Code Justin

One of my other ‘passions’ besides programming is investing.  Though I don’t have a lot of money to play with I do love learning about investing.  When I first turned 18 I took the money I got and started learning about the Foreign Exchange Market (Forex).  Just like programming you must first learn what half the words mean!  So after learning the key terms of Forex I quickly took off and started learning a lot of technical trading.  I lost what little I invested (I used high leverage plus Forex is very risky in nature).  After that I entered into a ‘play money’ contest which the goal was to see who could make more money trading Forex in one week given 100k play money.  I won the contest and got a free $200 account (which is double what I first invested).  So I did technically make back what I first invested.

I have not traded Forex in MONTHS (over 6 months) but something is telling me to get back into it.  I’m thinking about taking $100 or so and just playing around with a very small micro-lot broker.

I do not know much about other markets but I do know that Forex can be a very fun challenge for technical minded people.  For myself I just love finding patterns and predicting the future based on the technical indicators I have and developing my own trading strategy.  If I didn’t like computer science so much I probably would become a broker.

If you guys are interested I could even post some Forex how-to’s for programmers.

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1. What are some tips for a new programmer?
2. A short update on my current programmer status
3. Computer Programmer Career Report/Essay

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