Dylan Weston quit his job to focus on full-time trading with the goal to use his portfolio gains to save for a home deposit and, in the long term, donate to charities.
The Melburnian is one of many investors who began trading online while interest rates were low. According to researcher Investment Trends, 30 per cent of new online investors say they began investing because of low interest rates. Weston began taking investing seriously after witnessing his friend’s family in Indonesia try to raise funds for their daughter, who had a heart condition.“This was someone who I had met when I had travelled to Bali, so it hit me like a tonne of bricks. I realised how lucky I was to be born in a country like Australia.
This will end well.