Because the same person trumpeting that he is the most adored followed poste rstarts a thread complaining that the posting rate has plunged. Does anyone see the irony in that!
Great post, but I would add the following. 4- Quant forums, which are consumed with market-neutral strategies: pairs trading, stat arb, options, swaps, swaptions, all manner of weird derivatives. Elsewhere they are trying to model price behavior with the most esoteric math ever foolishly applied to real world phenomena. Watching some guy with more education than intelligence trying to strap a PDE to price can be falling-down hilarious to anybody who ever actually studied a price chart.
Your idea of "productive" is to repeat the same anti-TA campaign backed by the opinions of a few of your industry friends. No offense, but that really means little to most people and even less to those who trade for a living and KNOW what works for them.
I agree, that was a very insightful post. However, good thing quants don't use "price charts" or "candle sticks" if they did, they wouldn't ( generally ) be on the top of the food chain. surf
Brother Surf, if you will just occasionally reveal a little humility/modesty, I think you'll find a difference in responses.
There will always be an undercurrent of animosity on trading boards... trading is at its heart an adversarial business and is a losers game for most... most are frustrated with their lack of success and it doesn't take much to make their emotions flare up... the markets are like an open casting call for American Idol... no barriers to entry so you've got all types showing up for their chance at stardom and forums are the bar and grill where they all hang out after casting call ET was always the rough and tumble bar on the darker side of the street some times it's under control, and the worst you have to deal with are the local crazies and homeless wandering around trying to convince everyone how talented they really are, or talking to their sock puppets for validation. other times it's beer bottles flying, tables being flipped over, chairs being smashed, fights breaking out, and an audience who loves it like a Jerry Springer crowd... Baron is the bar owner and as long as revenue is good he lets the patrons pretty much do as they wish. He has bouncers to protect his paying sponsors...... but everyone else enters at their own risk. welcome to the Wild Wild West - it may not be perfect but it's the best choice out there. If you really hated it you wouldn't be here.