Quote from: bikefront on April 10, 2019, 04:09:09 AM

I'd just written a very long and detailed post. Then timed out. Not going to write it all again, but the main points:

Armstrong's timing model is subjective even when he says it is objective.

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That's a pity that your post timed out. I enjoy your counter points the most here. I obviously want to learn from a different voice other than my own small brain.

I always make a copy of my post to Notepad before I clicked on ANY buttons, or even write it in Notepad and then cut & paste it. I was a financial blogger in the past, and that happened enough times to me for me to learn the lesson.

Yes, I know that "pi in the sky" article. I believe Armstrong is extremely good in persuading many people, including journalists, politicians, many traders. Whether Nigel goes to ECM conference or not, or he managed to convince 95% of human population, really does NOT matter. The only thing that matters is whether trading PROFIT is there.

PROFITS need no persuasion. If it works and produce profits, without all the if-then-else, then-that, then-cycle-inversion, then-market-is-always-right, etc. it simply requires no persuasion.

If a regular human with sufficient English knowledge, is unable to understand Armstrong's trading English to be able to trade successfully, then Armstrong has FAILED to deliver.

Subscribers pay money to know how/what to trade. They should NOT need to pay another person or come to this forum to find another trading wizard to interpret THE trading wizard. In fact, isn't that what this all about? Armstrong (the trading wizard) interprets Socrates (the trading wizard). And you need another trading wizard to interpret Armstrong?? Can you imagine how much information get lost along the way, if it's really done this way?

Everytime that I see this "third person trick" used (by real estate agents in negotiations, con artists, etc) is to deflect any blames away from yourself (the first person who is delivering the lies), and let the "second person" (receiver of lies) focus on your good points, while let the "third person" (whoever is NOT there) takes all the blames or questions. The fact that the "third person" is NOT there serves MANY purpose, and put up the finishing touches on any argument holes that cannot be verified.