Todd..re: sniff test..Well said. The services short "actual" verifiable time means they have only had to deal with essentially one type of market..the market has been relatively strong from May through the first of August.
If they can perform in other types of markets (the expected dip in the S&P to around 1060 by mid-Dec, for example,as called by Sam), and then the following ramp, they will have gone a long way toward proving their mettle.
For myself, I am not a potential customer until they have at least a year of forward-going, verifiable, performance.
But, I am interested in their performance, and appreciate those who are using them, giving us periodic reports.
regards.