DislikedForex trading in the '80s... here is a series of 3 YouTube clips that follows 3 traders, 1 in HK, 1 in London and 1 in NY, as they trade over a $billion in one day to make $100,000 profit.
Forex trading in the '80s
Thank fcuk for charts and having the ability to buy or sell with the click of a mouse button... LOL
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You had to wait until tomorrows papers came out to see how your stock performed the day before. In most cases the stocks one owned were not even listed in the daily papers so then if you realy had to know you would have to make a trip downtown to pick up a copy of the WSJ.
I realize stocks are not currencies and with stocks you could buy and sit back and relax for months. But still, as a young man I wanted to know at the end of every day were I stood.
'84 I think , Schwabb came out with a truly revolutionary breakthrough. You could call a number 3 hours after the markets closed to see where your stock closed at. No open price, no high or low price; just the close. Man, at the time that was the shit.
I have said it before and take it from an old fart like me....we are living in glorious times as traders.