spartantrading.com

Going against the grain here

I'll be honest, it's a great service if it suits your style. It doesn't suite mine. You might get 10/15 plays in a day... Great, I can do that myself too with a scanner. But if you don't "pick" the right ones (there's no way to play them all) then you can have losers basically every day. It's very frustrating. If you're looking for a few high quality setups a day, this isn't the service for you. If you're working and trading, this service won't be for you either. There's just too much. There's might be some 1000% plays but then the other ones end up hitting the stop loss... and it's up to you to pick the right ones. I've been tracking on a spreadsheet for the last couple of weeks and a lot of days, half the plays don't work. Sure the other ones might make up for it but you just can't play them all and like I said you can just end up with straight losers every day. He just kind of ignores the plays that don't work and I get bad fomo from his comments, like f***, I missed another one. In a rough market week he seemed to do great (hard to know, doesn't share his own wins/losses like other rooms I've been in) and I played a few winners and the rest were stopped out and ended up red and it feels bad. He seems to forget that there's no way to play all of his plays, and then gets annoyed saying "I've given you everything see there was three 1000%" but ignores all the plays that don't work. It's quite condescending at times and makes you feel dumb for not being able to do it, as if it's so obvious. The room itself is mostly friendly but focused. Can be passive aggressive towards people who are having trouble or express frustration, which is why I don't ask which trades to take or what people are taking. I'm sure this review will get criticism. But if you want help with which plays to pick or what others are going with, that's not really discussed. I think the higher subscription cost lends to a more serious group, which is good.Sure he's grown a few small accts but you don't know exactly which plays he used and how much he risked etc. There's no play by play, just a "see I did it" and you're left with ok, cool, you put out 15 plays and I picked 3 and they didn't work and now my account is down. While he probably went with one and used 50% of the account.If you're looking for ideas, just get Trade Ideas, set that up and you'll basically have the same thing. Which is where he's getting his plays from anyway. That's probably the better investment if you want to be self sufficient.Suggestions to you Spartan - provide more guidance about which setups are better picks. And when a play starts to work, point that out quicker than "up 100%" so maybe that's a better time to get in. I will often try to get in when you say you're adding to a position, but that's not always worked either. What's worked more is going in when he rolls a position.Also I want to know which ones you're actually playing and which ones are callouts. Which ones you're heavy on from the start... What your confidence level is. Which one is a better/higher quality setup. If you don't get in fast enough it's also no good. Those things will help on deciding which plays to go with. Other than that it's just the same thing a scanner can do. Yes, yes, risk/reward, but that doesn't help when out of 20 plays, you pick 3 and they all stop out. Without the P&L, it's hard to judge what's actually being played.And one last thing - he asks for reviews in his Discord saying he's being attacked or saying something bad about this service, so that's why the more critical reviews are drowned out. I'm looking to see if this review is removed or disappeared to repost it, if needed. They don't take criticism well.He's incredibly knowledgeable and I've learned a lot but in the end, the service just isn't for me. I won't be renewing after my subscription is up.

Date of experience: Feb 21, 2021