I started actively trading stocks November, 2008. My interests in trading stocks started much much earlier than that however, some 30 years earlier. I remember picking up a newspaper and being mezmorized by all the scrambled letters and numbers, thinking, this makes sense to people??! Not only does it make sense, but people make money looking at this stuff? I was amazed, enthralled, and forever entranced by the power of earning a penny.
But before I bought my first stock, I thought I’d try my hand at Vegas. Yeh, I know. What can I say, I was young. And going to Vegas was easier at the time, and quicker, than learning what all those columns of numbers meant. The odds didn’t seem too different at the time either
So, after I turned 21 and one weekend and one system later, I was $200 poorer. I vowed to myself to never return to Vegas again.
Years later, I decided to learn what craps was all about. I heard that my grandfather nearly made craps his profession. Having already vowed never to return to Vegas, and having more access to a computer than tanks full of gas, I learned craps online, and came up with a pretty good system. Unfortunately, online gaming has it’s own “system”; it’s called “random” dice. Random, sure hah Random until real money is on the line
So, $600 poorer with that system, I added that one to my Must Not Do list.
So, next, I tried the horse track. WOW. I fell in love. Ironic too, because the very same week I spent at my grandparents being mesmerized by the stock section, I also perused the horse racing charts. I wasn’t as equaly enthralled, since that was obviously gambling hah but very interested, none the less. Especially since I had my “How To Handicap Horse Races” book in my hand. Handicapping, although seemingly more risky than investing in stocks, still captured my attention. And it sure seemed more straight forward. But maybe that was because I didn’t have a book called “How To Handicap Stocks” in my hand
Long story short, and $2,000 poorer, I had yet another addition to Must Not Do list.
OK, I can’t just end that story there. I actually learned a great deal handicapping horses, and had a lot of success doing it. I actually used $2,000 to make over $78,000 in bets in my first year of betting ponies; I obviously won more than I loss. Until a sure thing came by
The odds of that filly breaking a leg and being put down was way higher than her sure win was. Alas, it was not to be. But it taught me something about sure things. I can still pull in a year’s worth of cash on 5 annual races, but that will be another book
My next story about trying to turn a little into a lot will definitely be shortened. My $30,000 debt from my failed car business is almost paid off
NEXT
haha
So, stocks I thought. I wonder, if after all these years and all of these “learning experiences”, I can turn a little into a lot? I discovered that I can
And this, “coming soon” hah is that story..
I started actively trading stocks November, 2008. My interests in trading stocks started much much earlier than that however, some 30 years earlier. I remember picking up a newspaper one morning while visiting my grandparents and being mesmerized by all the scrambled letters and numbers, thinking, this makes sense to people??! Not only does it make sense, but people make money looking at this stuff? I was amazed, enthralled, and forever entranced by the power of earning a penny.
But before I bought my first stock, I thought I’d try my hand at Vegas. Yeh, I know. What can I say, I was young. And going to Vegas was easier at the time, and quicker, than learning what all those columns of numbers meant. The odds didn’t seem too different at the time either So, after I turned 21 and one weekend and one system later, I was $200 poorer. I vowed to myself to never return to Vegas again.
Years later, I decided to learn what craps was all about. I heard that my grandfather nearly made craps his profession. Having already vowed never to return to Vegas, and having more access to a computer than tanks full of gas, I learned craps online, and came up with a pretty good system. Unfortunately, online gaming has it’s own “system”; it’s called “random” dice. Random, sure hah Random until real money is on the line So, $600 poorer with that system, I added that one to my Must Not Do list.
So, next, I tried the horse track. WOW. I fell in love. Ironic too, because the very same week I spent at my grandparents being mesmerized by the stock section, I also perused the horse racing charts. I wasn’t as equally enthralled, since that was obviously gambling hah but very interested, none the less. Especially since I had my “How To Handicap Horse Races” book in my hand. Handicapping, although seemingly more risky than investing in stocks, still captured my attention. And it sure seemed more straight forward. But maybe that was because I didn’t have a book called “How To Handicap Stocks” in my hand
Long story short, and $2,000 poorer, I had yet another addition to Must Not Do list. OK, I can’t just end that story there. I actually learned a great deal handicapping horses, and had a lot of success doing it. I actually used $2,000 to make over $78,000 in bets in my first year of betting ponies; I obviously won more than I loss. Until a sure thing came by The odds of that filly breaking a leg and being put down was way higher than her sure win was. Alas, it was not to be. But it taught me something about sure things. I can still pull in a year’s worth of cash on 5 annual races, but that will be another book
My next story about trying to turn a little into a lot will definitely be shortened. My $30,000 debt from my failed car business is almost paid off
NEXT
haha
So, stocks I thought. I wonder, if after all these years and all of these “learning experiences”, I can turn a little into a lot? I discovered that I can And this will be that story….stay tuned? hehe
