MBA graduate, trading from 16 months, what next??

Hii

I have completed MBA-Financial studies from University of Glasgow in 2009. I tried for some jobs,could not be success in those days, due to recession. then, I thought of trading in financial market, & have been trading from Jan 2010 in financial market, gained some significant level of technical expertize, confidence of making good deals.

Now, I am going to some kind of depression that, " being a MBA graduate from such a top business school, I am sitting at home and doing only intra-day trading, I ask myself, is it worth doing it, am I in right track"

my feeling is that, usually MBAs sit in big corporate companies and direct the business, but " what I am doing?....just trading at home "

Please share your views, suggest me what to do next, how can I enter into corporate again, I may be try for investment banking companies, in that case, how should I be prepared, what question may arise in recruiters mind(since doing only trading at home), how to tackle them?...

thank you all in advance, I am eagerly waiting for your replies.

Best regards

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motivatorI'm honestly surprised you got through an MBA in a English speaking country

What you mean, is my English that bad?.

 
motivatorI'm honestly surprised you got through an MBA in a English speaking country

Just curious... shouldn't it be "in AN English speaking country."?

Money Never Sleeps? More like Money Never SUCKS amirite?!?!?!?
 
goingbrokeinNYCUniversity of Glasgow is not a "top business school" its a shit school that noone ever heard of. No wonder you have no job.

I don't agree with it, their world ranking is 77, they are definitely under world's top 100 business school. that means, excellent eduction, their MBAs recognized world wide.

 

Well I'll put forward the notion that your opinion is slightly biased. U o G is not an internationally recognised university.

Trading teaches nothing about running businesses. MBA's are for people with commercial experience of which you have none. If you're making good money, self taught day trading and want to do it as a future, apply somewhere with it, otherwise go and speak to your university's career department.

 

Monkeys, this is the University of Glasgow we are talking about. This isn't a no name non-target from the middle of Idaho it's just a no name non-target from Scotland.

Should have went to University of St.Andrews or University of Edinburgh for a master's degree.

 
gobigorgohomeMonkeys, this is the University of Glasgow we are talking about. This isn't a no name non-target from the middle of Idaho it's just a no name non-target from Scotland.

Should have went to University of St.Andrews or University of Edinburgh for a master's degree.

Donkeys, you are diverting the main topic to university reputation, leave it now. tell me what to do next, if you can ?

 
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