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Quoting RondaRousey
{quote} They also said Mingary can trade. They also said the moon landing was fake. They also said crossing the ocean was impossible.
Still a dreadfully poor use of logic ..
Quoting RondaRousey
{quote} They also said Mingary can trade. They also said the moon landing was fake. They also said crossing the ocean was impossible.
They also said it was possible to defeat the Roulette and Casinos.
They also said it was possible to make a living with Sports Betting.
They also said it was possible to make a living off Retail Forex.

Nuff Said.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Quoting kpclick
{quote} I can prove, right after you answer my question: "why water boils?" (you forgot that one)
i invested heavily in a Unicorn stud farm but later found out they were Fat Rhinos so i was scammed .
SEE LINE,TRADE LINE..PRICE HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE,,, PRICE WILL GO SOMEWHERE.
im here because im bored out of my brain ive been trading for a long time and when i was loseing the challenge seemed so exciting that days would go past without me realizing ,i started a small account and with good mm i built it to a size that i was going to start giving me a reasonable return for the time invested i was with fxcm and one day they told me that my government had passed legislation banning them from having us as clients so they sold us to halifax stealing 5 k from my account in the process ,back to account building ,halifax were useing the fxcm as platform providers and when they were banned from providing their service to the US clients halifax sent an urgent email telling us to close all trades imediatly as they were withdrawing all funds from fxcm accounts and then providing a platform of their own for us ,bang there went another 1k so im back to where i started but with a good system that is long term but works and is boring as shit .am i rich NO have i made money YES am i profitable NO have i blowen an account NO do i think i can be profitable YES as long as i can find a good honest provider has trading lost its challenge YES even with our mate mr trump at the wheel will i give up NO can i make a living at it YES it is possible but do i want to do something as boring as this YES but im moveing somewhere else so i can watch ice melt or catch fish or something a little bit more stimulating than tradeing do i have to prove what ive written NO thats just about as challenging as tradeing.
the benefits will be that we can get it depends on its own is not the maximum science, as a business we can do it in a consistent profit should mampunyai experience even further and also the ability of more highly trained skill
Quoting gabanda
{quote} in running forex trading business should be to do with the learning before the run, because of the existence of a the huge risks should strive to improve trading skills, success in forex it depends in its maximum capabilities in trading knowledge possessed
Sir gabanda , I agree at your point but not totally. So many experience traders always suggest us to acquire good trading knowledge by learning to keep survive in Forex in a proper way. But according to me , only trading skill is not good enough to make profit consistency devoid of ensuring exact trading discipline and money managing plan. so we have to focus on these trading habits.
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Quoting MapleLeaf
{quote} Are you saying you make a living trading RETAIL FOREX, month after month, and have done so for the last 5 years at least? Sorry, but I don't believe you. According to official brokers stats for a period longer than 12 months, 99.6% of people trading RETAIL FOREX lose money in this scheme. (Almost identical numbers as in Gambling). Nuff Said.
What's seems illogical about these arguments is that people like yourself and Mingary claim no one, NO ONE ON PLANET EARTH makes consistent profits from forex, or at least not enough to live on (which does not necessarily require profits month after month). You have not a shred of proof to back up this 100% loser claim, yet you swear it is true.
the closest evidence you produce are apparent official broker stats that say the vast majority lose money. I would be interested in viewing a link to this 99.6 percent loser rate for periods longer than 12 months.
The argument that others such as the owners of FF have worked out it is easier to make profits from forex through advertising on their sites and brokers through commissions etc is also not proof of impossible profits. They have simply found an easier way of making money from forex, since trading is in fact hard.

In fact, as far as statistics go, it's highly "unlikely" that NO ONE on planet earth is a consistently profitable trader. A bell curve demonstrating the statistical distribution of profitable and non profitable traders, (taking into account what would be a large global sample size), is unlikely to have a 0 value at the long term profitability end.
That's just statistics...

What's just as illogical, is when someone does not agree with your argument, you point the finger at them as if they claimed to be a consistently profitable trader, when in fact, they did no such thing.
Come with me if you want to live....
Quarterly stats seem to range between low 20s to high 40 percent as profitable, with larger accounts occupying the higher end of the profitability rate. Now these are not longer term rates but I will would be interested in seeing a link to verified rates for periods longer than 12 months.
Come with me if you want to live....
Here you get some data:
https://www.forexfactory.com/showthread.php?t=651547

From 2014 / France:
https://www.forexfactory.com/showthr...55#post9883455
Quoting MapleLeaf
{quote} Are you saying you make a living trading RETAIL FOREX, month after month, and have done so for the last 5 years at least? Sorry, but I don't believe you. According to official brokers stats for a period longer than 12 months, 99.6% of people trading RETAIL FOREX lose money in this scheme. (Almost identical numbers as in Gambling). Nuff Said.
I consistency make money in retail forex, but not month after month. Some months I suck and lose, most other months I suck not as bad and make some money. Not Ferrari and mansions money. But Nissan and 5 bedroom 2 bath money. Thinking of downsizing soon, kids have moved out.
Ecclesiastes 1:9
Quoting Ill-b-back
Quarterly stats seem to range between low 20s to high 40 percent as profitable, with larger accounts occupying the higher end of the profitability rate. Now these are not longer term rates but I will would be interested in seeing a link to verified rates for periods longer than 12 months.
Stats conveniently provided by the brokers hiding the most essential issue.

Check it yourself.
Total customer fund at the beginning of period minus ending total customer fund at the end of the period.

On average, LOSS by the amount of the total transaction cost for the period.

It's a casino....

Understandably, the industry is always looking for a new crop of cannon fodder ...
Quoting Mingary
{quote} Stats conveniently provided by the brokers hiding the most essential issue. Check it yourself. Total customer fund at the beginning of period minus ending total customer fund at the end of the period. On average, LOSS by the amount of the total transaction cost for the period. It's a casino.... Understandably, the industry is always looking for a new crop of cannon fodder ...
2 things:
1) How do I check total customer funds at beginning and end of period? Perhaps a link would be helpful.
2) Number 1) refers to group data only, in the same way that medical data shows groups of regular smokers are more likely to die if lung cancer than non smokers.
Yet some smokers "miraculously" cheat cancer affliction.
How is this so...?
Still waiting for hard data that not a single individual can make a living in retail forex.
Come with me if you want to live....
Mingary himself is a self confessed and documented profitable trader.
Come with me if you want to live....
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Quoting Ill-b-back
{quote} 2 things: 1) How do I check total customer funds at beginning and end of period? Perhaps a link would be helpful. 2) Number 1) refers to group data only, in the same way that medical data shows groups of regular smokers are more likely to die if lung cancer than non smokers. Yet some smokers "miraculously" cheat cancer affliction. How is this so...? Still waiting for hard data that not a single individual can make a living in retail forex.
In any given period it's obvious that a few traders can be profitable.
True for gambling data (casinos), true for forex.

The last time I looked I found the raw data on the fxcm website. As a public company they provide financial statements that you have to analyze to find the relevant info.
Quoting Mingary
{quote} In any given period it's obvious that a few traders can be profitable. True for gambling data (casinos), true for forex. The last time I looked I found the raw data on the fxcm website. As a public company they provide financial statements that you have to analyze to find the relevant info.
Precisely
Come with me if you want to live....
Quoting harupit
Hi All, I started live trading in May 2015. I will complete two years this may. Till now have blown up accounts worth USD 6000. Left forex for a few months. Started with leftover $ 58.48 from last blown account. I see that I have developed more discipline now or at least that is what I feel. Slowly building up the account from here on. I will invest money in this account only if I can convince myself that I can be consistently profitable. On that note, I was wondering how many members at FF are consistently profitable? Let's define consistently...
I do not think there is any statistics that say this exactly. And most consistent profitable traders are not willing to announce that I am making money here. They love to remain silent. And why would one disclose his or her personal information. The fact is most traders are not consistent. To be consistently profitable you need to be extremely disciplined. This is where most people fail.
Quoting Mingary
{quote} In any given period it's obvious that a few traders can be profitable. True for gambling data (casinos), true for forex. The last time I looked I found the raw data on the fxcm website. As a public company they provide financial statements that you have to analyze to find the relevant info.
Exactly and long term, the macro stats of Forex are almost identical to Gambling (Casinos, Roulette, etc) and very similar to Sports Betting.

Something really crazy is that the EDGE of Casino Gambling Games is almost identical to the EDGE in FOREX.

FOREX = Gambling.

Ironically, Huge Known European Football Teams use as main sponsor in their Shirts, either a Forex Sponsor, a Casino or Poker Sponsor or a sports betting sponsor. It's all connected. People just need to open their eyes and use their brain. Imagine the amount of money these shemes are able to spend to sponsor those teams.

I like Football (Known as Soccer in USA), so I follow that sport, but probably they sponsor other sports too.
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Quoting Mingary
{quote} Still a dreadfully poor use of logic ..
It’s really hard to figure out the exact number but not more than 10% in average.
Quoting ZikriIrfan
{quote} It’s really hard to figure out the exact number but not more than 10% in average.
If 10% traders are able to make profit with great consistence, why 95% traders become loser from this stock market?
Quoting AdamCrist
{quote} If 10% traders are able to make profit with great consistence, why 95% traders become loser from this stock market?
Because, they started their trading journey within a proper trading skill; without a good trading skill trading is really impossible since it’s a knowledge based profession.
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