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Baron, Were you able to look into this? If so, could you give us an update? -Eric

I think you make a good point. People can and do manage the situation. The 'problem' that some seem to be pointing out, is that successful and experienced traders tend to manage the situation by leaving. This works very well for them. The question one might ask, is whether this is in the...

Personally, I think the newbies are a critical aspect of this or any similar site. They stimulate questions and discussion. I already have a circle of very close and very successful trader friends with whom I interact daily, so a 'private forum' would not add much for me. Instead, a forum of...

Baron, Do you tend to agree or disagree with the OP's statement: "Successful traders will not start quality threads anymore because there are always a few slimy maggots who are intent on wrecking them. This hurts YOUR website." If you disagree, could you suggest a handful of quality...

Silicon Investor implemented this system years ago (moderated threads by OP, with the ability to ban users from the thread - but no post deletions), and it worked extremely well in the situations that we now face on ET => such as chronic poisonous and obnoxious posters ruining otherwise good...

While I would have no objections to heavy moderating from you or someone else, I think this would be a bandage with minimal 'bang for the buck' to address the issue. Allowing self moderating by the thread starter (in addition to the existing moderation) is the best solution IMO. However, it's...

For me, if such a feature is limited to a single forum, I would suggest to do it in the Journals forum. If this is done, I would expect to see a large increase in the number of threads (and quality thread) in that forum. By implementation on the Journals forum, the OP would have more free...

I've noticed the same thing. Until Baron decides to reign in the bashing from the small percentage of worthless idiots, I would think the trend would continue. My suggestion continues to be to allow thread starters to moderate their own threads by banning specific posters from posting on...

Just curious, Don. From your point of view, you have 50% of 'our people with us' in the second year. Taking this from the traders point of view, are you stating that 50% of your traders are net profitable in their first year of trading? Or, are you simply saying that while losing their...

He didn't say 50% retention, he said 50% of their traders have been with them for at least six years. Big difference. For example, consider this scenario. A firm had 200 semi-active or inactive accounts as of year-end 2003. In 2004, the firm added 200 new traders, but all of them...

That's my understanding for EDGX, yes. Not sure about BATS. To tell you the truth, I'm not aware that BATS routes to dark pools, although this very well likely could be true.

Erik, Please respond with your thoughts to the post below (or the two, above)? It would be very simple to put your daily thoughts in a single thread of the Journal forum, where they belong. Thanks.

Thanks for all the help and guidance, folks. Dude, I'm getting (another) Dell.

I'm preparing to buy new hardware for my trading (new machine + 6 monitors) and was considering buying from a few of the hardware vendors I've seen at Trading Expos (XVIEW or TradingComputers.com). Has anyone had experience with either of these firms? Any feedback or suggestions would be...

Compounding returns is pretty simple. Assuming the full 10k is traded each day... If you have a 1% return, the second day, you will have: 10,000 x 1.01 = $10,100 If you were compounding at 3.5% interest, for example, it would be 10,000 x 1.035 = $10,350 For three days at 1%, it...

Erik, It appears that you put a lot of time in your daily post, and I'm sure you have many followers here on ET that appreciate it. That said, the Journal section might be a better place for your daily thoughts. In fact, you might want to consider continuing to post on a single thread for...

But, they don't really pay out "all profits" do they? They just keep a share of profits in a different way, in higher commissions. Different firms will be better for different traders, no doubt. Traders that make consistently large average per share profits will benefit from "100%...

Not sure if anyone else noticed, but a prominent former Pristine trainer is listed and was apparently a consistent loser in his Tuco trading. An ET search for this guy's name will yield a positive recommendation for his set of 3 training DVD's, for example. This guy has probably taught 50-100+...

Brandon, Sorry to see you go. I have felt the same way at times. It's a rare occasion when a quality poster, with many years of trading experience and success decides to create and contribute to a new thread for the benefit of their fellow trader. Unfortunately, the reward for this is...

Excellent point, Surdo. I hope new and developing traders will read and reread this a dozen times until they understand. This alone could save them thousands of dollars.