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'''James Dicks''' is the founder of PremiereTrade AI software.  He previously did business as or served as a spokesman for Forex Made Easy, 4XME, dix, Inc., GlobalTec, and Wizetrade, 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.

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>   

In deposition for a lawsuit against Dicks and his former employer Mr. Dicks said, "When I left Dynetech, I was a sales trainer...didn't really do anything...It was just a job created for me to -- for nothing. I mean, to help me out. I really didn't do anything. It was a hypothetical position."<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>   

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.    

:"One pitchman, Michael Stewart of [[Arizona]], told audiences that he made mad money with the [[Exchange rate|Currency Trading Systems]] when, according to his settlement with the CFTC[http://www.cftc.gov/enf/00orders/enfroeder.htm], he actually lost $10,500 in the one year he used it. His co-defendants lost a combined $54,000 using the system. Stewart did not admit or deny any wrongdoing.    

:"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'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>    

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. 

==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 three hundred thousand 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'']
*[http://www.whoisjamesdicks.com/ James Dicks Personal Site ]
*[http://www.arb-forum.com/domains/decisions/161459.htm description of the arbitration ruling against Mr. Dicks]
*[http://www.houstonpress.com/2006-02-02/news/who-is-james-dicks/ Article describing Mr Dicks work history]

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