Intro -
I'm 22 years old and a finance major with a 3.7 GPA. I've been interested in entrepreneurship, investing, and general business since I was a little kid. My father was always frugal with his money and from an early age, he taught me the basics of money and debt. I started my first IRA at age 18 and a 401k at age 21. At age 18, I took $500 and attempted to "trade" stocks and I made a few bucks here and there.
I want to start trading this year and I'm going to spend six months educating myself. There is a lot of material out there on trading and I think I would benefit the most by reading it rather than beginning to trade now.
Is there a system out there that will allow me to capture market data for the past week and test a strategy against the data? Something like a "playback" feature.
Also, I'm a math geek thanks to my brother, so I want to approach trading from a mathematical standpoint. Investing if you will I tend to approach from a more fundamental direction - focusing on quality of management, balance sheets, future prospects, etc. Are there any books that you all would specifically recommend for more math based trading?
Thanks,
Lance
I'm 22 years old and a finance major with a 3.7 GPA. I've been interested in entrepreneurship, investing, and general business since I was a little kid. My father was always frugal with his money and from an early age, he taught me the basics of money and debt. I started my first IRA at age 18 and a 401k at age 21. At age 18, I took $500 and attempted to "trade" stocks and I made a few bucks here and there.
I want to start trading this year and I'm going to spend six months educating myself. There is a lot of material out there on trading and I think I would benefit the most by reading it rather than beginning to trade now.
Is there a system out there that will allow me to capture market data for the past week and test a strategy against the data? Something like a "playback" feature.
Also, I'm a math geek thanks to my brother, so I want to approach trading from a mathematical standpoint. Investing if you will I tend to approach from a more fundamental direction - focusing on quality of management, balance sheets, future prospects, etc. Are there any books that you all would specifically recommend for more math based trading?
Thanks,
Lance