Technical Trading — The hardest thing I find is to convince "traders" not to use technical analysis. Now I'm not saying its useless, it can be used (very profitably) to time your entry into a movement you are targeting. I have not yet seen ...

How to be a trader for a company?

No harm intended — I apologise if this has caused any harm. I really did not intend it to sound sexist and will rephrase it : "women please do not bother"... I do believe in honesty and why should I invite women if I know beforehand that I am ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Stop — I wish you all a great weekend and a refreshed start on Sunday night. Bye

How to be a trader for a company?

Oh so true — [quote=Rolandlc33;1488042]This is a very good thread,. The very best part is you can continue to trade your own account or have funds in the one your managing. So this is the reason almost everyone in the "New Market Wizards" book ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Thats enough — Ok please stop PM'e me I have received enough responses to keep me busy for a week. I will continue posting here but please stop the PMs.

How to be a trader for a company?

Coaching — I have read in this thread and many other people have said that I could be a good coach where trading is concerned. I absolutely agree with the assessment and am willing to make this "service" available to more people than currently ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Mr Nel — This is probably the closest any newbie will ever come to pure trend following. If all new entrants to the market read your post first then there will be long and extended trends in future. This is the closst I have seen to pure trend ...

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NFP — Seeing that it was NFP today I thought i would comment on it a bit. I see many comments about brokers widening spreads et. Believe me this is normal and any market not only forex does this. I have spoken to the guy at a website calling ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Why own account — A question I see a lot on this forum is why don't the bank traders trade on their own account? Well its very simple, its all about risk. If you trade for the bank they pay your salary and if you make money you get a bonus as ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Pairs, Paris Hilton? — Luqmanz, What pairs? I never focused exclusively on specific pairs. I traded what I perceived at that time to be "trending" pairs. I remember doing some work on gbpjpy eurjpy eurgbp nzdusd and also on the emerging pair ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Relaxing — Then of course the lifestyle of a trader sometimes is not for everyone. Drugs do play a role with some traders and the drug of choice for most was cocaine. No, I have not used it ever before and will never. I know my personality and ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Long Term — FXNewbie 71, Long term can range from weekly to yearly. I had a look at the market I was interested in and decided where this market should go given the current situation. Take the US market for instance it goes through waving ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Salary — My basic salary was very good and the bonus worked on a scale, I had to make the budget they set to get any bonus, which was about 5% of budget. But everything over the budget I shared in by about 25%. So budget is $1mil I get $50k ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Oh — Just to add to that - I am a highly educated person :-) (M.Sc) but have thus far found no value for all the years of study within trading...except position management...no value in terms of decision making as to whether to go long or ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Good advice — I have seen traders make consistent returns just using RSI, I was a big believer in technicals so once asked a guy how he use it. The response was expected..."If I think the market is going up, I buy on RSI buy signals"...so gut ...

How to be a trader for a company?

Used to trade — I was firstly a risk manager for a large bank then a position opened as a spot forex trader. Got an account for $2mil in the first three months got increased to $5mil for the next year and to $8mil in the next. When it was ...

How to be a trader for a company?