Wayne,

It is my understanding is that "Z" made a choice to leave.

Z made some good posts that were full of personal opinion (not always supported by facts), a good thing for a forum. We all enjoyed passionate opinions.

I know he was a little discouraged because his opinions were backwards to the major trend. Several years in a row he was bearish during one of the biggest bull trends in the history of commodities. He was not alone there were many older traders that found it hard to accept that prices would hold as long as they did... an opinion mostly formed on years of "price" history.

The problem with comparing price history was that the fundamentals "had" changed so prices preformed differently.

So long answer to why Z and some others moved to another form. Some of his personal bias (mostly bearish) is more relevant to the current trends. His opinions ring stronger on a forum that did not follow him in the eariler years.

This forum has had some good posters leave because of personal choice, a couple that I enjoyed and miss was “techman”, and Richard Hales…. A small list compared to the number that has come and gone.

Looks like a good day ahead