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Excellent list.

Naive viewpoint. Much more typically, following Ollie is a surefire path to failure. Good luck with that. Also, regarding 'great traders' => If Paul is a great trader, then why does he go from one trader education job to another, following Ollie? A great trader would be working...

This happens because the 'new post' was created by someone on your ignore list. ET uses an off-the-shelf message board software package that limits the features available. This also leads to a lack of flexibility for making bug fixes like the one you mention.

Discount rate raised from 0.25% to 0.75%. No change to Fed Funds rate. Might spice up the markets tomorrow.

It probably goes without saying but, don't trade when the odds are against you. Most successful traders know the kind of market conditions that favor their trading style. On some days, they can almost be certain in advance that their trading will be profitable, while on other days, they might...

They were all profitable (200k+), although not nearly as profitable (combined) as in 2008. I would say their median P&L for 2009 was maybe 800-900k (versus roughly double that for 2008).

I'm a trader. Baron runs a website. He clearly believes that it's more profitable for his business to allow flaming and personal attacks, as this increases his page views. I believe that this site would benefit from more control, leading to better content for it's members. Obviously, it's...

I tend to agree. Part marketing, and part research. Some of the questions can be combined to know if you are a full time successful trader (by your answering that you are), and so your replies on the other questions might be a research project to determine what kind of personality traits are...

For what it's worth, this is what my test results page said: "You tend to earn your success by being thorough, methodical, systematic, organized, and dependable. You are also realistic and responsible as long as things make sense for you. You probably decide logically what needs to be done...

The financial markets are an uncertain world. Many unforeseen events have been known to happen, and potential problems may lie in wait for you on any trade. How do you deal with these adverse realities? Successful traders, IMO, tend to focus particular attention to maintaining control in...

Thanks. After reading Corey's excellent "Grinding it Out" thread, I've been thinking of adding a few additional thoughts to this thread. In addition, I'll try to answer some questions, assuming the thread doesn't deteriorate into silly attacks and other nonsense like it did a year ago.

The traffic of Silicon Investor has declined dramatically after several changes in ownership. But, it's crazy to imply that self moderation is somehow related to its decline. Silicon Investor was also sold by its founders (the Dryer brothers) for over $33 million. Not such a bad business...

Easy to dismiss out of hand now, I see. However, after Dustin said he also supported some form of self moderation (in the thread, above, and AFTER your response on page 1), you immediated replied with the following: So, which is it? A bad idea, or a good idea in 'some form', but difficult...

I find it amusing that when someone starts a Feedback thread saying, "Baron, this site is amazing!" => He will reply back to the thread in less than 2 hours without fail. However, if someone actually has constructive feedback to improve his site, he will either ignore them entirely, or...

Baron, Please revisit this topic. In the meantime, here's another great thread by a long term ET member and very successful trader (lescor) that is now being ruined by another slimy maggot parasite (billyjoerob)...

Let's keep it simple. I'll bet you $10k that Lescor averages over $20k per month for his trading in 2010. (audited results) Heck, we can even allow Barron to hold the $20k until year-end. Deal?

Get a grip. Corey is one of the top most respected posters on ET. He has posted his numbers for all to see, on numerous occasions. If you took a quick look at his posting history, you would see that. Here are a few: +$320k...

The day of the infamous "Corey-nary" :) Days like that can happen to any successful trader (and most have had them). Those are the deep wounds that season a trader, providing an experience that can help avoid a future blow-up. Speaking from my experience, I was very risk adverse and...

Silicon Investor was good back in the day. It's much more quiet now, but at least is free from the constant flaming that you see here. I've been increasing my time there lately, as a result.

A year ago, you said that you "personally pay much more than that (i.e. much more than 0.002 per share) for execution and clearing." http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&postid=1964813#post1964813 I hope your brother was able to 'slash' your rate, as well.