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Sorry, Charlie... You said that LBR was not a trader, that she had taken on another profession, by virtue of the fact that she charged for access to her chat service. That is ridiculous on a variety of counts. Most ridiculous is the assertion that by charging a fee for her services she somehow becomes less of a "trader". What I am suggesting is that by charging a fee for her services she becomes *more* of a trader. The only thing that would stop her from being a trader is doing what you suggest: "freely exchanging information".
Let me be very clear: By definition, traders do not give their labor except in exchange for material values.
The Omega Man
---- you wrote:
> You misinterpreted my comment.
> If you reread my comment included below you will notice that I did not say
> "give" relative to anything. What I said was "freely exchange information
> about trading". This means that all involved learn something of value.
> Expand your horizons and realize that everything of value is not monetary.
> An exchange of information is a win/win situation for all in that it means
> all parties are freely conversing and sharing their knowledge. Those of us
> who are able to capture profits from the markets on a regular basis should
> be willing to "freely exchange" our knowledge and techniques with others.
> Mature professionals in our society do not expect to be compensated
> monetarily for every act they perform. You may find that helping someone
> else without the expectancy of reward is a very rewarding act in and of
> itself.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <editorial@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Omega List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2000 10:25 PM
> Subject: Re: LBR
>
>
> >
> > By definition, one who gives his work for free is not a trader. A trader
> gives value for value - neither giving nor receiving anything for free.
> >
> >
> > The Omega Man
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ---- Tom wrote:
> >
> > > ... We should reserve our respect for traders who make their profits
> from
> > > trading the markets and who are willing to freely exchange information
> about
> > > trading with other traders regardless of the platform involved. If
> someone
> > > wants to be a chat room administrator, list administrator, newsletter
> writer
> > > or whatever and charge a fee for that service then, by definition, that
> is
> > > their chosen profession. If they have chosen an alternate profession
> other
> > > than trading they should not profess to be professional traders...
> >
> >
>
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