BullBear
Finance and crypto
commodity market news sentiment
SHOW HN2011
107points
90comments
#94of 1,097 in 2011
Top 9%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
7 positive, 23 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 23 critical, out of 56 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Design: 2 for, 11 againstIdea: 3 for, 8 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 2 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstPricing: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, clean UI and design
From 3 comments
I love the simple design and straight-forward copy, well done!
freshfey on HNNot a huge deal, but I think you should add the "Try it now" button on your learn more page (http://www.bullbear.ca/more). Clicking on the back button or on the logo to go back…
hmigneron on HNNice tool... great UI. I don't like being automatically signed up for your newsletter, though.
peterdelrosario on HN
Useful idea and tool for commodity news
From 2 comments
I actually work in commodities and I think this is a cracking tool from a quick glance over. I love the extracts you get when you click on a particular news story. The design…
comm_it on HNSimple UI, like it. So only for traders? No chance of regular investors to use the information in some way? Just curious about this only being for such a niche crowd.
ravikalaga on HN
Objections
Not clear it helps traders who already use Bloomberg
From 1 comment
I'd have some doubts about it's utility to a professional trader - they've already got a Bloomberg in front of them, which is telling them everything you can, except faster and…
elemeno on HN
Sentiment lags news, so limited trading value
From 2 comments
I had a very similar idea about 15 years ago. I was working for a market research firm that measured the effectiveness of marketing and public relations campaigns. To quantify…
jnorthrop on HNWhy would this be valuable to traders? Silver is down more than 1 $ today and is still shown as bullish. Am I missing something?The biggest factor this week was option expiry and…
themichael on HN
Font rendering looks faded on Windows
From 2 comments
The rendering of the font in my machine (Windows 7, Chrome 15) is off. You are using your own web font "Cantarell", but it looks faded and unsharpened. Considering that many…
typicalrunt on HNThe idea is nice, layout looks good, will try the features later. The Font SUCKS on windows xp +chrome( I am at my job ) why people use this kind of ugly fonts so often ? It…
cfontes on HN
Forced login with third-party accounts
From 3 comments
A personal preference, but I like to have individual login detail per site. This looks like I can use many other providers to login, but I would prefer to utilize a standard…
nwilkens on HNPlease just use a standard login.
ljfoy on HNWhat's the rationale of not providing a conventional login option? I for one do not have an account with any of listed services - Google, Yahoo, Twitter, etc - and don't have any…
eps on HN
Automatic newsletter signup
From 2 comments
Don't sign me up for a newsletter just because I logged in through Google.
true_religion on HNNice tool... great UI. I don't like being automatically signed up for your newsletter, though.
peterdelrosario on HN
Requests
Backtests
From 2 comments
Folks are going to ask for backtests...
swah on HNI just stopped in here to ask for backtests.
mneedham on HN
Use without login or more screenshots
From 3 comments
Me too. Here's a radical idea: what would happen if you fixed it so that people could use the site without logging in at all?
gradschool on HNWould be great to learn more about it without having to log in. More screenshots too plz
raarky on HNYou might want to add a way to see what the product is without signing in. If there is a way it wasn't immediately obvious to me. Looks neat though.
a3camero on HN
Price and volume charts
From 1 comment
This would be much more immediately interesting and useful if you included charts of price and volume right above the sentiment chart.
aheilbut on HN
Customisable news sources and weights
From 1 comment
Currently the weighting is flat, but that is about to change. What we want to offer, and let me know if that is something of interest to you, is the ability for the user to…
dem on HN
Questions
Is it financial advice requiring regulation?
From 2 comments
I am not a lawyer, but I'd be careful to ensure that the advice this application gives does not construe financial advice that would require being registered with a regulator as…
singular on HNGreat tool - nicely done. I have two questions: 1) What is your business model? Hoping for acquisition or hoping to get traders to pay you for data? 2) How lawyered up are you?…
mneedham on HN
Is reusing news articles copyright-safe?
From 1 comment
Aside: What's the copyright situation surrounding use of articles like this? Is it allowed under fair-use?
brador on HN
Do the makers trade on it themselves?
From 2 comments
#1 question to the creators: Do you trade off this information, and if so, what techniques do you use? I personally can't see how I would be able to trade off this information…
steve8918 on HNThanks. But do you trade off this data that you generate? ie. do you eat your own dog food?
steve8918 on HN
Alternatives named
Bloomberg and Reuters news feeds
From 3 comments
Don't Bloomberg and Reuters offer something similar built into their news feeds? Not that this would negate what you are doing, just wondering.
adamtmca on HNI'd have some doubts about it's utility to a professional trader - they've already got a Bloomberg in front of them, which is telling them everything you can, except faster and…
elemeno on HNYou also have competition from the big guns with access to stuff like machine readable news feeds:…
raarky on HN