Hello trading room, 
As a new member I just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself.
First though I want to express my gratitude to the creators and members of FF for an amazing site. The knowledge, professionalism and most of all general CIVILITY of the the membership here is refreshing to say the least. Not to mention that the site design and features just rock!
I started studying the markets and trading when I was still in college in the mid-eighties. I still remember the first book I bought about it; How to Buy Stocks by Louis Engel. Since then my trading library has grown to cover several shelves. Throughout the rest of the 80's and 90's I traded mainly stocks, some equity options and even a few jun.. errr, sorry, "high yield" bonds.
I became a registered rep with Fidelity Investments in 1998, was a trader (really an order taker) for a while before becoming an instructor for the traders. Since my degree is in engineering and because I'm basically a math geek, I used to teach the classes that had a high math component like margin, short selling, multi-leg option strategies, etc.
After a layoff in 2003, I decided to try trading full time. I traded index options and managed to make some consistent profits for a while, but the risk inherent in that market freaked me out a little. That was unfortunate because my next market was penny stocks. What a disaster. I also learned during this year-long period why it's so important to be properly capitalized. I went broke even though my trading was profitable overall. Thus ended my first excursion into trading full time.
During that period I discovered retail FOREX though and fell in love with the advantages (I'm sure I don't need to list them here). So since 2005 I've been working at entry level jobs just to pay the bills while I hone my FOREX skills.
My approach to trading is primarily mechanical, system oriented, and based on statistical research that I do myself. A couple of years ago I started to make my research notes available online at my site, so if anyone wants to take a look at the kind of thought processes I go through to investigate how the markets work, go take a look. Some of the notes may be rambling or filled with dead ends, and others are neat and organized. Beware of falling asleep.
Most of them are probably pretty boring.
Anyway, just thought I'd say hi!
As a new member I just wanted to take the opportunity to introduce myself.
First though I want to express my gratitude to the creators and members of FF for an amazing site. The knowledge, professionalism and most of all general CIVILITY of the the membership here is refreshing to say the least. Not to mention that the site design and features just rock!
I started studying the markets and trading when I was still in college in the mid-eighties. I still remember the first book I bought about it; How to Buy Stocks by Louis Engel. Since then my trading library has grown to cover several shelves. Throughout the rest of the 80's and 90's I traded mainly stocks, some equity options and even a few jun.. errr, sorry, "high yield" bonds.
I became a registered rep with Fidelity Investments in 1998, was a trader (really an order taker) for a while before becoming an instructor for the traders. Since my degree is in engineering and because I'm basically a math geek, I used to teach the classes that had a high math component like margin, short selling, multi-leg option strategies, etc.
After a layoff in 2003, I decided to try trading full time. I traded index options and managed to make some consistent profits for a while, but the risk inherent in that market freaked me out a little. That was unfortunate because my next market was penny stocks. What a disaster. I also learned during this year-long period why it's so important to be properly capitalized. I went broke even though my trading was profitable overall. Thus ended my first excursion into trading full time.
During that period I discovered retail FOREX though and fell in love with the advantages (I'm sure I don't need to list them here). So since 2005 I've been working at entry level jobs just to pay the bills while I hone my FOREX skills.
My approach to trading is primarily mechanical, system oriented, and based on statistical research that I do myself. A couple of years ago I started to make my research notes available online at my site, so if anyone wants to take a look at the kind of thought processes I go through to investigate how the markets work, go take a look. Some of the notes may be rambling or filled with dead ends, and others are neat and organized. Beware of falling asleep.
Most of them are probably pretty boring. Anyway, just thought I'd say hi!
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