Thanks GE, always good to hear whats going on outside your own bubble. Bond traders rule the earth eh? Knew there was someone pulling the strings Sounds a good group - my own personal trading key was exactly that; establish how the market ...

The brutal truth of day trading

Nice, you've got some interesting experience there for sure GE. Have you met any who make money from alpha purely in FX? I know Chicago is the beating heart of self-started traders but over here in London I also expected to find a hell of a lot ...

The brutal truth of day trading

You can't easily compare years in the market because 1 year full time professional > 1 year full time retail > 1 year sticking on a trade or two after work but I get the idea. Three things I've seen over the years... 1 - the mentor phenomenon. A bit ...

Crisis periods in trading or when to expect losses?

Couldn't agree more but one question. Where, on God's earth, did you find 110 good traders? I've been at this over a decade now, and I've met two who were on the same page. Two. Out of way over a 1000. Real world, professional and retail.

The brutal truth of day trading

Personally I'd spend all your time researching something concrete and stop trading. It's not hard to trade when you have a series of traffic lights in place, otherwise you'll end up in a multi-year battle of you vs the markets, and it doesn't have ...

The brutal truth of day trading

It's an odd system they've got here, where flags are given according to the popularity of posts, in other words it has absolutely zero correlation to experience or profitability. Case in point; ex bank trader came on here who knew far more than ...

What have you learned?

I bet you can too Well op you can have this for free too. This place is exhausting because you've three camps - those that say it can't be done, those that say nothing exists, those that'll bamboozle you with maths way above your paygrade to ...

The brutal truth of day trading

Blob, I see FF experts are out in force. That aside - out of curiosity - you ever applied any of your FX discoveries to another field? And you ever followed the rabbit warren of the lineage?

The hidden numbers of forex

What a bunch of scumbags. Tell them to go take a running jump into the Cagayan river and tell them you'll sue unless you get your money back. And tell everyone who these lowlives are. And... so you know, FX is not a lovely world where useful ...

What to do if a broker cheated you?

I don't think I've ever agreed you Hud about anything, and yet I agreed with every word you wrote. A new dawn

What I learned after losing $300,000 trading forex

Try being nice, you might learn something.

Forex - A negative sum game for losers

absolutely you are

When did you start trading full time?

Not sure where you got that, but certainly not HMRC's stance: url

When did you start trading full time?

Since 2012. Trading is a full time knowledge career. Full time because when I'm not in a trade, I'm researching how to improve. This is a brutal business, I've never ever seen anyone less than 100% committed succeed. And knowledge career, because ...

When did you start trading full time?

Amen. This thread, honestly. 3/4 of the viewpoints could be decimated by 5 minutes of googling, makes my mind boggle.

Forex is random

I've seen anyone with anything worthwhile in trading selling a thing. It simply doesn't work that way. I know everyone will now pipe up with stories of this dilbert and that, but I've been around the block for so long now, I'm confident enough to ...

Sam Seiden Goes DOWN

god no I wouldn't pay a bean for tuition from anyone. I'm just glad to see people like that get their just desserts, something very satisfying about it don't you think?

Sam Seiden Goes DOWN

My heart bleeds for the bunch of thieving c8cksuckers.

Sam Seiden Goes DOWN

To my mind, the most valuable: To learn the basics - Dummie's Guides to currency trading. I only mention it because 99% of people here won't even be able to tell you what the cut is, let alone what time it happens. Then, honma - find your own ...

How do you come up with new strategies?

Like in any field, you find people who've done it - historically - and you follow in their footsteps. As you get proficient, you might be able to improve on your predecessors. Everything that needs to be discovered has been discovered, but it's not ...

How do you come up with new strategies?