Sergejs (@BalanceAM) from Latvia is a Popular Investor who likes to keep his Risk Score low. He has been with eToro since late 2017, and if you check out his stats, you’ll see he says he has 8 years of trading experience. His strategy involves rotating his portfolio at the end of each quarter, and he often uses short positions as a diversification tool. We asked him a few questions about his trading habits on eToro:
1. Tell us a little bit about yourself
I’m 30 years old, living in Riga, Latvia. My passion for markets emerged when I first saw an ad of a brokerage firm on a billboard in my university, on the Economics and Business Administration building, which stated “start trading FX and become financially independent.” A couple of days later I found myself in the library surrounded by a pile of books about forex trading. These were ancient books, with too many charts and indicators, and I had no idea what it all was about (though I still enjoyed to read them), and it was the only occasion in which I was reading books at university during the evening. Cutting a long story short, after finishing my studies, I quickly entered the asset management industry where I continue to study and work as a financial analyst for almost 9 years now.
2. Did you have previous experience with financial investments before joining eToro?
Before joining eToro, I already had plenty of experience in managing money and a necessary fundamental knowledge of working with various financial instruments. However, eToro’s social component was something entirely new to me, and in the beginning, it was difficult to figure out what people value the most and what they want to see from an adequate Popular Investor. I’m still
