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Liked this point for sure. For any of us in our 50 somethings, risking it all and going for it seems somewhat more scary than doing it when 24 years old or so. We have much less time to fall back on if it all goes south.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Tue May 01, 2018 8:04 pmYouth helps, make and lose a million before you're 25 and it's no big deal. Find yourself on your arse at 55 and it's a different story, especially if you've ever had to do a 'proper' job and know how hard money is to come by.
Would have liked to see your football trading blog back then, unfortunately it was slightly before my time. There really wasn't much football trading stuff elsewhere either, since everyone wanted to trade horse racing. I literally had to translate Portuguese stuff to get some good guidelines on football trading
Like Psychoff he also sold services though that seems to have been short lived.psychoff wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:03 pmThose were the days which Adam's blog was one of the most popular for horse racing and mine was for football trading. I didn't have a chance to meet him in person but we were sending emails to each other. I have always admired his work, passion and dedication to trading and I am sure he inspired many people. People were criticising/denying/accusing both of us in those days as well like today. I am glad he found himself another way he is happy with.
Paulo was also one of my first students.
Your ex-student list seems to be a who's who of top Betfair traders.Euler wrote: ↑Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:42 pmPaulo was also one of my first students.
I got into discussions with Betfair Iberia and they invited me over to help give them a kick start and Paulo was one of the people to come out of that. Ultimately, because I started so early I'm bound to have seen many people at the start of their career.
Adam's popularity surprised me as I'd been banging in some great results for ages and hadn't expected people to be so surprised at what was possible.
For many years people were just fascinated by trading, but only when competition increased the abuse start flying. There are loads of great stories to be told but the market is so noisy now, I don't think they will really get the coverage they deserve.
That has probably hindered growth of the exchanges as well. So many great stories.
I'd be curious to hear more about this part of the story as I haven't read about it anywhere.
Whatever happened to your plans to publish a book, if nothing else but to tell these stories? I'd have thought that would be the perfect medium through which to give them the coverage they deserve, especially given how much easier self publishing is now.
Wanted to briefly touch on this topic again on a more serious note, since I've recently had a similar discussion with 2 aspiring traders.ShaunWhite wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 6:18 pmMmmm sort of depends. For me someone said do X, i did X and I've made a decent living from it now for coming up to 3yrs. But X was an entire methodology and mindset rather than 'exercise before work' or 'look for the fav being supported'.Trader Pat wrote: ↑Sun Nov 28, 2021 3:45 pmGetting tips from top traders isn't going to make you a profitable trader.
Trouble is that being a good trader and being a good teach aren't even vaguely correlated, and neither is being enthusiastic and being a good student. Unfortunately most people who want to learn something don't understand how to learn, which is a skill in itself that you have to acquire before you even start with the difference between a back and a lay. Once you've learnt how to learn there's nothing you can't do.
I don't remember that. I met Adam quite a few times in the end when he became more than just a former student. So I remember those discussions with him about the market and trading styles.JollyGreen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:17 pmPeter and I discussed Adam's results, and I can say, hand on heart, it seemed to me he was going in-play. I believe Peter also felt the same, but I will let him confirm his opinion. You have to understand it was many years ago!
As we just discussed, it was many years ago. I go upstairs now and cannot remember whyEuler wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:23 pmI don't remember that. I met Adam quite a few times in the end when he became more than just a former student. So I remember those discussions with him about the market and trading styles.JollyGreen wrote: ↑Thu Jan 06, 2022 5:17 pmPeter and I discussed Adam's results, and I can say, hand on heart, it seemed to me he was going in-play. I believe Peter also felt the same, but I will let him confirm his opinion. You have to understand it was many years ago!
I launched many traders careers and of course, kick started a lot by being on the scene first.Kai wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 6:29 pmDidn't really want to post this earlier to not take credit away from Peter who is probably the most eloquent teacher around with the biggest platform and many top traders have crossed his path etc, but I feel it's a really good example to get that point across. Sorry Peter!![]()