Adrian Reid describes why he began teaching trading: after leaving the corporate world in 2012 he became isolated by 2014 while living overseas, lacked fellow traders to talk with, and turned to teaching to regain social contact and purpose. The piece appears autobiographical and focused on motivation for teaching.
I started teaching because in 2012 I left the corporate world. By 2014, I was really struggling. I was isolated, alone, had no one to talk to, didn't know any other traders, and I was overseas in a strange country because my wife was working overseas at the time. And I basically needed something. I needed some social contact and I.
Needed someone to talk to who was interested in trading. My wife was very patient and long suffering in all of my conversations about it, but it's not her thing. She could trade like anyone, but she's just not interested. So I started teaching because I needed something else in life.
