My Story
From age 21-23 I accumulated day trading losses of over $250,000. I traded with money from loans as well as trading my mother’s account (to the tune of 150K in losses).
In other words, I was the stupidest kid ever.
I finally started getting my act together in Jan. of 2007, after a last ditch effort to convince my mother to let me trade more (with her money, not even using a free broker like Zecco)…I hit rock bottom. I confessed what I had done to my family, and started to clean up. I saw a counselor for some time, short sold my home, lived in my office for 2 months, declared personal bankruptcy, and completely revamped my small business…and that was just the 2nd half of 2007.
I started this blog originally as just a journey to keep me on track, as well as have a place to process everything that was happening. That’s still pretty much the focus of the blog, though I do write some helpful posts like how to raise your credit score from time to time.
I don’t know what my future is going to look like. I do know that I’ve grown a ton in the past year, largely in part because of this blog. My readers keep me accountable and inspire me to keep going, even when I get overwhelmed with the enormity of the situation.
“a man must take responsibility for his actions” – Lee Adama ( Battlestar Gallactica, 1st Season)
Contact Info
- contact me: admin @ debtkid dot com
Press Requests
I’m open to interviews (pseudonym source only), and I could talk for hours on the follow topics:
- foreclosures, short sales (ie, how I short sold my home)
- bankruptcy (I did a Ch. 7)
- 20’s and money problems (I’m 25….)
- day trading/forex trading losses
- being frugal
- dealing with debt
Radio Interview – Bob Brook’s Show
An interview I did with a finance radio show in Texas:
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Networth Updates
- January 2009 – Total Debt: $364,989
- December 2008 – Total Debt: $367,608
- November 2008 – Total Debt: $368,108
- October 2008 - Total Debt: $369,508
- September 2008 – Total Debt: $372,220
- December 2007 - Total Debt: $390,610
Here’s an interview I did over at Geezeo that covers quite a bit as well.
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