no one i know does better than jim,,, not me not joed,,, not anyone in the room... at calling the short term based on his tools....i am sure if jim went public for a day and just called out like he does at the forum. without showing one damn chart.. traders would BE blown away. but he chooses not to.... that is his CHOICE.
no one, not jim, not me.. does what joed does better... showing where to expect turns in advance...for whatever freakin' reason he is showing in public what he has shown me in private for almost ten years.... that is his CHOICE,.

BUT KNOW THIS... joe is essentially showing only the end product.. not how he gets there... just like jim could if he wanted to..

a note.. remember when jim tried to get joed to post at my pivots. does ANYONE now think it was not a good idea that joed declined? can you imagine joed dancing the dance with the same knuckle heads that caused jim such grief?!

All 3 of you are great to learn from. I looked at my notes compiled from Jim's books and my notes compiled from Geo's charts and postings. I had just as many notes on Geo's "setups" as I did on Jim's! I couldn't believe it (excluding notes on Jim's "managing the trade"). It is Geo's CHOICE to post and I can't thank him enough for sharing.

I don't know of anyone who can quantify their "setups" better than roofer. He's done the statistics compiled from thousands of charts.

Those following in Jim's footsteps (Jarek) and roofer's (rat89) are also very appreciated for their choice to share.

Thanks, roofer, I'm taking what you said as a big compliment.

I am so happy joed passed on my offer. It would have turned into an unmitigated disaster, a real debacle. I really didn't think so many of the people 'out there' were like they turned out to be, and that they would be so unreceptive, not to mention ungrateful, for the gift that joed's blog is. There are many great things about this forum (the public area), but it is totally not the venue for a blog like joed's.

I hadn't really thought about it until that bad episode, but a blog (one that doesn't allow comments) is a much better approach. He took the exact right approach to presenting his material, and knowing what I know now I'd have just suggested he do that if he were looking for a place to post. Which reminds me, I still have to delete off that entire invitation thread from my public area...

And all this got me to thinking about my posting in the trading section, so I did a long-winded post (does Jim know any other way?) on what I am trying to do with all that. It is posted here, and I also posted the link in the 'Forum Links' section so it will be where people can find it in the future. I locked the topic, as it is really just a reference post to clarify some things.

http://www.mypivots.com/board/topic/6680/1/comments-on-jims-posts

Originally posted by roofer

no one i know does better than jim,,, not me not joed,,, not anyone in the room... at calling the short term based on his tools....i am sure if jim went public for a day and just called out like he does at the forum. without showing one damn chart.. traders would BE blown away. but he chooses not to.... that is his CHOICE.
no one, not jim, not me.. does what joed does better... showing where to expect turns in advance...for whatever freakin' reason he is showing in public what he has shown me in private for almost ten years.... that is his CHOICE,.

BUT KNOW THIS... joe is essentially showing only the end product.. not how he gets there... just like jim could if he wanted to..

a note.. remember when jim tried to get joed to post at my pivots. does ANYONE now think it was not a good idea that joed declined? can you imagine joed dancing the dance with the same knuckle heads that caused jim such grief?!