Beginners - Introduce yourselves!

[p3nndrag0n]

Hi.

Just getting started and came across this forum. Looking forward to learning and putting into practice. For now I'll poke around the forum

 

[torsim]

Hi all, just trying to break into the Stock Market game and here I am.

 

[Steve C]

Hi All,

Work as a mining analyst and thought I mays well be turning my knowledge into potential profits. I am currently trying to research and learn all I can about how the market works and get some cash together and then plan to trade mid cap mining stocks.

Steve

 

[Androopy]

Hi all (preface: sorry for long post)

I always believe I'm a beginner in all the things I do irrespective of how many 'years' of my life has been dedicated to it.

Quick background: have trading experience with CFDs, aussie equity (in that I have traded quite a substantial amount of my money and have been moderately successful); while a penultimate uni student in commerce/law, I'm at a fork in the road of my life where I am deciding to go one way or the other (i.e. work in corporate firm, be it the legal sector or finance sector) or to go full-time trading?

I'm willing myself to move into intra-day trade, and in that light, be a full time trader but I am unsure what lifestyle that leads to compared to a security job where my earnings potential is limited.

All the talk of successful entrepreneurs, etc etc. I've seen alot in my young life so far, and I believe the true successes never look to claim publicity of any sort. So what does it take to become truly successful? (yes, I refer to the material sort: wealth).

I have experience (though wouldn't say background) in programming, am decent with maths - but the big question I hope to answer, while soaking up all the experience of well-read and life-trodden members here, is how one constantly deals with pressure of learning (esp when it is of a severely steep learning curve)?

e.g. just looking through the mechanical trading systems thread - where I am certain some members have actuarial, pure mathematics or extensive programming backgrounds - how does one come to have the guts to not only develop a comprehensive understanding of all the processes, systems (e.g. Tradesim) but to use it as a main source of income?

I appreciate that it is not an overnight, nor an over-year sort of thing. But what do you do when you are unsure of your own philosophy of things (if short term trades are truly profitable for guppies amongst a sea of HFT sharks? Or is long term investing with a good and steady income from a normal career a better supplementary life?) - e.g. reading Valueable by R. Montgomery, my philosophy to short term trades has become askew (although I started my first share purchase at 18 with a job with a view to hold it long term).

I suppose most would answer "that is up to you' or along the lines of such. But this seems insufficient to me. I'm a heavy reader, but that means nothing if one is not practical in one's criticism of what is read. One must have a philosophy which one adheres to completely and to completely invest himself in all of it as if his life relied on it.

The ends of the bridge of 'comprehension of the markets' and 'application of that knowledge to one's practical life' seems like a very long one.

Andrew
PS. this is as philosophical as I can, and will, get. I don't know if others have felt the same in their lives.

 

[SurfacedStudio]

Hello everyone!

I'm a software engineer from Melbourne

I'm a big fan of software and technology (obviously, otherwise why would I do that for a living? ), investing and some creative hobbies like music, photography and running a youtube channel.

I got into investing a little over a year ago (I have started trading on commsec) and my interest just seems to be going up and up. So I thought it's about time I go look for like minded people and it seems like this forum is a good place to meet some new people and exchange ideas and knowledge

Glad to be on board!

 

[MattyJ]

Hi all,

I've been browsing these forums for a month or two now, so thought I may as well register.

I've recently bought some shares (good and bad), and will continue to poke around these forums and see if I can learn a thing or two.

I also downloaded a pdf copy of The Intelligent Investor and started reading it. Can't say its the most enjoyable book to read, but it will probably be worth it to finish.

Cheers

 

[History Repeats]

Currently an Uni student, double degree: applied finance and accounting.

Aim: professional trader

Products i like to trade:

-index futures (SPI, HSI...ect)
-3 and 10 year bond futures
-STIR futures

(Have not decided yet which one i like to focus on)

And hope one day i can trade commodity futures with big money.

I'll use blog function on this site to record my journey.

 

[Dharm]

Hi all,

I'm a recent uni grad who works as a Mining Engineer on the east coast. Just have been looking around these forums and see myself as a long term investor rather than trader.

 

[Joe Blow]

Welcome to all new ASF members!

I'm glad you found us and hope you find the forums to be both educational, and entertaining!

There is a wealth of knowledge and experience in the thousands of threads here at ASF so make use of the site search function to track down threads of interest. The regular search scans thread titles for keywords but the advanced search will scour all the posts here at ASF for any particular search terms you may be looking for.

If you have an idea for a thread always do a search first as there may already be an active thread dealing with the same topic. If not, feel free to start a new thread in the appropriate forum.

 

[the red]

g'day guys,

thinking about starting to get into this crazy game, trying to find out as much as possible, and lurking around here for a while before i give away all my hard earned cash is probably not a bad start.

background in economics, but that doesn't mean too much. looking at pretty curves is all good and well, but throw in some volatility and the curves are mostly irrelevant.

much listening to be done, and not much to say yet.

but hopefully that may change.

cheers

 

[AaronPerth]

Hey guys

Im an engineering student in WA, looking to move into applied math/finance perhaps. Im finding the markets very interesting, i like the cold sharp nature of the market that anything can happen and you are being tested against it.

Ive entered a few trading simulations such as australian Tradingplaces and some investopedia games, had alot of fun and like the opinions on this forum, mainly regarding current Australian issues.

Im really looking to learn more about trading as a career, and the skill/mindset to go with that as i have really enjoyed the simulations ive been a part of.

 

[Marcus2K]

Re: Introducing myself Marcus2K

So please, if you haven't already, feel free to introduce yourself!

Bonjour Hola Salam Salute Guten Tag Aloha and g'day

First post here, another refugee from other less hospitable forums.

By way of introduction I'm far from a beginning trader/investor, an ex-wire service journo, regional economic development manager, now work from home: trading - hopefully like others here.

Am looking forward to making a contribution and to continue learning about the mysteries of the market.

I answer to M2K

Cheers

 

[amacdo23]

Hi all

Much the same story
Have been lurking the forums for a few weeks and decided to get in

Studying and working in Sydney
Namely invested in straight ASX equities
hold a few long term positions in the US markets

wanting to explore derivatives pretty soon

Cheers



Alex

 

[fawnroux]

G'day all,

Not really a beginner per se, but this was this was the only introduce yourself thread I could find.

Hoping to have some good chats on the forum. I used to invest and dabble in trading some years back, but sold up everything in 2007 (yes, just before it all went sour. Luck more than anything at the time) and headed overseas for a few years. Have kept up with markets and macro activities the whole time, but not really on too many individual stocks. My wife and I have just finished paying off travels debts and I've just started university (currently a chef), so won't be too much money for stocks in the near future, but that's all good, I'm more than happy to watch at wait at the present time.

Talk soon,

Dave

 

[Julia]

By way of introduction I'm far from a beginning trader/investor, an ex-wire service journo,

Interesting. Why did you give up that job?

 

[qldfrog]

G'day all,

Not really a beginner per se, but this was this was the only introduce yourself thread I could find.
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Talk soon,

Dave

Welcome

 

[stewiejp]

Morning all,

Just spent the past few hours having a browse. Great forum. Not entirely new to shares etc, but definately still a beginner. Prolific poster in other forums (non financial), looking forward to getting back into the Aussie Stockmarket.

Hope to contribute, and learn at some stage.

Stew

 

[YourFriend]

hi all, as my name says, i am your new friend.... *waves*

 

[acstewart25]

Just joined up - complete noob when it comes to shares. About to buy first Aussie property but keen to diversify into shares also (Age 30). Here for some help!

 

[hardstylez]

G'day mates !

I am super excited to be able to join this forum. Thank you to admin for creating my account for me !

I am really excited to interact with everyone and learning a lot more !

Good luck to everyone and their investment ventures !



Cheers !