Introduction

I am a 29 year old aspiring trader and writer hailing from Portland, Oregon. Social media is a new thing for me, I highly value my privacy and don't even have a Facebook. I've been interested in the stock market since I was eight years old but it's always seemed just out of reach for me. Recently I heard about the Robinhood app with its zero commissions and decided I didn't have an excuse anymore. I didn't have much to invest though which was probably a good thing because I learned some very hard lessons these past few months. I placed my first trade in mid September, 2017 and had absolutely no idea what I was doing. After that trade failed miserably I realized this wasn't going to be as easy as I thought it was and begun a serious effort to educate myself on trading stocks. Recently I have started to research cryptocurrency trading as well. As of now, I have learned enough to know how little I know, have yet to turn a profit, but also haven't lost my entire investment either. I have high hopes that I have the drive and the ability to become one of the 10% of traders who succeed. One of the recommendations I have seen most often for aspiring traders is to keep a trading journal to help you learn from your past mistakes as well as successes. So I'm going to use my Steem page as a combination of trading journal and blog. Please comment with any advice or thoughts!