You are right. You were wrong about something very simple (Options 201 type stuff) and had the arrogance to think you are right and everyone else is wrong and uninformed. Atticus makes some good posts. He gets into tiffs with people who pretend to know something they clearly do not, but is helpful and engaging otherwise. Anyho, your knowledge and his knowledge on options are not equal. And there is little to be learned from you there. There might be something useful you have to offer, but I haven't seen it yet. This is my last post in this thread as I'm not going to try to convince you. You are argumentative like a little child who doesn't get his way. If I reply to your next next angry reply this will just continue. Grow a thicker skin and try to learn more instead of assuming you are smart and everyone else is dumb. There are a lot of closet smart people here and you and your bank account will be better for it.
I go off on those of you exhibiting the Dunning-Kruger effect. You happen to be the poster-child on this forum. Someone who's is laughably clueless yet comes off as an expert. Epigenetics is a bitch, but we didn't make you... blame your parentage. Your grammar is that of a 6yo, in-line with your intellectual capacity. The word in this context is "amoral".
Sometimes people get carried away one way or the other, we all do it. calling him a bad person is a stretch when you don't know him in person. Loosen up, cut him and yourself some slack and see if he actually has insight below the occasional high school football player attitude (or whatever you want to call it) - maybe a little parenting for you NE would be a plus
Such a childish approach from you. Standard internet bs. Almost a template really for cookie cutter personal insulting. Argumentative ? You came onto this thread and pushed the argument hard. You and several other people. You were the instigator. Read that again. You were the instigator. You then proceeded with the personal attacks based on nothing more then the idea you want to be perceived as "right". You even protested my right to ignore argumentative people. God, you must love the drama. Now, you insist I was "wrong". What a silly concept. I have posted NOTHING that is wrong in the options area in the last month. You've had your back up ever since I suggested markets tend to get less volatile at the end of monthly option expiry week. This is just reality. Don't take it so hard. Friday's trading was about as flat as markets ever get. This is not unusual. What an ego you have to suggest I cannot be mature unless I decide that I am "wrong". Trading extensively on a narrow trading segment over numerous years gives someone experience and pattern recognition that cannot be learned from a textbook. Not that I'm uneducated in finance, management accounting a minor most of my university life. But I should let you get back to bashing Grand on a daily basis, and whatever else you supposably do on this forum. I could go over your posting history I guess and see what exactly you've posted that's useful, because nothing stands out at this time. Maybe the lesson for me is you deserve Grand and this forum is the perfect place for him to dabble in his craft. Occasionally I post some calls or trades, but I reduced that activity immensely when I realized how stupid this forum can get when you post good ideas. My last call was long TSX in early August, and the idea that IBM is clearly NOT a short as of last earnings report. I also posted the fantasy "AAPL short" was a high risk position that should be cut immediately. All three calls were successful. If you want value, I could direct you to the only option buy recommendation I posted in 2011. It was a massive winner, One month return between 1000%-3000% depending on entry point and exit point. All those options were pretty much at their highs on expiry day, so there can be no argument that an exit point was missing. It was a call to earnings in March. You know, I though about putting up a Journal simply listing every call I made on this site and how they turned out. But I realize there is no point, I have nothing to prove to a bunch of jokers. You'd rather play games with Grand and fantasize about Atticus as he reminisces about his winning trades ( he doesn't mention his losing trades much ). In the end, the mature thing to do is lead by example. I've never had any other account here, I left the site for an extended period of time before, and I can do it again. I have no problem rising above the juvenile antics of posters like yourself and forget this whole scene. Are you proud of the content here ? It is what you make of it, and your recent posts are some of the stupidest, most immature ideas I've seen in a while. You don't deserve to hear good trading ideas. You deserve Grand and Nitro. When I was off the site, and came back, some days 90% of the Trading section was threads from 3 or 4 of the worst analysts/traders on this site. Good ideas cannot compete if guys like you are going to be slamming the good content. I have always been supportive of good information, there is just so little of it at times. Enjoy your arguments I'm out of here. It will be truly pathetic if some of the jokers continue to post crap about me on here for weeks ( months? ) on end rather then focus on making money.
I'm done with this scene, there are several obvious sociopaths on here ( maybe that makes for effective traders sometimes ? ). Atticus has some value in a very narrow area which I am not interested in. The juvenile attitude kills any positives in my opinion. I truly believe he's a bad person. We don't have to live or work together so it doesn't matter. I'm competive in nature, as are some others, but there are lines being crossed that make the whole experience a negative for everyone.
I keep getting sucked in. I don't care if Atticus' calls are right or your calls are right. That's not the point. The point is to learn more and to engage in discussion that helps everyone. Teach a man to fish vs giving a fish type stuff. I try to share what I can on the options forums, and I try to learn what I can on the technical analysis forums. I do spend a lot of time heckling Grand. It's because he's focused on being right instead of the process. You seem to be concerned about that as well. I liked your reasoning in August (on the banks). I didn't care if you were wrong for 3 months or right now. I didn't really care for whatever you said in that AAPL thread. But I do take issue when you are wrong about something and then accuse someone who effect pins as one of those insitutions on a pretty regular basis of not knowing what they are talking about. You seem to do that a lot.