I blocked @wrbtrader ... not sure why he acted like he did here as he has always been one of those who defended the rights of others to hold PA/TA discussions here. In this case he turned trolling up to a fever pitch. @Baron you ought to give OP's the ability to block members from their own threads. I'm all for free speach but it goes both ways, and Mark really was doing allhe could to deny Erin and all of us the right to discuss this topic. She should have been able to have him blocked from patrticipating in her thread once it becasem clear he was going to harass her until she quit.
That's unfortunate because I only had a strong curiosity about why she wasn't responding to some members questions via the same questions I've seen asked towards hundreds of other members before Erin and I can't remember any of those other members responding the same as Erin. Thus, at least to me, it was something unusual to see especially from a new member. At least its not what NQurious had implied that I talked to someone and had Erin's thread then shut down. But the suggestion (not a question) by another member about her misuse of then / than...it changed quickly after that considering its something another member had a similar problem with (then / than)...that too I did not mention in this thread until now involving the other member that was banned. Strangely, at that point in time...there was no name calling, no accusations, I didn't see any requests...nothing beyond please explain that terminology and its a repeat of old info from prior threads with different terminology. Later, one member mention she had him on ignore and I assumed then that's the reason why she's not responding to questions...she had them on ignore. Yet, why would she have him on ignore before they asked non threatening questions ??? Bare with me, how's that possible if she's a new member and they didn't have any prior interaction. Curious George in me begin snooping around here and over at Tradingview. So I then decided to do a simple test via reposting their questions to see if she would reply to me considering at that point in time the only threatening thing I did was post my own chart (esignal chart) of the same price action (I believe it was AudUsd) without any strange annotations terminology. Just a simple range analysis as stated by another member...no secret sauce...we all know what is range analysis. It seem to offend her and I used "no terminology" on that chart but my message post was clear...we can change the name / phrases but its still the same price chart. The chart is the real education. Not the terminology. Secondly, another member suggested to her "after" that...she should just use the ignore feature but it became obvious to me by that time... She was already doing that to a few that she had no prior interaction...as stated...I became suspicious than about any prior interactions by her at the forum but I didn't mention that once in this thread nor with anyone else until NQurious showed up and started asking questions with his name calling. You gotta admit...it looks strange about why ignore someone before they asked any questions when there's no prior interaction and then continue responding to others about something else while ignoring their reposting of the same questions by others. Later, specifically accusing me of stating her purpose here was to have a beer when in fact I stated the forum is a good place for me to hang out with others and have a beer. I then called her out for that error. Soon after that, she cancel her membership on her own free will. NQurious then states that I shut down her thread (his words...not mine) even though I'm no moderator nor did I have any conversations with you about Erin until you responded to me in this thread. The post history is here...as I stated...there was no name calling (except NQurious) and no accusations although we joked that those that usually do such have yet to show up to trash another TA thread. My only agenda was the lack of responses (no answers) involving as another user stated was the not common terminology and the fact that Tradingview had a lot more of their users during this Pandemic posting their charts elsewhere at other social media which was very odd to see. As stated, I assumed it was "over crowded" at Tradingview because those particular users couldn't get out their knowledge above the voices of other users on that site to then state that's most likely the reason why Erin and others (there were others that joined closely about the same time). Erin soon responded to say she herself joined because of some friend with Coronavirus and not because to hang out with a beer. Ok...I get that but then why the education thread and her friend and her has not other way to communicate ? With that said, I never accused her of what others stated. In fact, I didn't even repost what they stated in this thread just in case she was sensitive about such. Essentially, it was none of my business because my agenda was strictly the lack of response to the questions about the no common terminology while she was stating she wanted this to be a constructive conversation. Reality, there's no constructive conversation when the terminology is not defined and members are not getting answers to the questions about the terminology. Baron, we've had a few members like that in the trade journal section (still do) and mainly the forum has respected their wishes...other members do not really reply in their trade journals...its just the member the only one talking. Looks strange in my opinion but journals are sacred, we here at ET respect those strange requests in the journals about "no reply". After all is said and done...its still unfortunate about her departure but I will not stop asking questions in any education thread especially when the member implies or states its a thread for constructive criticism. She should not have left but should have continue using the ignore button (I'm convince she was already using it on others) but those goading the flames and their name calling should have been the ones to leave. Sad aspect...the anti-TA people didn't even need to show up. As for NQurious...learned a lot about that member and I didn't have to stoop to his nonsense of name calling. Yet, I was warned about such via smoke signals before he started the name calling (sarcasm). I'll let it go now but will continue asking questions with anyone to explain something they've stated in an education thread as in prior threads by many others including NQurious himself (yeah...he's done the exact same thing) and has liked posts by others that raised a similar issue about the terminology and phrases... I'm off the bone now. wrbtrader
Instead of making a big deal about terminology folks should have just taken the time to actually look at Erin’s charts. She defines “swap” terminology on her chart in her post #41. Look it up. I ain’t gonna tell it to you.
If Stevie weebie couldn’t, from the context, figure her use of then/than, then/than perhaps he has a comprehension issue himself.
volpri...just to be fair...it wasn't just "swap" as noted by others and then later by myself. Time to move on don't you think, we all have had our say. Seriously, there will be another thread with the same similar questions as many others before Erin...I'm confident the OP (thread starter) is not going to respond the same way. Have a good trading day (no sarcasm). Take care. wrbtrader
@wrbtrader was ego stroking himself and crusading to drive traffic away from ET to what he considers better venues for these discussions. Nice way to repay @Baron for caring enough to reach out to him during his health crisis. Maybe Mark is on some meds that are messing with his mind and emotions. Also, we should have instructed @Erin on how the block feature works. It would have changed the trajectory to be sure.