Thank you!
I started trading 3 years ago with around $500, then I managed to lose $400 of it. I invested $500 more, and became more experienced with technical analysis and reading market sentiment. Now, I have several thousand dollars that I managed to make just from those $1000
Also, many of my friends and several strangers sometimes "invest" with me (aka I trade for them and send them profits, so I make a profit (normally 10-30%) and send them a smaller cut (around 5%)). It feels great to give people free money, and it's good fun too