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  • First Post: Aug 17, 2018 1:48pm Aug 17, 2018 1:48pm
Hi. I'm Emanuel, I'm from Italy and I'm 23 years old. I started learning forex 1 and half year ago with decent results. I'm very interested in intraday trading and I would like to hear experiences from successful traders. What really helped you to became a profitable trader? What was the missing piece of the puzzle that turned you into a profitable trader?

Thanks in advance for your time
It looks a common question but really difficult to answer , to become profitable from Forex trading is a big deal , because it’s a long term process , never stop learning at all until acquiring most powerful analyzing trade knowledge . and always try to maintain real trading discipline.
Quoting emicovi
Hi. I'm Emanuel, I'm from Italy and I'm 23 years old. I started learning forex 1 and half year ago with decent results. I'm very interested in intraday trading and I would like to hear experiences from successful traders. What really helped you to became a profitable trader? What was the missing piece of the puzzle that turned you into a profitable trader? Thanks in advance for your time
Practice , practice & practice.
Can you suggest any thread here on FF to learn from ?
going only for best setups even if that means not trading for a week and closing bad trades asap with out emotion...
For me what seems to be helping is trading in some form all the time. as Zikrilrfan has said with Practice, Practice, Practice. Some books that helped me find a starting point have been as follows:

The Dow Theory - by Robert Rhea , specifically chapter 2

Trend Following - by Michael Covel ( the 5 questions to answer before you even enter a trade)

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator ‑ by Edwin Lefevre ( the mindset )

The Richest Man in Babylon - by George S. Clason (seven cures to a lean purse)

From that foundation i started asking better questions and have started to develop rules to trade by, Today i have rules, but i am left with the psychology of the trade, and learning to follow the rules i made for me.

I think it is important to create rules for yourself, in my opinion i think the wrong direction is to try to follow someone elses rules without taking in consideration yourself, your habits both good and bad, and the limitations as individuals we all have, that come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and degrees.

Good luck in your trading, and thank you for your time

Fred
Learning Forex One PiP at a Time
There is a thread, Weekly Pivot Trading with TDI
Quoting emicovi
Hi. I'm Emanuel, I'm from Italy and I'm 23 years old. I started learning forex 1 and half year ago with decent results. I'm very interested in intraday trading and I would like to hear experiences from successful traders. What really helped you to became a profitable trader? What was the missing piece of the puzzle that turned you into a profitable trader? Thanks in advance for your time
Lot size, Risk to Reward Ratio & Risk Management.
Quoting ZikriIrfan
{quote} Practice , practice & practice.
There is no way to ignore practice in Forex trading, but in spite of regular practice trading can be useless if there is no strong source of learning. So, make sure good learning process with regular practice.
Quoting emicovi
Can you suggest any thread here on FF to learn from ?
Here are some threads which could be helpful.

https://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=215394
Fall in love with the process and the results will come
Quoting mikeeating
The rags to riches thread lol
Ha, the guy on that is an absolute idiot. Blocks anyone who disagrees with him from posting.
Quoting plymgary
{quote} Ha, the guy on that is an absolute idiot. Blocks anyone who disagrees with him from posting.
That’s really unfortunate; I also see few members are too aggressive!
Quoting btcFX
What helped the most(and a lot of things helped) was joining a small trading group and all working together with a mentor.
add me too
Only trading knowledge can help us in this market place to lead a comfortable trading life with certainly, so pass a long time in here with regular practice. Hope everything will change.
Quoting AdamCrist
Only trading knowledge can help us in this market place to lead a comfortable trading life with certainly, so pass a long time in here with regular practice. Hope everything will change.
How long did it take you to learn to trade?
Been reading books and tried out different systems for 6 years without succes. Threw away every book/indicator/"system" and now im making BE/small profits.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer
Quoting 3ndlessHope
Been reading books and tried out different systems for 6 years without succes. Threw away every book/indicator/"system" and now im making BE/small profits.
You do have some sort of strategy, I assume?
Quoting mlawson71
{quote} You do have some sort of strategy, I assume?
Yes of course. I meant i threw away the indicator based systems found on forums.
Necessity knows no law except to conquer
Quoting emicovi
Hi. I'm Emanuel, I'm from Italy and I'm 23 years old. I started learning forex 1 and half year ago with decent results. I'm very interested in intraday trading and I would like to hear experiences from successful traders. What really helped you to became a profitable trader? What was the missing piece of the puzzle that turned you into a profitable trader? Thanks in advance for your time
I think persistence is one of those qualities of a trader that can help you become successful in forex. Being in the business of trading you will lose at some point. But if you are able to draw some worthwhile lessons from your defeats and hit back stronger it'll be really good. You need to be really good at seeing patterns and being more discerning. Besides this you should have a keen urge to learn and grow. So as AdamCrist said you need to practice regularly.
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