Some like him because they can learn options from him despite the incomprehensible lingos. Others like him because they can learn to be abrasive / argumentative / combative from him. So many many people like him.
It's not about self control, it's about walking the talk. You sound knowledgeable in programming and general trading but do you even trade options? Commissions? I worry about bid/ask spread way more than cheap commissions. Your claim that only naked shorts make money sounds like is written by a kid who just googled the word option trading and got a ah-ah moment.
It is is a fiction perpetrated by Wall Street brokers that paying commissions results in better fills for general retail traders.
Good Morning destriero, Why do you want to be banned from ET website forum? Help me understand. This is a good forum.