Good morning all,
I signed up to T2W a few days ago following some recommendations in my research. I am relatively new to trading and know I have a long old way to go, but following on from reading several books, reviewing charts and market activity and gaining an early understanding of what creates price movement, I thought it was a good time to get involved with the community and hopefully discuss some of my own learning as well as soak up some of the knowledge available here.
To give some background, I am currently a practicing Structural Engineer who has been in the industry for 9 years, though I have had an interest in trading from my early twenties. My goal is to eventually move into full-time trading, to ensure that I can spend as much time with my fiancee (soon to be wife) and prospective family as possible.
I have recently immersed myself in research, particularly oriented toward TA, including reading of books by well known TA traders, reading and listening to interviews with successful traders, as well as (of course), studying charts & live data feeds. I have just written my first strategy and I am just about to start backtesting to verify that it can meet my Success & Sharpe Ratios to confirm that it fits my R/R ratio. Once this has been completed & verified, I will undertake some forward testing to ensure that the strategy remains acceptable for my risk strategy moving forward.
I would eventually like to create some basic algorithms to implement my strategy to take the emotional element away from my trading, but I am a long way off this.
Anyway, I assume you have all seen this hundreds of times, so I'll shut up now!
Thanks for reading and I look forward to getting involved in the community.
Ahmet