Highly regarded by the people in his trading group, who admire the way he tries to make wrong positions sound logical.

I find it most amusing that you think you can make flat statements as if you have an expectation that they will be believed -- despite the fact that you have been outed by YOURSELF as a CTIX basher, and as someone who posts under at least 5 different identities, one of which may be the one you are admiring.