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this is all too true. this is my last post, i'm outta here. let the
vendors take over, 'cause i don't really give a flying shit anymore.
tradejack
leaving for a spam free zone
---Timothy Morge <tmorge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Folks on the Omega List:
>
> The past three or four days, I have read six or seven or eight posts
by people
> that have never posted a question, a solution or even a view about
someone
> else's post proclaiming that the 'silent majority' should let its
feelings be
> heard and people should be thrown off the list.
>
> Now, I'm not your average systems coding guy, so I am not likely to
ever post
> free code for others to look at and use. I can only offer my
thoughts, ideas and
> approaches to the markets. I'm a professional trader. I have been
since 1980.
> There probably aren't too many people reading these posts that can
say that.
> Trading is a rough business. If it was easy, we'd all be retired.
But trading
> takes persistance, guts, creativity and sometimes it takes just plain
> stubbornness and orneryness. I've known quite a few of the best
traders in this
> world and very few were saints. So when I read posts here, I am
looking for
> creative ideas and approaches to the markets--and in fact, as long
as the posts
> remain here on this forum, I could care less what style of language
is used, as
> long as the content of the posts are helpful. I'm here to share and
I'm here to
> learn, probably not in that order.
>
> I read a post from yesterday or the day before and that person
wanted to know
> how many posts Mark Brown needed to make to 'pay' for the abusive
language he
> uses on this forum. Well, anyone that's been on this forum for any
period of
> time knows that Mark gives and gives and gives. Sure, he can rub
people the
> wrong way. I don't always agree with Mark--and I am certain he
doesn't always
> agree with me. But I think he posts here because he is looking at
the ways
> others approach the markets, and in return, he shares what he has to
share. And
> he shares ten or a hundred fold compared to what he gets in
return--at least I
> think he does.
>
> The silent majority? The majority of people lose trading. I have no
wish to ever
> join that majority. I want to continue to master the tools I use.
I'll gladly
> share them here if people find them of interest. If the membership
makeup of
> this list is going to become a popularity contest, please count me
out--I'll
> find better uses for my time and energy. I don't blame the
Sherrif--he's doing a
> thankless and difficult job, and doing it well. I just want to
remind the people
> that are writing there first post, after silently soaking up other
people's
> ideas for the past umpteenth months, to remember that if you
surround yourself
> with people that are bland, you're not going to have many traders,
successful
> and otherwise.
>
> I hear MB might be shown the door, so to speak. And we may have
already lost
> Gaius Marius. The ATI list went very silent once the content left
it. This list
> wouldn't do much better if we instituted a popularity contest to
choose who can
> join and who couldn't. Let me see...who'll give me 1000 of RoseLee's
many fine
> posts for one of Mark Browns? Or, I'll give you Earl's most helpful
posts if
> you'll just give me one helpful post that Bill made before
he...well, you get
> the idea.
>
> Best,
>
> Tim Morge
>
>
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