Quote from billybigrigger:
I am new to trading and in fact made my first real trade a week ago last friday. Before that I set up a practice account on Bloomburg.com last October. I started out with a full set of the usual big names Johnson and Johnson, Microsoft, McDonalds, Exxon, Shell, Costco, ATT, Verizon and so on. Did nothing and in fact trended. Down. I am a truck driver and my day starts somewhere between 1230 AM and 230 AM and my work day usualy ends between 230 Pm to 330 Pm. I drive a truck with a sleeper and basicly live in my truck from Sunday evening until Friday morning. I started listening to Bloomburg on Sirius last Oct. and now listen basicly from when I start in the morning until the Market closes each day. It starts off with the asian markets, then the euro markets, then on the the US futures, early movement of the markets etc. I picked up on about 5 stocks which I eventually spent all my practice time trading. Mostly just two, both of which I have traded multiple times for real at a profit this week. Those two are SLW and STX. I have just a few more that I look at now and have traded so far. Results first week for a dumb truck driver, $708 profit back in the money market fund. I consider that a success for someone flying by the seat of his pants and just starting. Trade at Ameritrade. I have both Sirius and XM radio's in my truck. Sirius is only one with 24/7 Bloomburg, but X/M is only one with stock ticker that streams to my truck. I also have a blackberry and a laptop with a 3g connection, to trade with.
