Lol it’s fine, I’ve tasted worse!
I have never talked about the specifics of the tools ICT used as I never got into it sufficiently to follow them. I have said a few times that the whole raft of different terms seemed overly complex to me, I just don’t think that currency trading needs to be that complicated. In my view - backed up by experience, I tend not to talk about stuff about which I know nothing 
- more complicated teaching is made, the more open it is to interpretation and poor execution, so the more patchy the results obtained by the students might be. Which can undermine the whole process.
From what I did read, it seemed that many (and maybe all, I’m no expert on ICT) of the individual components of ICT’s stuff made sense and should work, but using so many elements in concert seemed overcomplicated and suggested a desire to be more certain than the market will generally let us be, which smacks more of insecurity borne of past struggles than it does of some trading guru. My own mentor sounds quite different, much clearer and more certain, and is very open to genuine two-way interaction, and that suits me more.
But that’s just my opinion. The only area where I generally engaged with the whole issue was when the ICT stuff started taking over the site. Between that and ICT’s shockingly out of control ego I did not think that it was good for this place. So I spoke up, just putting my view, which I stand by.
I also personally found the constant quasi-military crap a bit nauseating - we just all watch coloured bars on a screen, predict what they’re going to do next and make money off it, it isn’t that thrill-packed, in my view. I used to use a gun in my previous profession, and had others point them at me from time to time. It didn’t work alongside children, so I moved on when they started turning up, became a trader. These days, part of my trading income funds racing old cars, and my gunplay is restricted to GoW etc. For me, I love being a trader, but the trading itself isn’t exciting, it just opens up life opportunities that can be. So when the wolfpack strapped on their sidearms and headed off to do the whole one shot, one kill thing I just found it all a little lame. But again, I didn’t get into that at the time as it is not my place and was not relevant. Many liked it, so it deserved its place here. My point is, I didn’t knock the tools as they seemed fine and others liked them. I didn’t knock the military symbolism, as whatever my view it’s not my place and others liked it. I didn’t knock ICT as a trader. I didn’t knock his ego when it was restricted to his threads. I just said some things when it took over and became distasteful - such as PPF’s nastiness. I never had a conversation with ICT.
So pretty please, with a cherry on top - don’t make sweeping, inaccurate statements about me without expecting me to come back.
On your videos point, I listened to part of a couple of ICT videos, but didn’t get all the way through - I didn’t find the analysis on offer worth be hype, it was fine but pretty generic and I hear better elsewhere, and the way he kept licking his lips was kind of creeping me out. So I’m not the boy to talk to about the videos.
But it’s all cool - much respect to you for reading your post back and admitting to lumping me in with others! For my part, I respect how you can have a reasoned debate with others on this ICT stuff and its fallout without it getting personal, nasty or degenerating into anything silly.
So there’s no bad taste left on me, and I like you, too, even if we don’t agree on everything. You hold consistent views and put them across in a fair and reasonable manner. What’s not to like?!
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