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How I Started Trading by Mark Walas

Posted by on Jan 28, 2014 in Featured, Learning to Trade?

How I Started Trading by Mark Walas

The first time I bought shares in a company was in 1978, in a business in the IT industry. Six months later, I sold these shares and had a profit of more than 60% on my original investment. With an experience like that, it’s hardly any wonder that I continued investing in companies to profit from share price movements. I traded firstly in stocks and shares and then, as my confidence grew, in foreign exchange. It was most certainly exciting, Forex often moved more in a minute than a share did in a week. It also proved costly as, like many traders starting out, I made many mistakes. It looked...

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