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Strategies & Market Trends : Trading the SPOOs with Patrick Slevin! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kona who wrote (5772)	7/6/2000 2:27:33 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie	Respond to of 7434

I don't know who you consider the P&F establishment, but the Piffer OT is an equal opportunity piffer thread that encourages other TA and FA as well as a bunch of chat. Message 13965269 In other words, no antipathy toward Atin on the Piffer OT thread.

To: Kona who wrote (5772)	7/6/2000 3:11:53 AM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Respond to of 7434

I think teh difference is Atin was able to develope a program that computes Bullish percentage which is the bulk of how DOrsey makes his subcriptioners keep paying. ANyone can do P&F but it takes too long to try and add up how many are in Xs and Os. Atin managed to build an automated means of doing so and can kick them out by the hour if need be. I don't know all the particulars so I am only making a semi educated guess. I agree, it is bogus to sue over this. As long as he isn't just regurgitating a Dorsey newletter, then it shouldn't have any merit. I doubt it could be defended as proprietary since all it is is an extension of the basic advance decline concept of typical TA. Good Luck, Lee

To: Kona who wrote (5772)	7/6/2000 6:45:44 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Respond to of 7434

I do not know what DWA's issue is, why they are spending the time to bring a lawsuit over something that has zero revenue sounds like a scare tactic rather than anything else. Seems as if they just want his website out of business. I do not think it's that far that a concerted effort to defend him in court is necessary. But like you I'm trying to figure out why DWA thinks this is proprietary information. I suppose DWA thinks this is a revenue stream that has to be protected. Me, I was paying them as well as using Atin's program. I've calmed down about it now but I was infuriated by it last night. To me it's a question of someone stepping on a small guy just because he can.