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  1. Gav

    Gav Well-Known Member

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    Hi everyone
    Been lurking on the forum for a month or two, I live on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, am a full time trader and work from home, and want to diversify my knowledge base, and get more actively involved in some investment properties. Am going to go along to the CBD meetup on the 3'rd.
    Looking forward to meeting everyone.
    Cheers
    gavin
     
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  2. Jess Peletier

    Jess Peletier Mortgage Broker & Finance Strategy, Aus Wide! Business Member

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    Hi Gavin!

    What do you trade?
     
  3. Colin Rice

    Colin Rice Mortgage Broker Business Member

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    Hi @Gav and welcome to the land of PC
     
  4. Gav

    Gav Well-Known Member

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    Hi Guys, thanks for the welcome.
    Short term (daily charts and shorter) i trade currencies. although every year I do this my timeframe gets longer and longer. When I started I traded 5 minute charts, and now nothing under a day... longer term is easier, although any sort of daytrading is incredibly difficult.
    Longer term (monthly reallocations) I trade global ETF's and US stocks, I have some simple systems that I follow which give steady if not spectacular returns. Most of my returns come from the longer term systems.
    Cheers
    gav
     
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  5. Jess Peletier

    Jess Peletier Mortgage Broker & Finance Strategy, Aus Wide! Business Member

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    It is tough - I did it for a couple of years and almost lost my personality ;) Staring at a screen all day started to do my head in. That was 5 min charts as well - I prefer longer term now.
     
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  6. Gav

    Gav Well-Known Member

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    Agreed, it's very tough and can be isolating. A bit like a drug though, hard to wean yourself off it.
     
  7. Taku Ekanayake

    Taku Ekanayake Well-Known Member

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    welcome @Gav! looking forward to meeting you at the meetup on the 3rd
     
  8. larrylarry

    larrylarry Well-Known Member

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    Welcome Gav. There's also a section on this forum and investchat devoted to stock market. Majority here have interests in property. Looking forward to your contributions.
     
  9. Jamie Moore

    Jamie Moore MORTGAGE BROKER - AUSTRALIA WIDE Business Member

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    Welcome Gav

    Working from home in the northern beaches - tough life you've got there :)

    Cheers

    Jamie
     
  10. Gav

    Gav Well-Known Member

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    Thanks guys, hopefully I can contribute something in return for all the great info on here. Looking forward to getting a lot more involved in property!!