How trading saved my life ?
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How trading saved my life ?

After a big accident I broke both of my legs and my back which meant I had to stay more than 3 months in a hospital bed. I will tell you here why trading is so important to me and how it changed my life.

To say the least, it has been a pretty atypical journey.

I was a dissipated student, far from being studious and applied. Although obtaining my final high school diploma at 20, I had sunken into a deep cannabis and drug abuse addiction which led to a two-year stint rehab. Yet thanks to the support of my family and friends, I was lifted to help overcome the addiction.

The two years were spent were in what may not be typically thought of as a recovery center. A detox center isolated in the mountains, close to the feeling of being a military camp. This environment is what allowed me to understand the discipline, rigor, and an appreciation for effort I had lacked before.

After overcoming each step one by one, I completed the detox and left with the ability to have control over my previous addictions and impulses. But most surely leaving with a new clarity as to who I am and what new meaning I wanted to give my life.

Today

I am now eight years sober, with an impeccable lifestyle without alcohol or even cigarettes. Even though until fairly recently I remained what you could call a “heavy” smoker.

This adversity allowed me to see what was possible in life, it is only a matter of will.

Once I had refined my new nature and was determined on finding a new way of living, I was ready to find my place in the professional world.

Months later, I found myself pursuing a bachelor degree in finance. But due to a gap in age and maturity with my classmates and a distant prospect of the achieved diploma, it led to me to drop the course after the first year. I instead aimed at entering the workforce through a succession of different commercial ventures ; focusing more on contributing towards my living expenses rather than my professional development.

It was then that I was faced with catastrophe, a terrible accident that broke both my legs as well as my vertebrae. Forcing me to stay hospitalised for the following three months.

Despite the suffering I endured on a daily basis, I discovered an interest in trading to prevent myself from slipping into complete depression. At the time of discovery, I possessed very little knowledge, but researching day by day led to exponential growth in my expansion. I quickly developed an appreciation in its financial and psychological aspects. I was hooked

I had learned with forex, trading with almost all my savings. I was excited but naive, following paid signals that I thought would lead me to fortune for sure. But my vision was limited, drawing the line at Wall Street, commodities, as well as excessive speculation.

But it was a whole new world that I discovered. Fascinated, I was driven to devouring books, magazines, specialised articles, I was inspired by a world of attractive opportunities.

It was through this I started trading. Leading without a precise strategy, I only managed to obtain modest gains. But the lack of careful strategy caused me to lose all of my account one piece at a time.

However, it is through these mistakes that we learn to re approach and seize a different angle at which new possibility of gain can come.The learning curve for novice traders is long, I invite you to read my next article on the matter. By browsing the web we quickly come across the endless enticing number of attractive training offers. Such as “youtubers” selling 10k€ courses for 2k€. Which are constructed thoroughly leaving you with poor fundamental financial education. Built on plagiarised pdf’s and inaccurate reports.

Additionally, many find typical sellers of “copy signal” that once purchased only leave you with disappointment and outdated relevance to the current market.

Ultimately many buy into these “magic signals” for which we pay an expensive subscription to alert and substitute our knowledge of when to buy and sell. At first glance these offers are the golden ticket, no need to work, you just have to sit back, relax and wait to be told when to move. But at the boundary of legality, many of the earnings under this type of trading are catastrophic.

Trading has indeed saved my life, bringing center a new fruitful pursuit. Allowing me to stay alert in current ongoing events while maintaining myself to stay disciplined and responsible.

Absolutely essential to my lifestyle performance, it has allowed stimulus into my life when completely unable to move freely like I was able to do before. I still suffer from the repercussions of this accident, still ongoing procedures to slowly bring me back to how I was once able to move.

Trading has allowed a deeper discovery into my own mind. This has given me strength to face this test, also accompanying me in my daily trading.

Today I am proud to say that through hard work, and force generated by ongoing understanding. It has shaped me to become an informed and profitable trader.

The thirst for learning, through courage and self discovery is essential to becoming a thoughtful trader. If you learn to master these elements, in addition to balancing a healthy lifestyle, it can shape you to become productive and adaptive in any current market where both the possibility of additional income or the building of a new career can be birthed.

Do you also have atypical journey? I would be glad to hear about it.

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