Quote from slacker:
Jack does push buttons; the same ones used by MarketMonk, Fxxxx Sxxxx, et. al, et. al, and he is very, very good at it. With 10 years or more daily practice he is the best 'forum fake' there has ever been.
But why are people drawn to his posts?
The answer is that the decision matrix for a beginning trader reading the Hershey 'body of posts' looks much the same for the classic Pascal's Wager argument:
If a trader can reach unlimited wealth, able to turn $10,000 into $15M within a year, 3 * H-L, 'always in the market' yada, yada, yada, no doubt he will be rewarded with a fantastic change in life style = he wins;
If the Hershey trader does not take the Hershey trading opportunity = misery (missed chance of a lifetime) Always wonders if he could have been successful.
However, if the Hershey trader tries but cannot succeed = status quo (no change in life style, regret but less than the misery of missing the chance of a lifetime)
In a population of sufficient size (EliteTrader) there will be people waiting to pay attention for a while to see if they can just possibly succeed. Hershey cannot survive on his own blog or individual site. He needs a constant inflow of newbees and constant turmoil to attract attention.
What is interesting to me is the number of people who fail and hold on to it long after the claims have proved to be untrue.... And, the number of experienced people who go along with the fraud even knowing that the claims are untrue.
If you remove the lies, outrageous claims, and posts that in Sypder's words everyone knows such as thing cannot be possible, then you have a standard channel trading system. Can it be profitable? Yes, in wide range days when losses are quickly cut.
However, once Hershey stops posting his outrageous claims, misrepresentations, lies, and stirring the pot the interest will be very similar to any other trading system thread. Does it work, yeah, kinda, depending on the skill of the trader and the market volatility. Profits and losses will be similar to other channel trading systems, not more.
For Hershey to get the attention he seeks it is essential to never, ever post real results. Results would make Hershey's Wager a bad or break even bet with many alternatives.
EXACTLY !
Feeding the greed, promises of unlimited wealth , very cheap tactics to seduce newbies, he is indeed the biggest forum FAKER, POLLUTER I ever met.
Jack,
One would think that at your age you had some wisdom to share........