[trader220]

I find the same thing all the time and my conclusion is probably similar to others. I used to do question and answer on some of what used to be very active equity options boards back in the late 1990’s until about 2002 when those boards dried up. Now I had about 12 to 15 years in the business at that time and I owned seats on several options exchanges so I had a pretty darn good background in options. What I would run into are the same blowhards who claimed they made millions and millions and they knew everything and blab la bla . When either I or one of the decent people would ask them a question they would never answer just scream about how much they make and how everyone else is nothing compared to them.
Since then I mostly assume that everyone on the internet is rich and good looking and they all retired early from their huge scores in the markets. I used to ask them how it could be that more Ferrari’s were owned by people I met on line then ever produced?
The answer is simple… Many people just cant handle the anonymity of the internet and they seek the attention and accolades they feel they deserve in the real world and don’t get. Obviously on the internet they can say and do things they could never ever do in real life and they cant resist the urge to be something they wish they were.

On a positive note this forum is for the most part devoid of that one of the things I like about it.