Cambist trader's profile

I grew up reading Steve Nielsen's books on Japanese candlestick charting. I think I was about 8 years old when I first read his large, dictionary like book. My father taught me about stocks and I remember making my first purchases in Merck, Archer Daniels Midland, Intel and things like that. I started a Roth IRA at the age of 14 and grew up learning about the markets in a casual manner.

I left Michigan to go to college in California. I continued to invest and be interested in the markets, but they were slow and somewhat boring to me. I felt like I needed more action. About 2 years into college I began playing poker. I found that I was extremely good. I won my way into large tournaments throughout Europe and played on a daily basis online. Upon graduation I was unsure of what I wanted to do. To make a long story short, I was introduced to Forex through a stranger 3,000 miles away in Boston. I became intrigued by the FX market and learned everything I could. I skipped trading a demo account and went right to trading live as this is the best way I learn. I continued playing poker as I learned FX and supported myself for a year and a half playing poker after college.

Finally, I decided I enjoyed currency trading so much that I began looking for a job as a trader. Another long story short... I was able to obtain an extremely competitive job at a hedge fund trading foreign currency futures and spot. The experience was great, but I was forced to move back to California after a year and a half.

I gave up trading for a long while for many personal reasons. Since then, I've fallen back in love with Forex and started trading again. I work full time for a large financial institution and only trading part time. I hope to change that in a few months.

As for those interested in a managed account, I am considering starting something with MB Trading (my broker). If you want more information or have questions you can send me a private message.

I hope that helps everyone know a bit more about me and the way I trade. I'm working on starting a blog and will post that link when I get it ready.

Thanks for all the support, kind words and friendly messages.

Cambist

I do NOT use an EA. I trade manually based on 80% technicals and 20% fundamentals mixed with some pure gut instinct.