The College Trader

Right, let me introduce myself, names Bryan currently a 17 year old forex trader... doing fine right now, ive started trading this year by only investing 100 usd to play with Microlots..
and id love to have someone to guide me to trade forex, willing to learn etc etc.

Bush Culinary Academy

Hi guys,

Leuven University, Belgium . I swing trade stocks. For tomorrow: Anheuser-Bush Inbev (ABInBev).

Entry: €34,29 (I hope so... )
Stop: €33,9
Target: €34,85

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Hi to all fellow college traders.

I'm Carlos from Mexico. I majored in business in the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), where I was the valedictorian of class 2004-2008 among graduates of Accounting, Business, and IT.

Right now I'm specializing in E-Commerce and have had time to start this journey on the markets since I'm planning on getting an MBA in Wharton, PA.

So, my regards to all and count me in!

any of u on skype we could have a conference maybe?

yea bk im on there....mfoste11

I'm up for skype: william.fan1

Welcome and hello to everyone. For those beginning forex I recommend studying candlestick charting first, you're free to browse back to see my previous comments. But since everyone has their own personalities for trading, it would be nice to know your time constraints, your goals, your risk tolerance ect ect, before I can tailor anything for you guys. But since I myself hate getting this kind of ambiguous response, I'll add some general info.
The keys to trading are many, but these are the basic:
1) Treat trading like a legit job, if you don't plan on doing so, please consider a demo account. You get a similar experience with a demo, except you don't actually lose money. For demos I would consider getting metatrader 4.
2) As with any job, you have to be prepared. By this, I mean you need to educate yourself on the markets. This forum is a great place to do so (since the information is quality, thought out and debated). Some initial topic to learn include: the structure of the forex market, what moves the market? Different ways of trading ect.
3) Stay disciplined and have a trading plan
4) *money manage* and then advanced money management (goes beyond general 2% rule or 3:1 ratio).

ok? If you need further help, please let me know what your tolerance for forex is.







sorry for the incredibly late replies. I'm up for skype: william.fan1

I think I'm taking the level 1 in december, wish me luck.

As far as how useful it is for forex, not greatly since it mainly deals with other types on instruments and analysis. It def doesn't deal much with technicals as we see a lot here. That being said, I think it is a very good idea to be able to understand the financial industry, why companies invest the way they do and based on what sort of analysis because then you're better able to understand some of the general market make-up, who's doing what and how much you don't know, which I feel like is the more important piece of the puzzle. In my case, I've been working with a mutual fund company during the summers and probably take a full-time offer (assuming I get one) after I graduate next year for the sake of security. After that I can hopefully transition over to some asset management firms on my radar as forex is part-time for me as it stands since I don't have enough capital to sustain myself from the profits so I just keep building on them and then we'll see what happens years down the road.

The CFA though, if you can do it and you think you'll do anything with financial services, get it. It looks great on the resume, it will be easier to grab a job and you'll have a better understanding of a lot out there regarding the industry.

Jonas

Hey everyone that is actually interested in learning/talking trade ideas and whatnot im on skype pretty much 24/7 so just hit me up at mfoste11 (Matthew Foster). Looking forward to hearing from serious traders.

this thread reminds me of all the booty i get to see/enjoy when im at university

i actually rated a booty today at 9 . thats how good it was and i told er and she smiled and said thanks. shoulda gotten the number

one semester left

good luck mate and thanks for the info

I'll def join in once I start looking shorter term again and have more time in general, been taking care of a few things here and there.

thanks and np. if any of that is helpful I'm glad. I'm def. not mr. know it all or anything I'm just giving an opinion on things as I see them and sort of what I've done so if you can relate to anything then feel free to pick and chose what to listen to

tehran university
engineering faculty

hey guys havent been on this thread in a bit....ive been on eur/usd thread mostly....hows everyone trading going in these crazy times? hope everyone is making bank

hey doing pretty good actually. School blows but I have actually been enjoyin some good profits. Finally refining a system of mine, nonlagdot and ema crossover with supertrend for confirmation. So I am pretty proud! Um yes these times are freakin crazy and I am going live on march 18 so I am pretty excited.

how about you? you've been trading awhile right? how about everyone else?


Gotta make that dough. I don't have any passion to work for anyone outside of college.


-br

good resource for you guys that really want to go into trading....here is a list of prop shops you might wanna look at if ur closer to graduation. Im finding it tough right now to get contacts in big I-banks. Anyone else looking for jobs as analyst/trader assistant?any luck with contacts?

http://www.tradersnarrative.com/list...firms-735.html

whats up fellas? College undergrad from New York City. Hopefully I will be as successful as some of you guys one day.

oh and ps, Iona College Westchester County New York.

The only way to get good contacts at I-banks is to pretty much network relentlessly and just put yourself out there. I have got a few contacts here and there. I wouldn't want to work at an I-bank if I were you. At least to me the beauty of trading is the autonomy.

I-banks take your soul. lol

EXCELLENT for resumes though hahah

I found a list of all registered CTA's so I am going through and looking up there locations and finding some near me to see if I can grab an Internship or trading assistant or something like that. I just want to improve my trading, its the only thing that makes me happy and that I truly find fun and challenging anymore.

Mfoste. PM me. I know a guy at Goldman and my mentor is going to Citi next year. I might be able to help you.

OK guys. My first chat and I taught myself to draw trend lines off of Victor Sperandero.

(older trader)

I am drawing from the high in mid feb to the preceding Highest High from the lowest low. So my line is touching feb 25 ish at about 90.30. we are looking like entering into a ranging period. I wasn't fully expecting a reversal this early on after being so bearish. And i was correct but It looks like we are ranging as we had a minor rally/ testing of the rally high's (horizontal line). Essentially we are entering a ranging period. There could be a minor rally if the horizontal line is broken. making a good intermediate term play. Also could be a good entry point for the long term bearish move. Looking for volume contribution to decipher long or short entry.

okay this is mainly me putting myself out there for criticism. This is my first trendline/ pure technical analysis study of a chart.

pick me apart lol but be gentle!!!!