looking good..first small comment: when you list the trades on any system, it will be better to show them in reverse order i.e. last one first. also break them into several pages. thus it will not be necessary to load up 1000 trades and scroll down several miles just to look at the last few (easier on yor servers, too!)

keep it up...

Dani

isplat, I mean no disrespect and I apologize if I offended you in any way...let me assure you, my views on these kinds of issues are universal - I call them as I see them - I consider them equally ridiculous in any country, society or religion.

Peace!

Friday is their Saturday/Sunday = all is closed, I guess since all these holidays overlap they decided to go home and come back Monday...

re : Sukuk - I find it very entertaining to see people anywhere trying to conduct business subject to some interpretation of something someone said or wrote thousands of years ago...they then twist themselves every which way inventing ridiculous ways to get around it...if they really believe in the Word, how can they then spend their lives working around it? It's like "I am not allowed to charge you interest, but if I stand on one leg and sign this with my left hand while winking, it's ok"...

Bottom line: A sovereign-backed large real-estate developer in the UAE seems to be going under...take you pick of possible/probable ramifications...

David Letterman was talking about a Eliot Spitzer's "cash for hookers" program...they need to get him back!

nice to see active new improvements here and the chance to participate in the design by making useful suggestions (like mine below... )

- items showing in expanded threads should be in reverse date/time sequence, i.e. latest one first.

- 50 posts per page is too many - how about something in between 20 - 50 or let us choose our own?

- expanding the thread on the same page is the way to go rather than going to a new page.

the most important feature missing on the blog is the number of posts on a page - too few. everything else is secondary.

one thing I would like to see: when you click on a thread header, it will open up right there on the same page like the old blog used to do - perhaps even just the last 2-3 entries, then "...more" if there are more. many threads only have a few entries, and it is a waste of time to have to go to a new page then come back. Also if I am following a thread chances are I already saw the earlier posts and only want to see the new recent ones.

I'd like to suggest to your programmer to try to actually use this blog on a slow-medium speed connection during a real live day - it might give him a different perspective. I am a programmer myself and often do this - I find it very beneficial to put yourself in the user's shoes - people may have older/slower computer or slower connections and the thing should fly even on these.

one last point: don't let the fun of fixing/upgrading the site take you away from the real work you do here so well, especially in these very difficult times!

Dani

- feels bloated and sluggish - not everyone has a super-high-speed connection...

- pages too short

- I am online now but my name doesn't show (no big deal but is this even a useful feature? makes for long empty pages)

- when replying I should not be asked below to "designate" it from the list of topics - the designation belongs to the original entry! Also this whole Topics business is artificial and arbitrary and not very useful in my opinion - I always use "All" anyway. What topic does this discussion on the blog belong to?

-also the "select...designation" below should be a selection list with a separate button for "Submit)

- first impression: no big deal - using "recent" and "all" guarantees you don't miss anything - time-stamp on all expanded entries is good (I asked for it so I am happy it's here!)

I never got the email...another computer glitch? anyone else had this problem?

the silly thing doesn't work! I should not be challenged if I try to get to the recap by clicking on Matt's link inside the blog while I am already logged in! entering the user/pwd doesn't work at all!

sticky on top says "look for pullback fairly soon" so why "ST UP"?

Steve, There is no "irregardless" - it is simply "regardless" 

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/107542

Bill/Matt/Steve, I can't remember exactly when exactly this occured, "Matt you mentioned you bought GDX the night before it broke out in anticipation of that break out. When you covered GDX you did not say to buy in advance of the move and said wait to see if it can break out, etc." but there is a very simple way to solve this: Matt/Steve should not announce after the fact - perhaps a day later - that they made a trade and how great it worked. Either they tell us EVERY TIME, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THEY ENTER OR EXIT A POSITION what they did (also stops set up, if any), or NOT AT ALL. I think telling people after you make a trade is legit and will not be considered giving investment advice but that's not my call - if they (Matt/Steve) are worried about this, they should not tell us anything, but also refrain from telling us about a great trade later - this may be considered "boasing" and just pisses people off and invites criticism, and serves no purpose. They could, however, present some instructional material saying "this is what we saw and this is what we did and this is why we did it" so people can learn from that - but this material should show both good and bad calls - we should see that they make mistakes too.