Recent content by Al_Bundy

There's been a lot of talk in recent years about disrupting Wall Street and the 'old boys club' of asset management. Fintechs have sprung up like mushrooms after rain promising to level the playing field. Firms like Fundseeder, Quantopian, Quantiacs, Darwinex, Quantconnect, Huddlestock claim...

They surely talk a big game:

The wild west - those making real $$ are those providing the shovels (brokers, copy trading platforms) and a few lucky/unscrupulous traders.

Everybody seems to be taking on hedgefunds nowadays.... http://www.cnbc.com/2016/04/07/start-ups-take-on-hedge-funds-with-social-trading.html It starts feeling a bit as if the guys playing Fifa 16 say: watch out Ronaldo and Messi, we're coming after you! :strong:

You don't see him flaunting stacks of cash behind the wheel of a BMW like those gurus covered by @guruleaks1, do you? And just because he's behind the index after 2 1/2 years doesn't mean he can't trade. How many times has the man himself, Buffett, lagged the S&P? This doesn't mean he's just an...

Jon Boorman is a legit guy running an RIA Broadsword Capital, he's not a guru. Most portfolio managers out there don't beat the index every year, so what's your point?

Man is a legend. I'm curious though how his performance has been for the past 15 years.:thumbsup: or :thumbsdown:

MT4 is the best trading platform. But be careful what broker you choose to open a real account with - avoid Cyprus regulated buckeshops that entice you with bonuses. Case in point, ForexMart, which the poster above me advertises - see reviews...

As long as you're a resident of an EU country, how are you not required to pay tax on any income, whether it's coming from within that country or abroad ? You'd have to be domiciled in a low tax country in order for such arrangement to work, see Richard Branson, he didn't buy and he isn't living...

Professional traders who are looking to start managing outside capital in a legal manner without going through the traditional pain in the backside, nevermind the costs of starting a hedgfund read this: http://www.jltrader.com/2016/06/26/so-you-want-to-become-a-hedge-fund-manager/

You might consider linking your account to fundseeder.com. If your stats are as good as you say they are, you will get noticed. You might even be featured in Jack Schwager's next book. :thumbsup:

You should stay away from self professed professional traders that try to impress on social media and have fake testimonials on their websites. Welcome to the shark infested waters of trading education. Check out TradingSchools.org to see how many charlatans there are out there.

I agree with what Adam Grimes says - if you really think about it, fibo, elliott and gann are just a lot of mumb-jumbo that have made a few snake-oil salesmen rich. A similar albeit succinctly expressed point of view I found here...