My Trading Journey
How I Started in Trading
It all began in 2008. I was 22, just graduated from university with a degree in "Finance and Credit". At that time, the global financial crisis was at its peak, and I became fascinated with how financial markets work during such periods.
I deposited my first $500 into a demo account and "earned" $5000 in a month. I thought I had it all figured out. Then I deposited my real $1000 and... lost it all in a week. That was the first and most important lesson: demo trading and real trading are completely different worlds.
In 2010, I started serious cooperation with RoboForex and Alpari. At that time, online trading was just gaining popularity in Russia. I remember being thrilled with my first profitable week that brought me $150 - for a student, that was serious money.
By 2013, I was already trading professionally, but the real turning point came in 2017 when I discovered cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin at $3000 seemed expensive, Ethereum at $200 seemed speculative. But I decided to take the risk, and I wasn't wrong.