Ian Brogan.
Having started a brokerage account at ten years old, I learned to read 10-Ks before basic math. I've spent seven years learning everything I can about markets, earnings seasons, and macro moves, not for a grade, but because capital is the most interesting thing in the world.
Because of my ADHD, my free time isn't spent being lazy, it's spent learning everything I can: film, production, graphics, building things with resin, woodworking, CAD, and cooking at a professional level. This site is a journal of all my skills and my story.
I'm not looking for a job. I'm building toward something specific.
I'm majoring in Business Economics, then aiming for an internship at BlackRock, where my aunt used to work and still has connections that can open the door. From there, I want to work my way up the data analyst pathway, learning how capital moves and what's behind it with the resources of a larger company. The goal is to manage funds: real capital, and to keep learning everything I can about the markets. Eventually, I want to retire to a vineyard and live out my days with my family.
An example of my trading philosophy: look at macro clues and patterns, look into history for similar events. If you find the causation, you can repeat the pattern. I did this when U.S.-Iran tensions escalated: I worked my way through the sectors that stood to benefit and landed on cybersecurity, picking up PANW and CRWD. The thesis paid off. It's a small example among many, and proof of seven years spent studying the markets, the thing I'd rather do with my life than anything else.