[james_gsx]

1. Why did you decide to become a trader?
- I wanted to know why they rung the damn bell every morning and what the the thing going across the bottom of the screen was. That was in 5th grade, since then I've been hooked. I ditched school to watch my stocks.

2. What steps or hurdles did you overcome to become a trader?
- Not as many as some here, but definitely some hard lessons. Biggest one being that I had no one to blame but myself. Biggest two mistakes - BW falling after a bad earnings call and getting emotional. I held onto it, read the message boards, talked to some people, and was emotional that it had dropped so much so fast. The second one being I took too many earnings plays based off what other people said. They were experienced traders, but their plan was different from mine and I didn't do the research I should have done. I lost a lot of money doing that, and most of all I was embarrassed by myself. I told my ex girlfriend that I would never lose money, it just wasn't me. Then I found out the market doesn't care who I am, and gave me a nice smack in the face.


3. Do you see yourself trading in the next 10 years?
- Absolutely. I want to run a $100mil + hedge fund sometime in my career.