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If you like technical analysis, one idea is to try and impress a tv producer of one of the finance networks to take you on. You can be on-screen, or just behind the screen providing tons of ideas / content to the face guy. Newspaper columns, and books are another idea.

Not sure if it's cool to post other sites on here but in response to your request for a 'Career Analyst' forum, I visit EliteTrader and 'AnalystForum.com' everyday. I'm studying for level 1 atm

'defiantly childish' indeed

I wonder about this last suggestions though - get a job in the markets and learn as much as you can - that sounds great, something I am working towards now. But then you also say to trade your own account at the same time. That is what I want to do, but my worry is if I am in the industry, I...

If you count the millions upon millions of people who have had IRAs and other pension funds for 10, 15, 20 years, then there are a LOT of people who have 'won' in the markets. It all depends on the population you're talking about.

Hi guys, I have been tracking my trades in excel at home. And it's okay.. But I would like to find something online. Something that will generate an equity curve, and some nice graphs, and all the pretty stats and ratios about my performance. Is there an online version of this somewhere?

As I am studying for the CFA, I'm trying to get a feel for what individual trading (if any) I'll be able to do depending on what job I get in industry. If I join a bank as an equity or fixed-income analyst, am I eligible to do *any* private trading of my own? If I trade after a certain...

I'm not sure I 100% understand how hedging works / the mechanics. Doesn't it just make everything break even? Without getting into options or other derivatives, just talking stocks.. How should I hedge a position? Right now I am long an electronics company.. I am also long an ETF that is...