I ended up buying one real estate course (and not doing anything with it)and a mail order distributor business (which lost me money). However, what really attracted me were options and futures!
I was doing ok in stocks. I was making less than I should have, mostly because I kept spending money on courses, and switching from one system to another. I then added stock options, and my results became more volatile.
Then, after resisting for a year or so, I took the plunge in futures. I started with a full service broker that an exchange referred me to. I opened up an account and he proceeded to churn my account, while charging high commissions!
He overtraded and, in less than a week, I owed more than twice I had put in! I paid the money and left him (today I would have taken him to arbitration). I figured that I, a novice, could be better than him.
Over the next several years, I plunged seriously into futures trading. I spent money on courses, books, videos, and a couple of seminars.
I was also spending extravagantly in general (i.e. eating out at the best restaurants, flying first class, etc) because I thought that, between programming and trading, I'd make lots of money :-) See part 3
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