I found Bob courtesy of Steve's mptm instruction booklet (approximately 18 months ago), more specifically this last section on the last page:
The Nanningbob trading system
I referred briefly to this in Choose your 'management style' on page 2. Unless you are a
super-dooper-filthy-stinking-rich-mega-trader, then you want to know about this. Even if
you are a sdfsrmt, you will be interested.
If you are a beginner, you really, really, really, really want to know about it. Go to
http://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=246113 and do this:
1. Read page 1 five times
2. Download the most recent zip and read the documents 5 times
3. Print out Marshy's summary for easy reference
4. Read the first 20 pages or so of the thread. Pay particular attention to Bob's posted
charts and answers to queries.
5. Read the last 20 pages or so of the thread to catch up with latest developments.
6. Practise on demo for a couple of weeks.
7. Go live and make money.
Go to the thread.
Go.
GO NOW
At that time I had never heard of Steve Hopwood, I found mptm from a google search because I was looking for a trade management EA, nor was I a beginner or a super-dooper-filthy-stinking-rich-mega-trader but I had spent a small fortune on commercial EA's that did nothing but suck my money away, I had blown 3 live accounts and was slowly, defiantly trying to claw my way back.
So, what can I say, the man said
Go and Go Now! So I did...and I have never looked back, and I have not spent a single cent since on a commercial forex product, so thank you Steve for the push in the right direction
This was a link to Bob's 5.0 version and I read everything I could and it was the first time someone had actually resonated with me in terms of trading and being finally able to understand how price action works. It also showed me that there were some incredibly talented, generous people out there that were willing to share their knowledge for free & if I took the time to listen & learn, the answers were right in front of me.
I started trading this system manually making consistent profits and in time, Steve coded The Beast (and its various incarnations) as his automated version. To this day I am still trading the Beast profitably on my live accounts!!
Bob clearly has a passion for teaching, and his patience & ability to share with people everywhere constantly amazes me. Over time Bob has continued studying, perfecting and teaching his evolving trading methods which have now culminated in 10.2, which is looking every bit like the perfect system for all types of markets.
...and if our demo testing is anything to go by, I am sure it is only a matter of time that The Beast will go into retirement to to make way for his far more refined big brother

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So, thanks to Bob for an understanding and an education that I know will in time lead me to financial independence and for that I will be forever grateful
Also, to not acknowledge Steve's involvement would be wrong as well, so I'd also like to offer my heartfelt thanks to you too Steve, for your unending enthusiasm and commitment, your prolific & incredible coding skills that you openly and freely share with anyone that is interested and for maintaining this forum where forex traders from all over the world can gather to share, discuss and create in a positive and inspiring environment
