Taggable profile

How about being able to tag yourself as trading x,y,z, your trading style, etc. And being able to search other members for these attributes. It would be a bit like myspace or facebook for traders, but without the less desirable bits.

Excellent idea, fairly easy to implement and certainly useful. I'll brainstorm this and put together a list of attributes which I'll post on this thread (hopefully!) later in the week.

To help with that, here are some of the attributes you could tag me with:

Professional (lol) Trader
Derivatives Trader
Futures Trader
Financial Futures Trader
LIFFE Trader
STIR Trader
Euribor Trader
Euroswiss Trader
Short Sterling Trader
Day Trader
Swing Trader
Scalper
Spread Trader
Level 2 Trader
Tape-reader
Prop Trader
18-25 YO Trader
European Trader
UK Trader
South-East England Trader

Thanks for this. To further the discussion, and in the knowledge of what's easily implemented we'd need to choose distinct selectable profile options (no free text boxes). Multiple choices will be allowed.

Type of Trader

Trading Style: Scalper, Day Trader, Swing Trader, Position Trader, Investor, Mechanical, Systems, Spreads
Trader Status: Pro, Full-time (Home/Office), Part-time (Home/Office)
Methodologies Used: Technical Analysis, Price & Volume, Level II, Fundamental Analysis, News
Direction Traded: Long, Short

Markets Traded

Forex Currencies Traded: USD, CAD, GBP, EUR, CHF, JPY, AUD, NZD
Indices Traded: US, UK, European, Asia-Pacific
Stocks Traded: US, UK, European, Asia-Pacific
Commodities Traded: Energy, Metals, Livestock, Grains, Softs
Money Markets Traded: Eurodollars, Bunds, Bonds, Interest Rates, Swaps
Derivatives Traded: Futures, Options, Warrants

Brokers

Stock Brokers Used: {List}
Spread Betting Companies Used: {List}
CFD Brokers Used: {List}
Fixed Odds & Binary Betting Used: {List}
Forex Brokers Used: {List}

Tools

Software Used: {List}
Data Feeds Used: {List}

Have I missed anything?

I think location is relevant for the meetups, perhaps.

arabianights said:

but without the less desirable bits.

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I'm not that bad, am I? :cheesy:

Actually location is fully supported already. You can setup your location here: http://www.trade2win.com/boards/profile.php?do=editprofile and then search for traders in your area here: http://www.trade2win.com/locator/

The only thing not currently working fully is the location next to member in in the forums posts - it seems to only show for certain ppl (on the todo list to fix!) :innocent:

the country flag also only works for some members seems like too, Paul

Sharky, also maybe make the distinction between pro & retail?

ie: Trader Status: Pro (hedgie, IB, prop/arcade), Full-time Retail trader (Home/Office), Part-time retail (Home/Office)

Arbitrageur said:

the country flag also only works for some members seems like too, Paul

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I noted, that my country flag does work parttime only

What about having a flag for the nationality of the trader apart from the location he trades from?

I personally would love that

This suggestion has now been implemented.

Sharky said:

This suggestion has now been implemented.

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Hello?

No it hasn't.

Cheers,

Gonzo