Hello! I've been lurking for a bit, but I figured it was about time I make my formal introduction. I started dabbling in stocks almost ten years ago, but never found a trading style that really worked for me. It wasn't until just in this past year a good friend of mine turned me onto futures, and the lightbulb went off big-time! I now exclusively trade ES, alternating between 2 tick scalps and bigger plays of up to 4 points. Thanks to James I'm now trading with Infinity, while using Tradestation for charting.
My plan is to make this my fulltime job in the next year or so. Until then, my wife and I own and operate a petsitting business, which we've done for ten years now... you go out of town, and we come over to care for your pet while you're gone. So while I'm driving around to client homes, I have my laptop with a Sprint wireless card by my side, allowing me to trade during the day. It's pretty cool to have the market with you on the road... but placing trades at 60mph can be a bit of a challenge.
Let's see, what else of interest... my wife and I are parents to 13 dogs, 5 cats, 7 birds, 2 sugar gliders, a chinchilla and a bunny. The only thing that outnumbers animals in our house is guitars - I have around 40 of them. Been playing for almost 25 years, but the days of planning to make it as a rock star are just about over. So now I simply enjoy collecting them.
TL seems to be a great community. I've learned quite a bit already, and I look forward to discovering even more as I continue to spend time here.