{quote} All I can say here is that I got immense background in I.T. I wasn't a hardcore techie though, not low level types. Been only superficially attached with I.T. in the past 8 yrs. I'm in my late 30s, started as a teenager, got like two decades+ of work experience. Feel like an oldie sometimes, but always an aspiring kid at heart. I feel naturally good to see techies around here, kind of affinity for people like you. I have seen many fellas here who are from I.T. and have natural edge in trading. Try to get hang of the softwares running at...
. It all started with an application I built for a prop trading firm, then one day in December, was talking to the client about how gold was undervalued and was below its mining cost. Long story short, placed some money where my mouth was and the rest is history. Also got the Crimea episode right, shorted after the referendum. However lost around 1/3 of the profits in USDJPY. Learned my lesson and now back to Gold, AUD, CAD as I understand them better.
