Quote from ML_QUANT:
...NihabaAshi(Mark), My purpose from publishing calls is not to gain attention or recognition. I look at it as a joint effort to improve our trading skills and also it�ll serve as a RT back testing proving to myself if these calls should be followed with more financial commitment than my present way of using them as just trend indicators in my trading. I am not concerned about what others think about my calls but, I am concerned about thread trashing and twisting the facts!
EliteTrader.com is the biggest Trading forum globally and allowing it to become useless does not help anyone. You, I and some others could very easily help put it back on the right track. I wish someone would lead a collective effort to help reduce the noise in ET. The mods are too few to be able to do this on their own but we could calmly and politely help the noise generators to bring it down some...
You've only been here since July 2008 assuming you have had no prior aliases.
Thus, your still a newbie at ET via not understanding how the forum here actually works versus how we want it to work.
* Don't make the mistake of confusing the largest discussion forum based upon number of members with the largest
quality of members based upon low noise level.
ET is not near the top when it comes to the measurement of the largest quality of members.
There's a reason why former good contributers are posting actively elsewhere (forums, chat rooms, blogs et cetera).
Thus, at one time in the distant past...yes...it was a top forum when measuring quality (not quantity) of members.
* I'll repeat, you can accomplish every thing you want in a more controlled environment and EliteTrader.com is not such a place for such.
* Trashing of threads and/or twisting of facts is
common place here at ET...
It will continue regardless if you or I don't want it to continue and regardless to any collective efforts to stop such (many have tried in the past and failed miserably).
Therefore, you and I cannot very easily get ET back on track.
Only Baron (ET owner) can do such via re-wiring the registration process, re-designing the forum, fairly enforcing TOU policy violations for all members et cetera.
However, he has made it clear in several posts in feedback such will not occur (not his exact words) because the goal is quantity of members...
Due to the fact this is a site that generates income for him via the sponsors.
Simply, controversy or rising noise level creates increased usage hits that easily beats top educational threads...
Giving sponsors the illusion their ads are being viewed more when in reality most members problably are using browser add-ons that prevents seeing the ads (I do).
Therefore, if you expect things to improve...
Baron will need to make this site a pay to join membership.
That ain't gonna happen and such a request has been turned down ever since I first became a member.
Reminder: Many other better locations for what you want to do. You picked one of the worst places for such.
This is a great place for entertainment, venting even though I myself have contributed a few educational posts in the past (never again until Baron changes things).
P.S. Someone once showed a correlated chart of the market (economy) and world crisis versus the quality of posting at EliteTrader.com
It was funny but looked scary factual as it traversed on a chart from month to month since ET birth.
If I find it again...I'll post the link to the message post.
Mark