My answer is, if I don't get yelled at for it, you can demonstrate all the hubris that you want as long as after taking care of your own basic needs, give the proceeds of your efforts to help the world around you. Any good cause will do and that ...

Between hubris and humility

My comps have 8G Ram each and I need to upgrade to 16G but I noticed there are used servers with 16G that are not much more expensive that the upgrade to 16G for my comps. I never understood the difference between a server and a regular home/office ...

computer that runs 24 hours

The logic behind your example - trade 0.01 lots with $2,000 balance never risking more than 0.5% on a trade- and expecting it to grow into large profits is evident in the Bell Curve formation. Actually S curve because the other half doesn't apply ...

Minimum Balance to Trade Full time?

On VPS: I run currently 11 accounts and I trade all pairs. Back a year ago, me and my programmer tried 5 different VPS services using one instant of MT4 and 2 charts. The first day or two, things went well and then the VPS in every instant slowed ...

computer that runs 24 hours

No, I understood it. The way I look at it is that you work hard to for example compete in Olympics. You find yourself of the caliber to do so. Then you get in and find out competing in the Olympic venue is different then in your city's venue with ...

Minimum Balance to Trade Full time?

I've quit my job to trade full time twice. The pressure to make money becomes enormous. Slow days are killers because you aren't making money and you don't know how long that slow market is going to last. Meanwhile the bills aren't slowing down. The ...

Minimum Balance to Trade Full time?

And that's why I'm not aiming to make 2-5% /mo. 100k at 100%/yr is more like it.

Minimum Balance to Trade Full time?

One bedrooms go for $1500-$2000. 5K is livable but if you add in car, insurance,fuel n repairs,food,clothing,hydro.internet.cable,medical expenses,taxes, and entertainment, then you are barely scraping by. Now if you have a mortgage, then you have ...

Minimum Balance to Trade Full time?

Eastern Europe is what you are talking about then. url 500 EU in Canada is a person's coffee budget for a month if they have cut down to one medium coffee a day during work days but that is apparently the average income of some Eastern European ...

Minimum Balance to Trade Full time?

Quote: Just have to make 2~5% a month to live comfortably in most western countries. Lol. Which western country is that? I guess it can be done if you are single, use shared accommodations, take transit and always buy your food on sale.

Minimum Balance to Trade Full time?

If you your screenshots were taken right where it says 'Summary' in the detailed ststement, then we would see all the missing info such as deposit amount and balance and unrealized profit. So yes, everybody, full screenshot is preferred.

Balance vs Equity

Doofus_Creeper: Not even worth reading a line of your nonsense. You are out of my life. At least the best that FF can offer. I found the ignore button. Hopefully that keeps your Rabies in check!

8 Years Later - Still Not Winning

I have heard the 'expense' argument in relation to claims of perpetual energy machines. It makes sense there. Universal laws are hard to screw around with. They are laws because they are perfect. At least on Earth but in Forex? That argument doesn't ...

8 Years Later - Still Not Winning

Nice. Except that each time it flips head I win one dollar and when it flips tail I lose $0.98. Do the probabilities work by fixing the reward for outcome of the flips beforehand? Oh, I get it. The expenses of trading will eat into my profits and ...

8 Years Later - Still Not Winning

Jeez, it's real. It's demo real. Are people out there so skilled and so dedicated to deceive that have created software that fakes MT4's detailed statements? I so, show me one of those faked statements. I once bought internet service from a none big ...

8 Years Later - Still Not Winning

'I never avoid news. I usually try to avoid the exact time of it so I don't get tempted to get nervous about it. Most my trading is automated and in my manual trading account, I try to get in 'after' the news has hit. I trade continuously and to ...

Preparation for November

Nov 6 midterm elections. It could be the beginning of the end of Trump and his trade wars and other policies....or not! I think all countries effected are waiting to see if they need to settle in and accept the status quo or maybe instead hope for ...

Preparation for November

I think having Forex competitions has become an issue like: Man vs. Machine. Probably subject of it's own thread but it's in-between-competitions recess period. It's like a half time. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post this link but if you read ...

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Achieving YES 200 times makes a dream come true!

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