Introduction Post

Thurs June 21, 2012
　
So, as I seem to be unemployable, and in order to trade stocks I do not have to convince anyone to buy something, or hire me, or let me represent them in some contract, or, in fact, have to deal with anyone in any way at all.... I’ve launched myself into the stock market.

Welcome to the adventures of a newbie trader.

This has to be secret, by the way. I have to keep my trading hidden from my family.

My father considers me essentially incompetent - at any rate he is so terrified of a world uncontrolled by "experts" that he is flat against any attempt on my part to handle my own money. ( He is the chief "expert" on any subject and exempts himself from all rules ). As he controls our family’s finances... let’s just say margin and I are getting to know each other real well. My sister, meanwhile, considers a belief that one can make money trading as a literal sign of mental illness. In consequence, while they know I’m "studying" the market I pretend to be very much against investing in it.