Suggest either allowing op to edit title to add [solved] or allowing op to lock thread. This way when we get the answer we can need we can pose less of a distraction from other threads.
Better suggestion is limiting amount of posts one can start to one a month till they been here 6 months.
I've checked out a few other forums to compare with EliteTraders, and by far this is "leader of the pack"…Happy New Year
The latter is an awful idea, in my opinion. People don't "own" a thread just because they happened to begin it. Indeed ... much better idea!