.... of course you did.
I assume most of the followers on this thread blew off some steam sticking it to MGrunin but that's OK because you are on WF. If you can't take the shit and swears thrown at you, you need to grow a pair ASAP. On the other side some of the critics went too much side-tracked imo.
He claimed something near impossible but at least he tried. That's all that matters it does not matter if it is trading or a blown up campaign on your face. The most important point in here is, will he be able to restore his lost confidence if there is any.
As long as he climbs back from the hole he put himself into does it matter? Haven't you faced any downs during your career? I don't know him that well aside from his posts but my 2 cents. "Dude, nobody likes a show off be humble and it will go a long way." Being confident is good but cocky not so much, try to balance a little.
Hope a fast recovery for confidence department. Good luck, would like to see more case studies from you.
So Martin - instead of presenting yourself to a bunch doo-hicky wannabe traders, consider putting something together for a hedge fund - hundreds, maybe thousands of them in Manhattan/Greenwich.
Portfolio managers at these funds have the leeway to hire whoever the fuck impresses them and I'm telling you a guy your age with your experience - it would be only a matter of time before you found something that would excite and challenge you.
Geeze, the EliteTrader guys are vicious and out for blood
Hang in there MGrunin, shit happens but we learn from our mistakes and do better next time. Loved all your other posts and learned a lot (srs). Hope to see you recover and prove the haters wrong soon.
It seems to me that most of the people you mentioned (Buffet included) got there first major seed capitol by doing something illegal before it was deemed illegal.
I posted on wf In 2012 to invest in Amazon (amzn) because of their dominance in the public sector with AWS and the federal cloud initiative and the stock has doubled in price since then.
What do I win?
The multi-trillion dollar apparatus manned daily by tens of thousands and funded by pension funds and sovereign wealth - have all combined together to separate the clown-ass retail trader from his money? Interesting.the system is designed to rob people in their twenties with high hopes and ideals and a lack of information that you only accumulate with time.
But seriously, I've only made money in the market on long term plays and buying low/ undervalued stocks/panic stocks
I think this is the soundest way to invest in stocks but it is also the most boring and wouldn't get a 6 page thread like this has.
Panic stocks are another story but opportunities don't seem to come around very often (maybe I just don't look hard enough). I wanted to buy BP back when the Deepwater oil spill happened and the stock was just getting destroyed.