Pro Traders - please share your story

I would like to start this thread in an effort to get some stories and information about those who have gone on to become full time forex traders.

It would be great if some of you could share your experiences, good and bad, that have lead you down this path. This would help aspiring traders such as myself put this into some sort of context.

How did you start, how long did you trade before you went professional, how many accounts did you bust, how many systems did you try before success, money management, discipline, turning points etc etc?

I thought it would be fascinating for newbies such as myself to hear the stories of the more experienced traders and the events and lead them to being ultimately successful.

Cheers,

Dean

I have started forex trading 2.5 years ago, blew 5-6 accounts and lost all my hard earned money. Then took a break, strated trading demo accounts and blew them too many times. It's all coz of greediness and moneymanagement. One can find a system which works with experience only.

Then one fine day i started with $5000 Real account and today the account grown to $43500.

I don't say use only 1% or 2% of your account balance.It's all about how confident you are with your trade. I personally use 10% when i'm damn sure ( i know it's risky ).

With my experience , i learnt not to close positions after few pips, instead keep a trailing stop or stoploss at break even and run the trade until you see a trend reversal on hourly charts..

That is what I need to have the courage to start doing...letting my trades run instead of bailing out with a small profit.

1.......Absorb anything and everything related to the forex.
2.......Find a mentor that is a successful forex trader and learn from him. Become that person.

Very few people that follow the above steps will fail.

This is an honor to have Nial on this forum. Welcome and thanks for sharing your methods Sir!