Short Term Trading Week Starting: 22 Oct, page-24

Hi Free,

A few thoughts on your comp and your STT thread:

1) the comp serves 2 key purposes
- the performance comparisons of tipsters
- the weekly collated running sheet of tips, making it easy to find them all
So if you abandon the first part - there is still an need for the second

2) Ive always thought the timeframe was a bit too short - tips only last 4 weeks - I think 12 weeks makes more sense

3) I never really understood whether it was kosher (or not) to put in a tip based off a price sensitive ann - you could argue that a price sensitive ann is too easy; or that they often cause a drop rather than a rise; or that the purpose of the tip is to alert others to the ann; etc etc - any thoughts?

There is no doubt that the comp is a central piece of the STT thread - but, as you say, a refresh might be due - for example:

I think the thread could use a little more structure - for the last few months the thread has been completely dominated by resources discussions - such that if you're not really into the mining sector its become less interesting

I think the thread should actively encourage discussion on key sectors - much like the AFR would - so that there is a tech section; a biotech section; a finance section; etc

I think there should be a special focus for organising codes into their status - eg new listings; early stage commercials; approaching cash positive; fast growth...this would serve to attract a lot of newbies as they would greatly appreciate knowing whats hot / whats new / whats worth tracking etc

The STT thread should aim to be the ultimate resource in finding the best plays - via crowd sourcing - a bit more structure would help bring that out even more