you sound about the exact same as me. as a freshman i started trading and had a 500% gain on my first ever stock purchase (a penny...big mistake number 1). i thought i was a prodigy so i dumped all the money i earned waiting tables in high school into my brokerage account, than proceeded to lose it all. any other sizeable amount of money i earned went back into that trading account, and then eventually disappeared into thin air, about 10k in total (which is a huge sum for a college kid).
however, i learned about fear, greed, hope, and psychology in the markets. i was fortunate to learn that being disciplined was the key to success, and i still keep an index card next to my computer that i wrote years and years ago with rules i that i shouldnt break during the trading day.
the money lost was really the greatest form of tuition...it gave me a huge excitement for trading. it provoked me to get a finance degree, and when i went to interview fulltime, i spewed stories and stories of real world things that i learned by trading in the markets (i'm 100% convinced my trading knowledge got me the job, not anything i learned in college classes). i picked up a trading job at the investment bank i wanted (one of the only still around), despite not being the honors kid or the computer engineer or whatever else they typically look for.
i like to think i'm a good trader now because of what i learned when i lost all that hard-earned money...but everything works out if you try hard enough....that money i lost is a drop in the bucket compared to what i make now.
just hoping to inspire, as it seems you were me a few years back. pm me if you want to know more.
however, i learned about fear, greed, hope, and psychology in the markets. i was fortunate to learn that being disciplined was the key to success, and i still keep an index card next to my computer that i wrote years and years ago with rules i that i shouldnt break during the trading day.
the money lost was really the greatest form of tuition...it gave me a huge excitement for trading. it provoked me to get a finance degree, and when i went to interview fulltime, i spewed stories and stories of real world things that i learned by trading in the markets (i'm 100% convinced my trading knowledge got me the job, not anything i learned in college classes). i picked up a trading job at the investment bank i wanted (one of the only still around), despite not being the honors kid or the computer engineer or whatever else they typically look for.
i like to think i'm a good trader now because of what i learned when i lost all that hard-earned money...but everything works out if you try hard enough....that money i lost is a drop in the bucket compared to what i make now.
just hoping to inspire, as it seems you were me a few years back. pm me if you want to know more.