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  • #1
  • First Post: Jun 27, 2006 9:33am Jun 27, 2006 9:33am
Has anyone tried Rob Booker's training? If so, do you recommend it? I'm feeling the need to get some mentoring. I've been reading a lot of the recommended books and articles here but I'm actually seeing my trading get worse not better for that effort. So maybe time to try something new.

I've worked through High Probability Training, Trade Your Way to Financial Freedom, Trading in the Zone, Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques and a bunch of online material. All this education is making me a worse trader!

Squid
  • #2
  • Jun 28, 2006 11:48am Jun 28, 2006 11:48am
If you are new to Forex, Rob is great! My son is taking his 1 on 1 course right now and our whole team is looking forward to going to one of his classes as a team.

I have coresponded with him and find him to be honest as well as being a laugh riot to read his stuff. His prices are also some of the most reasonable values on the web.

He visits this forum from time to time. I would suggest you read his posts and also read the free pdf's at his site (robbooker.com)
Nolite dormiens pungere ursum. -- Latan Proverb.
  • #3
  • Aug 15, 2006 11:04am Aug 15, 2006 11:04am
Quoting MrWhipple
If you are new to Forex, Rob is great! My son is taking his 1 on 1 course right now and our whole team is looking forward to going to one of his classes as a team.

I have coresponded with him and find him to be honest as well as being a laugh riot to read his stuff. His prices are also some of the most reasonable values on the web.

He visits this forum from time to time. I would suggest you read his posts and also read the free pdf's at his site (robbooker.com)
Do you still recommend him?
  • #4
  • May 22, 2007 12:52am May 22, 2007 12:52am
Has anyone else experience with the Rob Booker training?

Appreciate your feedback.
  • #5
  • May 22, 2007 1:15am May 22, 2007 1:15am
Haven't had his training, but I did just read his new book--Adventures of a Currency Trader. Excellent book. I sent him my review of it and he was kind enough to email me back. From all I've read, he's one of the "good guys" out there.
  • #6
  • May 22, 2007 1:37am May 22, 2007 1:37am
My friend took his training. If you are looking to learn technical analysis, he is not the guy, but if you are looking to learn market psychology and discipline, he is great. Do not look forward to learning how to create a system or so from him. he will prepare you mentally very well though.
  • #7
  • May 22, 2007 12:14pm May 22, 2007 12:14pm
Rob is great and an excellent place to start. You will learn a lot and Back test, Back test, Back test. His goal is conservative pips in a sound manner that makes sense. I highly recommend it.
  • #8
  • Feb 22, 2013 3:42pm Feb 22, 2013 3:42pm
WARNING.

I have had a really bad experience with Rob Bookers TFL365 membership program. The one a day videos dried up completely at day 122. Then started after a while from number one again with a different format. Then at number 26 they dried up because he was promoting a course with his girlfriend. I asked for a refund and he has refused. Its a shame as the content and dedication started out ok then dried up as if he had given up or was distracted. The live TV stopped, the videos stop and the trae recommendations stopped.

Anyway, poor service. Given that there is far better out there I recommend finding an alternate.
  • #9
  • Feb 22, 2013 4:08pm Feb 22, 2013 4:08pm
Huh? So there's no refund option? How much did you pay for the course? And why don't you file a formal complaint..anyway hope you get your $$$ back
  • #10
  • Feb 22, 2013 5:31pm Feb 22, 2013 5:31pm
Hi, I think I paid like 365 euros, I sent Rob and email directly, he said that "tomorrow I will post 5 more videos" which never arrived even a week later. I emailed again and he is not replying. So half a course and no daily "Coffee and charts" look at the technicals for the day. Real shame when people give up on providing the service which dedicate members, once trying to learn and develop daily have paid for.

But perhaps Im the only one that lasted that long on Robs course, it was after all 10 minutes a day of drivel, outdated systems and psychobable. It was like I was his shrink, and he need to talk to someone about things. I wonder if anyone else feels the same way?
  • #11
  • Feb 26, 2013 3:43am Feb 26, 2013 3:43am
Never heard about Rob Booker. But if you interested in price action trading, Ichimoku trading & other PA based trading I would like to suggest Chris Capre for you. Because I completed few courses under him. Google 2ndskilesforex. Hopefully you can get to know more about him and there are loads of free articles, videos,analysis & other materials available there.

P.S- Do your own analysis prior to go with a course.
  • #12
  • Feb 26, 2013 8:50am Feb 26, 2013 8:50am
Well, consider yourself lucky..I got burnt for a lot more, as I started out in the currency market. And yeah, the course in question was a total wipe out.
Wish I had something better to add here..at this point, all you can do is file a report with the authorities. Just googled the name and the scam reviews are listed in full..please check before opting for any other course.
  • #13
  • Jun 2, 2017 6:09pm Jun 2, 2017 6:09pm
hahaha

Rob Booker - i joined his course and he taught Monday accelerator and Vortex and charged me $2k
he finally made a group of 3 batches and we were approx 60 students...so basically he made $120k

Did the monday accelerator work ? - Of course not...
did all the 60 students lose money...Yes
did anyone ask for refunds...No...because we know after few months of training that we had been fooled
  • #14
  • Jul 6, 2017 12:29pm Jul 6, 2017 12:29pm
Rob Booker is a forex seminar entertainer, a forex "systems" marketer and he is not a successful trader. I can say this from plenty of personal experience: I attended two of his seminars, co-taught another one with him in Canada, and am mentioned in his book. Once Rob held a contest to see who could submit the most profitable system. A guy wrote an elaborate description of a "winning system" and submitted it, knowing full well that it was a system that was a guaranteed loser. Rob awarded him first place, lol, and never tested the system! Rob makes nearly all of his (big) money from selling systems-of-the-month (stuff you can easily find online.) He has not been seen on FF since professional trader Phil McGrew (look him up here--his posts are gold) made him his "buddy" and would speak the truth whenever Rob would post. Stay far away from this clown.
  • #15
  • Jul 6, 2017 3:10pm Jul 6, 2017 3:10pm
Look for a mentor who is a real trader not a marketer............There is only one way to know ask him/her for personal track record and if not available.........do not pay a dime..........
atheer1
  • #16
  • Jul 6, 2017 10:55pm Jul 6, 2017 10:55pm
No idea about the training but I got some of his indicators and they just kept repainting until of course they nailed the perfect top or bottom, super annoying
  • #17
  • Jul 7, 2017 1:18pm Jul 7, 2017 1:18pm
Quoting atheer1
Look for a mentor who is a real trader not a marketer............There is only one way to know ask him/her for personal track record and if not available.........do not pay a dime..........
I also have been looking for a great mentor in Fx but didn’t find that I want. Maximum are marketer even though they have good trading knowledge but they are not professional trader which I need. If you found please inform me. Without a great mentor it is quite difficult to survive in this volatile trading place.
  • #18
  • Jul 7, 2017 1:55pm Jul 7, 2017 1:55pm
Quoting BenDunk
{quote} I also have been looking for a great mentor in Fx but didnt find that I want. Maximum are marketer even though they have good trading knowledge but they are not professional trader which I need. If you found please inform me. Without a great mentor it is quite difficult to survive in this volatile trading place.
In Forum community you could not find a professional mentor that you are looking for. According to me, Chris Capre is good. I am not suggesting you to follow him but you can try. I always try to follow his instruction when trading practically.
  • #19
  • Edited 4:50pm Jul 7, 2017 4:39pm | Edited 4:50pm
Quoting dwe213
Rob Booker is a forex seminar entertainer, a forex "systems" marketer and he is not a successful trader......
Interesting. Rob is one high-profile forex 'guru' I've been loosely following for several years, and he seems to flit from system to system. For example, a few years back he was very enthusiastic about a system he called the Hopper (which was little more than a MACD crossover) which he was touting with his ladyfriend Jennifer Thornburg (who likes to write articles about Sex and Trading, btw). More recently Rob's been promoting EAs, including some that take profit quickly while allowing floating losses to snowball. Given all of this, I've never bought anything that he's been offering, and I've found it difficult to take him completely seriously.

Yet curiously, Chapter 3 in Boris and Kathy's book Millionaire Traders (published in 2007) features an interview with none other than the same Mr Booker, the "100 pip trader" ("in less than 5 years, he's gone from being a $2,500 trader to a client of a major bank who trades a respectable size account" -- see p37). Assuming that B&K performed some background research before selecting their interviewees, then being the subject of such a book creates the impression that Rob has in fact made a 7 figure sum from trading. Hence I don't know what to make of it all.

Incidentally, I remember Phil McGrew from my early days here (c. 2007). He was very knowledgeable. If there had been a MT4 version of his 'Currensys' system, I probably would have purchased it.
  • #20
  • Jul 7, 2017 4:49pm Jul 7, 2017 4:49pm
Quoting hanover
{quote} Interesting. Rob is one high-profile forex 'guru' I've been watching for several years, and he seems to flit from system to system. For example, a few years back he was very enthusiastic about a system he called the Hopper (which was little more than a MACD crossover) which he was touting with his ladyfriend Jennifer Thornburg (who likes to write articles about Sex and Trading, btw). More recently Rob's been promoting EAs, including some that take profit quickly while allowing floating losses to...
Hi Hanover.

I have also read the book. However i do not know what he is selling and not interested in it.
It is possible that he might have been profitable, under the market conditions back then (2002-2007)

Since 2009 i believe there was a surge in the HFT developers and funds, thus compressing volatility and squeezing out scalping profit margins.

Thus making trading like any other highly-skilled profession - if you do not evolve with the changing environment, your skills get obsolete.
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