tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15245709.post3659186339048849846..comments2023-10-15T04:16:17.489-07:00Comments on stock option trading | Singapore online option trading experiences: ES Trading - 12 Mar 09Tony Chaihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10273078092056627454noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15245709.post-22354971504446451432009-03-12T22:14:00.000-07:002009-03-12T22:14:00.000-07:00Hi :Thanks for highlighting this.Regards,Tony Chai...Hi :<BR/><BR/>Thanks for highlighting this.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Tony ChaiTony Chaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273078092056627454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15245709.post-55068367723511854402009-03-12T21:54:00.000-07:002009-03-12T21:54:00.000-07:00March 13, 2009Trading 'expert' ordered to refund f...March 13, 2009<BR/>Trading 'expert' ordered to refund fees<BR/>Course trainees were upset that option trading instructor's doctorate came from an unaccredited university<BR/>By Sandra Davie<BR/><BR/>A group of 49 people scored a legal victory over a self-styled expert on option trading who turned out to have a dodgy doctorate from an unaccredited American university.<BR/><BR/>A dozen of the course participants said they had paid Mr Clemen Chiang between $3,600 and $4,000 last year for a three-day course on option trading - a complex and risky investing technique which often amounts to betting on share-price trends.<BR/><BR/>Several had also forked out another $960 for training software and a handful paid $1,600 to $12,000 more for online tutorials referred to as 'webinars'.<BR/><BR/>Mr Chiang, a 34-year-old Nanyang Technological University engineering graduate, has been running these seminars for a few years at his Freely Business School in North Bridge Road.<BR/><BR/>He would tell students his own success story of how he made millions, and he drew hundreds of participants.<BR/><BR/>He claimed to have a PhD in option trading, a rarity in the finance industry here.<BR/><BR/>But when it came to light last year that his doctorate was from the unaccredited Preston University in Alabama, the group of 49 wanted their money back.<BR/><BR/>Yesterday, the Small Claims Tribunal found that Mr Chiang had misrepresented his qualifications. It awarded all participants a refund of close to 80 per cent of their fees for the seminar and a full refund for the cost of the software and 'webinars'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com