I thought it would be nice to write a blog and say things about stuff. One time I wrote a blog with one sentence basically saying I’m not going to tell you anything about my life. That was pretty funny.
It’s weird to think back a couple years and how much I enjoyed school. I actually loved going to class and often wished there was more class to attend. I was a straight A student. A few years after I began school, I desperately wanted to leave. School was getting in the way of what I love to do, and that is TRADE THEM OPTIONS. And so that led me to leave school. It probably wasn’t a great idea to just straight up quit, but I’ve since realized that it was a GREAT idea to take an extended break from it. I am very happy that I’ve had this time to spend time focus on trading and refine my skills in a profound way. I’m preparing to go back to school and do something that I hate, but often we have to do things that we don’t enjoy. It’s just a part of life. I do feel more prepared to be able to handle school a little better. I have totally reworked my trading plan which should allow me the time to do homework and I’m bracing myself for the worst.
I can easily say that trading is my biggest passion. I have other passions that are very, very close but I absolutely love trading. It fits my personality in almost every way possible. Here’s some examples:
1) Trading is difficult and it takes diligence and hard work. The money you make is proportional to the effort you put into learning it. Often, it is the opposite with nine to five jobs. I’ve found that people generally don’t actually have to work at work to make money. It’s a little different with trading. You CANNOT fake trading. Either you invest your heart and soul in learning how to do it or you will not be successful. I like that. It will be a big accomplishment when I reach the point where I’m making a full living off of it. School doesn’t just doesn’t have the same sense of accomplishment in my mind.
2) Trading has unlimited potential. I’ve always been attracted to sales jobs because there is no cap on your potential. Same thing with trading. You probably will never make a million dollars in a year with a job. It’s not only possible with trading, but very plausible as well.3) Trading forces humility. I don’t know if I necessarily enjoy the process of forced humility per se, but it’s nice to know that other traders are nice people because humility is an absolute prerequisite of trading. What I mean by humility is admitting that you’re not the smartest person on the planet and it’s absolutely imperative to be able to admit that you’re wrong. Those are things which are very difficult for people to deal with. I know, I’m a person.
4) I’m absolutely in love with the flexibility that traders have. There’s something I dislike much I worked at opinionology for almost two years even though it was a horrible job because I could set my own schedule. I’ll put up with almost anything if I can set my own schedule and the idea of doing something I enjoy at the same time is that much better.
5) I love not having to constantly be a “team player”. I’m an introvert in a society obsessed with the Extrovert Ideal. Trading is so refreshing. It’s important to talk to be able about trading and bounce ideas off other traders, but I there’s also room to be an isolationist and I do enjoy I love being able to be an isolationist.
6) I don’t have to worry about lay-offs and that sort of thing. Sometimes people ask “what if the market crashes?” When it comes to professional trading, panic is a beautiful thing. If the market crashed, there would be massive opportunity to make money. There’s not much except my own ignorance that can keep me from making a living from it.
Things have been working out beautifully. At times it seems that things aren’t working out very well, but life is a funny thing. If you’re reading this, chances are you have helped me in some way or another (you know who you are) and so I’ll take this opportunity to say thank you.
