#1: ARBITRATION: Should QED stay or go? (an official vote) Author: BPAAdmin,
You have posted in this forum: Thu Nov 27, 2014 8:57 am
[UPDATED 6-12-2015]
QED is back and wants his posts to be unmoderated. He is currently not banned from the website and has full access to read the Forums, he just can't post. 90% of the complaints that had been received last year were in relation to QED and Olga's antics. They have both said they don't think Al's trading style works. I can't figure out why either of them would want to stick around on a site where they disagree with the very purpose of the site itself (which is to help people learn BPA) other than to cause discord.
QED says, Quote: › "I regret ever paying money to this site now that I see all of my comments are disabled, contrary to what is said in the arbitration thread." |
According to my records, QED subscribed to the webinar for a single month back in 2013. Posting on this site has nothing to do with whether or not anyone subscribes to the webinar. All of QED’s old posts are still there and traders post here every day without ever giving a cent to Al Brooks. While everyone is generally able to post whatever they want, that doesn't mean there is some some inalienable right to free speech here. This site exists explicitly for helping traders to learn Al's BPA methods. Everyone who is here is a guest of the BPA website and is expected to act in a respectable manner.
The fact is, not every trading style is going to fit with everyone’s personality. While QED apparently couldn't make BPA work for himself, there clearly are people here who it does work for. But QED was sure that if it couldn't work for him that it couldn't work for anyone. This is QED's own problem and not anyone else’s. If someone doesn't like how Al trades then this clearly is not the place for them. What I can't allow is for any one person to become too much of a distraction to people who are trying to learn BPA (or to the moderators who also trade). Everyone here is an adult and they don't need someone babysitting their every move, which is what QED and Olga had done in the past.
[edited to add]Another moderated post came in from QED:
Quote: › "BPAAdmin seems clueless about BPA concepts when quizzed on IRC and refused to answer (suggesting no) whether he/she trades off the 1-15min chart timeframe when asked. Talk about a good bullsh*t story."
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bpaadmin - why don't u post your P&L and show us what timeframe u really trade off? |
Well, which is it? Was I clueless or did I refuse to answer? QED is drawing conclusions which are unwarranted. As I stated in a PM to QED on IRC, I set this site up specifically to help people learn Al's trading style. I am not Al. I don't teach his trading style. When I made this site I decided that I would stay out of all trading discussions so as to not give the appearance of competing with Al, or conflicting with anything he says. My goal here is to keep Al happy and doing the webinar as long as he is willing, not to meet the needs of every single member who comes along. This is the best way for me to fulfill the purpose of this site. I have nothing to prove to anyone here about my own trading and I don't care if anyone thinks I trade or not. It is specifically because of QED's attitude, as illustrated above, that he was put on moderation. IMO, QED is a distraction to this site and uncharitable in his posts. Not a single person here owes him anything. He paid for a month of the webinar and he got his month. That is all he has ever been owed. If Al’s style doesn’t work for QED then he should cut his losses and move on. I was hoping that by putting him on moderation he would have the incentive to try something else, but he wants to push the issue and I'm fine with that.
All that being said, I understand that I am biased at this point, so it will put it up to a vote of the members as to whether or not QED can post again. The votes will only be counted for members who were here before December 2014. I will personally not be voting but I will automatically enter one YES vote from QED. Voting will be allowed for 5 days.
Original post:Quote: › I'm going to give everyone a break for the holidays and put QED's and olga's posts on moderation for the rest of the year. I'll have to approve them before anyone else sees them. That should put an end to the trolling for awhile and all the complaints I have to address. They are not being banned or blocked from the website. |
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