Some healthy debate on what to include in the short term trading diary.
I believe much of the confusion and debate is coming from peoples expectations that this daily thread is virtually a mirror image of the Day Trading daily thread. It isn't and will not be as the time frames are so different, and the depth of discussion and analysis is much more encompassing.
Being the nature of short term and NOT daily, affords traders the time to discuss, analyse, and compare stocks and the general movement of the markets.
People who follow the Day Trading daily thread should not expect the short term daily thread to run the same. If that is what you were expecting, then I'm sorry but you will be disappointed.
Many people responded to HotCopper Administration in the initial phase of this venture, that they wanted the short term forum to have the facility to identify individual stocks being discussed.
The purpose of short term trading daily thread is intended to discuss the overall market outlook and other short term trading related topics.
Some popular stocks being discussed for short term trades are not to everyones tastes or trading styles and therefore are best placed into their individual stock codes in this forum. Nobody wants to have to scroll through discussions, on a stock they have no interest in.
Perhaps the confusion is related to the daily thread being called "short term trading daily thread" and is too similar to the Day Trading thread and therefore is creating an expectation that is not meeting many of its readers?
Maybe it should be renamed "ST Trading General 15 July"?
Comments welcome, but please remember that this forum was set up in a constructive way that attempted to meet the needs of all who responded. The more organised and clear we can be with the information being placed here, the easier and efficient it will be for everyone to navigate.
