Most people enter the world of investing believing that a good portfolio is determined by selection. The right stock, the right fund, the right trade, the right moment. I started there too. Like many people drawn to markets, I assumed that progress came from being right more often than wrong,
Growing up in South Africa, money is something we’re taught to fear, not understand. We’re warned about debt, told to “save where you can” and encouraged to work harder for promotions that barely outrun inflation. But very few of us are ever taught how money actually works. We’
Seven years ago, I started as a day trader with nothing but charts, ambition and a deep passion that grew for the financial markets. No team, mentor, or advanced institutional systems guiding decisions or providing capital funding. What I had were long nights, inconsistent emotional flows with internal psychological volatility,
Leaving your home town, yet alone your home country is never easy. I didn’t leave South Africa because I'm running from something. I left because I'm growing into something. Most people don’t struggle because they lack talent or ambition, they struggle because their environment