I just wanted to say that I really enjoyed meeting everyone last night. It's very interesting talking to so many people excited about trading but coming from different perspectives and niches. In total I believe we had ten people show up. Very good turn out in my opinion. Thanks to everyone for making the trek downtown. The Mill was a little crowded and loud so getting a chance to talk to everyone was tough. I would like to chance to talk with everyone more, I'm not sure I could remember everyones real names compared to their handles. If everyone wouldn't mind, could you PM me your first name again with a short description of what your trading? This would help jog my memory when talking in the future. Also, one of the things that NYSE Trader and I talked about last night was the idea of a "study club" for lack of a better term. Im not interested in an investment club scenario talking about picking stocks. More so, I'm interested in expanding my knowledge in other areas of trading. The trading I do is very specific and concentrated in one market with a strategy that I have refined over the last few years and it sounds like that's what others have done as well. I would be happy to share some of the things that I do and would love a chance to learn about other aspects of trading. Reading only goes so far, but talking with people face to face, like last night was great! Speaking of reading though, one thing I do is continually read about different aspects of trading. The books, or articles we have read could be another avenue of discussion for the "Study Club". I'm just brainstorming something I've been kicking around for awhile, I'd love to hear others thoughts, comments, or opinions about doing this. As I said earlier the conversations I had last night with everyone I really enjoyed. I could tell that there was alot of talented people who were all "hungry" to either start or continue to pursue being the best traders they could be. I like being around that!
I had a blast last night, It was very encouraging for me to meet all of you.The passion that each and everyone of you had when you talked about trading is contagious.You have certainly made me even more excited than before to give this thing a shot. I like Fuf's idea and would be interested in doing that as well. Hope all of you have a great day and I look forward to chatting with you soon. Morgan
I had a great time last night getting to know you all. I didn't expect such diversity in trading strategies and backgrounds! Looking forward to future meetings.
22 to 50 is my guess. It was great to see such a diversity of traders in terms of age, market traded, ethic background, experience, and geographic location (long drives for some of the traders who made it to the meeting). DNAJ65000
Thanks fuf for organizing the get together...it was great to meet everyone, and I think it would be great to get together again. A study group sounds like a great idea as well! A couple of people asked about the vanandcalgarytraders mail list that exists. Those that are interested can go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vanandcalgarytraders/ and request to join (mention your ET handle).
This was covered already but I just have to say that it was a real treat to hang out with traders. Beats the hell out of boards and typing for sure. I'm certainly up for getting together again, be it for beers or a study group or whatever. We'd be talking about the markets anyway. Edit: very interesting to see the faces behind the handles too.
i'm disappointed i ended up not being able to make the get-together - having a toddler results in certain unplanned "events", lol - i hope another meeting can be arranged soon!