what are your professions beside being a trader?

Overnight said:
It WAS your first post.



Short-term swing trading long-only in US equities. Okay, whatever that is.



So you are investing, not trading. Yes, support that trade floor!
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no i don't do investing. investing to me is more than 1 year. i do short term swing trade which mean i hold stocks in days, weeks and months. for day trading, i hold position in minutes. but i always close out by end of day. i don't mix the 2 strategy: day trade and swing trade. i found that i tend to do better day trading than swing trading.

my colleague that works on the trade floor, he told he is an investor. for example, he told me he hold ge many years and recently double down on ge on 11/10/18. i told him ge got an ugly chart and is a loser. the very next day, it gap down. i told him i'm not an investor and would never trade in a loser like ge. i don't do warren buffet value investing and don't believe none of that crap. i recommend to him that he should replace ge with a better stock. but he said ge pay good dividends. i said ok, stick with a loser and you will become a loser.

i keep a trading journal and average about 30-40 trades a month. last month, i made about $3200. so far this month. i'm up about $3100.
 
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I'm an electrician myself.

Ignore buddy up there. Traders like to give themselves all kinds of fancy names.

When you get down to it anyone who buys anything expecting to sell it later for a profit is a trader plain and simple.
 
Had a coupla jobs...
Fitter / Machinist
Fitter
Wine Steward
Barman
Carpet layer
Powerstation operator
Serviceman trades machinery
Serviceman automatic doors
Fibre Optics installer
Trades assistant electrical
Salesman boiler equipment, steel, pipe, valves
Maintenance scheduler
Trader
Ps: Forgot one, bellhop in the Netherlands
 
Decide whether you want to be a swing trader or a day trader. Audit your weekly schedule and your personality to see which style suits you best. Then, choose the markets and instruments accordingly.
 
vincentnyc said:
no i don't do investing. investing to me is more than 1 year. i do short term swing trade which mean i hold stocks in days, weeks and months. for day trading, i hold position in minutes. but i always close out by end of day. i don't mix the 2 strategy: day trade and swing trade. i found that i tend to do better day trading than swing trading.

my colleague that works on the trade floor, he told he is an investor. for example, he told me he hold ge many years and recently double down on ge on 11/10/18. i told him ge got an ugly chart and is a loser. the very next day, it gap down. i told him i'm not an investor and would never trade in a loser like ge. i don't do warren buffet value investing and don't believe none of that crap. i recommend to him that he should replace ge with a better stock. but he said ge pay good dividends. i said ok, stick with a loser and you will become a loser.

i keep a trading journal and average about 30-40 trades a month. last month, i made about $3200. so far this month. i'm up about $3100.
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Just out of curiosity, if you don't mind me asking, where are you from? I know it says you currently live in NYC,but it seems english is not your first language( It's not my first language either).
 
vincentnyc said:
Question for full time/part time traders out there. What are some of you guys profession beside being a trader? For example, I'm a desktop support for a financial firm. Fortunately, there are some down time during the day which allow me to do part time swing trading. Some day I even have time to do day trading in the morning or afternoon. I have been swing/day trading for the last 6 months and I have began to turn green recently.

Just write below what are your other professions if you have one and how long you have been trading and if you profitable or not?
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I had a career unrelated to trading and several unrelated jobs after I became disillusioned with that. I'm now enjoying early retirement (second time round actually).

Some of these jobs are mildly interesting but the common thread through all is that they gave me virtually 100% the wrong disciplines to become a good trader. Not just no help, what they teach, plus almost everything about a conventional education, effectively creates obstacles to good trading.
 
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