulation works IN DETAIL.
Also, I had EXPLICITLY stated that this is NOT a commercial thread (see page 1) and I covered all kinds of requests members tend to have and rejected these.
Since there is NO comparable thread here in this forum, showing what I was showing, the thread quickly gained popularity.
Many people started following it and participating in the content wise discussions etc. As expected, that "certain breed" of "cynical, ignorant, destructive" commentators who attack people without having looked at any content whatsoever was also quickly attracted (despite I had explicitly stated that these are NOT welcome on page 1).
I was prepared for that and the reason why I was so strict with the rules was to protect the "good members" from the destructive actions of such "bad members". This is in line with FF's policies, of course.

My strategy so far worked, and ppl. recognized that I showed A LOT of patience with everybody and in particular, any friendly comments were ALWAYS answered with friendly explanations while comments violating the rules were "disliked" by me. I received a LOT of positive feedback, especially via PMs, often of ppl. who did not want to post publicly. I also received a LOT of PMs, giving me a tap on the shoulder for being to patient with everyone (read the thread yourself for evidence).
So far so good.

Then, the infamous member named "redoktober" started attacking me, this for no reason whatsoever (and as it is obvious now, he DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT ANY OF MY VIDEOS! so PURE IGNORANCE). He went so far to post my username in the infamous "scammer thread", this even though the first page of that thread clearly states that you HAVE to deliver PROOF for your claims, and EVEN redoktober HIMSELF openly admitted that he has no proof whatsoever.

'redoktober' assumed that I would not see his posts or would not care, but when I started commenting on his false allegations, he felt caught and began to be aggressive. This only increased when followers of mine started to express support for me and redoktober realized that he is NOT representing the community here but that he is doing something wrong.

But things would get worse.
redoktober made racists posts, such as the ones including "Nazi jokes". I was nothing less than shocked. However, I did not get provoked but continued to behave professionally as I always do.
But then, things got worse once more.
In particular after the next round of support of my followers and their realization that redoktober is:
- a losing trader
- is on this forum for years, without having contributing ANYTHING of value whatsoever
- has evidentially engaged in defamation and racism before, apparently having cursed on African-American traders for example (I have not seen these posts first-hand, but many members have written to me respectively).
- has engaged in various bullying tactics against several members, apparently without much consequences
- etc.

I have pointed out the incorrect allegations and statements redoktober has made in these threads and given him an opportunity to APOLOGIZE for his wrong doing until an official deadline. Any decent person would have at least apologized for his "Nazi jokes".
However, not only did he NOT apologized, he then made the situation SIGNIFICANTLY worse.
Firstly, in an attempt to decrease the number of followers of my thread, redoktober moved the thread from "Trading Discussions" to "Trading Journals". I was really surprised how this would be possible in the first place. Therefore, I contacted the Admins. The Admins were helpful.
But the worst was yet to come.
After redoktober has called me in the "scammer thread" a "charlatan", "rabble" and other names (posts still there), redoktober further published private data of mine, such as my personal name, in that "scammer thread". As a result, if you googled my name, this thread showed up.
THAT WAS THE PART WHERE HE TOTALLY WENT OVER THE LINE.

As you can imagine, this action by redoktober has imposed reputational damage on me. I am a professional with a face and profile and in my line of work, REPUTATION is EVERYTHING. Further, it represents an ILLEGAL act;
the conflict turned into a standard case of "internet defamation" and "reputational damage" as a result of "false allegations" with bad intent, whereby the offender (redoktober) engaged in breaches of privacy, in bullying, in cursing, in reputational damage, in gross misconduct etc.
I have then made redoktober aware, that he has made himself legally liable and that I will not tolerate that but take adequate steps.

Once more, I contacted the Admins.
In all fairness, the main Admin (I do not disclose the name) was very helpful and understanding, having looked at what had happened (I even sent them my private phone number, in case they wanted to talk to me directly). While it took ca. 5 days to remove redoktobers' mentions of my private name, they DID the RIGHT thing by correcting that.


2. What would have happened soon (without FF's recent intervention)

Without question, if they would have not done that, I would have had NO OTHER choice then launching the lawsuit in Florida directly against the actual person behind 'redoktober'. Also, it is not difficult how that would have ended (anyone with legal knowledge KNOWS):

Basically, the courts would have issued a judgement similar to the case "Stratton Oakmont vs. Prodigy (1995)" as I have posted. That means, the courts would have prosecuted 'redoktober' for:
- engaging in internet defamation
- breaching privacy laws
- gross misconduct
- false allegations with bad intent
- cursing, insulting, bullying ppl. who behaved professional
- etc.

During that trial, the identity of redoktober would have been uncovered and published, his activities in the forum and elsewhere would have been analyzed in detail once more and redoktober would have been consequently charged with an amount covering my legal expenses, his, reparations for the damage he has caused (for example a monetary amount for each day his negative mentioning of my private name were on the web etc. We are talking about a total amount of ca. USD 300,000 to USD 500,000, if not more. So no nitty gritty. YES, 'redoktober', you should be REALLY thankful to ForexFactory for preventing such a prosecution and damage payment last minute, believe me.

I am sure that if this conflict here would have escalated as described, ForexFactory would have fully cooperated with authorities, providing the info the court would have requested etc.

I would have made that case here a REFERENCE CASE for "internet defamation", and redoktober would have gone through a true life change as a result, to put it mildly (such as filing for personal bankrupcy in the best case). His strategy was CHEAP as others pointed out already, as he was hoping that by calling me a "charlatan" ppl. would just assume certain things about my work; but for that I already posted too much material and hence the collective fired back. It is amazing how 'redoktober' apparently accepted and still accepts a significant amount of LEGAL LIABILITY with the hope of winning personal ego games. He either has no clue about law whatsoever, or assumes that nobody would be able to identify him, or thinks that some other party would back him. IRRATIONAL, to say the least. He did all the wrong things, for all the wrong reasons.

As it can be seen now, ppl. would have understood that you can and SHOULD stand up against such unjustified internet attacks and that you DO have good chances as long as you yourself did the RIGHT THING as I did.
I hereby demonstrated you that you should NOT get intimidated by ANYONE who tries to signal confidence. As it is known, the dogs that bark most do not show up for the fight when things go down. Look at redoktober's threats against me (still there). So where is he now? He really, REALLY messed up, and guess what, by now he is aware of that and prays that this here is quickly over.
He was used to ppl. just giving in to his bully tactics, and apparently, I was one of the few who stood up and went for him, which as you can see from his posts, did indeed terrify him. As you can see guys; not so tough anymore if you have no fear and you know that you are doing the RIGHT THING. Shame on you, redoktober. This was your lowest point so far. It is one thing to have failed in FX as you did, it is another to bully others you do not even know. Is that something you plan spending time on? Like that, you will NEVER be a happy person.
As everyone has finally realized, there is NO REASON whatsoever for you to have any authority; you have completely failed in trading, you did not contribute anything positive, you are the first to attack others and you have crossed the line many times before. One wonders whether you are 17 years old, you certainly sound like it.
Before you lecture others, WORK ON YOURSELF! You really need it, son!
At least, you will most likely be more careful with regard to what you do in the future on FF. All eyes on YOU! Here are your 5 minutes of fame! Happy now?
While maybe you also did some better work in the past, you REALLY MESSED UP on this one; and now you got cornered. Everyone followed your dishonest action and much of it is still documented, the best you could have done would have been to correct your mistakes and wrong conclusions ASAP, but your ego wouldn't let you. You should be really ashamed. You did not make your parents proud here. You are a truely sad person.
With such catastrophic attention to detail, how do you expect to have any success in FX trading, for that matter? As a trader, YOU CANNOT AFFORD AN EGO in the first place! You can neither just make "assumptions" without any hard facts. Go and read market wizards. Otherwise, you will just blow account after account.

Also, redoktober, you should really THANK ForexFactory here for intervening before I would have launched the next steps as described.
First and foremost, they helped YOU here by preventing the steps above."

This was back in June....

"5. What ForexFactory should do NOW in ADDITION (my PERSONAL opinion only...please respect my freedom of speech)

Note: Admins, please respect my right to express my PERSONAL opinion here. You can agree or disagree, but do not delete it, please. Respect my freedom of speech.

In my personal opinion however, what they did is by far not enough (members here please confirm if you agree).
It is indeed mind-boggling, how members such as 'redoktober' are able to even maintain their "high impact member" status, after all this he has evidentially done. In fact and as many ppl. wrote me, he had engaged in similar, unprofessional / illegal activities beforehand, apparently without any consequences while he did not contribute anything of value to the forum.
By now, he has NO credibility left, whatsoever. FINISHED.
It is no surprise that ppl. then establish conspiracies, such as whether he is employed etc. redoktober himself made some questionable comments regarding that question. Such "pure keyboard warriors" who have not delivered any significant work here should not receive any membership privileges in the first place!

After his latest activities as described and documented, the MINIMUM would be to strip his "important member" status from him, and more reasonable, he should be BANNED from the forum altogether. YES, he may re-appear with a new login, however, at least his status is lower. I would be very disappointed if ForexFactory just decides to do nothing futher then what they did so far.
This is a "no brainer" case! In case of doubt, please ask your lawyers. redoktober has CLEARY breached the forum rules as well as LAWS and this alone is MORE than ENOUGH to take his current status away! Whatelse do you need to see?

PLEASE REVIEW your policies / the application of these in practice.

IMPORTANT:
Do you understand now why others are not keen on posting any high value content here?
Look at what happened to me in response!
I delivered value for free, I planned everything well, but what I receive in return is illegal attacks against my person?
And then ppl. expect me to just continue my work?
This is not how things should be, sorry. It is simply not good enough.
As simple as that.

As a matter of fact, I have been a "reading only" member for many years, and I can tell you, the standard on the forum is currently lower than ever before. I showed you some of the reasons why that is the case.

My impression is this; while forexfactory started as some guys in T-shirts, it is today a multi-million business, but the team has so far not succeeded in designing a system that efficiently PROTECTS contributers like me against failed traders and destructive members as 'redoktober', abusing their "status" for bullying people and to engage in much more severe activities.
But as an entrepreneur myself, let me tell you; the MOST important thing is to make sure that your procedural system grows organically together with your company, this also content wise. Otherwise, problems quickly arise.
So to make this even clearer, if you observe ppl. doing threads such as "scammers" etc., your first thoughts should be "ok, what do we have in place in order to prevent / punish ppl. from actually abusing it"?
Yes, sometimes business can be complicated, but solutions which are too simplistic often makes things worse.
So respectfully, please discuss such topics internally with your corporate team. In my humble opinion, you guys have some homework to do. It is fine to be rewarded by brokers for adverts, but do NOT forget the CORE of your business, your MEMBERS. In particular, the ones who:

- demonstrated professional behaviour
- add actual value to your internet site
- follow the rules
- refrain from engaging in activities such as 'redoktober' did
etc.

ForexFactory, YOU CAN DO BETTER THAN THAT!
It is not sufficient to just say "please ignore" these bad guys.
Please "like" this post if you agree, members!
So to summarize:
- update your "temp. suspension policy" (no suspension for members who never violated any rules)
- update your "high member status" policy (no "high member" status for people who did not contribute anyhting of value or even violated the rules and laws)
- update your "high member competencies" status (no ability for "high members" to move threads around etc.)
- create checks and balances, covering a minimum due diligence, for legally sensitive threads such as the "scammer" thread
- etc.

It is time to do that now.
I DO have trust in 'Twee', but currently NOT necessarily in ForexFactory as a whole, after I experienced what I experienced here, this first-hand. It was enough to show me that it is not in my interest to continue posting here a lot.
Yes, basically ALL the threads on FF are indirectly "commercial" for ForexFactory since these threads will eventually induce members to open accounts at the brokers and trade; but that is ok. Still, on the other side; you need to manage the content and activity as well, and you need to do so with adequate diligence and strategy. Otherwise, situations like this one can arise.
You need to improve for me to have any trust in your system again. It is obvious that you really need to come up with smarter rules and a smarter implementation; but at the end of the day, who am I to lecture you, it is YOUR business and apparently it makes GOOD money for you.
But in case you DO agree on some of these points, do not be shy to comment on these topics in my thread. You are welcome to do so.
"

Remember all that guys?

FF

I will soon make a statement with regard to how I see things today...


I hereby ask the Admins kindly to respond to my messages first...

Thx

Well done mosah...

FF

Let us see guys.......

the last word is not spoken yet.....

if forexfactory is interested in actual VALUE for its MEMBERS rather than the big boy brokers,

then it will find a diplomatic way to please all sides.....

At least that is still an open possibility at this point.


The EVIDENCE is all here.


And speaks for itself.

FF

You're right- the evidence is there. That you're a member with a commercial agenda.

What ISN'T there- is the evidence of you making any money.

Welcome!

What is my commercial agenda then??

FF

A unique perspective,

ROFL, trolls have a very common perspective.

wow, gloves are off today...man.

i would assume FF makes tons money my friend, but you are right... we don't know for sure

You refuse to share your proprietary indicators. You force traders to rely on your charts. That is the biggest red flag.
You are either going to a) sell your indicators, b) lease them for a monthly fee, or c) start a signal service.

I'm not saying the indicators/methodology don't work, I'm saying there is an ulterior motive at work here, and not being upfront about that is dishonest.

Give me a source where that is stated before accusing this.