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'''James Dicks''' is the founder of PremiereTrade AI software (previously a paid personailty for 4x Made Easy, 4XME, Not to be confused by rumors of having ever had any ownership in the later and or GlobalTec, or Wizetrade)can be verified in public records, and is the president and CEO of PremiereTrade, Inc, which he started in 2002.  His company publishes ''The James Dicks Magazine'' and offers financial radio programs through the James Dicks Financial Network (JDfn).  He claims to be "the world's leading educator on trading the spot foreign currency market". <ref>[http://www.whoisjamesdicks.com/publicationsForex.php ''Who Is James Dicks?'' site run by James Dicks]</ref>. 

==Controversy==
[[KDVR|Fox 31]] TV in [[Denver]] questioned the business approach of Dicks and his colleagues, "So the question remains if the software works so well - and is so easy - why aren't these guys sitting back making millions instead of selling you the software?"
and suggested that their operation is the "slickest [[Confidence trick|con game]] in America - right now."<ref>[http://www.fox31news.com/_ezpost/data/6465.shtml]</ref>

Senior [[MarketWatch]] columnist Chuck Jaffe attended a 4x Made Easy sales seminar and labeled it "Stupid Investment of the Week." <ref>[http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid=%7B56B6C727%2D156A%2D487B%2D907D%2D07EC1327D2A0%7D&siteid=mktw&dist= Chuck Jaffe, "Trading systems: Show me the money" at Market Watch, accessed September 30, 2006]</ref> James Dicks has no and never has had any ownership interest in 4x made easy, as supported by public reords.

The alternative newspaper, ''The [[Houston Press]]'', in "Who is James Dicks?" states that "You can't help but feel bad for James Dicks.... Dicks had great difficulty answering questions about his work history. He also didn't know if he held active securities licenses.... Dicks admitted to being a defendant in fraud cases, but he did not know how many."<ref>[http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-02-02/news/sidebar2.html "Who is James Dicks?&qu(contracted; show full)== External Links ==
* [http://www.premieretrade.com/ PremiereTrade]
* [http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff183301.htm Ripoff Report article]
* [http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/ripoff152155.htm Ripoff Report article]
*[http://www.puddletown.com/forex/4xme/cftc_33_pages.asp FOREX on Puddletown.com]
*[http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-02-02/news/feature_full.html Full feature article in ''Houston Press'']

[[Category:American business writers|Dicks]]