50, dropped out of college to become a hippie and an artist. Have worked as Off-Off-Broadway playwright in New York City and as a nationally broadcast classical music radio announcer. Not a newbie however ----- I've been trading futures since the late 1980's, long-term S&P and Nikkei trades until 1999 when I left my job as an announcer to daytrade S&P full time. I also manage my family's estate, which mostly involves the other end of the risk spectrum ----- ferreting out the best and safest muni bond yields.
38, PhD candidate in philosophy, writing my dissertation. I love doing philosophy as well as trading. I mostly swing trade during my spare time, primarily focusing on options due to a small account.
21, Student in economics and philosophy and I'm from Switzerland. I have been trading for five years. First I have traded Options on Swiss Companies at the SWX, then in 1997 I started trading the New Market in Germany and the Nasdaq. Since Spring 2000 I'm only trading the Nasdaq because of the missing liquidity in the European Tech Markets.
Under 30. Double Ivy-Leaguer. Background in quantitative research at investment banks and in fund management. Full-time intraday, with very occasional swing-trading. Mainly stocks, with very occasional option trading.
Stockoptionist: Where are you a ph.d candidate? What is your field of study? What are you writing your dissertation on?(this is a little off topic probably, so if you want throw me an email at cpanza1@earthlink.net). Wet
andrasmn, what about your background? me, 37, MBA, been trading since '85, run asian derivatives trading desk.
I think that age and education isn't that important as to be smart and to be in the "right place". Hitman left China, now he trades in US. I won't also work for my country, Poland. For example, on August 8th 4,222,360 shares ( worth about 15 million dollars ) were traded on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. LOL! This is Poland's stock market. DT-waw
32, Cuban Refugee arrived in 85, B.S. in Finance and Worked as a StockBroker right out of college. Now Currently full time trader at a prop shop...Intraday 100%.
45, BS in Mechanical Engineering. Active investing/trading since '99. Focus on position/swing trading since late 2000. Traded a very small account, now focusing on acheiving consistant, modest returns on an IRA.
20-from long island. Currently studying Roman History at tulane university. I trade mainly the Great New Pattern type of trade.