As many of you may be aware , there was a recent rukus in the "Do You Want Your Indicator Created for Free" thread regarding what is or is not considered an Elite indicator.
I have asked the moderators for clarification of what constitutes "Elite" status of an indicator and sought their approval to post questions for discussion and solicit the elite board members opinion.
Tthe moderators replied, "It is the members that make this place. Post your questions."
The rule as I understand it, if an indicator is posted in Elite, it stays in Elite.
Define When an Indicator is Elite:
1. If I went to the Ninja Trader website and downloaded an indicator from the public shared Indicators area and renamed it TMFT_Top_Secret_Indicator and posted it in the Elite section. Is that indicator now elite? If someone else down loaded it and posted it under the original name , is it elite also?
2. If I wrote an Indicator and posted it on Ninja Trader in the public shared code area and you downloaded it and posted it in the elite area, is my indicator now elite? If someone else downloaded it from Ninja Trader would they be able to post it anywhere?
3. I am an "elite" member of this board, is everything I write considered elite, or just what I post in an elite area? If I am the author can I post where ever I want to?
4. If I took an indicator I wrote, renamed it Wiz_EmaSlopeBar_beta_v1 and gave it to The Wizard and he was a scoundrel (which he ain't ,he lives down the street from me) and posted it in one of his elite threads and claimed it was his own. Would I be violating board policy if I posted it under the original name in a public area?
5. If I wrote an indicator from "scratch" that produced an almost exact replica of an elite indicator. Would I be violating board policy if I posted my indicator in a public area?
6. If I write an indicator for you, who decides if it is elite , me or you?
7. How much code similarity constitutes being "The Same Indicator"? If I write an indicator to calculate the slope of the EMA and you write one that does the same thing, can one be claimed to be elite? They have to use the same math formula. Are they the same?
8. If you took an elite indicator that was a combination of the the Keltner Channel and several additional indicators combined with eye popping graphics and stripped out everything except the Keltner Channel with regional coloring, is the new slimmer indicator elite also?
I would like as many elite board members as possible to weigh in on this. All I ask is that you be civil and stay on topic.