[The Bear]

Are there any good online message boards guys, that are for traders but more active than Traders Laboratory but not filled with the garbage on Elite Trader?

[Kiwi]

LOL.

Its a tough call. I use 3, Traders Laboratory, Trade2Win and EliteTrader. Average info quality decreases from left to right and I learn almost nothing from bb's .. a trinket here or there. But elite is the only place to go to check IB problems and also does get some excellent news/economics posts. T2W is active without the shear (enjoyable?) offensiveness of Elite. Trades Lab is more likely to produce a gem.

Babypips was ok for forex babies. Forex factory has a great calendar but is populated by lots of indicator junkies plus a few good threads (james16, jacko's, the system II (Yes with irony)). Most others had no appeal.

[darthtrader3.0beta]

I browse Wilmott and Nuclear Phyance from time to time. Even though I don't know what they are talking about 90% of the time its interesting to get a perspective from the Quant side of things. Nuclear is especially good for this because most those guys are institutional professionals.

[The Bear]

Thanks guys, I'll check out the trade 2 win. I think i'll stay away from those quant nerds - that's stuff is over the top for me.

Just tired of reading the nonsense on Elite Trader like "I just turned 10 thousand into 1 million". "GOOG is up 20% today - Buy It" "Most Elite Traders Will Beat The Market This Year - And Here's Why"

It's funny for 10 seconds, but after awhile it's a pure waste of time. I went all of last year and more without looking at the board - and just lately I peek in there time to time - OK more like multiple times a day now, it's becoming a disease.

[darthtrader3.0beta]

Well elite is fun to read like a tabloid is fun to read sitting on the shitter...
This place can't be beat from the retail level but there is a flaw in the entire idea of a trading forum. I mean when my skills/tools are all at the the degree of razor sharpness I want them to eventually be I won't be posting how to sharpen tools here, you will simply never hear from me again.

[The Bear]

Beleive me, you will go back eventually, even if you are confident with your own skills. If you are a lone speculator - and have no interaction during the working day - I think you want some sort of contact with other people that do what you do. Elite trader is just not the place though - my guess it's made up of all those idiot prop traders who slam on their desk when they get in a hissy fit - type guys.

Like really darth - who are all the people on Elite Trader? It is the working day so most people have to work 9-5 and they aren't posting from work.

[tlfx]

I don't really like ET forum. I prefer Babypips (yeah i'm a forex newbie). Members there are much nicer...

[SwingTradinJay]

I gag when I read ET, but it is slightly entertaining.

This place is solid.