My name is Andy and I’m a new member of this forum. I wanted to introduce myself and give a little information about why I’m here.

I’m 33 years of age and just getting into the stock market. I’ve been interested in the market for about 10 years but never did anything about it until recently. I don’t know what it was, maybe the idea of working from home, being my own boss and financial freedom were a few.

I’m currently interested in being an active trader “swing trader” and hopefully finding enough success in that to eventually become a “day trader”. I’ve read 4 books thus far.



  • A Beginners Guide to Short-Term Trading
  • Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, second edition
  • Swing Trading as a Part Time Job
  • Trend Trading for a Living


I’ve learned a lot from those books. “Trend Trading for a Living” is my favorite book I’ve read, a lot of great information in there. Actually, they were all pretty good, except for “Swing Trading as a Part Time Job” that wasn’t all that great.

Anyway, As you can see I’m interested in Technical Analysis mixed with a small dose of Fundamental Awareness.