Even Surfer was/is inspired by VN, no matter that VN blew up twice, he obviously taught Surfer SOMETHING.
How is making hostile accusations and blanket statements constructive on your part? Maybe Al Brooks isn't a charlatan for everyone, but he may be for some people. My purpose for posting here is out of a desire to prevent the destruction of other aspiring day traders.
Ya, you see VN is a proven successful entity who teaches how to think about the markets. Yes, he blew up due to personal flaws. However, unlike your et gurus-- i can point to a dozen plus $100 million plus traders and hedge fund managers who are known as extremely successful in the business who say that they learned how to trade from VN. See the difference between a real mentor and the bogus morons folks are pointing to on this thread?? Evidence of success in this biz is hard to hide. There is not one really truly succesful trader who names these anonymous trading cult leader types as being instrumental in their success. Yet, the same losers keep following them like lost lemmings hanging onto a few wins and promises of plans and discipline. Its disgusting.
I don't have idols, I am mostly self-taught, although not without the help of information that I gathered from posters on Elite. If I was to name one it would be Buy1Sell2, but he isn't selling any koolaid on the other hand.
Brooks has written many books. Pick any of them. Pick something you believe is incorrect or too vague to be useful or otherwise supports your allegations in your Al Brooks – Al Crooks, Charlatan topic. Post the page number and name of the book. I might learn something out of the necessity of having to explain whatever it is you choose means to me.
Great! That is what ET is all about. I learned tons of stuff on elite trader and gained tremendous value in other areas of life from people I met here. However, NONE of them are the mentor types this thread is referencing.