I’m not looking for the ‘holy route’ to trading but a bit of general advice.
The story so far:
1. Started actively following the markets at age 13, spread-betting from age 14.
2. Sailed thru A-Levels, now a Bristol Uni Economics grad.
3. At 18 completed STA Diploma and other random stuff, won uni trading competitions etc.
4. Short stint with an IB bank last summer in algorithmic trading – Thinks didn’t work so I left pretty soon.
5. Currently returned from 6 months of cycling, taking a serious look at my future.
Trading profits and other random income (after uni and travelling) leave me with about £20k. Do I:
1. Go do a masters at CASS, the ICMA Centre etc. and hope to land some sort of job in the city? (yes, I’m aware it wouldn’t be trading for a living, but could help accumulate capital for when I’m ready to move to this phase.
2. Do I apply to trading arcades offering to help finance myself with 20k and see if I benefit from their training and hope that I catch on?
3. Spend some of the 20k on a mentor/trading instructor who can help tweak my methods and psychological faults hoping I could trade on my own from there on?
Time is important to me (just turned 21)– I don’t want to squander 20k on a masters only to have to wait many years before I can have another shot at trading. However, if I **** something up doing 2 or 3, then I’ve screwed any advantage I may have gained over the years and possibly will close doors into the city as I'll be too old with too little on the CV..
Opinions please?
Thanks in advance,
Crazybrab
The story so far:
1. Started actively following the markets at age 13, spread-betting from age 14.
2. Sailed thru A-Levels, now a Bristol Uni Economics grad.
3. At 18 completed STA Diploma and other random stuff, won uni trading competitions etc.
4. Short stint with an IB bank last summer in algorithmic trading – Thinks didn’t work so I left pretty soon.
5. Currently returned from 6 months of cycling, taking a serious look at my future.
Trading profits and other random income (after uni and travelling) leave me with about £20k. Do I:
1. Go do a masters at CASS, the ICMA Centre etc. and hope to land some sort of job in the city? (yes, I’m aware it wouldn’t be trading for a living, but could help accumulate capital for when I’m ready to move to this phase.
2. Do I apply to trading arcades offering to help finance myself with 20k and see if I benefit from their training and hope that I catch on?
3. Spend some of the 20k on a mentor/trading instructor who can help tweak my methods and psychological faults hoping I could trade on my own from there on?
Time is important to me (just turned 21)– I don’t want to squander 20k on a masters only to have to wait many years before I can have another shot at trading. However, if I **** something up doing 2 or 3, then I’ve screwed any advantage I may have gained over the years and possibly will close doors into the city as I'll be too old with too little on the CV..
Opinions please?
Thanks in advance,
Crazybrab