Frequently Asked Questions
What
about your firm and patterntrading.com?
"Ok, I'm convinced that you guys know
what you're doing. So I went to the internet to check out program
trading and fair value. I got a report off of a search engine
listing patterntrading.com too. Their site looks like a copy
of yours. What is that all about?"
In 1997, Donald W.
Spinks of Mansfield, Texas, also known as Don Spinks, was investigated by the
Ft. Worth, Texas office of the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). A copy of the SEC Order to Cease
and Desist is available for you to read by clicking here:
http://edgar.sec.gov/litigation/admin/3438510.txt
The SEC permanently barred
Spinks from association with any broker, dealer, municipal securities
dealer, investment adviser or investment
company.
Don Spinks copied
our web site without our permission in order to form his own web site. Larry Novell Kinney of Apollo Beach,
Florida (NFA #0298073) acted as a front man for Don Spinks on their web
site. Larry Kinney filed for registration with the
United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission
(CFTC) and the National Futures Association (NFA) in an attempt to
register as a trading advisor outside the jurisdiction of the
SEC. Upon discovery, the NFA withdrew Larry Kinney's
registration.
If you would like further
information regarding the above mentioned action by the SEC and the NFA,
please email us your requests and we will forward to you the names of
the individuals involved that represented the SEC and NFA in this case
for reference.