That is a clip from trader Ryan Chandler’s reply to my usual question, How did you get into trading? Not quite the answer I'm accustomed to hearing.

During his recovery from a savage knife attack from a random man with mental health issues, Ryan spent days and weeks poring over charts, teaching himself fx. A year in he took a chance plougihing money from the sale of his house into his trading account and went pro. Through relentless backtesting of his strategies, he was able to design a piece of software to automate his trading. Today he spends much less time poring over charts and more helpong students and looking after his family. 

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