JMOWERY1987 and understanding credibility on ET.

bigmrfrank · May 30, 2006

Quote from JMowery1987:

hehe, you should see the countless number of posts I've had from Max401, Nana Trader, and the OP talked about and discussed. Oh and harassment issues as well, PM's, instant messages, e-mails of harassment, ever have anyone claim they will kill you before from a poster on ET? Now that was a great one. Too bad I can't prove who it was to instant message me that. It is my fault though, i do have my message handles and e-mail available to anyone to message me, but it's funny how the harassment mostly comes from posters on ET. I still want to say it is jealousy, because almost all traders up here who are fakers or liers, will probably be on this thread jumping and pouncing on me and calling me a lier and such. It's only to make themselves feel better.

I have to do my best to make those who don't have a life, and can't trade, feel better by having them try to put me down to make up for their failure. For they only make me stronger and more determined in my trading, I welcome it.

I figured I had to chime in though when a thread is dedicated to me though. I never knew I could be so popular on ET, I'm just a 19 year old making the best of life, it wouldn't be life if you didn't have a few bullies to push you around. I guess ET is back to old school. I personally wish I could change my name on ET so the harassment would stop, and get rid of my post count as well, but that would just be running away, and I'm stronger than that.

I just find it funny though, but very annoying to have to deal with others BS all the time. Good stuff though, great lessons in life can be learned from those who try to put others down, it makes the person being put down work harder and more determined in the end. Think about it
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I don't know about all that other stuff you mentioned ... I was just offering friendly advise. We were all "angry young men" once and most go on to learn which battles to fight. Online life hardly require defending one's self. Leave the drama for the losers. Trade well.

JMowery1987 · May 30, 2006

Quote from bigmrfrank:

I don't know about all that other stuff you mentioned ... I was just offering friendly advise. We were all "angry young men" once and most go on to learn which battles to fight. Online life hardly require defending one's self. Leave the drama for the losers. Trade well.
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Thanks for the advice, I am just going to stop posting as often as I do on ET, that is the best way to solve all the harassment issues.

zdreg · May 30, 2006

lurkers are losers.
it's not your game but who knows?

Rearden Metal · May 30, 2006

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don't be so quick to denigrate obssessive behavoir. most people who succeed in a big way show an obsessive/complusive trait to a much higher degree than the average population.
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Great post! I couldn't agree more.

kissanmakeup · May 30, 2006

Quote from Rearden Metal:

Unless I'm mis-guessing your age Nana Trader, back when you were 19, pussies were all hairy. That's got to be pretty traumatic for a young man. I mean, he finally 'gets some'... and the damn thing is all hairy & stinky?

and possibly green!!

:eek: :eek:
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Rearden Metal · May 30, 2006

They were green too back then?!

God, I'm glad to be living in 2006!

alanm · May 30, 2006

I went to a school with a notable farming program, so I've heard of sheep, cows, etc., but frogs?

kissanmakeup · May 30, 2006

Quote from Rearden Metal:

They were green too back then?!

God, I'm glad to be living in 2006!

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mold baby...mold!

Bitstream · May 30, 2006

Quote from kissanmakeup:

mold baby...mold!

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omfg, sure they much better right now and prolly all due to porn, hee hee..

volente_00 · May 30, 2006

Quote from lp3yc:

This thread is background for some of the people who have asked me about the credibility of quite a few posts on ET. One of the most prolific but vacuous posters on ET is JMowery1987.

As you may know, he has some very strong and slanderous views on some companies. Because these boards are essentially anonymous, readers may need to understand a bit more about the man behind the mouth so that they can weigh his advice up before they decide to act on it.

Although some of what I post may seem to be malicious, it is not my intention to be. Granted, he has irritated the hell out of a lot of us but all of the facts here have come out of his posts.

An added benefit of his postings is that it helps us to see who is on the other side of the trades we make. Many people think that all of the fresh meat disappeared during the tech years or was shaken out by the $25000 rule but JM is an indication that some of it may be coming back into the market. One of the greatest books I have ever read on trading (not going to name it because if you have not read it you are probably not ready for it â except to say the theme is Eating and Losers) deals extensively with this and it is always interesting to see the logic or lack of logic behind a lot of traders out there.

Jmowery1987 (JM) is a nineteen year old boy who recently started trading (less than a year ago) who currently lives with his family and trades off a single screen in his bedroom. He constantly changes his approach to trading and is now thinking of giving forex a whirl.

He appears to be highly immature not only in the way that he communicates but also very unschooled in the ways of the world. For example, he has recently been asking on ET how to rent an apartment. In this thread he seems to have great difficulty understanding what an apartment lease is. He also does not have any credit, not even a credit card. He has previously had significant difficulties in opening a trading account.

He seems to spend too much time on the computer (12-18 hours a day) and does not have any friends around. Apparently his only three friends joined the Air Force and left him all alone. He also talks of other compulsive behaviour such as checking stock prices constantly while he was in class to the detriment of his grades. I think that this type of obsessive behaviour is quite significant.

His knowledge of market activity and history is very shallow. "I was born in 1987, I didn't know there was a big market crash." Most of what he knows seems to have been picked up on these boards. He has also learnt a "lot" hanging out on Yahoo boards etc. His knowledge of technical analysis seems to be equally shallow as he gets very excited when he sees a pattern he recognizes to the extent that he has to post it in here.

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1082708#post1082708

He has major issues with not getting enough respect from his family, from posters on ET and from people in the town where he lives. Judging by his contribution to many of the threads here it is not difficult to see the small boy raging and shouting to try to achieve a feeling of significance.

One of his favorite pastimes is raging at bigger companies which he feels do not immediately act on his requests. His approach appears to be the classic "bend the world to my way". Given that he is trading from a single screen, I do not believe he can accurately assess complex programs which a lot of day traders use on up to 6 screens.

He will also latch on to a thread and spend a large amount of time looking for information on Google which he can then post back on ET. Although this can sometimes be helpful, it can be more harmful if you think that you are getting firsthand information from a knowledgeable source.

(JM if you disagree with anything I have posted here, please feel free to correct me)

So the final question is, when deciding on advice from a discussion board, consider who you are talking to. A picture is worth a thousand words.
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LOL, How much time did you spend writing mowery's biography ?