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If there are others out there like me that often think they would like to meet some of the folks on this list and you live in Toronto Canada or pass trough send an email and maybe we could have a short get together at a Tim Hortons (A Canadian Coffee/donut chain which seems to have taken over).
Thanks for coming alive, John. Randy wrote:
Wow this is more traffic than the list has had for years. Like many perhaps I have monitored 'lurked "since the 90's , my biggest contribution may have been providing data to some poor soul in need. Nonetheless I always enjoyed the posts . In years past I traded all the markets , remember the first electronic attempts at the SP .... i think they were called "cubs" units on the floor. They took your money really fast. Now I only trade 6-8 stocks no data issues same code for the last 8-9 years ..... yeah its kinda boring but I make a living . I hope the O list doesn't go away , I'll be ok but something would be missing in my trading world.Regards randy smith Chris Cheatham wrote:IMO, the TS forum is by far the biggest reason. If I have a question to ask, I ask it there. If something is broken, I report it there. I suggest enhancements and they respond constructively and have even implemented some of them. There is free code for people to download. For the most part, there is no spam. They do run a tight ship in terms of not allowing talk of competing products.Remembering some of the exchanges here from days gone by, I think it is quite a coup by TS. They managed to get the bulk of their dirty laundry hidden away behind secure walls. (The bulk of the TS forums are not searchable.) I expect it was a very conscious effort as part of becoming a public company. But regardless of the intentions, for my purposes it is a very good forum.I have looked at Elite a few times, and seems you can't go far there without finding some horses a@# hurling insults and profanities, calling someone's mother a name... no thanks. Maybe I just hit them on a bad day.Well, and then there is myspace and facebook. :-) Kidding aside, facebook is actually a pretty neat thing. I've lived all over and have friends scattered halfway around the world. I have found some that I likely would never have seen again via facebook. There is more to life than trading.Chris----- Original Message ----- From: "John Bowles" <johnbowles@xxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 9:47 AM Subject: Why is omega list so dead and related questions.Hi,I remember when 30+ messages a day was standard for this list back in 1998 when I was actually using TS 4.0 EOD. Where do the TS traders hang out now? Is it the Omega Research forum? Is it Elite trader? And is it not sometimes better to have a list outside of the company product forum list so other products can be talked about without censorship? As an example when I was on Qcharts I actually had mention of MultiCharts removed from one of my esignal/Qcharts forum threads because the administrator can do this. Is this what Elite Trader is for?(to eliminate this censorship).John.