Ross Cameron was in seventh grade when one of the most interesting times of the stock market was going on: the dot-com bubble was growing. His school believed that this was a good time to introduce students to the stock market, so they scheduled a field trip to New York City.
That semester, students were expected to paper trade the stocks they chose. Ross discovered that he enjoyed this activity, and he was anxious to start trading with real money. Ross Cameron delivered newspapers and made $100, but when he called Edward Jones, he was told that he did not have enough money to open an account.
Ross Cameron had to wait a little longer to make his dream of trading stocks come true. In 2001, it did come true, and he opened an account with Ameritrade. This time, he had $1,000 to fund his account, but he was an investor at this time. He wasn’t aware that people could day-trade.
Ross Cameron took another hiatus from trading to pursue other careers; after he received a $100,000 inheritance from his father, Ross was able to pursue trading again. He allowed a financial advisor to trade his account, but he took up the mantle around 2010. He gave himself two years to learn how to trade.
In addition, he engaged in everything, including penny stocks. This educated him, but Ross Cameron was dissatisfied with the amount of money he was earning. After suffering tremendous losses and bringing his account balance back up to where he could trade again, Ross began to see his fortunes turn in a better direction.