Staying true to his tag line, ‘No chart No bakwas’ he went ahead and simplified retail trading to such unbelievable levels that “even an eight-year kid could trade” says the ever-smiling and exuberant Nasir. Thus begins a new phase of his life where he is a teacher, a mentor, a guide to myriad students of various age groups, be it a college-goer, a homemaker, an entrepreneur, an office goer. Since he knew what it’s like to lose as a trader, he didn’t want others to go through the same pain so he decided to share his knowledge and train people to trade, earn a decent amount of money every day and be financially independent. He devoted hours, days, and months in understanding and comprehending the unpredictable moves of the market, in trying to fathom the constantly scrolling and blinking ‘reds’ and ‘greens’ on the live screen! Soon these intimidating numbers and charts became his best pals and not only could he trade flawlessly with a decent margin but eventually developed an uncanny knack of predicting the trend and pattern of next day’s market which stood true nine out of ten times. Wise people learn from their mistakes, and so did he. In fact, he carved a niche out for himself as he saw opportunities here and his wholehearted conviction got him where we see him today! He remembers this time of his life, which is not very long ago, and says, “usually at this age and stage in life, youngsters fall in love, go on dates, buy gifts on Valentine’s Day and here I was, trying to make sense out of balance sheets and bears & bulls of the stock exchange!” But these difficult times and adversities did not dampen his spirits. Well, what followed was a real-life adventure filled with innumerable struggles, being in and out of schemes, several failed business ventures around this time he dabbled in trading as well but burnt his hands! So basically, at this point, Nasir was just about 20, a college drop-out and a failed entrepreneur. life is short and if I keep studying through half of it then when do I live? When do I achieve it? So I quit!” He also decided to quit college, why? This is what he had to say, “I realized that the knowledge I was being given at college will give me an average life, and I didn’t want ‘average’, I wanted something different. But due to familial responsibilities and paucity of funds he, unfortunately, couldn’t do so and had to start earning to support the family. He was aspiring to crack the civil service examinations and was preparing for it. Once he finished school, he went ahead and took admission to St Xavier college to pursue BSc. “My first earning was of 150 rupees a month from the home tuitions I gave” he reminisces. He would tutor other children to take care of his expenses. Given the financial crunch in the family, he went on to become financially independent from as early as grade eight. One such ‘rags to riches’ story is of a young man, all of 25, who has had a very humble start in life but today is a successful trader and a millionaire! Well, his journey up to the top has not been an easy one, it has been quite a roller-coaster ride.īeing born to a hard-working rickshaw-puller father, Nasir had been a bright kid. We all have read and heard several stories of successful entrepreneurs who started poor but with their determination, they could overcome their circumstances and were able to achieve extraordinary success.
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