I would pay good money to meet this guy in person. Just to make sure the guy is real. What a character.
there is a difference between a puppy dog and a nice guy. And I'm not sure I would define an asshole a man
Rtharp was never a good trader and dropped out of the biz a couple years ago. He worked as a construction labourer for a while and last I heard had gotten pretty involved in the 'underground world of female seduction' ala that book "The Game" and was runnng seminars or something teaching pick up techniques.
I knew there was something wrong with the guy (R Tharp) and I started to question him and his abilities 4 years ago. All I got was personal attacks from his minions. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=112784&highlight=legend#post112784
His father does well teaching seminars, which has always been his thing. Robert had the book knowledge no doubt, but could not follow the plan, and by the time he quit, really wasn't into trading. I've stayed at his place and traded side by side with him lots and while he was a super nice guy and would give you the shirt off his back if you were in a bind, he just didn't have the true passion you need to make it in the biz. I got the impression he was doing it all to impress his father. Good guy to call a friend though.
I posted a tradestation programming problem on a yahoo board way back in the day and he emailed complete, working code!! I gave him the system it went with and pieces of it are still around, I see the favored settings showing up here and there. It does not work any more but hey...