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[ksarner]

Up again

[Lauryn99]

Just bumping this here....

[Lucky777]

Ken the concept of your tutorial here is brilliant and reads very well but the second half left me slightly irritated. You know me well enough to say exactly how i feel and I find it allarming that a vet/congressman is telling people that if someone only trades with them once or twice then that means that the new person was not getting what they need and moved on!!!! I agree with many of the others who have posted here that the lower iTR needs to get trades as well and while it should be a factor to look at... it should not be the most important one. The below part is what I disagree with... but the beginning was awesome... how did I not see this until now?

Originally Posted by ksarner

2. Click on the number I just showed you how to find. That will take you to his trading history, which is a page which lists what his trading partners have said about him, among other things.
[INDENT]2a. Near the top, in the center, you'll find his "Recent Ratings". That will how how many trades he's completed in the past month. Again, the higher the number the better. That's a good measurement of how active he has been on the forum recently, and a good way to guess how often he'll be here to help you if you need it. (My issue here is that during a slow time the "recent" may not have many trades even for a Vet... and not to mention people take breaks or vacations so the recent in my mind doesnt really play into it at all!)

2b. Down a bit from that and over to the right, you'll see a list under "From". It will include all the people he's traded with. This is a VERY important list. Click on a name or two from that list, and see how often that person traded with him. If they traded with him just once or twice and then moved on to someone else, he probably wasn't meeting their needs. (I personally tell my reffs after two trades that they should look around to other traders because working with a variety of people opens you up to learn different things and different perspectives. Of all that I dissagree with this one is the strongest! I honestly really think that this part should be edited Ken... not to mention that the person they are looking at may have traded with that trader only once but has 3 other trades in the works... or that he only just joined that day!)

2c. Just to the right of their username is a number in brackets. That's a CRUCIALLY important number. It shows how many trades their partner has CURRENTLY completed. That's the best measurement there is of how good a teacher that person is. If many of his trading partners have gone on to successfully complete many trades of their own, it's a good bet that that person has trained them well for success. (and here again I have issue because some people only want to do method one and may never go on to do any trades in method two stictly by choice! Not to mention that having a BRAND NEW person dig thru feedbacks to count how many is sort of not a "whats this business all about" kind of question!!! You start off with a basic run down of what this all is and then you lose them in all this iTR crap cause all in all they still dont know that part! So my man... I love the first half and applaud a good idea and a well written post... but I give this number two section here a big two thumbs down!!!)

[gsw]

ANother reason for not having many new trades showing up, might be because the person has run out of offer choices.

Originally Posted by Lucky777

Ken the concept of your tutorial here is brilliant and reads very well but the second half left me slightly irritated. You know me well enough to say exactly how i feel and I find it allarming that a vet/congressman is telling people that if someone only trades with them once or twice then that means that the new person was not getting what they need and moved on!!!! I agree with many of the others who have posted here that the lower iTR needs to get trades as well and while it should be a factor to look at... it should not be the most important one. The below part is what I disagree with... but the beginning was awesome... how did I not see this until now?

[Lauryn99]

Bump - Ken if you see this, I think Lucky has some good points if you wanted to comment at all... :)

[ksarner]

Up!!!

[ksarner]

up!!!!

[ksarner]

Up!!!

[capricorn1]

ups a daisy!

[ksarner]

Thanks for your help, Lonnie.

--Ken