The Importance of Belief in Trading

I used to be a runner on the Midwest options exchange when I was in school. So, I was always interested in this kind of stuff and I made some money. But it turned out to be a complete fraud, total fraud. And there was no worse feeling than of losing people you like money. It made me like sick to my stomach. Even though I was shitty at school, I said to myself, if I'm ever going to be anything in this business, I have to do a lot better than this. What was it? Again, I was a student because what was it with the story?