anyone need help?

Well BB, you know who got rich in both the Alaska and the California Gold rushes? The people selling stuff to the wanabie minors... LOL

50$!? what cracks me up(but in a sad way) is people who spend 3k for a seminar that tells them squat. 2 hours with someone like yourself could far surpass that 3k for a day seminar

Don't be discouraged renasdad, it is the nature of helping. Some will be grateful and show it, others grateful and not show it, and others just won't be grateful. I do understand the frustration that can be had, the funniest is when you spend hours helping someone and then they just shoot over another question without even thanking for the last :

Take care bud!

Mike

I believe the fee charging will not separate the grateful from the ingrates; as I don't believe to be grateful, one must provide warm, soft cash.

I do believe charging a fee may grab many newblettes who want a quick crash course to get rich; which may result in mas negativity.

The exposure thing is definitly true though... I mean, we're trying to learn to buy and sell money... for our own profit. Heck, I came here so I could see if its realistic for me to even attempt to be able to make a living off of trading (I have no previous background or experience) so I can quit my day job and be my own boss. I'm still learning and haven't even begun networking with any specific traders, nor have I thanked PeterFM, James16, LinuxTroll, and about 10-15 other people who have responded or given me advice ( I would look them all up to thank them now, but I am at work). But, I've started jotting down who has helped me, so I can keep tabs on who I owe!

I should thank the entity that is ForexFactory too, I've learned more here than 4 semesters of college in just 2 weeks.

Yeah learned more here then 4 years at college. And as you can see by my join date that is a year. Oh and college ran me 30k a year. If only I had all that money for capital now!

This is a great place indeed!

yup... I literally wrote to my family the other day saying the exact same thing... if I had just worked 2x more, and took half as much college, or no college at all and just studied this... .... unfortunatly, much like in FOREX< hindsight is 20 20, and who knows what useful subconcious lessons I learned in college. Public speaking helped. Accounting sucked. I still don't know what I'm doing in franchise accounting.

Something to do with money???

yes, Peter you're right! Its FOREX... that's what I'm doing - at work. Franchise is awful, and I am hoping to smooth right into trading. We have no active management at my corporate HQ so I just do what is on my calendar and the rest goes to FOREX or whatever. So with no management around, I guess I could say I'm halfway there to being a trader right?

Some of my fellows traders here at FF have the distinct advantage of being able to enter the Forex trading world at a rather young age, comparatively speaking. Older traders like myself did not have that opportunity, but none-the-less, we are happy to be here NOW! ("Older" you say? Unlike Merlin, I do not have the 'guts' to use a current picture of myself as my avatar. I have had to resort to an older photo..........lol!)

Be thankful.................and don't forget to say so!

Scott, do you suppose I could get a cheap flight to Alaska or California to get in on the action?

hey im totally 100% new....i hv no clue wt the terms u guys use n wt they mean n i feel so stupid n lost......any kind of help.....starting frm really basic actually lol is appreciated.....i really wanna do dis shit but i need a push and some help 2 start....i don even no hw im gonna see ur reply if ur gonna post one :S

ehhhhh?

Read PeterTM's post on what this forum can help you on. Expect to spend many hours learning.

I had wrote a post a couple days ago and I see it didn't go through and posted. That is probably my fault. That last post was selfish of me. I apologize. I am not here for the thank yous. I am here to help people. I have gotten some thank yous. When I came here I wanted answers. I had some pretty "dumb" questions. I am so glad I asked them. People were so kind to help me. I am so greatful to those people. When I started and would tell people about forex, I got the strangest looks. One----- "What the heck are you thinking". Another---- "What a waste of time". Yet another---- "You moron". I didn't care. I know what a person can have if they want it bad enough and put their mind to it. I looked at it like every job I have had, I always exceed. I surpass my boss's expectations. Why should this be any differant? In the end, it is a job. I work (looking at my charts) to make money. The charts always do the same thing. Go up, go down, or go up and down. It can only do 3 things. If I tough it out long enough I will be able to know with a high percentage confidence of which way it will go. I want to teach others the same. One of the biggest hurdles is being scared of being wrong.
This post is basically saying, I don't care if I get a thank you. I have had enough of them. If I get one, that is a bonus but I am not here for that. I like to ramble too so that is why I wrote as much as I did.
I hope I have helped more people than I think I have.

Good to see you in a positive frame of mind again, Renasdad, that's the most we can hope for.
Congrats on being vouched

Yeah, it's good to be in a positive frame of mind when it comes to trading. I had a bug up my A** the day I posted that. Now, I wish I hadn't. There are people that I im with that I know they are greatful. If they read that post, are they gonna think they aren't showing gratitude enough to me? I really don't care. I am not here for the gratitude from others. The main reason I do this is to help. They coolest part about it is when I start chatting with someone that is asking questions, I learn things from the answers I give. Does that make sense?
As for the vouche, it is nice to see someone thinks I am worthy. God knows I have way more than 1,000 trades. One vouche isn't enough though. I won't be torn up about it if I am not actually in the thread when it does open. It's not a popularity contest. Adding insight would be a bonus though.
back a year and a half ago, I thought this was the best website I found. To this day I still feel the same. There is so much info on here and it keeps building.
Awesome stuff!!

Agree 100%. I've taught a variety of things over the years (this will be ammo for those that say - "those who can't - teach"), and I know I've got as much, if not more, out of it as the pupils.
Love the pictures of the girls in your other thread BTW.

I have never thought of myself as a teacher. There are times when asked a question, I sit back and have no idea what to say. It takes alot of thinking to come up with the right answer. I don't want to be wrong when being asked something. Also, just so you know that is the same girl.Amazing how differant she looks huh? She is my world man. I never knew what unconditional love meant. Now I do. I brag about her all the time. I am sure people get sick of it. When they meet her, they understand why I am the way I am about her.

I got a few random questions;

are Metatrader and Oanda the most popular charting platforms on the forum? if they are; why... i see .mt4 files all the time so I can only assume there is programmer freedom that helps make MT4 popular.
Are they called "charting platforms" or is that the inproper term?

I wouldn't consider Oanda a charting platform. They are a broker with terrible charts. I trade with Oanda and don't use their charts at all. I would have to say MT4 charts are the most popular on this forum. I would have to say, MT4 is popular because of the expert advisor function. I don't use that at all but many people do. Does that help?

Yes it does; thank you.

Is there a reason you don't like Oanda's charts? I've started using them just because they offer 5 second time frames, and I have been observing how the "Rainbow Wave" behaves... beyond that, it seems very similiar to MetaTrader charting. Perhaps its something that comes with time.

So - basically when you trade (I'll assume off of metatrader charts), you will have an Oanda account open, but just keep the charts closed, and alt-tab between your MT4 charts and you Oanda account; is this correct?

Renasdad,

When you pass things on it makes you re-think them. In one way it is an excellent review. You can take it a step further as well, and I know you do because you mention it in another post. The further step is this: Before you pass on information, even if you believe it to be true, you suddenly feel a new responsibility toward that info. It causes you to look at a piece of info from many different angles before you pass it on.
And once you pass it on, you are now more likely to practice it since you've gone on record supporting it.
I sent you a PM a while ago welcoming you back after you were quiet for a while. Same again.

All the best
Bill

Please explain leverage and its relation to lot size, equity, and margin in 12 yo english. Examples in the form of charts, graphs, excel tables, audio/video are
encouraged as a picture's worth a thousand words. Thank you.