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  • #381
  • Nov 24, 2014 5:31am Nov 24, 2014 5:31am
Quoting Magix
{quote} MParker aka MP5140, passed away a few years ago. He'd spent years working with others in a one on one and group setting for technical analysis on stocks and then moving into Forex. Though I am not entirely sure of the rules he broke here at FF to earn him a revoked membership, and through there are rumors floating around the internet, he was one hell of a good guy! I worked with Mike on stocks for a couple of years and was happy that he lead me into not only trading forex, but into the FF community. He was the mentor that I could only hope...
I'm sure others share the sentiment that you're a darn good mentor that He'd be proud of Magix. Your "tell it like it is" style matches this market perfectly IMO - those who think you're a grumpy bastard are too soft and probably should go find a field of flowers to play in or something..

My personal favorite part of your style is encouraging others to "gain their own optics" - It's so important to do because we're all wired differently and what works for me surely won't work for someone else thus the need for each of us to "gain our own optics"...it's a core to our individual system development....

...But make no mistake, I get a true laugh out of the majority of your replies to pure stupidity...they're awesome...
"Holy Grail" exists - accepting where is the first step.
  • #382
  • Nov 24, 2014 10:21am Nov 24, 2014 10:21am
at best this thread is useless - referring to the commercial code of conduct (III.), every member can report scam by the celanup function or write a pm to twee.
simple and clean, and complying with the trader code of conduct.
itīs more likely that this thread is (not necessarily by the intention of the starter) a place where some special kind of members find an outlet, throwing mud on other members on base motives. i am not surprised by the outcome of the poll, 30 of the yes voters are members without any impact, some are suspended...

qualis autem homo ipse esset, talem esse eius orationem
fortis fortuna adiuvat
  • #383
  • Nov 24, 2014 11:41am Nov 24, 2014 11:41am
Quoting Magix
{quote} MParker aka MP5140, passed away a few years ago. He'd spent years working with others in a one on one and group setting for technical analysis on stocks and then moving into Forex. Though I am not entirely sure of the rules he broke here at FF to earn him a revoked membership, and through there are rumors floating around the internet, he was one hell of a good guy! I worked with Mike on stocks for a couple of years and was happy that he lead me into not only trading forex, but into the FF community. He was the mentor that I could only hope...
Like some others have said, you have been an excellent contributor. You are unique, and I would get a laugh when I would log in, and see Magix has been suspended again.
If you are good at something, never do it for free--Joker
  • #384
  • Nov 24, 2014 11:48am Nov 24, 2014 11:48am
Quoting deltaone
at best this thread is useless - referring to the commercial code of conduct (III.), every member can report scam by the celanup function or write a pm to twee. simple and clean, and complying with the trader code of conduct. itīs more likely that this thread is (not necessarily by the intention of the starter) a place where some special kind of members find an outlet, throwing mud on other members on base motives. i am not surprised by the outcome of the poll, 30 of the yes voters are members without any impact, some are suspended... qualis autem...
Hi deltaone,

Thank you for stopping by and giving us your opinion witch seem that does not correspond with the majority. Now if the majority are "member without any impact" well I am sorry to tell you when you vote for your counties elections you are also considered a member without any impact and in my book all members of a forum or a country are equal,they all have the right to vote once.

4x
  • #385
  • Nov 24, 2014 12:18pm Nov 24, 2014 12:18pm
Quoting 4xPIPAHOLIC
{quote} Hi deltaone, Thank you for stopping by and giving us your opinion witch seem that does not correspond with the majority. Now if the majority are "member without any impact" well I am sorry to tell you when you vote for your counties elections you are also considered a member without any impact and in my book all members of a forum or a country are equal,they all have the right to vote once. 4x
hi 4xPIPAHOLIC,

thanks for your polite reply. well, in my country i convinced two other people by the better argument to join a political party
your approach is a very democratic one, so although i do not agree with you about the benefit of this thread, i see your point.

all the best
d1
fortis fortuna adiuvat
  • #386
  • Edited 2:43pm Nov 24, 2014 12:42pm | Edited 2:43pm
Just one remark - biggest scammers in FF have all been 'members of high impact'. Neither red flag nor former 10+ vouches have never been a proof of trading skills.
  • #387
  • Nov 24, 2014 12:50pm Nov 24, 2014 12:50pm
Quoting deltaone
{quote} hi 4xPIPAHOLIC, thanks for your polite reply. well, in my country i convinced two other people by the better argument to join a political party your approach is a very democratic one, so although i do not agree with you about the benefit of this thread, i see your point. all the best d1
Nice, we all do what we have to but I do not want you to think that I would vote with the YES side, cause I would not, I am on the fence.
It has a value of posting some members that have or are planning to scam members, but the thread did not turn out like I imagined.
But I am democratic

4x
  • #388
  • Nov 24, 2014 12:51pm Nov 24, 2014 12:51pm
Quoting Indrek
Just one remark - biggest scammers in FF have all been 'members of high impact'. Red flag nor former 10+ vouches have never been a proof of trading skills.
  • #389
  • Nov 24, 2014 3:37pm Nov 24, 2014 3:37pm
Quoting VaBikePacker
But make no mistake, I get a true laugh out of the majority of your replies to pure stupidity...they're awesome...


Quoting jmn5611
{quote} Like some others have said, you have been an excellent contributor. You are unique, and I would get a laugh when I would log in, and see Magix has been suspended again.
Money Can't Buy Happiness. Poverty Can't Buy SHIT! You Choose!
  • #390
  • Edited 4:48pm Nov 24, 2014 4:07pm | Edited 4:48pm
Quoting Indrek
Just one remark - biggest scammers in FF have all been 'members of high impact'. Neither red flag nor former 10+ vouches have never been a proof of trading skills.

Does the sun rise because the rooster crows?
Does the rooster crow, because the sun has risen?

There are a lot of folk that roam the halls of FF that have been here a long time, working to contribute in some form or fashion and have gained the respect of their peers. Drawing this as an automatic association with being a scammer is, well...bullshit, really.
Money Can't Buy Happiness. Poverty Can't Buy SHIT! You Choose!
  • #391
  • Nov 24, 2014 5:05pm Nov 24, 2014 5:05pm
Quoting Magix
{quote} Does the sun rise because the rooster crows? Does the rooster crow, because the sun has risen? There are a lot of folk that roam the halls of FF that have been here a long time, working to contribute in some form or fashion and have gained the respect of their peers. Drawing this as an automatic association with being a scammer is, well...bullshit, really.
Relax Magix, he did not say that all high impact members are scammers but that most scammers where high impact members.

4x
  • #392
  • Nov 24, 2014 11:37pm Nov 24, 2014 11:37pm
And because most of the scammers were busted by admins before they got the chance to become "High Impact"

They created many usernames and working as a team talking alone or among them, sometimes they pretend do not know each other and to some extend they fight

For example of the busted usernames:

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  • #393
  • Edited 12:16am Nov 25, 2014 12:06am | Edited 12:16am
Quoting 4xPIPAHOLIC
{quote} Relax Magix, he did not say that all high impact members are scammers but that most scammers where high impact members. 4x
Exactly. Scammers always set a goal to gather as many subscribers and followers as possible. It has nothing to do with if they are successful traders or even traders at all.
In an anonymous forum, it is very easy to become a professor even if you are almost illiterate.
  • #394
  • Nov 25, 2014 5:52am Nov 25, 2014 5:52am
Quoting Ken A
And because most of the scammers were busted by admins before they got the chance to become "High Impact" They created many usernames and working as a team talking alone or among them, sometimes they pretend do not know each other and to some extend they fight For example of the busted usernames: Post 87,798 {image} {image} Post 1 {image}
Nice stuff Ken

4x
  • #395
  • Nov 25, 2014 5:54am Nov 25, 2014 5:54am
Ok everyone.....86% vote to keep the thread open.....so that is what it is

4x
  • #396
  • Nov 25, 2014 9:12am Nov 25, 2014 9:12am
Quoting Indrek
{quote} Exactly. Scammers always set a goal to gather as many subscribers and followers as possible. It has nothing to do with if they are successful traders or even traders at all. In an anonymous forum, it is very easy to become a professor even if you are almost illiterate.
IMO - This speaks more to the quality of the subscribers than does to the actual individual.

IF more members spent time studying charts/fundamentals and less time studying posts, do you still think this would be the same issue?

This isn't an easy game, which a lot find out in a hurry...so everybody looking for the quick road to fame and fortune by way of Forex is really only opening the doors to their demise or to being victim of their own gullibility.
Money Can't Buy Happiness. Poverty Can't Buy SHIT! You Choose!
  • #397
  • Nov 25, 2014 9:24am Nov 25, 2014 9:24am
Hello everyone,

Just received a pm from a member that claims he has been asked to deposit funds to open an account
with a "safe broker" .
I have the full message but will release it only with the senders approval, waiting for that at the moment.
If you have recieved such a pm please be carefull and let us know.

Maybe this thread will prove more usefull than we think.

4x
  • #398
  • Nov 25, 2014 5:43pm Nov 25, 2014 5:43pm
I was just browsing and reading thru some of the items in this commercial content section and shocked to discover that the numbers of trading systems or methodology that was offered on sale here borders somewhere between utter audacity and lunacy. How those methodology can be use to trade profitably is totally beyond me and I am absolutely sure that those vendors must have known for themselves that what they offering simply doesnt work or worked in a sustainable way. I can imagine the ecstatic and euphoric glee of the vendors face when some pathetic traders actually subscribed and bought those things. The appreciative and grateful expletives of the vendors that followed after that will be best left for ones own imagination. I also noticed it is a healthy breeding ponds for:

1. Potential and scammer wannabes
2. Stealthy scammer and snake oil con artists
3. Failed traders turned hopeful entrepreneurs
4. Mentally challenged and delusional characters
5. Social and plagiarist outliers
6. Few helpless and hopeful individuals.

Those moderators at FF must have known this since those red flags are so plain to see and read. Are these posters here paying FF some kind of fees or whatever for hawking their stuffs here?

Anyway I can smell heaps of rats over here or is it just me?

GS
  • #399
  • Edited 6:02pm Nov 25, 2014 5:46pm | Edited 6:02pm
Quoting genghistar
I was just browsing and reading thru some of the items in this commercial content section and shocked to discover that the numbers of trading systems or methodology that was offered on sale here borders somewhere between utter audacity and lunacy. How those methodology can be use to trade profitably is totally beyond me and I am absolutely sure that those vendors must have known for themselves that what they offering simply doesnt work or worked in a sustainable way. I can imagine the ecstatic and euphoric glee of the vendors face when some pathetic...
I LIKE #4

4x (oupsss!)
  • #400
  • Nov 25, 2014 5:56pm Nov 25, 2014 5:56pm
I favored having a commercial section when it was first introduced.
It kept the sharks in one forum and out of the main forum.
It usually has very little traffic. People know to stay away from it.

Eitan is making me reconsider.
He gained a large following in the main forum, then switched commercial and brought them over here. He'll wind up as the biggest FF scam since Jacko.
It won't be long until we start hearing about it.

I now think the sellers should be thrown out like they used to be. If they have something to sell, let them go somewhere else and buy advertising.
Keep them away from FF.
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