MACK -DEE or M_A_C_D

When I first started trading I heard almost all people say M-A-C-D then a friend of mine kept saying MACK-DEE I corrected (nicely) him once and he looked at me like I was the bonehead. He kept saying MACK DEE. Then I heard others maybe most say MACK DEE the last few years. As I have not attended a seminar or a big conference in about two years I confess my sample size is small and most of the traders I know could care less.

So here is the question what is the correct pronunciation and please back up your opinion with facts or noted "scholars" who might know or maybe a cite to an online trading dictionary. At worst perhaps we will take a poll but not yet please.

P.S. this debate sort of started on the thread about prop desks at banks

thanks

 

Well, this is the way I see it. Since it is an acronym for moving average convergence divergence, it should as all acronyms be pronounced as the letters: M A C D

Do we go around and say: izm when referring to ISM numbers?

. . . or do we say eybem when referring to that venerable blue chip IBM?

 

Babak - solid logic and I agree with you, but I have heard (a minority) guys who use to work in the cbot pits as clerks refer to the N A P M as nap- em and napalm. So I guess they would say ism now.

 

What about M.A.S.H., Radar, Laser, MIPs, RAM, ROM, SCSI, NAT, and NASA?

 

What about NASDAQ.. or make that NAZDOG.

-MIKE

 

Mac-dee is just a slang term and I've heard many traders use it. What's the fuss about?

 

Unless of course you are specifically talking about Mac Dee Knife, in which case it is a proper noun!

 

Does it really matter?

 

No it doesn't matter. Just call it whatever you want to call it.

 

What about SIPC?

FWIW, I call it MACK-D, but I have never used the thing to make a single trade..

nitro