Not necessarily. There are more than a few professionals who are happy to give it away, e.g., Linda Raschke and Vad Graifer. Even though BMT has many times the active members than ET (5:1 at the moment), the difference between ET and BMT is not the fee. The difference between BMT and ET is the same as the difference between ET and Yahoo message boards: the moderation. TL became what it is because vendors were given free rein. ET is what it is because trolls are given free rein. This most likely results in a great many more clicks. Look at Jerry Springer. But what is the relationship to "quality"?
It's not all that difficult to turn out a quality product that is also profitable. "If you build it, they will come."
Two thoughts. Not to start an argument, but since this is a forum that I'm sure Baron follows closely, its important to present another viewpoint.
1. It seems to me that you label anyone who doesn't believe every word you say a troll. You keep arguing that people don't even read your PDF and hence shouldn't comment on it first, but many of us keep saying we'd like to see some real time demonstration of your teaching methods with live calls, and that request always falls on deaf ears. So it is my opinion that as of late, any reasons you have for calling someone else a troll, you are guilty of yourself.
2. If BMT has 5 times the active members, and is troll free, why simply not go there permanently? Given the amount of posts you have here every day, which I think in the past year has actually increased, this shows that there are reasons enough for you to stay here. So I have to question why a person as smart as yourself, who enjoys pointing out the logical flaws in the arguments of others, would continue to post on a forum that he deems overrun by trolls and has only 1/5 of the activity of the other mentioned forum.
Admit it Db... you love this place too much to leave. You love to share those great quotes about how a struggling trader doesn't do what is necessary to turn himself into a winning trader, and hence, in the same fashion, if you're so bothered by the trolls, the best solution would be to simply leave for a troll-less website. But alas.... you can't. Perhaps now you can understand us struggling traders just a little better by looking in the mirror.
