Thanks for letting us know, Mike!

Again, your posts are very welcome here, however you want to make them and I believe you did make this trade and made money. Congrats to you and I like you, Mike. 

However, the issue that I have is with your portrayal of Mike the world's greatest trader that never has losses. Trading  his magical, mystery secret system, that we only see AFTER he's in the money on his cherry picked trades. 

Making completely absurd posts like this one that falsely shows a regular income from his trading like a paycheck for a real job:

                Make  $69,000 a Year trading Futures            

                            Started by mikempt - Sept. 1, 2024, 8:48 a.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/107094/

Besmirching other struggling traders in the real world because they are not in your league using the secret system(that I BUSTED) 

                What is the Big Mystery?            

                            Started by mikempt - April 12, 2025, 2:08 p.m.       

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/111136/

Honest traders can tell us BEFORE a trade is setting up, what the reasoning is and WHEN they put the trade on.

Not suddenly, the next day out of nowhere when they are $X,000 in the money every single time, never having draw downs, never being wrong, never having  a risk management plan, never having objectives.  Always with (often boastful)  posts that are  missing many of the key ingredients that successful short term traders use.

                SPY Options            

                            8 responses |             

                Started by mikempt - Aug. 30, 2026, 12:13 p.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/122471/

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Mike, I challenged you to show us trades before they happened and you were unable to consistently perform. In fact,  in your zest to prove to us that you actually did make a trade, you accidentally copied the YTD results on that account........LOSSES for the year near the end of the year.   Yet, all your posts here never show a loss on any trades. 

You are invited to join any stock market discussions here(I know that you prefer to start your own threads about your latest secret system profit because that toots your horn the loudest rather than be part of a discussion)

                NASDAQ            

                            28 responses |          

                Started by cutworm - July 17, 2026, 6:50 a.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/121647/

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With regards to this being a lame place as you insisted in your last post (because the new owner understands authentic trading,  holds you accountable and challenges you to use an honest presentation which the old owner let you get away with-Alex was just a wonderful moderator-metmike is an actual trader/atmospheric scientist and this is much more than a forum-more like a blog/discussion site).

https://www.marketforum.com/in-memory-of-alex/

                Kate McCallum says hello!            

                            5 responses |               

                Started by metmike - June 10, 2024, 10:23 p.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/104791/

Again, my favorite comments are those that disagree with me. In this case, I've reviewed the problems. Please make a case for them to be wrong by posting like an honest trader here. That's all you need to do, Mike.

Today is the first day of September, 2026.  The MarketForum platform is yours to demonstrate to us how,  Mike the world's greatest trader uses the secret system, doing this for the rest of the year. Should be a piece of cake if you're legit. I look forward to being proven wrong because I like you, Mike despite this confrontation. I have no choice because my #1 priority at MarketForum is to present authenticity, truth/fact checking and educational information that trumps friendships(even though friendships are a priority and respect for others comes before everything else)

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  Make  $69,000 a Year trading Futures            

                            Started by mikempt - Sept. 1, 2024, 8:48 a.m.            

https://www.marketforum.com/forum/topic/107094/

This is how i do it

Using a 10 minute chart

I trade the Mini S & P 500 for  3 points or $150.00

I trade Gold for  1 1/2 points for 150.00

between the trades $300.00 a day

$300.00 x 5 days = $1500.00

$1500.00 x 46 weeks = $69,000.00


Easy supplemental income

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Mike, all you need to do is to make good on that thread above by showing us in real time how you do this. As you stated, it's  "Easy supplemental income"

There are 4 months left in 2026. Show us how you make $23,000, please.

BTW, no trader anywhere that has been doing this for over 2 decades, like you with that much success(which would be impossible) making that much money every year is still just trading 1 contract with their orders. 

Every legit trader on the planet that grows their account by an order of magnitude+ with a massively successful system INCREASES THE SIZE OF THEIR ORDERS!

I know from experience, starting with just $2,000 in 1992 but also from knowing about every other successful trader doing it.