Merrick:
You wrote:
It seems an apology is in order. I assumed that a third party article reviewing direct access systems was a news worthy event to a board such as this. I will no longer post to SI in a open forum with information regarding TradePortal.
Personally, I would like you to reconsider this. I have long known that you were President of TradePortal and you have never used this thread as a site for spam. In hindsight, it would have been better if you signed your post as Merrick Okamoto, President of Trade Portal as a disclaimer. However, we are all entitled to an occasional faut paux, or error in judgement. Do you have a link to the article you cited to read more about the results?
Note to thread: Some of the best resources of information on this thread come from people who seemingly have 'an ax to grind', by promoting their business on this thread. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with this, so long as it is done tactifully, with full disclosure, and in the context of providing other useful information to the thread. Among the best contributor on this thread, if not THE best (my vote) is TraderAlan. Obviously, he has a trading related website which he could mercilessly hype here on the thread. However, he does not do this. I try not to hype my business on the thread, either. Nor does any of the other dozen or so other posters which are intimated related to a trading business (you know who you are). Anyway, let's give Merrick the benefit of the doubt. I thing he's a good guy, having spoken to him on the phone a time or two in January. I welcome any information he has which may be pertinent to the thread. And, by the way, I think his post was pertinent and I'm sure he will post his affiliation the next time he mentions his company favorably in a post.
Wow! What a long and boring post... Sorry, folks!
-Eric
Edit: I see that Cormac has made similar comments. I agree with his comments entirely and hope others do as well. |
