Blog and Me

Posted on December 9th, 2006 in Uncategorized.

Engineer by education and IT project manager by profession, I am a trader by passion. Reading about and delving into stuff concerning trading is something that I like so much that I have been doing it for last 4 years without a hint of boredom. And all of it in my spare time after my day job. Now wouldn’t it be great if this passion can take the place of the day job. I do think so and hope to one day turn into a full time trader.

I finished my Electrical Engineering from Allahbad REC in India. Then, I went on to work at India’s biggest steel company, SAIL, as a management trainee before I went on to pursue my MBA at Indian Institue of Management, Bangalore. It’s one of the highest rated MBA institutes in Asia-Pacific region where I had the opportunity to assosiate with some of the brightest minds. From there on I moved on to work with some of the biggest compaines, starting with PriceWaterhouse Coopers and focussing on IT Management from the functional side. Since then I have worked with companies like Arthur Andersen, Countrywide finance, AT&T/Cingular (or whatever their names is when you are reading this) and Microsoft. During all of this somewhere, right about the start of crash in 2000 I picked up interest in stock trading. It was in about 2003 when I started reading about it seriously and like most novice traders, lost some serious money. And here I am now trading successfully on a continuous basis with no loss of appetite for all things trading.

The importance of keeping a journal or trading diary is very well documented in trading literature. This blog was started as a trading diary for myself. A diary which would be accessible to me where and when ever I fancied to go over something. The best way to do that was to put it on the web. The intent on this blog is to keep a record of my thoughts and actions regarding my daily trading routine. And I strongly believe that writing can be more educational than reading. By making it public, it also allows me to have the added benefit of possibly some people benefitting from my ramblings. As I have benefitted from others. It also lets me serve another selfish purpose of hopefully receiving some thoughts and suggestions from veteran traders which will enhance my trading.

Trade on!

 

6 responses

  1. Jeff Frichner says:

    Added on March 18th, 2007 at 11:53 pm

    Hi,

    Thanks for the referral to Johnchow.com. I enjoyed his site. And thanks for your site and insite into the market. Good luck in your trading.

    I am planning on doing something similar and was wondering if you could share hoe you draw and capture charts for posting on your blog.

    Thanks again
    -Jeff

  2. Rahul (blog author) says:

    Added on March 19th, 2007 at 1:59 am

    Jeff,
    You get the award for being the first poster on my blog :-)

    I use eSignal for charting. And I use Windows Vista and a freeware called MyExpose for screen capture. Myexpose is very limited in screen capture but does what I need and very fast. It only captures specfic windows and in signal each of my charts is a separate window.

    You can also look at WisdomSoft Screenhunter. I use that for other more complicated screen capture needs.

    Good luck with your project and trading.

    Thanks,
    Rahul

  3. troy says:

    Added on April 14th, 2007 at 7:37 am

    “The importance of keeping a journal or trading diary is very well documented in trading literature. This blog was started as a trading diary for myself.” - agree

  4. Rahul (blog author) says:

    Added on April 14th, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    Troy,Thanks for stopping by. Soon I will be looking to branching out into commodities, including gold. I will read your site and get some info.

    Thanks,
    Rahul

  5. James A. Hyerczyk says:

    Added on July 21st, 2007 at 11:58 pm

    Thanks for promoting my book, Pattern, Price & Time. If you have any questions regarding the material, feel free to email me.

    Jim Hyerczyk

  6. Rahul (blog author) says:

    Added on August 10th, 2007 at 5:36 am

    Jim,

    Thanks for stopping by. Your book is on my planned list of readings as I have been curious about Gann methods. I will definitely reach out to you for support as needed.

    And sorry for the delay in the response. I have been taking a break from the market for a bit.

    Rahul

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