Quote from SwingingJohnson:
Obsessed is one thing, and needing action is another. I think you have many years ahead of you before you get things in order, but hopefully I'm wrong.
What do you mean by needing 'action'?
do you mean constant exposure to the market?
That's not the case for me.
It's just I want to know everything. I want to know how the 30-year bond market affects the market. I want to know what's happening.
II will spend hours upon hours figuring out strategies, looking at new investment opportunities, etc.. etc.. Just the other day, I was thinking about trading coffee since not many people were doing it. You know, things like that. I'm always looking for opportunities.
Right now i'm enjoying 10-15% gains per year, at 19 this is good, but I just love the markets so much--I love inefficiencies, I love how contracts function, ETC.. ETC....
It's just it distracts me from being an A+ student in bullshit courses like management/marketing/psychology.
I am starting my finance major in the summer, AND Honest to god, it will be a breeze and fun...
now my goal is to get in a program that requires a minimum of an A- average, so given that yes A- is very important for the future of my career in finance....
when you have other goals in life, trading can distract from achieving those goals. I mean before my dad gave me his bank account to manage I was hitting A+ in all the bullshit courses, but then when i started to manage money.. grades drop a bit, and now im scared to not make it into the elite honours portfolio management program!
