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From tiny acorns…

By   || February 21, 2012 at 23:58 GMT
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…grow mighty oaks.

ForexLive has become so mighty that Dow Jones and Company, “with more than 2,000 journalists in 58 countries publishing in a dozen languages” considers us a direct competitor. Five guys scattered around the world, calling our mates on instant messaging and writing on a creaky website viewed by a small (but fast growing) audience, are apparently the equal (in their eyes) of the publishers of the mighty Wall Street Journal.

They’ve canceled our subscription to the Dow Jones news wire and a reporter had to spike an interview with Adam this afternoon.

Game on, Dow Jones. Game on!

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49 Responses to “From tiny acorns…”

  1. Switch on February 22nd, 2012 00:00 GMT

    Quality content will beat the big guys ever time (see: trading)

    Good work fellas!

  2. Sean McCoshen on February 22nd, 2012 00:02 GMT

    Keep up the great work—and up DJ!

  3. SaulRosenberg on February 22nd, 2012 00:07 GMT

    BRING IT ON.

    I cant speak for everyone, but the info you guys give is fast, reliable and directly relevant to forex.
    I’ll gladly support your advertisers too…It’s nice to know what you guys are thinking.
    A+ site overall too.

  4. Afrikaner on February 22nd, 2012 00:07 GMT

    I snitched on you to Dow jones sorry lol!!!

  5. Mono on February 22nd, 2012 00:11 GMT

    Onya, guys

    You know when you’ve made it, when the big dogs take notice.

    Keep up the great work

  6. derek on February 22nd, 2012 00:15 GMT

    Congrats!

  7. Pattfx on February 22nd, 2012 00:15 GMT

    As a reader and a learner. I’m proud of you guys’ job. Thanks for your work.

  8. falling_knife on February 22nd, 2012 00:15 GMT

    forex live 4 life!

  9. Hoosier on February 22nd, 2012 00:16 GMT

    They are losers…that’s what they are.

    From Singapore using iPhone.

  10. Gijima on February 22nd, 2012 00:19 GMT

    That’s recognition for the great job you are doing here… @SaulRosenberg I agree with you, no other forex site gives such up to date and insightful info. Keep it up guys.

  11. Sparky on February 22nd, 2012 00:21 GMT

    I never liked them anyway..

  12. alx on February 22nd, 2012 00:22 GMT

    Either they over-employ 399 redundant journalists per seat, either you ‘re 400 times under-payed. Or maybe you’re newer generation algos :-D :-D :-D

  13. David on February 22nd, 2012 00:22 GMT

    As if there is not other way you guys can get that data, f*ck DJNW with their crappy news!

  14. OverLord on February 22nd, 2012 00:23 GMT

    Wall Street who?

  15. dersu on February 22nd, 2012 00:24 GMT

    Now, that’s a shame :/
    You guys are doing a great work actually.

  16. Nic on February 22nd, 2012 00:26 GMT

    Well done, you have arrived!!

  17. FibbinArchie on February 22nd, 2012 00:27 GMT

    Your niche is your advantage, keep up the good work..

  18. ChrisX on February 22nd, 2012 00:27 GMT

    Dow who ??????????

  19. pandu on February 22nd, 2012 00:28 GMT

    Forexlive is the best news/analysis site for ‘the rest of us’. Keep it up.
    ps. I don’t know that they can discriminate against who buys their subscription. You could just get a friend or family member to sign up for the DJ newswire if you need to! ;-)

  20. Trade Spotting on February 22nd, 2012 00:31 GMT

    I quote you guys, all the time, on the trading forum that I use! Well done you!

  21. Tom K on February 22nd, 2012 00:35 GMT

    They cancelled your subscription ?!, maybe it’s time you charged DJ a subscription !!

  22. Jimmy boy on February 22nd, 2012 00:37 GMT

    Did you get a subscription refund? Really how helpful are they anyway? Their news is infected with oligarchy BS … let’em go :)

  23. Raajan on February 22nd, 2012 00:38 GMT

    Good morning,

    you are suggesting us in a proper manner,we are happy about your

    suggestions, it may create some jealous, you are doing well and keep it the same

    after some times you will become one of the so-called mighty,

  24. Hitesh on February 22nd, 2012 00:40 GMT

    Spiking an interview? Take ‘em on!!

  25. On me 'ed, son on February 22nd, 2012 00:40 GMT

    Veni, Vidi, V-sign: I came, I saw, I told ‘em where to go.

  26. Michael Miller on February 22nd, 2012 00:41 GMT

    Congratulations!. That’s awfully childish, of Dow Jones.

  27. rose on February 22nd, 2012 00:44 GMT

    This is good news – great site. How ridiculous not to align themselves with ForexLive anon. Bc of your site I would warrant more & new traders have taken up subscriptions to numerous media wires both real-time and delays for DJ/ FT/WSJ etc bc of increasing understanding and competence with FX key info. Anyway aren’t DJ toying with an anti-trust reg. here?

  28. 4x on February 22nd, 2012 00:54 GMT

    I prefer forexlive to dow jones mag/? or whatever anytime of the day, any day of the week,any week of the moon, any moon of the earth….any universe of the…opps…ran out.

  29. sean on February 22nd, 2012 01:20 GMT

    Great job.you guys are great and have a no holds bar attitude to people who speak nonsense. Well done! You deserve some sort of an award.

  30. Colin Reimer on February 22nd, 2012 02:00 GMT

    Just for fun, you guys should send over a box of forexlive t-shirts to the head office over at Dow Jones. Let them know who is boss.

  31. Bear on February 22nd, 2012 02:21 GMT

    Honest, straight forward and well informed. Well done guys!!! Thankyou for all your hard work, time, effort and patience. I sincerely appreciate all you do for us little guys.

  32. mryan on February 22nd, 2012 02:43 GMT

    You guys are the real deal. I’ve reading your stuff for almost three years now. They should be worried.

  33. twitter-fxi on February 22nd, 2012 02:58 GMT

    ForexLive is for adults…………. All others please go to DJ lol………. :) Will never participate in anything with DJ again. What a bunch of pansies! Do they think they’re “God?” pfffffttttt………. whatever…… I honestly can’t believe this!!!

  34. Bigman on February 22nd, 2012 03:05 GMT

    DJ are a bunch of spankers, nice action.

  35. John on February 22nd, 2012 03:08 GMT

    Good on you guys. Best site around by far

  36. 4X on February 22nd, 2012 03:12 GMT

    the only times i go to DJ is when I followed a link from here in ForexLive. That is how pathetic DJ is.

  37. twitter-fxi on February 22nd, 2012 03:15 GMT

    You know – just came to check this site for the first time today and saw this and it’s really really bugging me. I can’t believe how cowardly DJ is. Time for a glass of wine ;)

    And a FWIW – here’s a nice table that shows what’s going on within the fx currencies at a glance. You can set it up to suit yourself too which I like. http://www.fxstreet.com/rates-charts/forex-rates/

  38. 4X on February 22nd, 2012 03:17 GMT

    i meant that is how pathetic WSJ is. You see, I can’t even get their names right… That’s how pathetic they are!

  39. 4X on February 22nd, 2012 03:24 GMT

    when big dogs got TOO big, they eventually crush under their own weight!

  40. Iridium on February 22nd, 2012 04:49 GMT

    Hi Jamie,

    It’s not because you’re competition to them. It is because you’re uncontrollable!!!
    I guess if your success goes exponential further down the road, they might build a strategy to silence your site :-)

    Anyway thanks for your work guyz

  41. pete tsalis on February 22nd, 2012 07:14 GMT

    Congrats gentlemen.
    In my book a negative reaction from peers is a sign that one is on the right track.

  42. petermacd on February 22nd, 2012 07:30 GMT

    Well deserved, well deserved…bravo!

  43. Yohay on February 22nd, 2012 07:57 GMT

    You guys are doing a great job. I believe there’s room for many players, and they are certainly childish…

  44. Annie on February 22nd, 2012 09:25 GMT

    Well then. I think I’ll cancel my subscription to Dow Jones. Morning Gerry

  45. JJB on February 22nd, 2012 09:29 GMT

    Presumably the reason they closed your account is not because you are a threat to their news-gathering capacity but rather because they see (or believe they see) you trumpeting their subscription news & information shortly after they broadcast it. Lets hope Reuters & Bloomberg don’t get the same gripe. :-)

  46. Gerry Davies on February 22nd, 2012 09:48 GMT

    No JJB, from the correspondance I’ve seen you presume incorrectly

  47. Gerry Davies on February 22nd, 2012 09:51 GMT

    I didn’t even know we had a subscrIption to Dow Jones. I get their stuff through a third party.

  48. Hawk on February 22nd, 2012 17:32 GMT

    Jamie, just out of curiosity, who owns ForexLive?

  49. Jamie Coleman on February 22nd, 2012 17:41 GMT

    We’re sponsored by FXDD.

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