Hi FTSE Beater
As promised, my replies to your queries:
1) My understanding is that Moderators looked at posts and removed those that could be deemed offensive. In fact, this has been done recently without anyone complaining.
2) Skim may not be biased in general, but on this subject is firmly on the side of the DOD’s. She is, of course, entitled to take that position, but NOT when moderating! She shouldn’t be Judge/Mediator and complainer and I hope she understands, infuture, the need to be impartial when posting as a Moderator.
3) In answer to your question “which moderator is against a group” – see 2 above.
4) Re. BTW – I can assure you I have no intention of winding anyone up and you have not risen to any bait (anyway, my bait for fishing is normally pink maggots and you wouldn’t be interested in my bait for women – I hope). What you have done is felt the need to comment/query/question my post; you have done just that in a clear, concise and responsible way and consequently I have responded likewise. No heat, no snide remarks, no offence taken.
As I said earlier, if all the DOD’s posts were like yours from the beginning, this sometimes heated debate may have ended days ago.
Notwithstanding that, the debate will undoubtedly arise again as soon as a newbie asks one of the coaches to explain a trade and they are told they will have to pay for it.
The solution is not to post a trade unless you are willing to explain it from beginning to end, otherwise the only motive for posting it will be to brag or promote yourself; it may help the people who are well versed in chart reading but frustrate the ‘useless idiots’(not my words) who would learn by following an good explanation.
I’m all for good marketing, and I see nothing wrong in the coaches doing so as long as they don’t use ½ information. Obviously, they don’t want to reveal their methods, so they could promote themselves by listing ALL their trades,( just date, symbol, net points gain/loss) and provide ONLY Sharkey with copies of their Brokers’ statements once a month, so he can verify the trades and points are correct.
That will satisfy the understandable desire the coaches have to keep their income private and should hopefully stop the continual requests for proof. I believe if they had put their heads together before, they could have reorganised themselves to prevent the need for the demands they get. The answer is in their hands. If they are making the trades and points that are good enough to warrant being able to teach a method that can be replicated, then surely they will be proud to do so.
Once again FTSE B, thanks for giving a reasoned reply. (Now there’s a I-2-1 coaching subject quite a few members would benefit from. LOL)
Regards
Mike
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