Frequently asked questions (FAQs):

Q: "Ken I entered my online course user name and password and it's not working here, what should I do?"
Answer: You still need to register as a new user by re-entering/registering your username and password for the forum, as it's a completely different login/password system -- so you need to register them as though you were a new user, which you are, for the forum.

Enter a new username/pass, valid email address, then wait 4-6 hours to get the activation email with a link in it that you must click on. Then I will enable your access, within 24 hours from that.

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Q: "Ken I'm not getting an activation email - please help".
Answer: Don't use aol, spamarrest or earthlink. Try gmail.com. And be sure to wait 4-6 hours, then check your spam folder and trash folder to see if your welcome email is in there. Many ISPs are getting aggressive with filtering incoming emails, particularly trading-related ones lately - so double check it. Try another email address if needed.

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Q: "Ken, I can't see my threads or posts in the forums, why not?".
Answer: All threads and posts are moderated for now, as I get the forum started, meaning I need to manually review and approve each post before it appears - please give it 4-8 hours, though it's often much faster.

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Q: "Ken - are you going to update the look of the forum soon?".
Answer: Yes, I'm having professional logos made up and will have you all vote via a forum poll as to which one you'd like to see best. I've got extensive modifications and enhancements underway for the forum, so keep checking back to see new features (like polls, contests and other special events and updates to the forum).
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Q: I can't register using my email address (it has .de or .ru in it), it says the moderator has banned it - help!"
Answer: Since most spam (including forum spambots) comes from certain TLD suffixes, like .ru (Russia) .cn (China)
and others, those email addresses are globally banned here. Try using gmail.com instead. And remember to
not try and register with aol/spamarrest/earthlink etc, since they block our emails.

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Q: I got an error saying "Multiple login detection - account terminated" - help
Answer: I use 2 security plug-ins that detect whether or not multiple user IDs have been registered from the same IP address (using different emails etc) and automatically bans that IP address's userids from logging in, terminating access. This is to prevent people from making multiple fake user IDs. Security here is rock-solid, to keep out spammers and pests.

Please note that I do track and monitor all IPs and logins - so I can see exactly who's logging in, from where - and multiple posters/user accounts from the same IP will get disabled without notice or warning. Also, only post images of charts/technicals, with no commercial or other URLs on them - I won't approve any that don't meet that simple guideline. I want to keep this place totally commercial/ad free, because that should make it more valuable to you.
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Q: Help my post hasn't shown up yet.
Answer: I have to personally review and approve all posts (to make sure they don't have commercial urls or spam or other non allowed content in them), and it often takes up to 24 hours. Though it may be as fast as an hour or two. If you enter a post, check back the following day to see if it's appeared yet.

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Q: Help you deleted my post after I edited it.
Answer: No posts that mention other services or URLs or any commercial URLs of any kind are permitted here. This is a forum for discussing successful trading strategies, not spamming or self/shill/affiliate promotions or "reviewing" or otherwise mentioning commercial trading services, brokers, software or other sites (except for positive reviews of major well-known services, in specific threads related to the topic). Other than that, No commercial URLs nor discussions of commercial services are allowed in your posts here. I manually review and approve every single post before it even appears on the forums, and anybody that attempts to post commercial "reviews" (often posted by vendors) or URL links gets deleted (and IP-banned) and posts will never appear here in the first place. That keeps the board high-value and happily spam/promotion-free. The only exception is an open discussion of well-known charting software (like eSignal) and brokers in those respective threads.

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Q: Why don't you have annoying banner ads, buttons and blinking, flashing advertisements plastered all over your forum, like others do?
Answer: I want to provide you all with a much better, advertising-free discussion forum here. Unlike other stock trading forums, I don't want to bombard you with incessant advertisements. I want this to be a place for traders to come and feel free to discuss valuable trading tactics without having to be bombarded with ads. It's how I'd want to be treated. Demand more. TradingTalk.com delivers - with ZERO Ads, and ZERO ads/commercial content in forum posts.

(Brokers/vendors please note: I do not accept advertisements here, so please stop asking - thanks. This is a high-quality trading forum.).

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Q: Help I can't send private messages (pms) to other members.
Answer: I have blocked all pms at this forum permanently. This is to keep out spammers who would attempt to register, then send pms to people advertising commercial services. I want your experience here to be completely spam/commercial free, so I put extensive security safeguards like this in place (no pms, I moderate all posts before they appear, no commercial URLs allowed in names/posts etc) so that we have a high quality content-rich intelligent experience here for all of us.