I remember the first time that I heard about CFDs. I was sitting in my very first Safety in the Market seminar as a student, lamenting the fact that I only had a small trading account and dreaming about the day when I would be able to take larger positions and trade...

When I first heard about the idea of trading for a living, I was shocked that I hadn't learned about it at school. To be fair, though, if students were told "you could work from home or a hotel or even the beach if there's wifi, have no boss, choose your own hours,...

Reprinted from the Safety in the Market Spring 1994 Ticker Tape  I still get labelled with that 'overnight success' tag in the press.  It makes me smile.  You could say it has been a long night, but this “time period” does give me a working knowledge of what traders...