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So your brokarage account just hit 7 figures

  • #61
  • Nov 19, 2006 8:44pm Nov 19, 2006 8:44pm
Quoting alcastro
What concerns me about this thread is that I have not read a single post from anybody who has already gone thru this experience-making a million bucks. One of the things that attracted me to this forex business, and keeps me hooked, is the potential of making big money. But reading these posts, in which we all write about hypothetical situations, it makes me wonder...are we fx traders living in denial...chasing a dream that won't be fulfilled?
I have close to.

But if I had 1 million "Spare" bucks. I sure as hell wouldn't be posting on some online forum ..
  • #62
  • Nov 19, 2006 9:05pm Nov 19, 2006 9:05pm
Okay, here's what f?cks me up about this thread...

Everyone wants to get filthy stinking rich then give 10% to the starving pygmies in New Guinea. Or else buy a freaking Ferrari and screw everyone else, I'm the rich a$$hole with a flip-open cellphone and a blackberry so why doesn't your working-class a$$ park my Ferrari for me? Oh boy, look at me, I have Armani sunglasses.

All I need is $300,000 free and clear, no tax, no nothing, to live how I want to. Is that so much to ask?

I must come from a more humble environment than everyone else, because it's great to dream, but I want reality. 1 million USD is more than I could ever imagine, and would be great, but $300,000 is enough to set me up permanently. That's all I need.
"The time to act is when others show signs of tire." --W.D. Gann
  • #63
  • Nov 20, 2006 12:50am Nov 20, 2006 12:50am
Quoting dukeofdents
Okay, here's what f?cks me up about this thread...

Everyone wants to get filthy stinking rich then give 10% to the starving pygmies in New Guinea. Or else buy a freaking Ferrari and screw everyone else, I'm the rich a$$hole with a flip-open cellphone and a blackberry so why doesn't your working-class a$$ park my Ferrari for me? Oh boy, look at me, I have Armani sunglasses.

All I need is $300,000 free and clear, no tax, no nothing, to live how I want to. Is that so much to ask?

I must come from a more humble environment than everyone else, because it's great to dream, but I want reality. 1 million USD is more than I could ever imagine, and would be great, but $300,000 is enough to set me up permanently. That's all I need.
Well said.
I hope you reach your target.
  • #64
  • Nov 20, 2006 1:03am Nov 20, 2006 1:03am
Quoting dukeofdents
Okay, here's what f?cks me up about this thread...

Everyone wants to get filthy stinking rich then give 10% to the starving pygmies in New Guinea. Or else buy a freaking Ferrari and screw everyone else, I'm the rich a$$hole with a flip-open cellphone and a blackberry so why doesn't your working-class a$$ park my Ferrari for me? Oh boy, look at me, I have Armani sunglasses.

All I need is $300,000 free and clear, no tax, no nothing, to live how I want to. Is that so much to ask?

I must come from a more humble environment than everyone else, because it's great to dream, but I want reality. 1 million USD is more than I could ever imagine, and would be great, but $300,000 is enough to set me up permanently. That's all I need.

I couldnt disagree with you more.

Just because you limit your dreams to "reality" doesnt mean everyone here is wasting thier time.


Do you think everyone that is rich was born that way? They come from somewhere, they come from people like us, who dont have much, but could only think of how it would be to have it.

The only way you can reach anything is to set it as a goal, to dream about it, to want it so bad that its all you think about.

If your idea of success is driving a ferrari and taking off armani shades to give the keys to some working class valet then GREAT. Thats a dream, thats a goal hard to reach. That will be something you should be proud of if you ever reach it.


Forex has ample amounts of opportunity. I believe that if you are able to take advantage of it and reach your goal, then you have nothing to be ashamed of.


Dont listen to people like him guys, they are the naysayers in life. They are the ones that say things are not possible, they are the ones who keep you back, they are the ones that when you are trying to do something hard, tell you just to give up because its not possible. That is negative energy in your life that you should not have.

When oprah was asked, "Dont you feel bad about being able to afford all these things, to be able to go all these place, and so many people cant?"

She said something around the grounds of, "No, I earned this, I worked hard for it..."

And she the most generous person in the world.

You shouldnt be ashamed at all if you reach success.

Dont limit yourself, dont cut your goals, dont stop striving for your dreams. The only thing we have in this world to truley keep us sane is HOPE

I hope you do get your 300K (Which by the way should be enough to pay for my Lamborghini Mercielago), if thats what will make you happy. But dont assume everyone else shouldnt dream higher


See you all at the top...wherever that may be for YOU
Nothing is hard, some things just take more time and discipline.
  • #65
  • Nov 20, 2006 1:07am Nov 20, 2006 1:07am
Quoting WHTenn
Add to this... Tell absolutely no one...or your phone will be ringing with relatives that you had no idea even existed.
You dont need a million dollars for that to happen


Win the state lottery for 15K...you still get calls
Nothing is hard, some things just take more time and discipline.
  • #66
  • Nov 20, 2006 1:09am Nov 20, 2006 1:09am
Quoting brooklyn
i would take half of the money out. pay of my house, my car and all of my bills for one year and trade the rest to get my account back up to a million and then do the same thing over again. and again and again and again.
So how many times before your house and car and bills are fully paid off?


With 500K you should only have to do that once or twice?


After that, you are not going to do the same thing over again are you lol?
Nothing is hard, some things just take more time and discipline.
  • #67
  • Nov 20, 2006 3:22am Nov 20, 2006 3:22am
Quoting NipthePips
Visualize this...

[...]

You immediately get up and....

(finish the story here. Add anything you want, things you will buy, people you will call, protection you would set up, accounts you will open, let the sky be the limit.)

This should be fun to see what people goals and dreams are here at FF

i would fund an animal shelter in my town for 10% and devote another 10% to fund a publishing house of spiritual books, eastern philosophy, something like that, maybe next 20% would invest in different business start-ups.

interesting question, i will work on it, surely it will help me in my trading, thanks
Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur
  • #68
  • Nov 20, 2006 7:37am Nov 20, 2006 7:37am
Quoting dottore
i would fund an animal shelter in my town for 10% and devote another 10% to fund a publishing house of spiritual books, eastern philosophy, something like that, maybe next 20% would invest in different business start-ups.

interesting question, i will work on it, surely it will help me in my trading, thanks

Oooo Eastern Philosophy...thats neat


what area do you live in?
Nothing is hard, some things just take more time and discipline.
  • #69
  • Nov 20, 2006 10:23pm Nov 20, 2006 10:23pm
Quoting dukeofdents
Okay, here's what f?cks me up about this thread...

Everyone wants to get filthy stinking rich then give 10% to the starving pygmies in New Guinea. Or else buy a freaking Ferrari and screw everyone else, I'm the rich a$$hole with a flip-open cellphone and a blackberry so why doesn't your working-class a$$ park my Ferrari for me? Oh boy, look at me, I have Armani sunglasses.

All I need is $300,000 free and clear, no tax, no nothing, to live how I want to. Is that so much to ask?

I must come from a more humble environment than everyone else, because it's great to dream, but I want reality. 1 million USD is more than I could ever imagine, and would be great, but $300,000 is enough to set me up permanently. That's all I need.
sounds like you have something against rich people and big dreams
  • #70
  • Nov 21, 2006 12:32pm Nov 21, 2006 12:32pm
Quoting NipthePips
Dont listen to people like him guys, they are the naysayers in life. They are the ones that say things are not possible, they are the ones who keep you back, they are the ones that when you are trying to do something hard, tell you just to give up because its not possible. That is negative energy in your life that you should not have.
He's not saying it isn't possible, just that he doesn't need a huge amount of money to have a decent quality of life. Nothing wrong with that.
  • #71
  • Nov 21, 2006 1:25pm Nov 21, 2006 1:25pm
Quoting NipthePips
I couldnt disagree with you more.

Just because you limit your dreams to "reality" doesnt mean everyone here is wasting thier time.


Do you think everyone that is rich was born that way? They come from somewhere, they come from people like us, who dont have much, but could only think of how it would be to have it.

The only way you can reach anything is to set it as a goal, to dream about it, to want it so bad that its all you think about.

If your idea of success is driving a ferrari and taking off armani shades to give the keys to some working class valet then GREAT. Thats a dream, thats a goal hard to reach. That will be something you should be proud of if you ever reach it.


Forex has ample amounts of opportunity. I believe that if you are able to take advantage of it and reach your goal, then you have nothing to be ashamed of.


Dont listen to people like him guys, they are the naysayers in life. They are the ones that say things are not possible, they are the ones who keep you back, they are the ones that when you are trying to do something hard, tell you just to give up because its not possible. That is negative energy in your life that you should not have.

When oprah was asked, "Dont you feel bad about being able to afford all these things, to be able to go all these place, and so many people cant?"

She said something around the grounds of, "No, I earned this, I worked hard for it..."

And she the most generous person in the world.

You shouldnt be ashamed at all if you reach success.

Dont limit yourself, dont cut your goals, dont stop striving for your dreams. The only thing we have in this world to truley keep us sane is HOPE

I hope you do get your 300K (Which by the way should be enough to pay for my Lamborghini Mercielago), if thats what will make you happy. But dont assume everyone else shouldnt dream higher


See you all at the top...wherever that may be for YOU

Hey man....I don't post here very often...but I have to say this!!

Today you became my hero!

keep on rocking
  • #72
  • Nov 21, 2006 2:29pm Nov 21, 2006 2:29pm
Quoting NipthePips
Oooo Eastern Philosophy...thats neat


what area do you live in?
thanks for asking

currently I live in Poland, europe, today with my new partner and old friend, we started talks about our new publishing business...

have a great day
Quidquid latine dictum sit altum viditur
  • #73
  • Nov 21, 2006 4:44pm Nov 21, 2006 4:44pm
I have nothing against big dreams. I have dreams, and my financial goals should be based in reality and I should have a light at the end of the tunnel. Forex is not the only thing I do financially. It helps, but if you already have $100,000 to trade with you're way ahead of me. Make a million! Some of us aren't that fortunate. Circumstances can be a bitch.

My goals are small and simple, and I want to achieve them as soon as possible. When I do achieve them I will be able to escape the rat race. The rat race is the ridiculous maze that obscenely rich people force working class people to run through in order to fight over their crumbs. I don't want to be obscenely rich, I want to live a simple and fulfilling life without having to jump through hoops for pricks with more money than me.

A good piece of acreage, a couple of good old pickup trucks, a Massey-Ferguson (not a John Deere), my family, my dog, and a nice house with all the bills paid is all I want. Not a million-dollar house in California but a $150,000 house in Tennessee. And no, not a double-wide, just to get that out of the way. I'm not being negative toward anyone that wants more than that. I'm just saying that's enough for me, and when you have enough, it's time to quit and enjoy living instead of living for a buck...
"The time to act is when others show signs of tire." --W.D. Gann
  • #74
  • Nov 21, 2006 4:55pm Nov 21, 2006 4:55pm
Life is a journey not a destination. Enjoy the journey
Profit is where readiness meets Opportunity
  • #75
  • Nov 21, 2006 5:01pm Nov 21, 2006 5:01pm
BTW,

I know a guy personally who has made multi-millions in commercial real estate, and he is one of the most unhappy people I've ever met. He's been divorced twice, his kids hate him, and he has absolutely no time for anything but business. He was a college football player once, and his bank account, to him, is the score of the game. Every dollar is another touchdown, another field goal, etc.

He has millions and he can't just quit and enjoy his life. He has no time for his loved ones, his hobbies, or his friends. He is awake 20 hours a day doing business in one way or another. He still has to buy low and sell high. Forex is a means to an end, people. If there is no ultimate goal, no end for you, then God help you and your greed...
"The time to act is when others show signs of tire." --W.D. Gann
  • #76
  • Nov 22, 2006 1:48am Nov 22, 2006 1:48am
Quoting Innes
He's not saying it isn't possible, just that he doesn't need a huge amount of money to have a decent quality of life. Nothing wrong with that.
Yes he did, his references to reality is what implied that he thinks it is not possible. He is saying that he is doing something that is feasable while everyone else is thinking over there head. Its nothing wrong with him having small dreams, but I feel it was wrong of him to talk about everyone else having high life dreams, like its a bad thing.
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Quoting happy camper
Hey man....I don't post here very often...but I have to say this!!

Today you became my hero!

keep on rocking

Wow thnx, I am really honored. Any time man any time. I hope you are inspired to do great things




Quoting dottore
thanks for asking

currently I live in Poland, europe, today with my new partner and old friend, we started talks about our new publishing business...

have a great day
Thats really cool we should chat later


Quoting dukeofdents
I have nothing against big dreams. I have dreams, and my financial goals should be based in reality and I should have a light at the end of the tunnel. Forex is not the only thing I do financially. ....

.....

A good piece of acreage, a couple of good old pickup trucks, a Massey-Ferguson (not a John Deere), my family, my dog, and a nice house with all the bills paid is all I want. Not a million-dollar house in California but a $150,000 house in Tennessee. And no, not a double-wide, just to get that out of the way. ... enjoy living instead of living for a buck...
I dont have 100K, in fact i only started with about 1k in july...and ive been working on that same 1k since, no need to tell my profits.

Everybody has circumstances..TRUST ME. Some worse than others. Its how you overcome those circumstances that makes you stronger and grow.

But after you achieve your dreams of the simple life, and mind you some people like that, and will be perfectly happy with that...i could understand why the hustle and bustle of a high maintenece life might not be for everyone. But yea after you achieve it, why stop there? You are going to need finances to enjoy life to... no one said be a slave of your money. 300K will make you set...ok so only make 2K a month and there ya go. Dont just limit at that 300k...ya know what i mean?

And in your first post you made it seem like you had something against big dreams. Thats why I responded the way i did.



Quoting dukeofdents
BTW,

I know a guy personally who has made multi-millions in commercial real estate, and he is one of the most unhappy people I've ever met. He's been divorced twice, his kids hate him, and he has absolutely no time for anything but business. He was a college football player once, and his bank account, to him, is the score of the game. Every dollar is another touchdown, another field goal, etc.

He has millions and he can't just quit and enjoy his life. He has no time for his loved ones, his hobbies, or his friends. He is awake 20 hours a day doing business in one way or another. He still has to buy low and sell high. Forex is a means to an end, people. If there is no ultimate goal, no end for you, then God help you and your greed...
That sucks for him, if he thought money was going to make him ultimately happy then that was a mistake he made by himself for himself. Trust me money makes things easier, but im sure anyone knows that it does not ultimately make you happy. And just because that happened to him doesnt mean every rich person is miserable.
Nothing is hard, some things just take more time and discipline.
  • #77
  • Nov 26, 2006 8:12pm Nov 26, 2006 8:12pm
I don't want to be miserable, brother, I want to be happy. Financial independence is one step on the way. I apparently don't need as much $$ as others to be happy. Set your goals and achieve them, and that's all good and well. I look for modest goals, modest gains, and a little drama in the meantime in this market. Don't be greedy, however, or you will find your Achilles heel and suffer ridiculous losses. Trust me, I've been there...
"The time to act is when others show signs of tire." --W.D. Gann
  • #78
  • Nov 26, 2006 8:19pm Nov 26, 2006 8:19pm
BTW, try manual labor sometime. Some of the money I have put into this market came from shoveling 10 cubic yards of sand into an old lube pit at an auto body shop, by myself, in one day, on a Saturday. It must be nice to have investment capital without having to get it the hard way...

If you don't know how much sand 10 yards is, or know what a hardship it is to shovel it from a dropoff in 1 day, all by yourself, then my point has been made exactly.
"The time to act is when others show signs of tire." --W.D. Gann
  • #79
  • Nov 27, 2006 3:56am Nov 27, 2006 3:56am
Quoting dukeofdents
BTW, try manual labor sometime. Some of the money I have put into this market came from shoveling 10 cubic yards of sand into an old lube pit at an auto body shop, by myself, in one day, on a Saturday. It must be nice to have investment capital without having to get it the hard way...

If you don't know how much sand 10 yards is, or know what a hardship it is to shovel it from a dropoff in 1 day, all by yourself, then my point has been made exactly.

What makes you think I am some rich kid with 1000's of dollars to invest...did I not post that i wasnt earlier?

Quoting NipthePips
I dont have 100K, in fact i only started with about 1k in july...and ive been working on that same 1k since, no need to tell my profits.

Everybody has circumstances..TRUST ME. Some worse than others. Its how you overcome those circumstances that makes you stronger and grow.
You keep repeating how you had to work hard for your money etc etc...are you looking for sympathy? I had to work hard too, do you even know my reason for trading forex in the first place? No you dont, so before you go to thinking that I am so little rich boy having fun pressing buttons on the computer think again. Everyone has thier problems dude...And for some reason...not to make it a contest, but I doubt yours are worse than mine.

LOL you make it sound like I sit around all day and have people serve me wow this is funny, I guess I am kinda glad you mistake me for that, that means that my dreams are starting to materialize and show to the world...didnt know it would happen on a forum first though.

Keep dreaming hard, your dreams will slowly materialize too.

Good Luck

Nip
Nothing is hard, some things just take more time and discipline.
  • #80
  • Nov 27, 2006 9:17am Nov 27, 2006 9:17am
once my account do hit that, i plan on moving to the bahamas full time setting up a ibc and a trust company and doing all my business offshore.

ps. please don't tell the i.r.s http://www.forexfactory.com/forexfor...ons/icon12.gif
If I Go Broke Trying Then I Will die happy.
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