Hi rookie, Mike, Philip, Peter, flows and Balazs,
Lagoonboy raised a very valid question in one of his posts that made me thinking yesterday.
This question was when he asked if he should read the whole thread to get to know the COT Report. Well, as we are getting more and more attention, people start reading our thread in the middle of it and it is almost impossible to read the whole thread and catch up.
For this reason I thought I would take a good example from some other threads here and make a content for our thread. This would mean that I change a bit the very first post in the thread where I inclued a table of content. This is easy to update always as the thread moves forward. Well, now we have 1 700 posts and it is already a big work to read all these posts and choose which were the crucial posts for the COT report. Still, it is easier to do now than when we have 3 000 - 5 000 posts. If we are done, then we can always decide “live” if I should add another post to the table of content later on, that is no problem.
Why do I need you help? If you all help me, we can check about 300 posts/person. This does not take more time than 15-20min/person. If I have to do it alone I will get crazy. If you all contribute it will be easy to do.
What are the important points to make such a table?
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You all have to keep in mind to find the important posts, but really the important ones. A table of content for the thread should not have 100 - 150 important posts. I was thinking to have most of 15 posts like that. If in the future we will add extra to it then it will be longer anyway.
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Which posts do we need? I think to understand the COT report the following posts were important:
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my discussion with Peter in the beginning about the COT report. I have to check if there is something I can pick out
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the Briese and the Williams book description. These books give a summary of the COT report and how it works. Now here the tough part is to post all separated book parts. I though the person who will click through this part of the thread could send me the exact post number where the books are discussed. I will link to the very first post and write in commas all the other post numbers.
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I started the COT Index discussion project with Philip. He made 1-2 very good explanation how to make the different COT Index steps to set up the indicator. He also does his analysis on COT Index so it would be good to refer to.
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we definitely have to cover some part of Balazs’s analysis and tutorial. His analysis show for other people what is the goal to reach and where we want to come. His tutorial is also essential to show people how they can make their own database.
Besides these three points I am sure there are at least 5-10 posts which are important. I just remember these three topics that were discussed for a longer period of time in the thread and would be crucial for newcomers.
Okay guys, that is how I see it and how I think we can make it for newcomers clear what COT is about. At this point if someone comes to the thread we have to explain one by one for all people what we are doing here and what is COT report. It does not make much sense to do it like this way.
I ask all 5 of you to give this post a like if you would help me and click through about 300 posts to send find the important posts which you would send me in a private message (do not spam the thread with important post numbers), I can check all those posts. I definitely have to check them as maybe more people would link to similar posts. If I do not get a like, I consider it that you might not have read this post, I send then a private message and if you tell me you are not keen of doing this work, it is ok, then I distribute it between all others. It would be however nice if at least we have 4 out of 6 who is there to make this work. I find it for 3 or less people it too much work. I am sure I can already count on two people (I do not write names) so the question is if everyone participates. [I]I also have to emphasize, as everyone has a lot of things to do, this work does not have a timeline. If you wish to to this with me and some others, just give the like. If you only have time on the weekend, it is ok. If in two weeks, it is also ok. When you do it and give me the post numbers I just add your links to the first page table of content.[/I]
In my first thinking this is how I would distribute the thread:
[B]0-600 posts: Peter and me[/B]: original discussions between us about the books and basic COT information. [I]Also we would do this part as we are basically the two people there from the beginning.[/I]
[B]601-1499: Mike, rookie and Philip[/B]: the books were discussed I think in this part and we made some further development. The COT Index indicator was discussed here which is very important.[I] It is good for you guys to do this part because it is somewhere at that point I think when all 3 of you started working hard on the thread[/I] (although rookie started I think earlier, maybe Mike too)
[B]1501-present: Balazs[/B], as he did some great and complete analysis for COT “products” and he does an important tutorial. [I]Also Balazs would get the last part because he just joined.[/I]
Of course in the above mentioned disdtribution there are not all imporant issues mentioned but I tried to give some first thoughts.
Keep in mind that this kind of work is not only made for others but for ourselves. How often do I read in the thread that we ask the same questions? It is because with the increasing number of posts some crucial posts are lost is impossible to find them.
I am waiting for your answers.