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Did you make a complete transition from fundamental to technical analysis?
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- But you were still doing fundamental analysis as an analyst
- You were doing very well on the floor. Why did you leave
Did you make a complete transition from fundamental to technical analysis?
Absolutely. I always laugh at people who say, "I've never met a rich technician." I love that! It is such an arrogant, nonsensical response. I used fundamentals for nine years and got rich as a technician. But you were still doing fundamental analysis as an analyst? Yes, to earn a salary. But my wife said to me, "Go out on your own. You're thirty-four and you've always wanted to work for yourself. The worst that can happen is that you '11 go back to doing what you were doing before." I always pictured myself as being brave, courageous, and strong, but when it came time to take the chance, I was scared out of my mind. I had $140,000, of which about $30,000 was tied up in tax deals and $92,500 was used to pay for a seat on the American Stock Exchange. That left me with about $20,000 when I went on the floor as a market maker. I borrowed $50,000 from my in-laws, which gave me $70,000 of working capital. I started off losing in my first two days in the business. I got involved in Mesa Petroleum options because Zoellner, whom I profoundly respected, thought they were significantly undervalued. I called him the second day from the floor, "Are you sure you are right?" I must have had a grand total of ten options. I was down $1,800 and dying. I was petrified because, in my mind, I was down almost 10 percent, since I didn't consider my in-laws' money part of my own working capital. The third day, Mesa options started going up and I never looked back. After the first four months, I was ahead by $100,000. The next year I earned $600,000. After 1981,1 never earned less than seven figures. I remember talking to a good friend of mine in 1979 and saying, "I don't think anybody can make $40,000 a month trading options." Now I can do that in a day without a problem. You were doing very well on the floor. Why did you leave? It was very slow during lunchtime in those years. I used to go to an upstairs office to eat my lunch. While I was at my desk eating a sandwich, I would do my charts and look for different ideas. I came to realize that I could see much more sitting at the desk, looking at a machine, than being at a post, trading an option. On the floor, the specialists chose the symbols they wanted to keep on the quote machines, because they paid the rent on them. So you always had to run around to find what you wanted to see. I felt much more comfortable upstairs. About a year and a half later, after I started earning a lot of money, the floor wasn't big enough. There was a much bigger arena to play in. Another reason for my move was the fact that, in 1981, a change in the tax laws made it more lucrative to trade futures than stocks and options. In my futures trading, I didn't try to make two one year, four the next, eight the next, etc. I didn't earn 101 significantly more in my futures trading in 1987 than I did in 1982, because I used my profits to invest in real estate and other things to enhance the quality of my life. I was broke in the 1970s, and I never wanted to be broke again. My philosophy was that if you make money every month, nothing bad is going to happen to you. So, you won't be the richest person. You'll never be the richest person anyway. What difference does it make? I'm proud of my futures trading, because I took $40,000 and ran it up to about $20 million with never more than a 3 percent drawdown. Download 5.03 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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