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Well, you've asked so here's my answers...
1) Where did you get the nick name "CrashingMedic?"
I became a paramedic in 1999. Since I was teamed with mostly
EMT partners I was usually dealing with the patients instead of
driving. During my first 6 months I was in the ambulance when
we were involved in several wrecks...I think 5 or more but can't
remember for sure. Remember...I was not driving in any of
those instances. It soon became a joke that I was a jinx and that
if you were teamed with the "CrashingMedic" that you were in for
a bad shift. The rest is history...
2) How long have you been trading?
3) What trading styles do you employ?
4) Do you trade live or demo?
5) How profitable are you?
1) Where did you get the nick name "CrashingMedic?"
I became a paramedic in 1999. Since I was teamed with mostly
EMT partners I was usually dealing with the patients instead of
driving. During my first 6 months I was in the ambulance when
we were involved in several wrecks...I think 5 or more but can't
remember for sure. Remember...I was not driving in any of
those instances. It soon became a joke that I was a jinx and that
if you were teamed with the "CrashingMedic" that you were in for
a bad shift. The rest is history...
2) How long have you been trading?
- I first started looking at Forex in late 2004 and Futures in early
2005.
3) What trading styles do you employ?
- I employ both technical and scalping during news reports that
have a tenancy to move the markets well.
4) Do you trade live or demo?
- I began demo trading in late 2004 and have been live trading
since late 2005.
5) How profitable are you?
- Since early 2006, I am between @ 85% accurate on my
technical strategies and over 90% accurate with news trading. I
had only 3 losses during spike news trading in 2006. I no longer
trade the initial news spikes and try to look for an entry several
minutes after the initial move on a retracement.
6) Why are you still working at a job if you are a successful trader?
In 1996 I was 19 y/o and on vacation with my parents and 16 y/o little brother when
we witnessed a car wreck. We were on Hwy 54 in east TX outside Van Horne and were in the
center of a 100 mile stretch of literally nothing but dirt and cactus. When we came upon the
wreck we found that there were 3 Asian teenagers who were in the car. The driver had fallen
asleep and ran off the road at a high speed. We saw the car flip end over end several times. It
took us several minutes to get to the wreck doing @ 70mph.
out of consciousness. No one had a cell phone and we waited at least an hour before the first car
showed up. We told the people in the car to send help and 4 hours later a volunteer ambulance
arrived. They could not handle the situation and called for a helicopter from the US Army base in
El Paso to come pick up the patients.
until the ambulance and helicopter arrived. Just before they were taken to the hospital my mom
said to one of the teenagers something along the lines of this incident being bad luck. I
distinctly remember that teenage boy saying to my mother...
"No...no...not bad luck...GOOD FORTUNE...we almost died and you were there to save us."
9) Do you plan to trade full time one day and quit your job?
10) Do you call your trades in your Yahoo! group?
11) Will you accept more funds into your managed account?
- I am building my account to a significant level (@ $500,000+) before I quit my job.
My job allows me to trade while on shift. I am a paramedic supervisor at and work a split 24
hours on / 48 hours off. I have the freedom to do what I wish in our down time. I have a laptop
with a Sprint broadband card and trade from work when I can. I also remote connect to my
home for news trading if I need to. It's a great setup!
- Here is the short, short version...
In 1996 I was 19 y/o and on vacation with my parents and 16 y/o little brother when
we witnessed a car wreck. We were on Hwy 54 in east TX outside Van Horne and were in the
center of a 100 mile stretch of literally nothing but dirt and cactus. When we came upon the
wreck we found that there were 3 Asian teenagers who were in the car. The driver had fallen
asleep and ran off the road at a high speed. We saw the car flip end over end several times. It
took us several minutes to get to the wreck doing @ 70mph.
out of consciousness. No one had a cell phone and we waited at least an hour before the first car
showed up. We told the people in the car to send help and 4 hours later a volunteer ambulance
arrived. They could not handle the situation and called for a helicopter from the US Army base in
El Paso to come pick up the patients.
until the ambulance and helicopter arrived. Just before they were taken to the hospital my mom
said to one of the teenagers something along the lines of this incident being bad luck. I
distinctly remember that teenage boy saying to my mother...
"No...no...not bad luck...GOOD FORTUNE...we almost died and you were there to save us."
Also, I did some reading about luck when we returned home and found that luck is defined as
"The chance happening of fortunate or adverse events." As a Christian, I do not believe that
anything in life is random at all. God Almighty has a plan for everyone and He put that plan into
action at creation. We all have a purpose; and that is to seek God's will in everything we do.
There is nothing random about anything.
I say "Good Fortune To You" instead of good luck. Why? Because a long time ago a scared but
intelligent teenager taught me the difference through his tragedy.
The definition of fortune is "A large amount of financial wealth or material possessions." Luck is
not real and fortune most definitely is. God gave us all free will to seek out His will in our lives
through everything we do. If you are truly seeking what God wants both from you and for you,
your desires agree with His, and you have the wisdom, knowledge and ability to acquire it...GO
GET IT!!!
- I believe everyone deserves to be told the truth. There is so much overpriced crap available that
it is disgusting. Most of the people I have come across who are selling high dollar systems are
nothing more than marketers trying to make a buck from your excitement over false hype. I
had to do this differently, honest and from the heart. Plus, if you think my info is too expensive,
just contact me and make me an offer. You may be surprised at what you find out...
9) Do you plan to trade full time one day and quit your job?
- ABSOLUTELY! Right now, I have 1 main trading partner and 3 trading accounts; 2 are my
personal trading accounts and the other is a managed account with funds from various sources
(mostly family members). My future plan is to acquire enough "Fortune" to be able to trade full
time and live off the interest from my acquired "Fortune" while trading. I have a long term,
realistic goal set, to become job independent before I am 40 y/o. This will also depend on how
the market changes as time goes by.
10) Do you call your trades in your Yahoo! group?
- Sometimes. When my schedule cooperates with me, I try to send out an email with a screen
shot of my 1H strategy from my CTS system. It will usually be over the GBPJPY and where I
think it will go. If there are significant news events the next day I will briefly discuss how they
will affect certain currency crosses and what my plan would be in such situations.
11) Will you accept more funds into your managed account?
- Not at this time.
Those are the most popular questions I've received so far. If there is something you'd
like to know, just ask, no matter what it is...EWB
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All contents of this website are private and copyrighted. No portion of this website, including screen shots, may be
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