Quote from SteveNYC:
Got most of my edge at WorldCo.
A hot russian chick recruited me along with an ex-trader from Goldman and an ex-Nasdaq market maker.
Before that I was a lost trader. Spent thousands of dollars on books, software, data services, and trading/investing advisory websites.
Learned the hard way that none of these helped. In fact, they caused me to lose tens of thousands of dollars. My biggest loss was from listening to my brother who was supposed to be the genius wall street hot shot with all the academic accolades. He blew out my retail trading account and never reimbursed me to this day. Not even a dime. My second biggest loss came from listening to the posters on a Motley Fool forum. I blew out my retail trading account again. I kid you not. True stories.