I am a money manager and have been trading forex and equities for more than 4 years. Before I began my trading career, I owned and ran several businesses ranging for transportation to import export. I was looking for other business opportunities when I stumbled onto an advertisements advertising on courses on trading forex. Like so many people blinded by the romance of trading, I too coughed out thousands to learn the skill / art of trading. After a weekend course, I thought I knew everything about trading, so I opened my first trading account, funded it with thousands and prepared my coffers for the tones of money that was about to pour into my trading account. I was even thinking about getting a boat with a bar, so I can be mixing drinks with one hand and trade with the other. Like so many people, my account blew up, not in a good way. Instead of alchemy, turning lead into gold, my gold turned into lead. That was one of the major turning points in my trading career. From that moment I decided on two things, I will not pay for anymore courses from the “gurus” and I will not blow up another account.