Why do you read ET?
- Thread starter chuck.ells
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<i>"See... never trust a Kiwi bearing wooly gifts in sheeps clothing"</i>
I wouldn't dare speak for my mate kiwi, but there were a couple times long ago when after a hard night of drinking gin, I'd have much preferred to see a sheep lying next to me instead of what was actually smiling back when I woke.
Given the same choice back then, you'd rather have kissed a sheep, too. Any sheep, for that matter.
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Your thread... I'm out. Have fun
I wouldn't dare speak for my mate kiwi, but there were a couple times long ago when after a hard night of drinking gin, I'd have much preferred to see a sheep lying next to me instead of what was actually smiling back when I woke.
Given the same choice back then, you'd rather have kissed a sheep, too. Any sheep, for that matter.
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Your thread... I'm out. Have fun
Hi ya all,
Well its been about 24 hours since this thread and poll was posted. The results so far are...
I'm here to learn = 29 = 38.67%
I'm here to teach = 3 = 4%
I'm here to recruit new clients =2 = 2.67%
I'm here to kill time = 28 = 37.33%
I'm here to drink tea with the girls = 13 = 17.33%
To try and interpret these early results, I think we can safely add the last 2 questions together and call it entertainment.
That gives us 54.66% reading for the entertainment and 38.67% reading to learn.
While sitting here considering how to interpret these results, the thought occurred to me that to have any useful meaning to the ET members at large, I need another poll. One that polls the reasons you post.
Geeze, is it too late to post another sister poll? There's been very good participation in this thread so far... has the energy of the respondents been exhausted?
Hmm, we have "why we read", but I really think we need a "why we post" for comparison.
Well its been about 24 hours since this thread and poll was posted. The results so far are...
I'm here to learn = 29 = 38.67%
I'm here to teach = 3 = 4%
I'm here to recruit new clients =2 = 2.67%
I'm here to kill time = 28 = 37.33%
I'm here to drink tea with the girls = 13 = 17.33%
To try and interpret these early results, I think we can safely add the last 2 questions together and call it entertainment.
That gives us 54.66% reading for the entertainment and 38.67% reading to learn.
While sitting here considering how to interpret these results, the thought occurred to me that to have any useful meaning to the ET members at large, I need another poll. One that polls the reasons you post.
Geeze, is it too late to post another sister poll? There's been very good participation in this thread so far... has the energy of the respondents been exhausted?
Hmm, we have "why we read", but I really think we need a "why we post" for comparison.
I've been here, under various IDs, since about 00-01.
And it does seem to me ET is being "taken over" by vendors lately. I look at this as a symptom of the longish bull market. Of course the ET model needs them. Page views just don't cut it nowadays.
Some are quite stealthy and some might even have good intentions to try and help. But, in the end, they are all vendors and are trying like hell to sell sell sell...
Are some vendors good traders? Maybe
They are just trying to pad income with a few extra income streams? Maybe.
Are some absolute and total frauds? Of course. Why would this business be different than anything else?
The takeaway from all my drivel here? Well, let's just say you need to "be your own trader." Learn. Test.
And don't believe anything until you have worked it hard for a significant amount of time. And always always always, watch the leverage. Even a good and profitable system will burn your account with an "unforeseen" drawdown at too high of leverage.
Good luck to all.
And it does seem to me ET is being "taken over" by vendors lately. I look at this as a symptom of the longish bull market. Of course the ET model needs them. Page views just don't cut it nowadays.
Some are quite stealthy and some might even have good intentions to try and help. But, in the end, they are all vendors and are trying like hell to sell sell sell...
Are some vendors good traders? Maybe
They are just trying to pad income with a few extra income streams? Maybe.
Are some absolute and total frauds? Of course. Why would this business be different than anything else?
The takeaway from all my drivel here? Well, let's just say you need to "be your own trader." Learn. Test.
And don't believe anything until you have worked it hard for a significant amount of time. And always always always, watch the leverage. Even a good and profitable system will burn your account with an "unforeseen" drawdown at too high of leverage.
Good luck to all.