Quote from ColoradoGuy:
A person is more likely to remember helpful information as opposed to someone's *attempt* at coming off as arrogant. I couldn't find any obvious newbie categories, so I decided to post a new thread and explicitily indicated in the subject that I am a newbie. I'm just trying to learn...
The problem is
not you.
My comments are specific about the
sticky thread problem.
It's not a problem created by you...it's created by ET management.
The problem is that the forum does not have a
stick thread for newbies even though its been requested many many many many times.
In addition, the forum management made a weak attempt to post a Newbie thread near the
bottom of the forum.
That's not helpful to you nor to any other newbies because newbies don't go near the bottom to look for commonly asked questions that get asked several times each week.
For example, if you scan downwards this forum you will see a thread called
Newbie FAQ - a must read for newbies...
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=78244
That's a thread started by a member and all the common newbie questions do not end up in that thread.
They are scatter each week throughout the forum.
Look at this thread for example...it started in the Trading Forum and then a moderator moved it in the Career Forum.
Tomorrow another newbie shows up and ask the same question and gets the same answers or similar like and his/her thread gets moved to another forum.
My point, there are some very helpful threads started by newbies asking a commonly asked question but they are all over the place and many members think its weird.
Yep, you can find them all via the search menu...
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/search.php?s=
Use keywords like
* Newbie Question
* Newbie Questions
* Newbie Daytrader
* Newbie Stock Trader
* Recent College Grad
Anything with the word newbie or college in it.
Once again, the sticky thread comments are not aimed
at you unless you work for Baron.
They are aimed at those (ET management) managing these threads via not properly using the sticky code (they have it) and keeping all the newbie questions at the top in one forum...
They can call it the
Newbie Forum.
With all that said, here's some useful advice that I've personally given to newbies at this forum and most likely will again before next weekend is over with to another newbie asking the same question:
* Keep saving your money because you currently do not have enough money for short term trading...
Called Undercapitalized.
* If your going to be swing trading...learn as much as you can about market seasonal (cycles) tendencies.
* Get a direct access broker just in case your going to be doing day trading.
* Don't trade during college...do it during the summer in between your college years.
Yep, many here have been there where your currently at.
Now...do what you want with the above advice and don't take it personally.
It's not meant to be rude nor arrogant...
Just honest from someone that's been there too.
Last of all, make use of the ET search function because there are
hundreds of useful newbie threads scatter all over ET.
...I couldn't find any obvious newbie categories, so I decided to post a new thread and explicitily indicated in the subject that I am a newbie...
Good luck in school and any future internships.
P.S. Develop a thick skin here at ET because most newbies don't last beyond a few months here and don't lower yourself via getting caught up in the name calling game.
Mark
. 3) When shopping for trading books, make sure you get those that have been printed on the year 2000 or later, because a lot of the stuff out there is out dated, laws and regulations have changed and trading is harder now than it was. 4) Keep a journal of all your trades, and after each trade, write a review about what went wrong if anything and what u can do to improve. It's a good way of following your progress. 5) Trading the news is dangerous. 6) Trade in small 100 share blocks until you get somewhat profitable.. trading larger share size will only help you lose faster.