Are we living in a fool's paradise?

I was thinking how the Apex predators a.k.a banks,HFs trade.These guys edges relies solely on information.Forex is decentralized and big banks trading desks have the orderflow of their big clients like ECB,BOJ,BIS etc and basically front-run these orders as its not illegal in fx.

HFTs make use of low fees and speed not available to retail guys to trade the tiny market imbalances.Macro traders eg. Soros have contacts in high places and trade off the fundamental information.

It seems its the retail crowd that trades off 'probabilities' taking one way bets.This is like shooting in the dark hoping to make consistent hits.Sure some guys can do it and based on statistics about 2% are longterm profitable. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...47008514,d.d2k
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In the old days locals in the pit knew who was trading what,they could tell how the market would behave by the tone of the screams,they could actually see the volume coming in,their trading costs were low and they could trade the spread,these edges are no longer in existence since electronic trading took over.
The point I want to make is, do you truly believe you can beat the market in the long run? Are you that good as to be a world champion? I know you think you're that damn good!!!
Now try to outsprint Usain Bolt,outplay Lebron James,outbox Mayweather...yes you champ!!!

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i think forex is a solution for a big problem it is better than gambling for sure it gives a chance for all to benifit from all if you are a 100 - 1000 $ trader it realy dont matter a lot if you lose it in maxiumum traders will be losing couples of millions up to one billion and in same time gaining experiance and a small chance to win if you are trading a littloe bigger sum like 1000 - 10000 you can have paid service like e-signal for 40 - 100$ a month to know what the big player know
you can aslo have programes like market profile from certian brokers like ajax for a small fee .
i think forex is the best market in the world that can benifit all
banks and compaines hedge there reserves through it also high net individules .
people have a chance to gain depending on there contrbution and effort done it is a fair great market and also you enjoy your self a lot it is better than go gamble
you use your mind and analyze trades charts you are doing a lovely thing that a lot will admire you for as i have get to know a lot of friends and admires from being in this field .
thanks god we have week end it shows us how we enjoy our time during trading
all have a nice day

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