where have all the traders gone?

[zdreg]

Quote from jasmine1:

What happened?

I have read Elite Trader forums for over two years and seen a real dip in quality. I'm sure most people here notice it but can you help identify why? I'm asking a real question here and not looking for your basic garden variety wise-crack response.

So many people - So tightly connected - So much potential

your contribution has been minimal based on the number of postings.

 

[Deptrai]

Quote from Samson77:

No one in here who is successful is going to openly share material with you that's just a fact

It goes deeper than that. Even if an elite trader were to share material with you, most likely you will still fail due to character flaws within yourself. Not modest enough. Not disciplined enough. Not assiduous enough.

 

[zdreg]

true but there may be the one percent who could do something with it.

 

[BSAM]

Quote from steve46:

Hello:

Seems to me.....

Steve.....

Very good post. I'd stamp this one "ATTENTION ALL NEWBIES".

 

[sr6122]

just wondering about a story today on CNBC which implied that Man may be the next Refco. One broker has already been suspended. Should traders be worried about their funds?

 

[Deptrai]

Zdreg, looking for that 1% is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It just would not be worth my time to share my knowledge from 10 years in fx with the fx traders here.

 

[Deptrai]

From what I have seen, it shouldn't be 1%. That is too much. Try .1%. That is more realistic.

 

[maxpi]

Quote from Apex Capital:

Agreed.

Between all of the absurd aliases from Jackybird to Rubberbird ET has merely become an extension of a Yahoo Finance Message Board.

Actually, when I see a stock price doing something unexplainable to me I definitely do not come to ET to find out what is up, I go to the Yahoo message board and sometimes I get some really excellent info after wading through a hundred posts calling bullshit on each other of course. Here, you would only get 3 people calling bullshit on each other and no good answer, so take your pick.

Max

 

[ozzy]

I find it amusing how some of you trash ET, yet you keep coming back to it.

I enjoy sifting through ET threads looking for information. I find people who are knowledgeable and attempt to learn from them. If possible I try to incorporate their ideas onto my overall system/strategy (or at least keep their ideas in mind for a later date when I will be able to make use of it). There is a lot of information here.

ozzy

 

[Steve Tvardek]

Nice positive thinking here Ozzy. Most people only look for the bad things on here instead of seeking out things that could make them a better trader. I guess thats why so many fail at this business!

Quote from ozzy:

I find it amusing how some of you trash ET, yet you keep coming back to it.

I enjoy sifting through ET threads looking for information. I find people who are knowledgeable and attempt to learn from them. If possible I try to incorporate their ideas onto my overall system/strategy (or at least keep their ideas in mind for a later date when I will be able to make use of it). There is a lot of information here.

ozzy