Do full-time forex traders exist or is it just make believe?

Quote from SimpleTrades:

Oh Blah!

No you just keep averaging down and throwing away your money!

I leave as much money in my trading account as I need to trade the trades I want to trade. Everything else is in longer term investments.

By the way, I actually don't trade with Oanda. I trade with Questrade, a Canadian based company where forex is only one small part of their offerings.
 
Quote from nitro:

Yes, but they require large sums of money I believe. Which ones are you thinking?

Already mentioned here Dukascopy has average Euro spread of 0.4 and has moderate requirements.
 
Quote from Daring:

And what to do with the excess cash ?

Whole new problem arises when you consider that.

Ummmm.... Think about that for a second. If you put it all in your trading account, you are earning no interest, and you're effectively long in the currency that the trading account is denominated in. Alternatively, you can leave the money in an interest earning account in your native currency, or simply diversify into other assets. I have chosen to diversify. Currency trading is just a small part of my overall savings. If I add to the account it will be from employment income.
 
Quote from nitro:

Yes, but they require large sums of money I believe. Which ones are you thinking?

It's not really difficult. IBTWS is showing EURUSD at a half-pip mkt right now. 20k unit minimum.
 
Quote from atticus:

It's not really difficult. IBTWS is showing EURUSD at a half-pip mkt right now. 20k unit minimum.

Right, @ IB it's pretty often 0.5
 
Quote from cornix:

Already mentioned here Dukascopy has average Euro spread of 0.4 and has moderate requirements.

Have you considered the bid and ask may be padded to allow for the tight spread? In other words you are seeing filtered data? I have no idea, just a thought.
 
Quote from marketsurfer:

Have you considered the bid and ask may be padded to allow for the tight spread? In other words you are seeing filtered data? I have no idea, just a thought.

I've never traded with them myself as I switched back to SIFs from FX. Cvds16 trades through them for quite some time already, think he can share experience.
 
Quote from SimpleTrades:

Oh Blah!

No you just keep averaging down and throwing away your money!

I leave as much money in my trading account as I need to trade the trades I want to trade. Everything else is in longer term investments.
? you call that a trading plan? I'm just going to trade it until it is all gone?

Sounds like my illegal online baseball betting account.

Every spring I add money, and just bet the under on NL night games during the week.

and I just do that until it is all gone

that's my plan

I have no loss prevention plan, and virtually no plan for taking profits, it's just a hobby

forex on the other hand I take a little bit more seriously
 
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