MadMarketScientist

Hi everyone, I'm on route to Germany for a little vacation but since the plane is delayed by 4 hours :crap: I thought I would update everyone on the decision we've made regarding vendors. We've read every post, looked at other forums to see what they do, talked to our sponsors, debated both sides, and have come to the conclusion the following path forward: 1. TL will be identifying members who have commercial intent on TL with a visible indicator 2. TL will update forum rules to ask these members to notify TL if they have commercial intent when they join. Members who have trading-related businesses but are not using TL to solicit business will not be classified as such. 3. Members are encouraged to notify TL management if they think someone is using TL with commercial intent but has not yet been identified as a vendor. 4. Commercial (and all) members are encouraged to continue to post and create good content and discussions. 5. Aggressive solicitation and spam by vendors will not be tolerated. 6. Vendor-bash posts and thread hi-jacks will not be tolerated. 7. Identified vendors will also be given their own thread in the Reviews section (if they wish) where members can discuss their products\services. I want to stress again the indicator is not a value statement on the member, it is *only* for identification. Thanks everyone for your comments on this topic. I'm sure we will tweak the rules as time goes but we think this is a good start. We will be implementing the indicator within the next week or so. thanks, MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Aug 30, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor PureTick - Trade Alert Results | Track Record | PureTick Trading TOP POSTS & THREADS Market Manipulation and Technical Perspectives - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/7484-market-manipulation-technical-perspectives.html Was reading some interesting info on high frequency trading and the ability of not only funds to move the market, and the idea of adjusting tick bias by the market makers. We have some ... Top Biases That Affect Traders - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/psychology/10661-top-biases-affect-traders.html People in standard finance are rational. People in behavioral finance are normal. —Meir Statman. Behavioral finance tells us how biases affect individuals and patterns in crowd ... Almost a Record Breaking Week - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/e-mini-futures-trading-laboratory/10524-almost-record-breaking-week.html A record breaking week indeed, but nevertheless it will provide long-term traders with some excellent buying opportunties. For example, there are mechanical trading systems that simply ... The First Day of My New Trading Business - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/introduce-yourself/10671-first-day-my-new-trading-business.html G'day folks....after 6 years of trading part time and recently resigning my full time job, i have finally taken the plunge into the world of trading full time as a business. The next 3 months ... Option on Futs SPAN Margin - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/options-trading-laboratory/10672-option-futs-span-margin.html I'm getting into options on futures a bit more - mostly as a longer term positions. Does anyone know of a platform that lets you know the margin requirements of different strategies/structures ... How to Distinguish Accumulation/Distribution with VSA? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/volume-spread-analysis/10670-how-distinguish-accumulation-distribution-volume-spread.html Hello VSA Experts i'm new to VSA. i'm just curious that when price moving in sideway how VSA distinguish Accumulation and Distribution. attached image is a stock daily chart. as you ... HOT TOPIC Understanding The Exact Process Behind The Movement In Price - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-videos/10648-sam-seiden-understanding-exact-process-behind.html Here is a video that changed mine whole view on trading. It made a one trick pony out of me when it comes to trading Sam is tha man when it comes to simplicity and reality of markets and i am lucky that i had chance to learn from him and other instructors. Hope it will help some one ...

Here is the attachment for the EA thx MMS DisciplineTrader1.0.zip

Hi, Moderators are removing posts that turn good threads into heated arguments and name calling. But we are not removing posts where one person respectfully disagrees with another person's statements. Your post refuting the claims was not removed. As long as the conversation stays respectful it will be allowed to stay. But once it turns into a shouting match, we will remove all posts that are disrespectful. But we cannot possibly censor all posts, nor should we make the judgement, which are fraudulent or not. You disagreed with the claims, you've made your point to the readers, and everyone reading the thread will see that. There is no need to let the argument continue to hijack the thread. But we will also not censor what people say - if they think they have the 'holy grail' and can 'make money in their sleep', they've shown to the other readers more than enough about the legitimacy of their product\service. If some people still want to believe and pursue these products then it is their right to do so. It is a fine line we are dealing with here, and I know it will be impossible to make everyone happy. But unlike the current US government (had to make a dig here!) we believe in less intervention and to let the free market run, within certain rules of course. Questions for the community: 1. Do you think members should be making judgement's of products\services for other people? 2. Do you need a better way (aside from hijacking an existing thread) to voice your opinion on these products\services? Maybe new Reviews forums? thanks, MMS

Congrats! Feel free to document your journey here with us - there are many full-time traders here that can help. Best of luck and see you around. MMS

The moderators will remove URL's from posts when they are reported - we prefer if you just report the post as we get emails and will take care of it immediately. thx MMS

Hi, Yes, vendor-related (bash, accusation, prove yourself, etc) posts that are off-topic from the original thread will be deleted as they take the good thread down a bad road. thx MMS

How large is the file? If you send it to me I can try and help you attach it thx MMS

100% agree ... its OK to have cash sitting and not being invested\trading something. Only when the right opportunity comes do you need to deploy it. MMS

Just a note to all the members living in that area (Tradewinds, MightyMouse, MysticForex, etc) - I hope you are all safe and sound! MMS

Hi Moyyim, Thanks for the question. Yes as long as we feel there is value in the mention\link. The moderators will remove all links\references to other sites IF they feel it is too spammy or if it is clearly obvious they are just promoting something. They won't always get it right so members can also report posts they feel have crossed the line. But we let people post links, etc to other sites all the time - a good example is the recent Market Manipulation thread. http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10655-market-manipulation.html. You wouldn't believe the amount of spammy posts\threads we delete everyday! I hope this helps, MMS

Let's be careful with this statement - some of the best threads at TL have been started by people who are vendors. Secondly, this list is not making a value statement (e.g. they are bad people) about them, just identifying them as requested by the community. And these people still continue to create some of the best content for everyone to read and discuss. As an example, Tim Racette has contributed an enourmous amount of excellent articles and (hopefully) will continue to do so. Same with Rande, Norm, etc. Everyone is welcome here at TL and the moderators will try their best to keep everyone behaving within the rules of the community. thx MMS

I think the key point here is that we should let the members *decide for themselves* what to do with the information. No one here needs to decide for them. Let's not be so cynical and assume every time someone mentions a product he is trying to sell it. I don't know if doubletop11 is or not but he is welcome to say he likes a product. And even if he was, maybe someone reading is looking for a recommendation on some software? Point is, everyone can decide for themselves if a post has value. thanks, MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Aug 27, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor Oanda - Oanda TOP POSTS & THREADS Methods for the Struggling Trader - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10206-trading-storm-methods-struggling-trader-26.html I agree about the volatility. It feels like being on a roller coaster ride! Just wondering if anyone has thoughts regarding trading strategy. Is it better to scalp or ride short term trends ... Most Influential Stocks of Dow & Nasdaq - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10656-most-influential-stocks-dow-nasdaq.html I have style of trading that monitors the components of the DJIA to trade YM and the components of Nasdaq 100 to trade NQ. I was advised the best approach would be to monitor a select ... Monthly Option Trade Log - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/options-trading-laboratory/10170-monthly-option-trade-log-3.html better result on this trade, closed a day early (thanks SUIYA for the rec! ). bought back at $0.05 for a profit of $0.85 - a 10.4% return on the original margin. EXC is a good stock ... Risk of Ruin Discussion - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/money-management/10553-risk-ruin-discussion-12.html#post126299 If you've gotten rich off trading futures, that's great for you. It was a long journey for me with a lot of heartaches and setbacks. I had made a bundle with stocks at a daytrading firm I traded ... Possible Exit Methods - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/1729-possible-exit-methods.html Since many threads end up asking about how to exit a trade, I thought we could all compile one thread that shares the many, many ways to exit a trade. Obviously nothing is perfect, but ... Moment of Truth for Stock Investors - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/technical-analysis/10509-moment-truth-stock-investors-4.html As mentioned in first post, I'm out of almost all of my investment stocks (avg holding 18 months) and currently most trading is short-term. Buyers are stepping in and the market on both ... HOT TOPIC Market Manipulation - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/10655-market-manipulation.html I keep hearing about alledged market manipulations. How do they exactly do that? It is because of the size of the orders that can drive the market up or down? Is this with HFT? Who manipulates the market? Big banks and hedge funds or does it require some kind of cooperation between big players? Where can I know more about that? ...

The Prerequisite Golf Joke A circus owner runs an ad for a lion tamer, and two people show up. One is a retired golfer in his late sixties, and the other is a gorgeous blonde in her mid-twenties. The circus owner tells them, "I'm not going to sugarcoat it. This is one ferocious lion. He ate my last tamer, so you two had better be good, or you're history. Here's your equipment - chair, a whip and a gun. Who wants to try out first?" The girl says, "I'll go first." She walks past the chair, the whip and the gun and steps right into the lion's cage. The lion starts to snarl and pant and begins to charge her. About halfway there, she throws open her coat revealing her beautiful naked body. The lion stops dead in his tracks, sheepishly crawls up to her and starts licking her feet and ankles. He continues to lick and kiss her entire body for several minutes and then rests his head at her feet. The circus owner's jaw is on the floor. He says, "I've never seen a display like that in my life." He then turns to the retired golfer and asks, "Can you top that?" The old golfer replies, "No problem; just get that lion out of there." MMS

For all the Canadians ... The Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart: 50° Fahrenheit (10° C) Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians plant gardens. 35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C) Italian cars won't start. Canadians drive with the windows down and still wear shorts and T-shirts. 32° Fahrenheit (0° C) American water freezes. Canadians have the last cookout of the season. 0° Fahrenheit (-17.9 ° C) New York City landlords finally turn on the heat. Canadian Girl Guides still sell cookies door-to-door. -60° Fahrenheit (-51° C) Santa Claus abandons the North Pole. Canadians pull down their earflaps. -109.9° Fahrenheit (-78.5° C) Carbon dioxide freezes, makes dry ice. Canadians get frustrated when they can't thaw the keg. -173° Fahrenheit (-114° C) Ethyl alcohol freezes. Canadians get a day off from work to go tobogganing. -459.67° Fahrenheit (-273.15° C) Absolute zero; all atomic motion stops. Canadians start saying "Cold, eh?" -500° Fahrenheit (-295° C) Hell freezes over. The Toronto Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup. MMS

In fact, the record is stunningly clear that any time the Bernanke offers an economic prediction, you should rush out and bet that exactly the opposite will come true - it's a sure-fire way to make a killing in the markets. MMS

I found this feature for you ... go to the main Forums page, and at the bottom under Latest Forum Activity click the "Hottest Threads (in last 30 days)" heading all the options you've described are there! thanks, MMS

Oh I just meant members would make a summary of a thread by copying and pasting all the *meat* of a thread into a condensed new one. If you have any suggestions on condensing a thread let me know and I might be able to do it for you. On another note, I will be visiting Prague in 2 weeks! :-) thanks, MMS

We there was a hint of QE3 and up shot gold and stocks again today ... I have no doubt QE3 is coming. And I'm going into more gold and silver. US dollar is done :-( MMS

Amen ... the majority of the vendors listed have provided and continue to provide real value and content to the site and are welcome to hang out here. As an example, urma and steve46 started some of the best threads on TL. Further, we already moderate most of the slimy ones that you don't even see. So let's all be careful not to get into a witch-hunt as these guys are respected *contributing* members of TL as much as everyone else is. thx, MMS

In the US there are certain resource stocks called MLP's that pay nice quarterly distributions. a big one is Kinder Morgan (KMP). There are also resource royalty stocks that pay nice monthly distributions, a popular one is Mesa Royalty Trust (MTR). In Canada, they used to have income trusts that pay nice monthly\quarterly distributions but they were all forced to convert to corporations (tax reasons). But some of them still pay decent monthly distributions. A favorite of mine is Pembina Pipeline Corp (PPL). I prefer monthly distributions because the compounding works a little faster. But at the end of the day, if you are after income, you need to find something where the principle is *safe*. MMS

Agreed ... and this is a message to everyone ... if there is ever any racism directed towards you please let me know and I will try my best to take care of it. That is definitely something that is not tolerated here. thanks, MMS

Just giving the OP the opportunity to answer to the community about his posts. MMS

TradersLaboratory Newsletter - Aug 25, 2011 This newsletter is brought to you by our sponsor Oanda - Oanda TOP POSTS & THREADS New Friends Wanted - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/beginners-forum/10431-new-friends-wanted-4.html I hope every one is making as much or more trading your favorite market. TF 8/23 chart and matrix is posted today. It shows how I traded the TF for a sell and a buy. The matrix is of ... What is the Best Multi-monitor PC for Day Trading? - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/tools-trade/10643-what-best-multi-monitor-pc-day.html I started trading from a laptop; good, bad, or ugly... that's the way it was (for me). It wasn't a high speed super-lux model, just a standard run-o-the-mill laptop. I wouldn't recommend ... Reading Charts in Real Time - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-markets/6151-reading-charts-real-time-795.html Going along with MK's idea of analysing your past trades to see what would have happened with different profit taking situations, I'm wondering if you've read Van Tharp's book "How to ... 3 Ways to Keep More of Your Trading Profits - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading/10647-3-ways-keep-more-your-trading.html The number one way new traders fail is in counting their trading profits, or the money that could be made on the trade before the trade is even placed. Pro traders know you should be ... Market Profile Confusion - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/market-profile/7747-market-profile-confusion-3.html The thing is, how to we know if price is leading value or value leading price? context is key, but .... The only job we have to do is...Determine S/R levels and then determine direction ... Understanding The Process Behind The Movement In Price - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/trading-videos/10648-sam-seiden-understanding-exact-process-behind.html Here is a video that changed mine whole view on trading. It made a one trick pony out of me when it comes to trading. Sam is tha man when it comes to simplicity and reality of markets ... HOT TOPIC Vendors Vendors Vendors - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/general-discussion/10633-vendors-vendors-vendors.html Ok I see a ton of threads degenerating into a 'vendor' bash ... so here is a thread for all of you to give your opinion on vendors. I'll be reviewing this thread for feedback. And if I see good threads going down a wrong path, I will also be moving offending posts here so people can continue those discussions outside of the main thread ...