If you are bored and want a real life example of a trader with serious EGO issues check out the "Are Fibonacci retracements and projections useful?" Thread over there. He starts with a thread knowing it will challenge the psychological method belief of others. When he get's called out with specific examples that this behavior stands against every positive psychological trader behavior he bans the questioner- Well the questioner did refer him to leading a cult so perhaps it was deserved.. LOL Pretty easy to see that his ego got him in pretty deep pissing off the very people he should be supporting. If you have the time it's a great lesson in bad psychology. At least that's my opinion
I posted there for a while, seemed like he wanted everyone's $100's for me to go Elite and basically just tried to push that scam of paying to try out for that Prop firm of his, for his commisions. Will go check it out, for old times sake!
Every site has issues but I have not been banned yet here so I suspect the owner of the site is not one like over there. But the owner there went out of his way to piss off half his base - Perhaps to increase end of month ratings drama? Who know's- but folks picked up on his cult like and divisive leadership. When he did the AMP lawsuit thing displaying no thought to risk I knew that Mikey was a time bomb and psychological basket case.
Mike is a greedy asshole. Every thread created, he closes and says there is already a similar thread in an Elite section of the forum. Even if there isn't, he would create one before posting about it. He just wants people to pay $100. And he's an asshole to new members. It's definitely an elitist community, but so is ET and every other trading forum.
Is there any proof that he has ownership stake in that Prop firm? If so that would explain everything.
Big Mike and Al Brooks seem to have a suspiciously strong relationship, they both potentially reek of potential psychological operations / confidence-game manipulations.
Paying $100 to post in threads? I guess stupid people will be separated from their money one way or another.
It's not stupid people as much as desperate and naive people. Big Mike has a large following from developing nations.
Lots of people get banned here too as do with all other forums. Simply, every forum owner has their own personality that conflicts with certain members. Simply, what bothers Baron here at his forum...BigMike wouldn't have an issue at his own forum. What bothers BigMike at his forum...Baron may not have an issue here at his own forum. Its simple, read the TOU and if you start getting warnings or you start to see moderators saying things in threads you're involved within...you're being watched.