Originally Posted by Rob.Singer View Post

In my case I net profitted in four years playing my strategy. That's hardly "long-term", in fact, it's but a relatively small slice in time. And if anybody doesn't think it's possible to win as much as I did in that amount of time at the limits I played, it is they who do not understand the math.

I took a chance when I chose to play it. I never experienced a complete loss ($57,200 in one session) and it was always possible for it to happen multiple times a year. But it didn't.
So what you are now trying to say is you were just lucky. You played a progression system and the way progression systems work is they result in many small wins before that big loss comes along a wipes away all that winning plus some. So you are now saying, you were just lucky not to have had that big win in your 4 years (initially 10 years, but amended to 4 years). That you got "lucky" is quite a bit different than a winning system.

Originally Posted by Rob.Singer View Post
But the fact remains: If I have a pocket with $57,200 stuffed inside and I'm in dire need of an additional minimum $2500, it would be downright foolish if I didn't play my strategy to get the extra funds. Every. Single. Time.
You carried a brick of $57,200 on weekly trips for 4 years attempting to win $2500?