Today’s expert post is from independent trader Angela Zhou, who takes a balanced approach to the markets – simultaneously engaged while staying emotionally detached. Learning to trade changed her life. As she says, “Things happen for a reason! Learning to trade stocks is one of many good things that’s happened in my life.”
How I Got Interested in Trading Stocks
In July of 1998, I had just graduated from college with a business degree and was trying to decide what I wanted to do with my life. In the meantime, I worked as a waitress in a sushi restaurant to support myself.
The old Chinese traditions had taught me to work hard and save for a rainy day and I had managed to put an initial investment of $15,000 into a mutual fund. One day, I received my statement and was surprised to see a 12% return for the year; an $1,800 gain.
