I am surveying what background, age group are most EDAT traders - newbies are from !! please collaborate !!!!!!!! I am interested in age and education(work experience/school) this is not to be a bore - just your average police profile :grin: My guess is that newbie or even serious trader here are recent (2-4) college grads, young (under 30)??? Am I right ? P.S. I know some of you better and please don't flame or flood responses that "I am 31" or I never "finished" that Business degree.....you know what I mean ??? So be a good cheer and repond !!!! How many don't have and schooling or never really held a job ?????
21, Chinese immigrant, college dropout, did IT temp work for Saloman Smith Barney, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, now trading full time at Worldco.
33, PhD, Full-time employee at major information technology firm. As a hobby/2nd income, trading equities, futures, currencies. Focus: system trading.
33, 4 days of college, Senior IT consultant. Started trading in the mid 80's following greenmailers, now back in the game swing trading PT.
29, 4 yrs Hons. Bachelor of Bus Admin degree minored in Economics, full time, intra-day trading. Worked at bank, top bracket brokerage and overseas for distribution company. Investing for more than 7 years. Spent appx 9 mths researching trading before taking the plunge.
34, Ph.D in philosophy, from NYC, college instructor. Since I love my job, trading is a hobby for me and will remain that way. My focus is swing trading.
25, Bachelor degree in Finance. Two years as a liscensed stock broker. Quit 4months ago because of the conflict of interest with that job (commissions-VS-conscience) Trading full time
31, Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Double minor in Business and Psychology. Worked at Microsoft for 4 years. I've done contract work as a database developer every now and then. MGB
29, Ph.D. in Development Economics (Yale). Work for an international development agency. Learning to trade in my spare time.