Welcome, Part 3 - Down to Earth and Start from Scratch

However, after all was said and done, I broke even on my trading, and was down commisions + the training materials, plus had racked up a lot of credit card debt.

I came to my senses. I took a multi-year break from all trading, and worked on paying off my credit cards. During this time, I gave away all my trading books, and started a long self-evaluation process.

Instead of external techniques (moving averages, RSI, trend-following, charts, etc.), I focused on internal thought patterns.

I ended up building my system around a 19th century Wall Street investment technique called constant value investing.

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