Number of trades

How many trades per day,week,month top traders normaly make?

Is it smart to make around 10 trades every week?

It depends on whether they're short term or long term traders? I've read though, most traders who achieve superior returns are long term traders but don't really know if thats true.

Now that I think of it I can only recall the name of one day trader Marty Schwartz (who btw later had a heart attack due to the stress in daytrading) among all the top traders I've read of.

But then again I haven't read very much .....

Well I work myself on scalping. I think it gives you conscience on how to use S/L and T/P. Also, I think, it helps not to be greedy, however I'm very interested on working with long term trades. Hope I can do it soon.

The number of trades you take should be strictly relative to the number of signals your system or style of trading generates. Taking trades outside of these parameters simply to satisfy your need to be in a trade will lead to a financial breakdown. In truth, a trader can take one trade a month, and make tons of money. A trader can take 10 trades a day, and make tons of money. There are pro's and con's to each. There are several universal concepts about Forex trading that need to be respected for a trader to be successful. This is not one of them.