.. — The people I've spoken to say one year give or take. It might take 5 years, I don't know. The reason I'm spending 12-14 hours a day is because I want to learn, I've had days where I've woken up an placed a trade in half an hour, come back ...

Time it takes to be a Successful Forex trader

Background — I have a bachelor's degree in business management, and I don't think that has helped me too much. Of course I could pick up the lingo and basic macro economics straight away because I'd already studied it, but I believe I would be ...

Graduates vs non-grads in trading

Time.. — I'm currently spending 12-14 hours a day learning to trade forex, and I have done so for the last 3-4 months. Still got a lot to learn, and still losing money. My target is to be profitable within a year, as most people say that's the ...

Time it takes to be a Successful Forex trader

Important — Before you start looking for magic robots, take the time to learn how the market works. Basic macro economics for instance, can be found for free at iTunes U etc. I don't think you'd benefit from just setting up a robot without ...

Different Trading systems

My favourite — My favourite broker is FXCM. I've tried a couple, but find Marketscope 2.0 combined with them being regulated by the FSA and excellent uptime/reliability the best broker for me. You can easily find brokers with lower spreads, ...

Which Broker is truly reliable?

btw — One more thing; Money management. PIPS means nothing without money management.

What helped you the most to be profitable?

My turnaround — My most important lesson was learned once I'd understood all the classic signals, figured out they were mostly useless, removing everything from my chart and focusing on price action at the London and New York open. As well as ...

What helped you the most to be profitable?