I think - to whom one is helping, that's the key. Sociopath genius or a person of average intellect yet ,,with good heart". ( and any other types, you name ) A choice to make. Devil is in the details. Thought will help some folk. Then saw few episodes of how they treat others. Was like - ,, Nahhh. Good luck to him on his own." Ofcourse, all of the above, if done for free. ************************************************* This CEO founder would spend weeks ,,on holidays" with potential new recruits (for high positions) & their families. To make up his mind about the person that he's dealing with. Although, even the best recruiting agents has 60%~ accuracy, thus you never know.
You need to practice, not just reading and listening to others. Reading about how other people did it and listening to them talking about it is not the same thing as you doing it yourself. Doing it yourself will teach you so much about things that you just simply cannot learn from books and seminars.
i noticed. For me personally, I never fully grasped the importance of greed and emotional control until they were tested with money on the line. At this point, after failing so many times, I am extremely picky about my trades to the point of being gun shy. I agree with your statement though that I need to practice.
If you'd like to chat, message me. - What U.S. markets do you want to trade? Equities, futures, options, fixed income (treasuries, corporate bonds, munis), or other? Honestly to trade U.S. markets you should at least understand the basics of all these markets. For example, options pricing can give you clues about equity movements. - What style of trading? Speculation, swing, investing, day, algo, or even HFT? - What timeframe? Year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second, ms, mcs, ns? - What is your background? Finance, mathematics, computer programming, retail; what sector of the SnP500 do you understand best? I think that living in Spain would give you a unique advantage and different perspective. Do you speak English?
Being guy shy is good. That's the first step towards profitable trading. Once you develop more experience, you will eventually overcome that over time and you will see that your profits will stay.