I fully agree with you guys about Gene. On Don, I think he is actually OK, since most of us home traders read his posts for the informative parts on trading and not to see if we should sign up with Bright Trading. Personally, I feel Don adds value to these boards through some great posts... and for the questionable posts, it should simply be a matter of skimming over them and ignoring them if we see something that we may feel is marketing... most of us are clever enough to not buy / sign up for everything we read about.
I agree candle. I think of it kind of like the banner advertisements you get on some web pages. The price you pay for the info.
I think Don has made some good posts, I'm glad he's here, but I'm seriously considering the trusty I button right now. Too much spam.