Blowing Up

Quote from traderslair:

Exactly. For everybody thinking that Al Brooks is going to make you a profitable trader:

He has a live trading room and he calls only trades when they are already formed and they are already profitable. He says: "Oh I just took that xyz setup trade"

Be real. If this system is real there is no need to call out a trade only when it already showed it's a winner. If the system is real you call a trade when you place a trade. Al Brooks is a guru who makes money selling books and having a live trading room. He's not a good trader. He wants to be a guru.


I did a free trial of his trading room last week.
After the trial, there is no way I am going to
join the room.

The end of day analysis he posts in his website "after the fact"
is magically made to look a little more crisper in the analysis
compared to what he mentions "live". There is a subtle difference.

Listening live to his commentary astonished me because
of how vague he is. Comments like "you can buy here but
better to wait for the pullback" was the norm. And, if the
pull back does occur, "I don't like the way the signal bar
looks but you can buy it here". And trades that
he passed because the signal bar didn't look right often
would have been the best trades!

Another thing noted is that the direction of the market
he reads on the 5 min chart was wrong so often
that it wasn't funny. But then his commentary of" it can do
this but it can also do that" covers up that
shortcoming to his followers.

I have Al's original book. In the book, the analysis
is sharp as a Formula 1 driver. Precise entries,
wonderful analysis of various markets, and
aggressive entries off of support and resistance too.
Of course this is after the fact analysis. There is
some good information in the book.

His live commentaries, however, made me feel
like I was in a demolition car. Not sure which direction the
car was going at all.

Are there traders who can make good use of Al's books?
Sure. Can they trade like it says in the book? Perhaps.
Can Al trade like he writes in his own book?
I really doubt it.
 
Quote from greddy:

I did a free trial of his trading room last week.
After the trial, there is no way I am going to
join the room.

The end of day analysis he posts in his website "after the fact"
is magically made to look a little more crisper in the analysis
compared to what he mentions "live". There is a subtle difference.

Listening live to his commentary astonished me because
of how vague he is. Comments like "you can buy here but
better to wait for the pullback" was the norm. And, if the
pull back does occur, "I don't like the way the signal bar
looks but you can buy it here". And trades that
he passed because the signal bar didn't look right often
would have been the best trades!

Another thing noted is that the direction of the market
he reads on the 5 min chart was wrong so often
that it wasn't funny. But then his commentary of" it can do
this but it can also do that" covers up that
shortcoming to his followers.

I have Al's original book. In the book, the analysis
is sharp as a Formula 1 driver. Precise entries,
wonderful analysis of various markets, and
aggressive entries off of support and resistance too.
Of course this is after the fact analysis. There is
some good information in the book.

His live commentaries, however, made me feel
like I was in a demolition car. Not sure which direction the
car was going at all.

Are there traders who can make good use of Al's books?
Sure. Can they trade like it says in the book? Perhaps.
Can Al trade like he writes in his own book?
I really doubt it.

I've been saying all along that Al Brooks was a big fat joke and his star student NoDoji evidently blew up.....

You should post your experience here:

http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showt...8&perpage=6&highlight=al brooks&pagenumber=60
 
Quote from trader198:

my story is true. not funny.
maybe those books help others, but they do hurt me.

each time I read those books, I get hit. those books's focus is wrong.

trading is not psychology, or technicals. it is intelligent game.

I come arcoss one book, by william o'neil" how to make money to sell short". that helps me lot.

martin schwartz' pit bull, and jessise livemore's remineces. those two books help me too.

others I find just garbages, and harmful.

psychology is for loser anyway. lets say somebody write a book the psychology of winning the lottery. psychology doesnt matter, lottery is negative sum. thats why the psychology of trading is bs, because first thing u need is a postive sum edge . no matter psychology, if youyr edge is not profitable u lose. or psychology of beating the casino. psychology != profitable edge
 
Blowingup's Likely portfolio:

Short GOOG on IPO
Short Dow 5,000, 10,000, 11,000, 11,001, etc....
Short AAPL at 40, 50, 60, 100, 300, etc...
Short housing market year 1999, 2001, 2002, etc..
Short Earth every day....

Note: He likely says we are now on a MASSIVE SELL SIGNAL on the dollar and probably loves gold, oil, and is buying gold coins every day for the next few years!!!!!

To be wrong 100% is a great signal.

so thanks
 
I believe Blowingup was posting pictures of Caption Obvious when harping on his bullish opinion of gold.

Maybe "the obvious" is not so obvious after all!
 
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