Vash Patel

I'm a recent graduate of biotechnology from Penn State. I study stocks and options in my free time. I initially started researching the market and how to invest during my freshman year at Penn State to see if it was possible to pay for school by investing. Researching one thing lead to learning another and the domino affect led me to spend most of my free time in front of a computer reading something or other about financials.

I started by looking at analyst ratings to look at which stocks would perform well and it didn't take long for me to figure out that analysts are wrong more often than not. This led me to research how to value a company intrinsically, and how to read technicals and fundamentals to gauge ...More performance. Eventually my research led to learning about FOREX and stock options, which I had initially thought weren't for me.

A couple years and here I am writing on SeekingAlpha. As always, I understand the risks and I will make sure to outline them for my readers in each article to make sure you get everything out of them that you possibly can.

I don't know everything and I'm not afraid to learn from everyone so give me a shout-out on Twitter and tell me what you know: @PatelVash

Also, I'm big into raising money for Pediatric Cancer through Penn State's THON organization. We're all about providing moral support for families who have children suffering the fight against cancer as well as raising money for research and treatment. Please message me on SA or Twitter if you'd like to get involved or donate!

Huge losses on $CLF in my virtual portfolio. Luckily the rest of the portfolio more than covered the losses. 20% return in the last 6 mnths Mar 28, 2013