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I just signed up for a “Smart Traders Seminar” which will be taught by Mirriam MacWilliams. I went to a lot of free options trading seminar previews during this year and I’ve learnt a lot in all of them even though they weren’t the full course.

The ad for Mirriam’s appealed to me because, well, she’s a woman. I’ve seen dozens of ads on options by male speakers, but this was my first time seeing a woman and that’s nice! It’s refreshing and indirectly convince me that I can do it too. I didn’t even pay attention to the text of the ad (I only realized the ad said “In 2 years, I made $2,000,000 in the stock market and I can show how to do it” after the preview).

To my disappointment, Mirriam wasn’t the speaker at the preview, but a partner, Aaron Sim. I planned to make it a free educational experience like all the other option trading previews I have been to – attend, listen, learn, go home. I actually was on my way back home, but I turned back…. I thought I should just stay a bit longer to talk to the graduates and the staff.

Aaron managed to convince me to sign up after the course (heck, he’s gooood). I thought for a very, very long time before signing up. Mirriam’s attitude hit the right chords anyway, her seminars are about 4 of her strategies that fits different personalities of investors (I’ve seen previews which sounded more like teaching basics) and she sounds pretty sincere from the interview video.

On my way back home, worries came to my mind because I am “almost” RM9,600 poorer. I’m saying “almost” because I paid a deposit for it, and I can change my mind about attending it and get a refund. I was depressed and excited at the same time because I’m actually making a big decision about changing my financial future but I didn’t have the funds to pay it even when it’s instalment payment (my Alliance credit card only allows 6 months and that’s RM1,600 per month – 85% of my net salary). I started looking for more information about Mirriam on the internet… as if I was trying to find faults about her and use it as an excuse to get back my deposit haha! I couldn’t find any.

I have a feeling I’m making a right decision, so I’m sticking with it. I know I’ll figure out the finances and I know I can’t stay the way I am forever either.