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BPAAdmin
Wed Jun 17, 2015 6:44 pm


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You did a disservice to the concept of moderation by not approving my pro-social yet critical comments on issues succh as whether Al should show his portfolio returns. My neck is getting hot on this guillotine, are you ready?
I did what I thought was best for the site and what reflected the member's desires. The vote has confirmed that. 

I've been working with Al for six years now, and even though I have only met him twice in person (and one of those times was about a two minute long elevator ride and a walk to the room he was speaking in), he has followed through on every promise he ever made to me. Not a single time has he had to say, "I'm sorry, I didn't do that," which is way more than I can say for all the times I have failed him. IMO, Al is a truly man of his word. That is very rare in this business.

Al gives exactly what he promises. He knows what he is capable of and what his limits are. Al won't be showing his P&L; he doesn't want the hassle. He doesn't read these posts. He doesn't particularly care if people believe him or not. What you get with Al is exactly what he promises. This website is free. No one is forced to pay for his webinar. No one is forced to buy his trading course (which has nothing to do with this site). Anyone who doesn't like how he trades is free to walk away at anytime. Al doesn't care if his "sales" increase... other than as a reflection that he is helping people. I totally believe that if we stopped doing the webinar at the end of the month that Al would happily continue on with life. You would all understand that if you knew what I had to go through to get him to do the webinar in the first place, with the dozens of e-mails that went back and forth, and the many months of "practice webinars" so he could do the best job possible. That's right, Al did the webinar for months with a handful of testers and didn't get paid a cent. He truly doesn't care about the money, other than being fairly compensated for his time. That's all he asked of me when we started doing the webinar. You'll notice that we don't really advertise his services on this website beyond letting people know about what is available. I told Al that I wanted this site to not be the typical commercial trading site that is always trying to sell something new. He has honored that agreement. We don't spam people, we don't have "sales", we don't lock people in for many months at a time, and we certainly don't do a "hard sell" on anything. Al honestly just wants to help people learn to trade. That is his passion. 

Regarding the showing of P&Ls, I would encourage everyone to be careful about what you accept as "evidence" of anyone's trading results here. There is no way for members here to really know who is and isn't being "moral", and who is or isn't trolling people.