A good trader never says what he's buying or selling because...

Boom Goes the Dynamite

Because he placed the trade while on a bender, and doesn't remember it.

he/she is not really a good trader!!!

He's past the Ego-Trip stage.

He's not seeking validation.

He's not covertly looking to sell calls, systems, EA's, $$$ management services etc..

Here's to him! Cheers!

I know a guy who lost $3 million doing just this. Booze and drugs don't mix well with trading. They do seem to go well with girls though.

The problem is (or was) getting them to take enough whilst you kept sober.

Did anyone hear about this new social traders network where all retail-traders can link their accounts and everybody can see what others are doing, directon of their trades, stop loss etc. huh!!!,

Isn't this a great gift for iinstitutional traders, now can take out all our stops with one move.

There are really some genius people in this ndustry.

But most of them seem as aimless as most FX forums. I think their idea is to pick the brains of more experienced traders in the hope of getting some sort of edge.

They have a sentiment chart as well and if you look at it the EURUSD 50% are long and....you know the rest. A chart like this without the context of the TFs of each trader polled is completely useless.

A quick look at stats of the folk who set it up would scare you. Their trade real leverage is sometimes mind boggling

it probably because they are too busy watching the charts in a paranoid manner to tell anyone what they are doing,

it also maybe an Ego thing and also a fear of that Ego bubble being burst by somone being critical of their choices

not that i consider myself a good trader but i personally favour the AUDUSD, USDJPY and the USDCHF (mostly the first two)
as for indicators i use a modified Scholastic Oscilator, MFI and RSI indicators 80% of the time my trades turn a profit

Who or what gives anyone the rightability to define what a good trader will or will not do?

It's myopic to say the least.

A trader, no matter how good, is human. Being such, you never know where heshe is at in their journey through life so you never know the motivations.

Said trader could be about to kick the bucket and maybe wants to share his knowledge before he leaves and does this through teaching and sharing live calls.

Said trader could share swing trades with a group of equity traders in return for equity trades. Both groups know their stuff so they exchange information.

Said trader could share trades with family members and not trade for them.

You don't know- you won't know.

It is quite ironic that in a game(business) that is based solely on uncertainty
people will apply absolutes(not probabilities but absolutes) on the actions of others to which they have no knowledge about.

Thus the market continues...

it's bad chi to talk your position

Because he is banned from ForexFactory

... he/she doesn't want to show his/her losses. All of them. Even the one's that put his/her account into a negative.

...because a good trader should take trading as an odd game. By telling his buying or selling publicly won't improve the odd of winning.

Because.. by telling what you're buying or selling, you reinforce your opinion about the market.
Having a strong opinion is very dangerous, and if we consider the ego-attachment that is created when you share your opinion with somebody else, you get why say what you're buying or selling is absolutely counterproductive and dangerous.

he knows the market very well, and don't want to be part of the herd...

because it wont effect him any ways