I am a middle aged father of two boys. I quit my IT job 8 years ago to provide balance to our family life as my wife's career began to become more and more intense. It was awesome be able to be there for so much of my children's childhoods. My kids are older now and for a few years I have been searching for a new "Career" where I can continue to maintain the balance and freedom I've had since leaving the 9-5 world. One year ago I opened a brokerage account and as a complete novice and lost half of my capital in a short time. I lost miserably, but this became a challenge, I rededicated myself to learning what it takes to become a successful "Day Trader" and committed myself full time. Six months ago, after much research and some hard lessons learned, I joined a group of other traders online who were successful and eager to share their knowledge to help others ditch the JOB and become successful.
Many people have this dream. Lots of website will make it look like easy money, just subscribe to their service and you'll be rich. Well, I'm here to tell you that its not "easy". I'm creating this blog for two reasons. First, as a personal journal of my experience, my successes, mistakes, wins, and losses. Second, as an honest look at what it is like to try to make this a career for anyone who might be thinking of attempting it. In my next post, I'll bring you all up to date on my experiences up to today.
