Work Vs Trade

There is no spread on futures.
Plenty of volume on the Emini of course, but not very much on the micro gold. The full size gold contract has a pretty high margin requirement.
While there is not much volume on the micro gold (Dec contract has the most at the moment), it is still tradable. There are a lot of arb bots on the exchange and they will make sure you get filled as price moves through your entry or exit.
Futures are interesting, but you will realise that your costs of trading micro futures are generally higher than trading spot forex. The benefit of a transparent market, genuine volume and depth of market (DOM) outweigh this to an extent.

Really??

lol, there is no spread on mystic futures

Ok ... Maybe I should have said there is no fixed spread in futures.

here is a screen capture of micro gold right now...



Since micro gold is not very active, there is presently a "spread". My bad.

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The main thing is to choose the time frame in which trade will not interfere with work, or a work that will not interfere with trade
My thoughts about timeframes:
Daily charts. The most convenient timeframe that does not interfere with main work, not time-consuming and does not create a strong stress voltage. Wake up, turn on the computer, until it's loading warmed up some tea, then looked charts, if necessary you may open an order, then turn off computer again, go to sleep.
Four-hour and hourly charts. Trade within the day already requires more attention and concentration. Someone spends a half-time on social networks and entertainment sites, as someone no time to get up and pour yourself a cup of coffee. You can try several variants - Trade from the working computer. Trade with the tablet. Or trade through remote access. The extreme case - trade with phone.
It is better not to use the M30, M15, M5, M1.

Anyone living out in Asia or Oceania region then it's the best area to live in. You go to your 9-5pm job and lunch time you can start to monitor the London session and trade if any setups shows. Then when you're back home you can trade the NY session up until bed time i.e. 11pm to midnight. You can pick up your salary at the end of the month and have some extra 'allowance' from your FX trading.

this is actually a very simple question.

if you have the edge then you can quit your job. obviously

do everything you can to identify that edge while having your day job.

Who does?

I think it's possible to work and trade but it's hard to manage and it can be pretty exhausting.

yes it possible to mix work with trade.buy you have to do swing trading or holding positions for long.its fun and also quite profitable

well, nothing is impossible

I think mostly of the traders combine work with trading. There are not so many who trades only, I guess.

I wouldn't mix the two. Trading is a skill set like any other required for a job. It's even more complex than most jobs and requires attention, especially if you day trade. If you're using longer trades, then you could combine the two.

i think that you can definitely accomplish working a full-time job and being a successful forex trader (though who wants to do that? and if you're successful at forex, you shouldn't have to for too long). but with patience, lots of self control, and using daily time frame (mostly), a trader can put very little time in to analyzing charts and making trading decisions (and no time at all babysitting them in front of the screen). i trade price action, and most people familiar with it have heard of the set it and forget it approach...analyze, set up trade, set stoploss, walk away. for the most part - that is it.

sure you can, you just use a higher timeframe, you can use the daily timeframe,
each bar will be one day, that will be slow enough so you can check the trades each day after work

Unless you've got some spare time to check the charts and be updated on latest market developments I don't think you'll be able to trade intra day or scalp. I had a relatively casual job where I could keep track of the market even so at times I would miss entry opportunities. FX is volatile if you want to trade intraday you need to be babysitting your positions before it hits SL or TP. So my answer if you've got 9-5 job its very unlikely that you'll be able to trade FX intraday I suggest you look at long term trades.

I chose to do both because forex is a business that has a high risk that I only make forex as a part-time job. I still need a job, so if our account get experience many the risk then we can still be earnings from work

I think you shouldn't quit your job until you are really good at trading. Because if you are not, you can loose all your money. Your job is your insurance for this case

" Lose your money" Not "loose your money". Thanks.