because it sure seems like a perfect job for an aspie. You stare at a screen all day. the screen gives out numbers and you don't have to talk to anyone. And you can get rich while doing it. I've been at it for about half a year and I'm slowly getting profitable. I must say that I had some doubts about my ability to compete in this field at first, because most of the people you see working the trading desks in banks seem to be aggressive alpha male personality types. Also, Temple Grandin lists futures trader as unsuitable for aspies. However, I recently discovered this thread:
http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthrea ... genumber=1
Elitetrader is the forum for the most successful traders around, whether they trade for themselves or for banks or hedge funds. Turns out that a great deal of the top traders there are autistic. The guy who started this thread is 37 on that autism test thingy. He was broke at 21, is a millionaire now (at 24), and he attributes his success to his autism (good pattern recognition skills). However, he is still sad and says that he wishes he could exchange his market prowess for being normal.
07 Jul 2006, 3:22 pm
