Excellent questions, and I for one would love to know the answers. I think the books you have read are more to do with what you can do about your own success and take the 'gambling' aspect out of it as much as possible, rather than the machinations ...

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Excellent stuff Robbooker! Thanks for sharing. Personally I also know that good, strong affirmations help to turn any negative subconscious programming around. After all, what we believe about ourselves affects our trading, and the negative stuff is ...

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Yes, it's absolutely possible.

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You can fix gambling but that's a bit difficult to fix the fx market. From what I've seen of casinos with all the cameras and dubious practices, gambling is a game of 'them against us', whereas trading is definitely a case of 'me against me'.

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Absolutely right - but do you really need to spend 10 years at it before you get it? I think I've made pretty good progress, with expert help, on this in the last three months, and my mistakes have reduced substantially. And that's not about ...

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Thanks very much for the friendly treatment! I've adjusted things as necessary!

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I have a maxim: listen to others, but learn on your own. It doesn't work for me to trade in groups and talk too much to others about techniques. I just get confused that way, and don't feel empowered to make my own decisions. Yes, it's for loners ...

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I don't think it's a good idea to set yourself such goals every day. 5% is perfectly possible, but personally I prefer not to trade every day - just concentrate on the days when good movements look likely. In other words - don't try to make the ...

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Aaargh! Which of those smiles should I take seriously? The Avatar or the smiley?

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Thank you for talking to me! I couldn't agree more. But I am in this for the long term too. I had some training, which I thought was pretty mediocre, and got going on a live account three months ago. Since then, I think I've discovered something ...

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