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FAQ How Do I get a Job Trading?

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SHORT ANSWER

Get four things:

1. Get passionate
Love the markets. Learn everything you can about them and develop a heartfelt passion for them.

2. Get educated
This is particularly important if you want to get a job with the likes of Goldman Sachs. A first class honors degree in the right subject(s) from a top flight university is no longer desirable - it's essential. If your student days are behind you, consider an Open University course.

3. Get experience
Don’t worry if you don’t have a large account, that’s unimportant. Spread betting at £0.10p a point is far better than no experience at all. Demonstrating that you understand how the markets function and have developed a methodology to trade them is what counts.

4. Get profitable
Providing a verifiable track record of consistent profitability over a reasonable period of time will separate you from well over 90% of all other candidates. If you are in this enviable position, be sure to mention this first at the top of your CV. It’s almost more important than your name and contact details!

The Long Answer expands on these key points and offers suggestions based on the perspectives of three very different applicants, separated by age and experience. The Youngster is at school or starting uni’ and has decided that trading is where their future lies. The Career Changer is under 40 and wants to jump ship, while The Old Timer is in much the same boat but over 40.
 
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How Do I get a Job Trading? - LONG ANSWER

Broadly speaking, traders fall into one or other of three main groups:
1. Retail traders working from home trading their own accounts (i.e. most T2W members)
2. Institutional traders working for hedge funds or investment banks (IBs) like Goldman Sachs.
3. Proprietary traders (known as ‘prop’ traders) working for firms like Futex.

Anyone with an internet connection and £100 can set themselves up as a retail trader from home, so this FAQ is geared towards getting a position either with a city institution or a prop’ firm. How you set about doing this rather depends on where you’re starting from. If you’re Jérôme Kerviel, the Societe Generale employee under investigation for losing (allegedly) $7.2 billion of the bank’s money trading stock index futures, then you might struggle to find any work as a trader again! However, we’ll assume this is not the case and that, broadly speaking, you fit into one of the following three groups of aspiring traders:

Youngsters
While their friends are discussing the latest shenanigans on Big Brother or Britain’s Got Talent, Youngsters are trying to figure out why BP’s share price rallied even when the oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico went from bad to worse.

Career Changers
Career Changers are in their twenties to thirties and think how lush and green the grass looks on the other side of the career fence. Their problem is that the skills and qualifications they have for their current job aren’t directly transferable to trading.

Old Timers
Old Timers are over forty. This relatively young age may shock some people, but the reality is that most (but not all) traders in IBs are in their twenties and thirties. Those over this age tend to be in management roles and not actively trading day to day. However, age isn’t such a barrier if you’re applying to a prop’ firm – especially if you have a track record of consistent profitability. Like Career Changers, Old Timers don’t have the skills and qualifications that will wow prospective employers and knock spots off the Youngsters.

Before focusing in on the individual groups, outlined below are a few common denominators that all three groups would do well to consider.

1. Passion
Making money is the objective of all traders, but it’s rarely their sole motivation. Good traders love what they do; they have a passion for the markets. To be offered a job as a trader, you need to have a genuine interest in the markets and to be able to demonstrate it to prospective employers. Passion for a subject is conveyed by your knowledge of it and enthusiasm for it. There’s only one thing more infectious than enthusiasm – and that’s a lack of it. Do you know the price of a barrel of oil and where the S&P 500 closed at last night? If you don’t know and don’t care then, almost certainly, the job you apply for will go to someone who does.

2. Understanding
Gain a basic understanding of economics and why events in one market can create a domino effect which reverberates through many others. You’ll need to keep abreast of current affairs, especially news that moves the markets and, additionally, have an understanding of why it moves them. Economics professor Peter Navarro entitled his bestselling book of 2002: ‘If it’s Raining in Brazil, Buy Starbucks’. Can you explain the rationale behind his book title? (If not, a brief explanation is provided here in this FAQ: What Triggers do you use to Enter a Trade?)

3. Think for yourself
Don’t be afraid of being wrong. The beauty about trading is that even the brightest and the best get it wrong sometimes. If it’s not too traumatic, think back to your maths and physics classes at school. Do you remember how the teacher was as interested in the logic and thinking that lay behind your answers as much as they were in the answers themselves? Having your own ideas and being creative is essential. By definition, really good traders don’t just follow the herd; they formulate their own views about the markets and how best to trade them.

4. Maffs!
All interviews are likely to include some sort of a numeracy test. Granted, this is a bit tricky if you’re not naturally gifted at maths. The good news is that you’re not going to be asked to do complex algebra – just to add, subtract, divide and multiply. There’s likely to be a time restriction too, but this is as much to see how well you cope under pressure as it is about getting the correct answer. To help get your brain ‘fit’ and agile, do crosswords, Sudoku or consider getting an electronic interactive game such as Nintendo’s ‘Brain Challenge’.

5. Think of others
Demonstrate that you’re a rounded and well balanced individual who cares about the needs of those less fortunate than yourself. The best way to achieve this is by doing some voluntary or charitable work. A sustained contribution of your time over many months which ends in a tangible result will impress the most. Spending a weekend clearing a footpath with the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers – although worthy – isn’t what we’re talking about here. Think in terms of delivering Shelter Boxes to the victims of a natural disaster or working with the British Red Cross to provide emergency medical supplies etc.

6. Common sense
This is an uncommon quality that all applicants will need in abundance. Put yourself in the shoes of the person looking at your CV. One T2W member who works for a well known spread betting firm says that they receive over 1,000 CVs every week! First impressions count: your CV has to stand out from the crowd. Using some basic template downloaded from the internet simply won’t cut it. First and foremost, a good CV must sell the idea that reading it will be a good investment of a prospective employer’s time. It must have seductive good looks and be impossible to ignore. Finding out that you’re an alchemist and can turn base metals into gold comes a distant second.

7. Experience
You absolutely have to have experience. Period. A youngster under 18 may struggle on this front if they can’t persuade an adult to open an account for them. However, anyone over 18 can open an account with a spread betting firm with £100 and be placing live trades in a matter of minutes. The more experience you have – the better. Having no experience at all is completely unacceptable and will guarantee your CV is filed straight into the waste paper bin. Being able to prove that you’ve been trading for X months or years sends a clear and positive message about your interest and commitment to trading.

8. Track record
There’s only one thing more impressive than experience and that’s being able to provide account statements that prove you have a consistent track record of success. Depending on your style of trading, this will range from six months to a year or more. If you’re a swing trader, placing one to two trades per week, then three months positive P&L doesn’t really prove anything. It’s barely enough for a day trader doing ten round trips or more each day. A strong equity curve with minimal drawdowns will compensate for an array of shortcomings. You can have Halitosis, dubious looking stains down your clothes and think Spiders is a sequel to Arachnophobia - the hit 1990 comedy horror film. Being able to walk a profitable walk is waaaaay more important than merely being able to talk a good talk.

Youngsters
Being young is a major advantage because it gives you options. The biggest of these is the ability to plan in advance. If you know where you’re heading in life, you can then create a route map to get you there. This is much, much harder for Career Changers and Old Timers to do. If you’re a youngster, here are some ideas to help set you on your way . . .

Keep your options open
The first thing to do is to look at where you think you’d like to be in three, four or five years time and work backwards. So, you think you want to work in the city and, right now, the idea of being a trader really floats your boat. However, be wise enough to accept that you may think differently in a year or two, so try to keep your options open and burn as few bridges as possible.

Ask questions - lots of 'em!
If you’re still at school, contact the Human Resources (HR) departments of city institutions and ask them what ‘A’ levels and Uni’ courses to take in order to get a job there. Find out how, when and where they recruit staff. Ask if it’s possible to visit and be shown around and to meet people doing the job(s) that you might be doing in the future. Enquire if they run any kind of a graduate scheme or offer internships. The former are good as you’ll get paid whereas, with the latter, you won’t! Both of them get you in on the inside. On that note, check out this post by highbury fx - an industry veteran who has held senior management positions with some of the U.K.'s largest spread betting companies.

The bad news: qualifications do matter
Be aware that the street wise Cockney barrow boys landing big city trading jobs are a thing of the past. These days, city institutions only recruit the brightest and the best. Competition is fierce, so getting straight As in your ‘A’ Levels and a first class honours degree in the right subject from the best university really matters. All things being equal, if you’re a graduate from Plymouth Uni’ and the next best candidate is a graduate from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge – guess which one of you gets the job! Not convinced? In which case, read the Interview with Anton Kreil of BBC Million Dollar Traders As a former trader with Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan - with graduates working under him - he should know!

You're only young once . . .
While being single minded and totally focused on your objective of becoming a trader is good, don’t make the mistake of missing out on the joys of life that are only available to you when you’re young. Developing into a nerdy and anti-social geek could well create problems that will affect you in the long term. So, don’t ignore your friends and be sure to let your hair down once in a while and, above all, have fun!

Career Changers
Everyone must play to their respective strengths. As a Career Changer, you have experience that The Youngster doesn’t have. There will be parallels between what you’re doing now and trading. For example, let’s say you’re a gardener. On the face of it, gardening and trading have little in common. Think again . . .

Relationships
Gardeners know which plants combine well together and how their planting schemes relate to any hard landscaping in order to produce the best results. Likewise, traders know the idiosyncrasies of different markets and instruments; how they impact one another and how best to exploit these relationships for financial gain.

The winds of change
Gardeners have to adapt to an ever changing environment, from blue skies and sunshine one day to cold winds and rain the next. Similarly, traders have to adapt from volatile trending markets one day to low volatility - range bound ones the next.

Patience and focus
Gardeners can spend many hours on their own doing simple and often repetitive tasks such as digging or weeding. By the same token, traders can spend many hours on their own, sitting on their hands, just watching and waiting, especially on days when the markets are flat and choppy.

Good judgement
Gardeners need the right tools for the job and to know how and when to use them. Trimming a hedge with a pair of secateurs isn’t very efficient! Likewise, traders also require a variety of tools and need to deploy the right ones according to the prevailing market conditions. A moving average crossover will do more harm than good in narrow ranges when the market is drifting sideways.

Respect and humility
Gardeners have to respect the environment they’re in and let it dictate what they do, not the other way around. Is the soil acid or alkaline; is the garden a south facing sun trap or a dark, dank hole? Equally, traders have to respect the markets they trade and let them dictate how and when to enter and exit them. Fighting the markets is as futile as planting an orange or olive grove on Dartmoor.

Managing risk
Gardeners need to understand the risks involved and protect themselves in the event of an accident by wearing appropriate eyewear and footwear etc. Failure to do so could result in serious physical injury. Similarly, traders have to understand trading risk and manage their exposure to it. Failure to do so could result in serious financial loss.

Of course, it doesn’t follow necessarily that good gardeners make good traders! Clearly, the two activities are poles apart but, nonetheless, hopefully you can see that there are some parallels. As a Career Changer, think about what you do currently and how it applies to trading. If you get an interview, you’re sure to be asked why you want to switch professions and how your experiences to date will support your trading objectives.

Old Timers
If you’re over 40 and you don’t have a professional background that’s readily transferable to trading, then you have to face facts. Realistically, the prospect of gaining employment at an IB or similar institution is slim. One way to do it is through the back door via the ‘old school tie’ network but, like the barrow boy traders of the 80s, this too is rapidly dying out. Alternatively, you’ll have to come up with a unique selling point that really is that – unique! Moreover, it has to be one that the IB really needs and wants. In the words of one T2W member, “City institutions may be racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-semitic, wheel-chairist, maybe even ageist but, first and foremost, they are capitalist and if you can make them a fortune, all prejudices disappear - as if by magic!” Perhaps your best bet is to focus on getting in with a prop’ firm as they don’t place quite so much emphasis on age and qualifications. Here are a few ideas to point you in the right direction . . .

Proprietory trading firm
‘Prop shops’ as they are known are numerous. Many of them take on people remotely, so location isn’t necessarily an issue. Equally, many of them have offices and will kit you out with everything you need to trade. You just have to turn up and pay a monthly desk fee (which can be quite big). The variety and hue of deals available is too numerous to go into here. However, one thing is critical, you must be very clear about why it is that you want a job with one. What will you learn, what will you have access to – be it people, kit or favourable commissions – that you couldn’t get by trading your own account?

A double edged sword
Remember, prop’ firms will only offer you a place if they think you will make money for them. Conversely, you have to be crystal clear about what it is that they will do for you. Once you know this, it’s then easier to draw up a short list of firms to contact. If you’re not able to demonstrate consistent profitability then, presumably, you want their training and mentoring services. Almost certainly, this will involve you coming up with a chunk of your own cash. Beware of some so called prop’ firms that are to aspiring traders what vanity publishing houses are to aspiring authors. Don’t end up shelling out £1,000s for training that you could get for a fraction of the price elsewhere – or for free on T2W!

A catch-22
Route one into a prop firm is to have brokerage statements that prove beyond doubt that you know what you’re doing and show a consistent record of success. This raises the obvious question that if you can trade profitably for yourself by yourself, why go to a prop firm and hand over a share of the profits? Some traders will answer this by saying they don’t like being stuck at home all day on their own and want to be in an office environment with other like minded people. Additionally, many are offered excellent commission structures that they couldn’t negotiate on their own with their own broker. Although profitable, some traders have small accounts that would take many months or even years to build up to a level that generates the income they require. Once they’re backed by a prop’ firm, they can leapfrog to where they want to be financially. However, all of these ‘benefits’ have to be weighed against sharing the profits and the cost of desk fees. Things like travelling expenses may also need to be added into the equation. Only you can decide whether it’s the right path for you.

Whether you’re a Youngster, a Career Changer or an Old Timer – happy job hunting and good luck!
 
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How Do I get a Job Trading? - USEFUL LINKS

If you find other threads, Articles or sites on your travels around the net that are relevant to this FAQ, please add a link to them in this thread, outlining what it is that you like about them. Thanks!

T2W THREADS
How to Secure a Career in Trading
The thread title speaks for itself!
Advice for getting a job in trading
Some very helpful tips and ideas from someone has has actually been there, done it and bought the T shirt!
best route to becoming a trader in the city (london)
A member in his mid twenties - currently working as cabin crew for British Airways - seeking advice about the best route to . . .
What should i Study
This thread is included primarily for this reply to the OP from highbury fx who is an industry veteran having held senior management positions at some of the U.K.'s largest spread betting companies.

T2W ARTICLES
A career in the City by Callum Campbell
In this article, Managing Director of proprietary trading firm Airthrey Capital Ltd - Callum Campbell offers his insights to those wanting a job 'in the city'.

EXTERNAL LINKS
Directory of Proprietary Trading Firms
This is a pretty comprehensive list of prop' firms - including links.
Proprietory Trading Firms
Another list of prop' firms - with links - as well as some useful tips to keep in mind before signing a contract!
Mergers & Inquisitions
A comprehensive site with lots of free info about getting a job in investment banking.
Morgan Stanley Acronyms
Learn the corporate speak of the IBs and prop' shops so you can hit the ground running.
S2T - Student 2 trader
This is an Aussie based site with some good free info' that's applicable to all job hunters seeking positions with IBs or prop firms - no matter where in the world you are.
Ex Goldman Sachs Trader Tells Truth about Trading
The first of a six part interview in which Anton Kreil talks about his career to date and offers insights about career progression for aspiring traders, as well as what the future may hold for graduates seeking employment at Banks and Hedge Funds.
 
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Good topic. What is the most realistic way of getting a job trading? Either through graudate schemes or temping or through someone's uncle twice removed.

I am a student from a Russell Group university in his last year of study (Economics) and am well on course for a 1sts. As well as that I've done a placement year with a Big Four firm. Unfortunately although my university is recognised as a Russell Group uni it is not 'TOP-TIER' target uni, which is total bullcrap.

So what are my chances of making it as a trader for an investment bank? In fact I don't really care for the investment and even prop trading houses would do for me because I love day trading and am continually learning new things and new techniques everyday and I'm totally loving it!!! At the moment I'm only paper trading and have only really begun to get really into it recently (as previously I did not have much time with my job so it was more of an on-off thing).

What does it actually take around here to get a job as a trader in London/New York/Hong Kong etc?
What sort of paths can I take? I would love to day trade for myself as a living however I simply don't have the capital and if I did I would totally screw the institutions and do it for myself and live off my own hard earned money. Is doing an MSc Finance at LSE the only choice I can take? Any advice would be well appreciated!!! Many thanks.
 
Good topic. What is the most realistic way of getting a job trading? Either through graudate schemes or temping or through someone's uncle twice removed.

I am a student from a Russell Group university in his last year of study (Economics) and am well on course for a 1sts. As well as that I've done a placement year with a Big Four firm. Unfortunately although my university is recognised as a Russell Group uni it is not 'TOP-TIER' target uni, which is total bullcrap.

So what are my chances of making it as a trader for an investment bank? In fact I don't really care for the investment and even prop trading houses would do for me because I love day trading and am continually learning new things and new techniques everyday and I'm totally loving it!!! At the moment I'm only paper trading and have only really begun to get really into it recently (as previously I did not have much time with my job so it was more of an on-off thing).

What does it actually take around here to get a job as a trader in London/New York/Hong Kong etc?
What sort of paths can I take? I would love to day trade for myself as a living however I simply don't have the capital and if I did I would totally screw the institutions and do it for myself and live off my own hard earned money. Is doing an MSc Finance at LSE the only choice I can take? Any advice would be well appreciated!!! Many thanks.

Trading your own account won't do you any harm (ignoring the monetary side of things for a moment). A track record of any sort is better than none. Which university do you go to? I went to nottingham (I picked my uni on the number of hotties on the open day, the cool modernist architecture of the business school and the local music scene..)

Personally I have no intention of working as a trader, why turn something i enjoy into a job. I'm hoping to finish my CIMA qualifications in the next couple of years whilst working for a great company. I work 9-5:30 and have zero stress.

Once ive done that I would love to get into hedge fund or IB middle/back office looking at daily p/l, NAV etc

In fact if anybody has any experience of that sort of area and specifically getting accounting experience in a financial institution then I would like to hear it (y)
 
I have just got a job as a Sales Trader at a spread betting firm. Not being a graduate serriously limited my chances of getting into trading, thats why i went the spread betting route. My spreadsheet that outlines all my trades formed a very valualable part of my application.
 
Im also keen to get into trading Im in my 2nd year of university doing accounting and finance and I want to drop out as im tired and depressed of studying. I don't think I've passed my 2nd year and I don't want to repeat the year again as I am hungry to get out in the real world and make some good money. Accounting and finance is not for me I've come to realise it is a well paid profession but is very boring and not enjoyable. If anything I made the mistake doing accounting and finance, and should have chosen business economics.
 
I did accounting and finance and business management at university. I did **** in my 2nd year. My advice would be think long and hard about it. Looking back , a lot of the things I thought were dull and depressing would actually be pretty handy. - Also from what I recall there was a lot of crossover in finance, accounting and economics.

Also a good academic record I imagine is very important if you want to get anywhere in the city - trust me, I've had plenty of knockbacks despite straight A A-levels and a decent degree from a top ten uni.

If you're just in it for the money then i don't think you'll succeed, you need to have some passion for what you'd be doing.

Do you trade your own account?
 
Im also keen to get into trading Im in my 2nd year of university doing accounting and finance and I want to drop out as im tired and depressed of studying. I don't think I've passed my 2nd year and I don't want to repeat the year again as I am hungry to get out in the real world and make some good money. Accounting and finance is not for me I've come to realise it is a well paid profession but is very boring and not enjoyable. If anything I made the mistake doing accounting and finance, and should have chosen business economics.

If your tired and depressed whilst you're at uni then you'll probably keel over and die when your on the trading floor!!
 
Hey porph. No as I said, due to my job I was on and off day trading, well spread betting really, so I never really got into it. Now that I'm free again I've just been revisting the basics and back to paper trading for a while. My university isn't a top target university but it is in the Russell Group and I study Economics and did various financial modules which really made me interested in finance (wish I had studied that instead).

Like I said, I want to become a trader because I enjoy it, not for the money although that of course would most definitely be a bonus! If I could, I would trade my own account and maybe get some others interested to invest some capital in me!!! =D (realistic?!) I enjoy trading and after working in a Big Four I can pretty much read and (prepare if I wanted to - with lots of mistakes!!!) a b/s or p&l of a company, however I'm more interested in the technical side of it as opposed to the fundamentals. Coming from an Economics background I would say I had a solid understanding of fundamental analysis (I'm on an average of 80% so well on course for a 1sts), but it's really the technical analysis that I enjoy most - the understanding and psychology of the market.

At the moment I would say I know enough not to fluke a good trade, but not enough to understand a bad one! Haha.

BTW you said you're training for a CIMA and work 9-5?! Haha, what firm is that with?!?! I was working alongside ACA trainees doing the same roles and it was anything BUT 9-5!!! It was more 8-8 some days!!! Lol.
 
I don't trade my own account but I have read a litle about it and it requires quite a bit of capital which I sadly haven't got. I mean its not pressure im finding hard its just that i've been studying for so long which is hard. I did 4 years in secondary school, 3 years in college, and just done 2 years in university making a total of 9 years of studying and i just wanna make money now.
 
do you trade a demo account at least?

I think you need to read a lot (consume everything on this forum for a start).

You need either a top class education/set of results or a great track record in my opinion.
 
its not pressure im finding hard its just that i've been studying for so long which is hard. I did 4 years in secondary school, 3 years in college, and just done 2 years in university making a total of 9 years of studying and i just wanna make money now.

you might want to think about getting a "proper job" as you could well end up studying the markets for years to come before you attain profitability, and it doesnt sound like you're ready to do that
 
Try spreadbetting if you have little capital .....but dont get too over excited when you see things going your way !!!
And your best bet is to complete your degree regardless !! even if you have to repeat your year ........
 
For prop firms you just apply via their websites/ads. They will all be looking for the same qualities in general in terms of being called in for assessment, ibanks may take your p&l as a sign of motivation especially if it's good, commodity trading firms are almost exclusively dependent on fundamentals so they won't care.

Other than oil firms you can apply to places like Olam, Cargill and Dreyfuss to trade corn/sugar etc.
 
Prop house; An impressive CV gets u an invitation to an assessment (math test or math’s + logic + maybe some market knowledge) .......after that your CV is thrown in the bin !!
Your test scores get you an Interview with the head of training... general stuff ....if he likes you in terms of your attitude or you impress him in some way ....u get called back to interview again with him and a couple of traders (sometimes the directors or most senior traders) .......above all no (limited) salary until you are profitable, but then again if your not you would have already been asked to leave !!

BP, edf - will pay its trainees as you are classed as an employee and salary is around 30K they run their recruitment in a similar fashion to IB's (Great CV, Bad Ass work experience will go further here than in a prop shop )
 
Just to add to what's been said- from recent experience applying to a number of them there are other trading firms that hire trainee traders with limited or no experience but still offer them good salaries (£30k+) and from there your performance bonus is what increases as you begin to become profitable. These places typically have a lot of emphasis on taking only a few trainees and giving them intensive training, rather than churning lots through on no salary and only keeping the good ones. Having said that, you are still likely to be on probation for 6 months, and if you haven shown your potential and started trading by then, you're not likely to, so they will drop you as you'd expect.

As gooseman says, they do receive upwards of 1000 CVs per month, but they do actually test quite a large number of people. I would imagine around 200/300 were attending the testing sessions in the few days either side of me.
 
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/general-career-advice/30213-advice-getting-job-trading-2.html

1. First and foremost. As Grant so wonderfully said above: "The City may be racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-semitic, wheel-chairist, maybe even ageist but first and foremost, they are capitalist and if you can make them a fortune, all prejudices disappear, as if by magic. Don't be put off." That is great advice. If you are like me - useless at maths but confident in your ability and can demonstrate approximately 6 months consistency even if you have not made a huge deal of money then a prop firm IS going to back you. So if this sounds like you and you want it enough, start contacting them.

2. OK, you want a job as a trader but you have no experience. Then go and get some. You can teach yourself almost anything these days and the best way is to actively get involved. Open an account: whether it is futures, options or spreadbetting - start trading. It's not hard to open an account and these days takes little money either. It doesn't matter whether you are a total failure at least you are giving it a go and you are looking at how prices move. And within no time at all you are already starting to LEARN about the issues that traders face. Fundamental analysis, technical analysis, emotional analysis; greed and fear. Worst case scenario you lose a little money but you have some actual experience to impart and you look INTERESTED. Imagine you're the recruitment officer at a firm. You've got a candidate infront of you and you ask: "So, why do you want to be a trader?" and they reply: "Well, I'm very interested in the financial markets, I think...." Woah. Let's stop you there. You're so interested but you never even bothered to actually trade anything yourself?

t_d offered some really good stuff here for the newbies.

Show some interest and show some Track record.

Many of times people ask for systems, etc.. But no one can teach individual desire!!!


Even if small, you'll learn for yourself if this arena is right for you. It is more than just the money. You'll be surprised how many people have gone from investing as a hobby and it turns into their career. Start small and if you show those two things the money will be there. And if you cant find the MONEY, but you have proven to yourself you can trade, U go MAKE the Money!

U can Start Part-Time...Form a Corp, Trade your small amounts, Slowly work on building your corporate business credit, manage you debts, until the money is there big enough to walk away from the FT JOB!
 
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