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Closed DJIA with loss -2051 Account Value 317k

Forgot to write about this trade. Closed 7th Nov with loss -1655

Closed long FTSE100 with loss -3039 Bought S&P500 @ 1272.85 Account Value 287k

Bought Oil @ 95.87 Bought DJIA @ 12008 Account Value 291k

Bought DJIA @ 11973 Account Value 282k

Sold AudUsd @ 1.0343 Account Value 298k

Sold FTSE100 @ 5429 Account Value 299k

Closed oil with loss -8699 Bought NASDAQ100 @ 2348.6 Account Value 268k Trading long term trends when central banks intervene - not a good idea.

Closed EurGbp with loss -1953 Closed EurUsd with loss -1308 Account Value 301k

Well, yes it is. But look at historical rolling one-year return. Horizontal red line is at +66%. Profit like this happened many times in the past. I'm sure system will recover.

Closed AudUsd with loss -30312 Closed DJIA with loss -7944 Closed FTSE100 with loss -6092 Closed SP500 with loss -3747 Bought EurGbp @ 0.8822 Bought EurUsd @ 1.4216 Account Value 297k. Huge 40% drawdown. On average, drawdown after starting system is 27%, so this one is bigger, but...

Futures and spot forex. I live in United Kingdom. From what I read on the net, the only option is to register with FSA.

Well. I started trading around september '08. I've made money during financial crisis, I've made money during "recovery", and I've made money during recent crash. What sort of money I need to be trading to taken seriously?

Six months? That's certainly too short period of time for me. I'm a long term trend follower. So let's twist the question: how many close transaction I need? Thanks

That's brilliant. Would you be as kind as to answer some more questions: 1. How many years track record I need? 2. What size I need to trade to be treated seriously? 3. What type of annual return / max draw down is attractive enough? Thanks L

Once and for all: I'm LuckyPutanski, nothing to do with Michael21. At the moment I'm looking for other ways to capitalize on what I've learnt so far. Teaching others seems like an obvious choice, and I can benefit from that as well. Trading my own capital is working great, but I have too little...

Calm down.

I'm all ears and I have to say, your point of view is interesting and it's something I haven't think of. Oh, and thanks for the advice about fast food industry for work, but I'm making decent living at my current company. Pass.

Where I live (London, UK) people are doing just fine. Yes, unemployment is high, but none of my friends lost their jobs, my company is hiring and most people I know are quite busy right now (I get to talk to hundreds of people every week, only small percentage complain). I know times are tough...

You're right. At the moment, there are fewer people interested. But is just a matter of a marketing budget? To get certain number of students I just need to advertise more. On the other hand, today's market can be a great chance to show people that you can make money when market is falling.