{"id":468,"date":"2004-04-06T17:49:13","date_gmt":"2004-04-06T22:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/mail-bag\/a-bit-about-me\/"},"modified":"2004-04-06T17:49:13","modified_gmt":"2004-04-06T22:49:13","slug":"a-bit-about-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/mail-bag\/a-bit-about-me\/","title":{"rendered":"A Bit About Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Question<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

I just read your reports for the 3 stocks you sent me.  You really have
\na gift for analyzing stocks. I can’t believe how easily you analyze
\nthem.  I am so jealous.  How long have you been doing this?  I keep
\nlearning and learning.  Going back to my books and looking up patterns,
\netc.. I am so happy owning SAFM especially after seeing what you have to
\nsay.  The insider selling was a concern to me and that is why I held out
\nbuying for so long.  I know everyone has different reasons for selling.
\nI read on the yahoo message board for SAFM that the company plans on
\nopening a new processing facility in GA.  It should be announced in the
\nshort term.  It is supposed to increase production by 20%.  So once that
\nis announce publicly it should help the stock even more.  <\/p>\n

I hope you are doing well with the site and that you are making money in
\nthe market.  I wish only good things for you.  You deserve them!<\/p>\n

My Response<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

thanks for the kind words!  I’m relatively young.. haven’t quite reached my
\n30th birthday!  Since I don’t have a family yet, I’m able to spend more time
\nlearning about the market.  It was during my first job out of college that I
\nrealized I didn’t ever want to work for anyone but myself.  I worked for a
\nfairly large corporation and wasn’t compensated for the work I put it in.. I
\nwas just a number and wasn’t compensated by performance, but by job title.
\nSo I left.  Went back to school to get certified as a Microsoft engineer
\nonly to have the industry collapse.. definitely a low point in my life.
\nWhile all this was going on I was studying the markets whenever I could..
\nand realized it was the only way I wanted to earn a living.  To be able to
\nwork anywhere in the world is very, very appealing to me!  For the last five
\nyears, I’ve spent several hours a day seven days a week studying charts,
\nreading books, books and magazines.  I guess you could say I was fascinated
\nwith the way the market works!     I was a math and chemistry major in
\ncollege, so have always been into numbers.  I studied psychology a bit too,
\nso the manipulation of prices based on human emotions seemed right up my
\nalley.  I haven’t looked back.  Every day I learn something new.. it never
\ngets old and I enjoy sharing my research with others.  The website is my
\noutlet.  None of my friends are investors or enjoy this kind of stuff, so I
\nneed a place to get my thoughts out!!!  CANSLIM.net gave me a taste of that,
\nbut I need more of a creative outlet… hence the site.  It’s been an
\nexciting journey and am looking forward to seeing where it leads.<\/p>\n

My advice to you is study as many charts as you can.. you begin to see
\ncertain volume and price patterns.  You probably have an idea now of the
\nkind of charts I look for.  Low volatility, quiet charts with decreasing
\nselling volume near major support areas.  If it’s a flat base, all the
\nbetter.  To be honest I place more emphasis on the technical side than I do
\nthe fundamentals..probably 60\/40 technical or so.  Anyway, I’m done
\nrambling.  Have a good day.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Question: I just read your reports for the 3 stocks you sent me.  You really have a gift for analyzing stocks. I can’t believe how easily you analyze them.  I am so jealous.  How long have you been doing this?  I keep learning and learning.  Going back to my books and looking up patterns, etc.. … Continue reading A Bit About Me<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mail-bag"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/468\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/selfinvestors.com\/tradingstocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}