This thread takes over from the thread, HALL OF FAME of ET Educational Threads, http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202944 What follows is in my opinion is a list of 100 of the better threads that ET has to offer, threads intended to be amongst the top 0.1%, the 'crème de la crème', if you like. For a fuller discussion as to how these threads were arrived at you can click on the above thread for some details, but in a nutshell it includes my own selections (reflecting personal bias), suggestions made by others on the above thread or via PM, threads mentioned in other threads as being especially useful, outside referrals on blogs to specific ET threads and other ad hoc methods. It was not an entirely scientific process but is a best attempt on my behalf to create to useful starting point for discussion. I attempted to exclude threads of a commercial nature (though in some cases this is up for debate), and also excluded threads on the basis of suspected self promotion unless other evidence came to light. It is NOT a perfect or all-inclusive list and I apologize in advance for excluding many excellent and thought provoking threads. To be clear, there is no right or wrong, simply opinions, and any award procedure is by definition inherently flawed. However the draft list is made in good faith and will hopefully be useful to others. Rival HALL OF FAME threads are encouraged to compete with this one... In addition to concisely listing the initial 100 (draft) HoF suggestions, the purpose of this thread is to evolve into something more useful. For now this list provides reading material during quiet market periods. Discussion and critique of HoF suggestions is encouraged. No doubt the original list can be improved upon, shortened/amended/extended but it should be a home for discussion of the best that ET has to offer. I am open to suggestions here as to how to proceed. Anyway, without further ado, and IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, here are the original 100 suggestions for the ET HALL OF FAME:-
MAIN Trading (17) 2 True legendary trading stories http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7989 12 Lessons Learned http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7386 20 What are your Trading Breakthroughs? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=25425 22 What was the last thing you had to master before becoming profitable? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=165170 27 I've got a secret http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4067 29 Intraday/Swing Plays http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4334 37 Day-Trading 2.0 for small traders http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=113456 38 Why do people use Volume, Range and Tic charts http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=80582 44 Real or fake? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50740 47 I'm the most consistent trader in the world http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13332 50 I've tried everything and nothing works http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2267 71 Biggest day ever http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=55445 79 Scalping and Analysing your trades http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=45621 80 Trading for a living....full time....only income http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6758 84 Kudos to MMs http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=142338 92 Article By Pabst http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=125197 99 Ideas for struggling traders http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=130196 TRADING FOR A LIVING Journals (18) 1 Grinding it out, day after day http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187730 5 My Story http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1670 6 Mr Subliminal's Remote Trading Journal http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=5329 7 System Development with acrary http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33654 8 Activate/Deactivate System? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=36083 9 AHG - Profitable Strategy for Struggling Traders http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=99283 10 Emini divergence journal http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20761 23 The Price Action Journal http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=132170 31 40yo's new career or bust & 40yotrader http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10237 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21579 35 Neke's Journals http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=87977 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=114087 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=150396 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=187779 36 ES Journal http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=64965 46 NoDoji's Day Trading Log http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=132626 49 S/R Emini Journal http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=69230 75 Price and Volume http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=29005 76 Price and Volume: Strategy http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33766 78 Clowns ES Daytrading Journal http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=117694 85 Pabst's Blue Ribbon Trades http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=90873 88 Emini Fading System http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=111306 Career Trader (4) 21 Characteristics of a Successful Trader http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=147883 24 mentoring-- a waste of time ?? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31977 72 What is the worst one day loss you ever had? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=74408 73 I've lost 400k the last 2 months i'm quitting http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=71919 Psychology (6) 3 Overtrading http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=7659 14 Using nature and natural eco and bio systems to style your trading http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=54540 28 Successful Trading http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6666 54 Discipline - ideas to improve it http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20442 91 The Mathematics of Persistance http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59530 93 Anekdoten: An ET Mentor http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=103700 Trade Management (4) 16 Money Management http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=59325 57 3:1 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=27379 61 Exits-- targets vs. trailing stops http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9699 98 Averaging down/up = success? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=153994
TECHNICALLY SPEAKING Order Execution (1) 18 Reading the Specialist http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3282 Automated Trading (7) 25 Sharing Resources: Let's Not Reinvent the Wheel http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148249 52 Developing a Trading Framework from Scratch http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=81670 65 Mathematically Predicting the Future? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=107755 67 Chop vs. Trend http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=48845 68 Launched High Frequency Automated Trading Blackbox http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=101024 69 Frosty's trading bot goes live part 2 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97030 70 Chabah on Automated Trading http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=77887 Technical Analysis (13) 11 Simple Profitable Method http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=76297 32 great new pattern & Great New Pattern http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=881 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1400 33 The Idiot's Guide to Premium and Fair Value http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16391 34 Gap Plays http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50184 39 Why do I see "Trends" in Randomly Generated Data? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=118599 53 Indicator for spotting trends vs. ranges http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43095 59 Price Bars http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=21739 62 Enough already! It's not random http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120781 63 A Kinetic Energy Idea http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=121115 89 Using Pivots http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=50736 90 Dragon Pattern http://www.elitetrader.com/vB/showthread.php?threadid=154290 96 Trading Hammers http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=52880 97 Pekelo's 2nd gap rule http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=75045 Strategy Trading (17) 4 Market Depth Patterns http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42947 15 More Winners or Larger Avg. Winner? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13252 17 Tape Reading http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=56373 19 Pyramiding into a trend http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=42500 26 Unholy Grail to Success http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=144884 48 Acrary's Strategy Formation & Acrary's Mixed Strategy Management http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84891 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=84890 55 Testing variables http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14794 56 Backtesting Software http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33025 58 Lessons Learned From Profitable System Development http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22068 60 Evaluation of Backtested System Results http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=16622 64 ACD--Is it the Method to The Madness? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=93267 66 Trading Winning Positions - The optimal approach http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=64166 81 SP trend following System http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9828 82 The Importance of Simplicity http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10532 86 Learning to read Price Action with P&F Charting http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=122236 87 Exit methods for trend-traders http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=47358 95 Why Can't I Trade with the Trend http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46408 TOOLS OF THE TRADE Trading Software(1) 77 Deciding on a Backtesting and Trading Platform http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=108534 Hardware(1) 94 Pictures of your trading stations http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=43661 Educational Resources (7) 13 Gems: Methods and Systems http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9722 30 Methods and Systems Only http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9579 40 Notable ET Celebs http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=79849 41 Gems: Rs7 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6956 42 Gems: Super_Ego http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6881 43 Gems: Vulture http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6996 74 Your favourite Elite Trader & favourite Post http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8177 FUTURES TRADING Index Futures (4) 45 Trailing stop/Initial stop on futures http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=14179 51 Anyone use my method? http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=60313 83 Keeping It Simple & Keeping It Simple II http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11410 http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=15110 100 Approach to trading the ES contract http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=163702
For now, my work is done. Thank you to everyone who provided assistance in putting together the list either on the original thread or via PM. I encourage others to pick up the baton and develop the thread into a more useful resource. I will now take a back seat and watch with curiosity as to whether this thread falls into the black hole of forgotten ET threads, or takes on a new life of its own... benwm Edit: I also suggest that where HOF threads have been closed but ETs wish to revisit such discussions you create a new thread with the prefix 'RE HOF' i.e. RE HOF 2 True legendary trading stories or RE HOF 16 Money Management... etc.
You should contact Baron (EliteTrader.com) owner to request (beg) him not to delete any of the inactive threads in your list because he deletes the inactive threads that have been inactive for several years (I think the inactivity deletion alert is 5 years). Also, when he first started doing that inactivity thread deletion, he said if a thread is of value and has been deleted for inactivity...he'll bring the thread back. In fact, he did such of a few threads that got deleted and members requested he bring them back. That tells me he deletes and then stores the threads on a different server that's not accessible. However, recently, he changed his tone and said he will not or could not bring back an inactive thread of several years even if someone request such after a recent request to bring back a particular education thread was denied. Anyways, just heads up because a few of your listed threads are inactive. Mark
Thanks wrbtrader for the heads up. This is a good point. I have emailed Baron and if others do the same it will help too. Perhaps moderators reading this thread could also speak to Baron on our behalf if they feel this thread benefits Elite Trader as a whole. BCE - Some threads are closed so we cannot still post to these, though as per my suggestion if we create new threads prefixed by RE HOF we can still continue the debates. No problem provided the original closed threads are not deleted, in which case the new threads would also likely suffer a quick death. Edit: Re-reading the earlier posts I think I am confusing inactive threads with closed threads...closed is ok if the author requested this, deleted not so good
This is a good idea. I'm marking this thread as "Important" so it will automatically stay at the top of the thread list.