from complete scratch

[Ur My Wages]

IM an irish 18 year old inbetween school and college. Ive made all my money from poker since the age of 16. I love to excel at everything. That is my ambition, the money is just a reward. Ive decided i am going to do a small blog with my new challenge. I have a bankroll of about 20k.

I have read countless forums,books, articles, etc. I have such a passion for all this and i hope it goes well.

I will be trading on the FTSE intradays from 9 -close. 8-9 is too volatile. although my bank is 20k, my bets will be about €4. Everyday i will do this, except thursday. i recover from hangovers that day. . I have a basic system

My feed will be yahoo. other tools used will be from ADVFN, igindex, bloomberg and quote.

I have had no education about any of this and just hope i am one of the 5 %.

My main aim for this is the education. As i have not worked in 2 years i need something for my CV which i will present to Goldman Sachs next year . I start 2morrow.

If there have been a lot of these i apologise. Only joined today and this is kinda like my journal.


If you have read this far, Any Advice, thanks

 

[Ur My Wages]

it seems this is the wrong forum. sorry

 

[nysekiller]

I'm sure you can get this thread moved to another forum, but either way good luck hopefully you do well and land that job at GS, I'll be reading.

 

[wee man]

I take it you are spread betting as opposed to the actual liffe contract?

 

[wee man]

You would have been sitting on your hands today then...to be sure.

 

[Ur My Wages]

It would be great if i could just keep here. I just thought some people might have said wrong forum, you're supposed to post this stuff in journals.

Anyway, this is all on a site called betfair. yes, i will be spreadbetting.

 

[TruthSeeker247]

Before you start trading, I suggest you check out my own personal experience which can be found here: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=68647

Maybe you'll get some tips on what NOT to do..

 

[Ur My Wages]

i actually read every single post on that thread. Thats one thing i have learned a lot from poker : discipline and bank management.

I actually read somewhere that some firms encourage employees to play poker for the skills it will provide and develop. I had poor bankroll management when i started and now it is pretty good.

My parents keep going on about my CV and how i never work, hence jobs wont take me, but i dont see how manual labour will help me equities.

Only have 7 weeks at this as i got a scholarship for eco and finance.

 

[Ur My Wages]

I will post my strategy some time today.

 

[wee man]

If you have a bankroll of about 20 large, then why are you wasting your time with bucket shops instead of a direct access trading account?