Why would anyone want to be a doctor when they could be a trader?

Because I'm not smart enough, interested in finance (or hot women ) or enough of an ******** to have what it takes to be a really successful trader.

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Because I want to keep my soul and pursue my passion for science, learning throughout my life and having some impact on someone's life. I want to do a meaningful job where I can say I helped someone because of my knowledge. When I graduate and specialise I want to go abroad and volunteer and give medical aid to a country where they dont have a healthcare system like ours, the kind of experiences you gain as a doctor and what you go through is one of a kind. Yes there are long hours, yes it can be *****y at times, yes there are tonnes of exams, but at the end of the day no job is perfect. Bankers have long hours as well, the exams i take when j specialise will be in topics that interest me. Not even for a day would I trade being a doctor for working in a soul less office looking at numbers and figures all day.

But you can become a successful investor from home...

Look at me...

I invested £23,500 in the stock market and in 2 months made £1500.
But you need to educate yourself on it, like....

what is P/E ratio, what is dividend cover, what is EPS, what is P/B ratio etc

Trading with large assets for an institution and investing a small amount of personal capital are not the same thing.

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The thread is about traders, so no.

Could flip this around and say, why would anyone want to do rectal examinations all day? Why would you want to look at sick people who probably hate you, day in and day out? You can make anything look negative.

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But you can become a successful investor from home...

Look at me...

I invested £23,500 in the stock market and in 2 months made £1500.
But you need to educate yourself on it, like....

what is P/E ratio, what is dividend cover, what is EPS, what is P/B ratio etc

Because traders aren't allowed to push drains into peoples chests via a scalpel incision, nor could they restart someones heart at 3am

Traders do work long hours lol

You sure? Don't think I've heard traders at prop shops/hedge funds complain about long hours. Even at banks it's 11-12 hour days for most desks.

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Trading with large assets for an institution and investing a small amount of personal capital are not the same thing.

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Yeah but that is long compared to the average 9-5 job and similar to some doctors' hours. I have heard a trader at a careers fair say to me that people who want to go into trading should be comfortable with working long, intensive hours.

That's pissing in the ocean compared with the amounts full time traders/hedge fund managers are making. We're not talking about playing with your savings account.



Tbf, most of the time we can't either, or at least not permanently. We have a better shot than most though.

You think £23,500 is a small amount of money?

If I wanted to I could get 20 times leverage in the equities market or 200 times leverage in the FX market.

Therefore I could trade with around £460,000 buying power for equities.
£4,600,000 I could trade with in the FX market.

However I don't trade on leverage, because I invest, not speculate.

I'd like to see you make £1500 in 4 weeks

Oh wait, you can't

It is small dude. £23k doesn't move markets, it's not a risk-y amount to play with, it doesn't require block trading, you aren't exactly going to be influencing anyone with your volume.. It is small.

20-200x leverage as a retail investor would be beyond silly, one small swing and you've lost all of your original capital.

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Do you trade or invest? If no, why are you even arguing we me?

I do ahahahaha. I have £25k diversified atm, and £2k to punt around.

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I'd like to see you make £1500 in 4 weeks

Oh wait, you can't