David holds an interview with Trader Mark McRae over his interests outside of trading. <br /><br />Mark: I remember there was a friend of mine who wanted to get into trading, and he wanted to know if it was hard or difficult, and I said to him, "I'm actually psychic. I'll prove it to you, I'll show you how easy this market is." It was the first Friday of the month, and it was 8:30, New York time, and I put him down on the market and said, "In thirty seconds, this market is going to shoot up -- or down, but it is definitely going to go one way", and he said "I don't believe you." <br /><br />He watched, and like clockwork the market jumped about two hundred points in thirty seconds. He was utterly amazed, and wondered if I could do it every single time. This was before news trading was popular. It's impossible to predict what will happen with your money management, which means remaining in the game is very important. <br /><br />David: That brings me to a question that I really didn't want to ask you, but if you are so successful in the market, then why do you bother teaching others how to do it? In all honesty, wouldn't it be better to make money off somewhere by yourself keeping your <a href="http://www.ultimate-trading-systems.com" target='_blank'>trading system</a> secret? <br /><br />Mark: That's an easy answer - to make money. I mean, that's why I teach people how to check the markets. It doesn't matter how philanthropic you would like to be, your first objective is to make money for whatever you are going to do with it. But there are lots of different parts of the business of trading, and if you think of learning trading, you probably couldn't learn how to count, unless somebody read a book to you some time. Somebody has to teach somebody. Now here I am. I'm in Australia, in Melbourne, and I'm not trading. <br /><br />Throughout your trading career, you need to be active. Sure, you might be using daily charts to keep track, but you need to watch them as often as possible. Right now I'm making money. Copies of my books are being sold and I'm making royalties from them, and that miniscule amount of money will help me to get by. <br /><br />Trading has it's ups and downs, and teaching takes out those fluctuations. It takes off the pressure of trading, and allows me to do what I'm doing right now, which is coming over here and talking to you guys. So why do I do it? I do it to make money, nothing more, nothing less. <br /><br />David: That pretty much answers it all regarding about <a href="http://www.ultimate-trading-systems.com/stocks.php" target='_blank'>stock trading system</a> The last thing I want to know is how much money do you need to make this your full time job? Should those in trading actually branch out and try other interests? <br /><br />Mark: I think you should do it. As long as it is morally acceptable to you, there is nothing wrong with doing anything inside the business of trading or any other business that you want to do.
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