I shoulda, woulda, coulda statements yield you nothing but a thread like this.
However, I owned 3 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 notchbacks back in the 90's. Great fast car to drive. Those were the days.
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Having a degree will get zero experience in the trading world. Brokers aren't traders their sales monkeys if you didn't know. Since you have a limited amount of trading you may want to try going with a Prop and put up about $5K of your own cash. Get your Series 7 and learn from the guys that...