Hey ForexNewbie1,
It turns out that I’m in a similar position to you, although my mind has already been made. I’m 24 now, and started learning at around the age of 19. Even though I’m at university now I know that trading is what “floats my boat” and I feel comfortable taking the risk as a career choice. To try and make the best of a bad situation you must remember that we, you and I, are young. We have time to recover, and time to move on if trading does not work out to plan. Time is the most important element to trading, and also for that of building a career. So you’re in the right place at the right time for now. Don’t let that put you off.
My family, or rather mum and brother as my dad past away when I was younger never really knew about my interest in trading. They knew I was reading into it and that was about it. It was not until two years down the line did they see my constant interest in the area. I would go out of my way to attend seminars (which at the time I thought were amazing – although now I can see straight through them as a sales pitch). I also used to spend a lot of time at the PC learning how to develop charting skills. I personally think it was at this point which I did not even have to tell my family “trading is what I want to do” – they could already see it for themselves. You could also benefit from showing your family your determination and motivation in this area, I’m sure at the end of the day they are just looking out for you, natural behaviour for any parents.
But, you will need to make the choice yourself, and you will have to stick to your guns so to speak. Trading requires a clear head and an even clearer mind-set. If you’re going to try and take on one of the toughest career choices possible you cannot be thinking about what your mum or dad are thinking back home. Life is life, and people will always have their own opinion of what should and shouldn’t be done. But your choice is your own.
Recently I came out of a long term relationship; one of her reasons was that she thought I had no direction career wise. Just because I wasn’t taking the common route of working for a known company, or applying for work experience it was seen as perhaps not being proactive. But, as I said above, I made my choice and I’m sticking with it. People will always frown over trading as it’s getting more and more publicity as an analogy of a Casino – with reckless random speculation. What parent wants their children entering that career path? (although, if the truth be told, they probably don’t understand trading enough to make a quantified judgment)…
The choice is yours, you can’t please everyone, and sacrifices need to be made in any career choice. The most important factor to consider though is your age. You have time to recover from mistakes that could have been made – you have no family of your own….It could be a lot worse!
Jezz
I can accept failure, but I cant accept the regret of not trying