Quote from miamisam87:
he is a legit trader but he makes way more by teaching others via chat and seminars , dvds etc
I second your comment.
He is a trader. Im sure he makes very good money trading. But with his strategy, I assume it woul be difficult to make great money. But that extra income is derived from his subscription.
Most gurus dont have very much to offer people that are not very good at trading. people who are good at trading, understand the methods and put them into practice better then the people who fail.
I agree, if you follow his trades in real time, I would imagine that its pretty difficult to get borrows after he has shorted up to the borrow limit.
But if you take his methods and apply them your self, without waiting for him to point out the alert....you could probably do well for yourself. But that of course would require thinking on your own, and most people wanting alerts, lack the ability to do that.
I refuse to sign up for those alert services, most of the people calling out the alert will do something like this:
stock drops down to the pivot point and bounces up .75, then retraces to test it again. Guru takes position. by the time he gets his order fill, and confirmed, he minimizes trading platform and opens the chat window.
types in alert about 90 seconds to 3 minutes after ticket it confirmed. trader is sitting in chat, sees alert...by the time he opens the order. decides how many shares he wants, sends the order. Its probably 5 minutes from the time the guru gets in, to when the trader in the chat room gets in.
If its a swing trade, alright, maybe 5 minutes wont make that muh of a difference. But on a day trade, or a options daytrade. That could be huge. personally I rarely hold my positions more then 4-7 minutes. so if u went off of my alerts, I would figure that you would lose 70% of the trades...or at least be sitting in the pullback point down a significant amount of cash and thinking man, im about to get wiped out!