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  • #41
  • Edited 4:21pm May 15, 2016 4:07pm | Edited 4:21pm
Quoting Don96
{quote} why would that be the answer? as far as I'm aware people who don't think its a real job are the ones who are jealous of those that make money from it... and have the lifestyle to go with it ?
I humbly submit that your argument is false (:

It's the same as saying "as far as I am aware people who don't think the earth is flat are the ones who believe that pictures of the earth from space are real."
  • #42
  • May 15, 2016 4:14pm May 15, 2016 4:14pm
Quoting domba
Unemployment i think....
hahah
  • #43
  • May 15, 2016 4:14pm May 15, 2016 4:14pm
Quoting Mingary
{quote} I humbly submit that your argument is false (:
ohhh... no one makes money from it then you think?​
  • #44
  • May 15, 2016 4:26pm May 15, 2016 4:26pm
Quoting Don96
{quote} ohhh... no one makes money from it then you think?​
"No ones makes money from it" is incorrect of course.
Let's just say that retail forex is a huge money making machine for the forex industry. (brokers and all ...)
  • #45
  • May 15, 2016 4:28pm May 15, 2016 4:28pm
Quoting Mingary
{quote} "No ones makes money from it" is incorrect of course. Let's just say that retail forex is a huge money making machine for the forex industry. (brokers and all ...)
ahhh, okay, I see. are you profitable?​
  • #46
  • May 15, 2016 4:36pm May 15, 2016 4:36pm
Quoting Don96
{quote} ahhh, okay, I see. are you profitable?​
Indeed, obscenely profitable if I were a broker (;
  • #47
  • May 15, 2016 4:42pm May 15, 2016 4:42pm
Quoting Mingary
{quote} Indeed, obscenely profitable if I were a broker (;
ah, why are you still bothering to post on here if you aren't profitable and are bitter about brokers ?
  • #48
  • May 15, 2016 4:48pm May 15, 2016 4:48pm
Quoting Don96
{quote} ah, why are you still bothering to post on here if you aren't profitable and are bitter about brokers ?
You are making two false assumptions:

1) Forex trading can be profitable
2) I am bitter about brokers

  • #49
  • May 15, 2016 4:59pm May 15, 2016 4:59pm
Quoting Mingary
{quote} You are making two false assumptions: 1) Forex trading can be profitable 2) I am bitter about brokers
just they way its come across
  • #50
  • May 15, 2016 5:38pm May 15, 2016 5:38pm
Overnight finance operations for a few banks
"Holy Grail" exists - accepting where is the first step.
  • #51
  • May 15, 2016 6:01pm May 15, 2016 6:01pm
What's the job title when working as a retail forex trader?

Broke. Unemployed. Sucker. I can think of a few more titles.....
  • #52
  • May 15, 2016 6:06pm May 15, 2016 6:06pm
"Self-Employed Technical Analyst" is what I say
Holy grail: risk management
  • #53
  • May 15, 2016 6:20pm May 15, 2016 6:20pm
Quoting RicardoDS
I usually say i invest in the stock market , its easier to people have an idea
I've found this to be true, most people are familiar with the idea of investing in the stock market so I just tell them that's similar to what I do
  • #54
  • May 15, 2016 8:11pm May 15, 2016 8:11pm
Are you a folder or a scruncha does it matter?
  • #55
  • May 16, 2016 1:02am May 16, 2016 1:02am
Job Title: Foreign Exchange Trader, Investment Trader, Financial Trader or just simply Trader.

Why does this a thread need to be started for this? What job title do you think it should be? LOL
Make your losses in demo. Earn your profits live.
  • #56
  • May 16, 2016 1:14am May 16, 2016 1:14am
I say I am a Trader doing Trading. period. End of conversation.
Its very difficult to explain the entire process of spot fx trading to people around me.
When the going gets tough , the tough get going
  • #57
  • May 16, 2016 2:19am May 16, 2016 2:19am
Quoting kinspk
{quote} That's a creative one! *You can consider yourself an animation graphic designer, as your charts "move"
HA, a cartoonist. Actually I heard about a profession the other day I am thinking of changing it to called Financial Engineer.
You cannot be extraordinary by being normal
  • #58
  • May 16, 2016 9:02am May 16, 2016 9:02am
Quoting gravitist
What's the job title when working as a retail forex trader? Broke. Unemployed. Sucker. I can think of a few more titles.....
  • #59
  • May 16, 2016 9:53am May 16, 2016 9:53am
Quoting worldatlas
You are a RETAIL INVESTOR if you trade your own personal account Vs an organization. Very simple as that!
I agree with a personal account, when I do my taxes I am a "Retail Investor" by default in Canada.
The Shadow Know's
  • #60
  • Jan 16, 2017 9:17am Jan 16, 2017 9:17am
Hi all. I've found lots of good, apt and some really funny replies to the question of what title should we use. I agree with one of the more recent posts which asks why should the question, of title, have been asked in the first place.

I agree with many possible answers. It irritates me when I'm asked what I do. If I reply anything based around forex or currency trading, almost always the enquirer thinks I'm a gambler, crazy or both. Most have no idea what forex is and even fewer have a clue how it works. Questions such as "but how can you sell money?", "the exchange rate is low just now (thinking about their upcoming holiday) isn't that bad for you?"

Most of the time what I call myself doesn't matter at all, and I get around the nosey and idiotic remarks by giving an unrelated answer. However, when it does matter is when you are trying to update your CV. A title is needed which makes it appear you have been doing something interesting, constructive, analytical, technical, research based, work well under pressure. Everything we actually do as traders, without making it sound as if we sit at our desks all day - gambling!

Good luck all fellow traders
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