Learning to trade can be exceedingly difficult. This is not only because the process of understanding trading is so difficult, but also and most importantly because it is so difficult to know where to turn to get a proper trading education.
My goal is help those trying to learn, by explaining what it has been like for me.
I can recount my mistakes, explain my
misunderstandings, describe the books, tutors, and platforms that have made my
trading easier---and also explain others that have not been so helpful. Those unprepared for what is ahead can end up ruining their financial, and personal lives. If you are new to trading please listen to these comments.
The road to trading success is hard, ....much more difficult than most else of what you will attempt to learn in life. To be successful requires enormous dedication, discipline, self evaluation and most importantly time......a LOT of time.
If you are willing to dedicate everything you have towards learning to trade, willing to spend countless hours in front of computer monitors, willing to approach trading as a business which requires intense accountability, and especially willing to do whatever it takes to harness your emotions and limit your investments (despite the fact that you think you know what the market will do next), then you may be one of the successful ones. If you instead think that because you have been so successful in other ventures you can learn to trade with little or no effort and you are anxious to put your money on the line.............then don't waste your time. Instead, take the money that you were going to put in a trading account and give it to a charity. Then at least at some point you can feel good about that. If you don't believe in charity, then flush it down the toilet. That will only hurt once, and it will be quick.
Read the sections on this site. Listen to someone who has been where you are. Trading successfully takes enormous time, effort, and most of all self discipline, but you can do it.