Exactly. I neither hate nor love VN. It's simply the truth that he blows up and passes his hat around for another go at it. What's wrong with that? Why do people have such a hard time confronting the truth, especially when it causes them no expense or injury to do it? Notice how many times on VN threads that a VN worshipper will rebut the fact that VN blew up with the statement that VN made his investors money. Well, no shit, we all know that, why do they feel the need to omit that he lost nearly all of it? What purpose does it serve them to be selective with their facts? Vic's story is not much different than anyone elses - he made money, he lost it. He was able to brand himself as an eccentric genius and therefore generates much discussion.
He generates much discussion because he has a high public profile, and the ignorami on e'trader don't have the knowledge or motivation to understand the players in the industry who don't have a high profile. I wonder how many of the e'trader crowd could name the twenty currently largest hedgefunds (or a reasonable subset) and how they trade...
Surf, you bought a farm? Seeing as how you have an endless supply of fertilizer, vertical integration only makes sense.
Surf, I don't think people hate you. They just laugh at you and on occasion, get simply annoyed by you. Personally, I think you add comedic value to this site and wish you luck in getting unbanned.
Here is a post from 3 years ago, explaining why most common sense folks here don't think of Victor as a trader:
Exactly. And the one-sided nature of performance compensation allows someone unfettered by conscience to game the system for what it's worth.
I think of Surf as a 'benevolent bullshitter'. You can't trust a word he says, but other than that he's great guy. Surf, deep down you probably already know that all the deception and insincerity only works <b>against</b> your best interests. Imagine if people could trust your word. Wouldn't that be so much better for you in the long run?
I don't think Surff worries much if he's trusted around here, despite the fact that everyone at ET is profitable and makes 7 figures a year.
See Surf; Your heart is totally in the right place! Now wouldn't your message be all that much stronger if you could just manage to deliver it under a single username? All this multi-aliasing (and repeated shallow denials of said multi-aliasing) can only serve to weaken your message.
That depends on his objective. Surf thrives on attention, therefore its value is absolute. Can you think of an easier way to get it than by posting annoying nonsense?