Quote from HershelSR:
I posted to this forum a few months ago and was provided with several links to beginners' tutorials. I have finished reading through those and several others, including a dead-tree book. I feel that I have a good introduction to TA and System Trading. I feel that were I to continue with my education and begin practicing on paper, in time, I could succeed with this venture and potentially eventually be trading for a living.
My overall impression is, however, that even after a few years of part-time education and a few years of part-time trading, I will still not be nearly as skilled at picking trades as some of the industry experts with decades of experience and proven track records. To note, my goal with trading is not to become a trader per se, it is rather to generate some income with some capital I have sitting in a bank account or a REIT presently doing not much of anything.
It seems to me that I will find more success were I to sign up for a newsletter from one of these experts and just do exactly what he says. Some of these people claim to return upwards of several hundred percent annually, and one even well beyond one thousand percent. It furthermore seems to me that the easiest way to follow every one of their suggestions precisely is to just allow my broker to automatically place every trade. I have discovered that many brokerage firms offer such a service.
I am thus strongly considering opening an account with brokerage firm, putting in there a reasonable amount of money, signing up for a newsletter from a well-known advisor, and then allowing my broker to auto-trade that newsletter for me.
Last time I posted here, I was given excellent advice. I would like to ask now if what I am suggesting is sound. I see no reason why I should NOT pursue this course of auto-trading, yet perhaps being a beginner there is something I am missing.
Thank you,
Hershel Robinson