Do we really need these people to promote their business under the disguise of "educational " or "market commentary" type thread? They clutter the forum page and bring no value with one line posts/ threads like : emini Gold volume still growing everyone 's watching Gold tonight in FX trading ZEW survey at 5am YEAH SO WHAT !? etc etc
If it's a sponsor, yes, though one would think that they'd know how this sort of thing makes them look.
they should only post to reply to posts, or start threads specifically about their firm or services. No need to pose and post as a regular member .