I would be pleased to provide any regulatory authority with my tax returns and brokerage statements. I will not post those materials for public display under any circumstance. I am not soliciting the public for investment funds, nor am I soliciting the public for brokerage. The only fees I collect from clients is the original consulting fee.
Why then you post a brokerage statement from 2006 on your site ?! Why only provide this specific statement ? Why not the whole picture ?
Because that particular account was set up expressly to trade one particular spread combination: ICE Gas/Oil versus ICE Brent Crude taken as a simultaneously executed spread position. No other trades from any other market strategies were taken in that particular account. My other accounts use a mixture of strategies and a mixture of markets not available to 98% of the people on this board - how many ET members can trade cash OTR Treasuries or ICE Swaps? It wouldn't be a realistic representation of what a indepedent trader with a $50K account could reasonably execute.
I am sure you would and I believe your claims to be true. The only thing you are guilty of is what I believe to be bad marketing. If any consumer product or service company makes a public claim, some people expect to see or have access to public evidence and rightly so, regardless if they intend to become a customer or not. I further understand you are a trader and a consultant, and not a polished marketer, promoter or salesman. According to yourself, you have enjoyed enough success in your consulting endeavours in spite of all that. But this will always be an issue for public debate for some and you should either ignore it or respond professionally and honestly without engaging in the same personal diatribes.
Did you really just throw up a random list of numbers then jump to the assertation that you are a more successful trader?
I've been a lurker on ET for a while. I read through a lot of bone's old threads and decided to contact him. This is what I will say about bone: - He has an impressive trading work history. He has traded at some major power companies and some major chicago prop firms. - His references check out. - His mentoring offer is as good as it will ever get for most retail traders. - His service probably won't make you a millionaire but that isn't his fault. He states on his website that "some discretion" is required on exits. To a guy like bone that is probably not a big deal. To the inexperienced, scared, greedy, incompetent etc.."discretion" will probably fuck things up. I am not one of bone's aliases. I am not a shill. For personal reasons, I chose not to use his service but I might use it in the future. Lastly, nobody in the trading world will give you the sun moon and stars for 12K. But if somebody can bump up your odds of profitability from 0.001 percent to 5-10 percent, 12K isn't a bad deal.
Can I ask why you would keep brokerage statements or tax returns that would prove what you say secret? Just think of how many customers you could get by showing proof of your success?
I still cant believe that statement is up for discussion, it shows a journal entry only. I don't know what's more of a joke; it being posted or the defence given below.