How did you get into trading?

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You made me re-live 1996-1998. 11K left in battered account, no other means to live on, no profession, no even right to work - talk about scared money! But hey, I know firsthand two things: 1. It's immensely hard and 2. It's doable. Cornered man is capable of much if he can function under pressure. Hang in there.

Vad
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ooops - deleted the thread cos i re-read it and thought it read too much like a sympathy vote.

basically folks all i said was that i am trading to make money out of necessity after losing several jobs and getting made redundant too many times and sacked a few as well. im totally disillusioned with 9-5 and couldnt go back.

im doing ok.

ps - jaronimo - next time i catch you in my pad, ill have the fucking dogs on you - GOT IT!!

:)
 
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ps - jaronimo - next time i catch you in my pad, ill have the fucking dogs on you - GOT IT!!

:) [/B]
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LOL.



Skalpz, no horses, so the stable cleaner job is not gonna fly. There are other jobs though, maybe he needs someone to chew his food or something?
 
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LOL.



Skalpz, no horses, so the stable cleaner job is not gonna fly. There are other jobs though, maybe he needs someone to chew his food or something?
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brush and floss his dog's teeth 4 times a day?
 
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what did the guy do who owned the pad?

ive got a good idea that he works the other side of my trades!!
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He started from nothing, poor and broke. Now he owns companies. Basically he will give you cash today for your car, house, business, plane, etc. Then he turns around and sells it for market value.
 
Playboy.

I did not know about free markets.
I was from a communist country, a draftee in the US Army, in 1967 or 68 and Playboy had this racy article on commodity trading.

I immediately opened a commodity account at DuPont Glore Forgan in Newport News VA near the army base and my first trade was Egg futures.

Later I got a job on WS and after a while I bought my own seat on one of the NY exchanges. I did well trading on the floor.

I have retired (from trading) in 1983 but now, money gone, I am clawing my way back.

It is a lot of fun to be a trader today. :D
 
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Jaronimo said,

Looking back at it now I think his stuff is very basic and bareboned. But it did get me started in futures, which may not have happened otherwise. The more I learn about futures the more profitable it gets.

He is living proof that there is more money to be made teaching trading then from actually trading.
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Basic and bareboned, eh? You are too kind. It was mostly a closed loop load of crap and they STRONGLY discouraged newbees from going anywhere else for any kind of information

I agree about the part about it being a place to start though. The one and only good thing I can say about him and his overpriced Mainstreet brokerage is they helped me gain faith that trading futures was something I could do. Now, after a couple of brokerage changes and after losing a couple of small fortunes I can finally say I have grown into the role of a small but consistant winner. Next stop, medium but consistant winner.

Upward and onward from there.

Peace and gtty,

Lar
 
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No, you are not the only one. I was trading stocks and kept getting his postcards and letters. I would read through them and throw them in the trash, where they belonged. Or so I thought.

Then my brother called me cause he fell for the postcard and ordered his kit. Was papertrading and was up like 10,000 on paper. Telling me it was the best thing since sliced bread. I told him to call me once he was trading real money. He did, was up a few grand in a short period of time. So I ordered his kit.

Looking back at it now I think his stuff is very basic and bareboned. But it did get me started in futures, which may not have happened otherwise. The more I learn about futures the more profitable it gets.

He is living proof that there is more money to be made teaching trading then from actually trading.
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Used to , as teenager, gaze at those mutual fund mountain charts ads;
most of mounts were bigger than valleys;
those ads had the dividend part of mountains a differing color.:cool:

And even as a kid enjoyed freedom of not working for someone else;
still do.
 
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