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Comment · 5 years ago
That’s great feedback, thank you!

We believe we’re differentiated in being both social and prosumer. E.g. we give advanced risk and performance metrics on every index, and are building a lot in-app for folks to collaborate.

Comment · 5 years ago
Yes agreed! Right now users can write a short description but we want to expand on this. Thanks for your feedback.
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Comment · 5 years ago
Thank you! "For hackers" is because it's very DIY, at least at the moment, e.g. if you like to fiddle with different ideas. "Like code" is because we've used a lot of our favorite github features in building the UI (version control and advanced permissioning to start). That being said, we've tried hard to make things generally accessible, and we're finding non-dev users don't have any issues.
Comment · 5 years ago
We have a handful of users with this exact use case!
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Comment · 5 years ago
Thank you!

Indeed, there's a lot of opportunity cost in building and maintaining the tools. If you're interested in investing, you probably want to spend your time on investing rather than migrating databases all of the time etc.

We're quite interested in learning more around your suggestion. If you're comfortable, feel free to ping us at hello [at] enombic [dot] com. Would also be happy to chat more about data sources and our roadmap.

Comment · 5 years ago
Yes, we actually weren't aware of motif until we onboarded a few users were who die hard Motif users. I think the value prop is quite similar but there are some important differences. For example, my understanding is the fees on Motif were somewhat high. Zero-commission was likely a disruptive force for them. Also, the number of sophisticated retail investors was much smaller when they started. The number of intermediate to advanced retail market is growing rapidly now that the onramps are much better.
Comment · 5 years ago
Currently the charts go back to either: the most recent IPO, or 1 year from today.

We're working on supporting multiple time scales. Had to first do some refactoring on the backend to make this quick but it's in place now.

We've had a few hiccups with the confirmation notifications. The list seems correct though, and we'll reach out directly with invites. Thanks for the heads up.

Comment · 5 years ago
There are a few "notes" of WSB on the app. Haven't seen the Becky index yet though!
Comment · 5 years ago
That's great feedback, thanks!

I still find a lot of value without commission as my preferred investing style was unwieldy to do manually. I suppose it depends on the complexity of your index. As you approach 40+ it gets pretty time consuming.

Comment · 5 years ago
Thanks, would be curious to get your thoughts given your experience in this problem space.

Since we lean DIY / prosumer, our thought is to provide options to the user. Around rebalancing, we're exploring a few options: calendar rebalancing, constant-proportion rebalancing, and rebalancing with only new contributions. Then, analytics to make it clear what is a short vs long-term holding.

Right now we're non custodial, we link to existing brokers. We are looking to become a register broker dealer in the next few months. The fractional-heavy model makes it such that it's better for us to vertically integrate.

Comment · 5 years ago
That's great, can't wait to get you on the product! There are a lot of features you can use around creating indexes, it's not required that you invest.
Comment · 5 years ago
We're looking into this model! We need to understand the regulatory landscape in more detail first. But it's definitely something users are asking for.

Haven't heard of Iconomi, thanks for the pointer! We're not focused on crypto at the moment.

Right now only US users can invest. But, anyone can use the platform to build indexes.

Comment · 5 years ago
Once we invite you from the waitlist you'll be able to sign in. We'll prioritize anyone who signs up today, and invite them in shortly.

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