Trader’s Narrative

I didn’t know I was a haxor… until now. I hope Andy won’t mind me posting this - since it’s just more publicity for his site!

Here’s how to get inside mytrade.com, without a beta invite:

1. Go to google.com
2. type in “mytrade.com”
3. click on ‘cached’, for the second result
4. click on the tab ‘stockpodge’
5. voila!

(top left: click on add content to open up the sidebar)

Here’s the proof that I got in (without an invite):

I browsed it in FireFox, IE and Opera and found considerable kinks that need to be ironed out. It was sluggish (especially when opening a feed) and did very wild things when I tried to move around the little windows.

MyTrade.com is simply another Ajaxian content aggregator. Similar to sanebull.com and instantbull.com. Probably more like sanebull than instantbull (what is up with these names?!) Anyway, I don’t see the point of sites like these but then again, what do I know?

Take it for a spin and give Andy some feedback.

Sanebull.com is another new Web 2.0-ish stock market site. It aggregates data from various sources: thestreet.com, Yahoo! Finance, WSJ, etc. And since it is based on ajax technology, it is lightning fast.

Compared to instantbull.com, the interface is very clean and easy to use. Evenso, the offering is so light, I’m not sure if anyone will be seriously using it. A glaring oversight: charts!

I’m not sure how the creators of such sites plan on competing with Yahoo! Finance since even Google is having a tough time unseating them. More competition is better than less; I just wish rather than these aggregators and me too sites, someone would come up with a unique offering.