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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?"

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?", ''The [[Houston Press]]'', Febrary 2, 2006, accessed September 30, 2006]</ref> James Dicks was released from all Fraud allowations as mentioned above on December 9, 2006 in Denver court as his summary judgement was granted.

In a related story, the Houston Press states, 
:"Dicks (previously) sold a forex system called Trade Signal Pro. His partners were two guys who had previously been accused by the [[Commodity Futures Trading Commission]] of defrauding 175 investors out of $760,000. They had purchased a previous incarnation of Trade Signal Pro, called Currency Trading Systems.

:"Dicks told Sparks and Thompson about Trade Signal Pro, and they added a similar product called 4X Made Easy. Dicks, Stewart and GlobalTec were sued by disgruntled 4XME buyers in a Denver court in 2004. Dicks on Summary Judgement was released from all claims on December 9, 2006 in Denver Court.

:"Dicks's deposition in that case is a fascinating glimpse into the world of hucksterism."<ref>[http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-02-02/feature_2.html ''The Houston Press'', February 2, 2006]</ref> 

He is reportedly the nephew of Charles Givens who "wrote investment books with titles such as ''Wealth Without Risk'' and roamed the country selling suckers his get-rich secrets."<ref>[http://www.houstonpress.com/Issues/2006-02-02/feature_3.html]</ref> As this sugest reportedly is far from fact and James Dicks has no relationship to the former  Charles Givens.

Dicks, doing business as dix, Inc., lost the right to use the domain names <bankamericafx.com> and <bankamerica4x.com> in a 2003 arbitration ruling [http://www.arbforum.com/domains/decisions/161459.htm], based on a "bad faith" use of the names. As outlined in the arbitration agreement Dicks owned the above mentioned web sites and never used them, the claim of bad faith came as outlined in the arbitation becaseu the domain hosting compay had a genieric place holder which is a violation.  Dicks signed over the domain names.

==Accomplishments ==
Dicks' first book, ''FOREX Made Easy…Six Ways to Trade the Dollar'', has been an international best-seller in the field of trading the Foreign Exchange (FOREX) Market.  James’ next book, ''Operation Financial Freedom'' was published by [[McGraw-Hill]] in 2005. James and his uncle, J.W. Dicks, also co-wrote ''How to Buy and Sell Real Estate for Financial Freedom''.   It was released in April 2006 and also published by McGraw-Hill.

Radio programming on the James Dicks Financial Network offers more than 12 hours of daily radio shows, on two separate channels, that center on stocks, options, and the FOREX markets.

In 2005, James and his company collected more than a quarter of a million dollars in donations for the [[Red Cross]]’ [[Hurricane Katrina]] Relief Fund.

==References==
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== 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'']

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