What background knowledge to the road of a forex expert?

economic data history?
news?
events?
nature's disaster?
country ministry of financial 's/central bank's policy?

and ......?
and how (descriptions on history)?
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this thread allows traders to talk freely : whatever on your mind and further ....... .
especially your own country : no matter how small the thing is.

How about that you dont need any background knowledge for the road to forex, you just have to be willing to learn, unlearn and relearn.

well said. becoming an expert has nothing to do with economics, knowledge in TA/PA but more over your risk management, and how FAST you adapt/evolve.

welcome.
thank you for posting.

you are right for the forex's road but you had already learned before stepping into the road, which is the basic/beginner knowledge affecting the forex market. furthermore, you got more information/knowledge from your lifetime on the trading period, which will be your background knowledge to the expert's road.

welcome.
thank you for posting.

agree.
economics' products often restrict our views, e.g overbought/oversold, ...... etc.
and we actually need to read between the lines and further, in order to get in the current trend on our trading so earn on every swing up and down {earn from both sides) : (the same as you said to "adapt/evolve") : one of the expert's steps.

i like canned foods but i dislike "indicators".

"indicators" make people like "homer simpson" --- lazy (not good as it makes less thinking.) :

recently, the forex market is near-flat (a bit of boring, maybe i need some shock).
is it the time for me back to demo account's trading to re-sharpen my feeling sensitivity from the current normal trading?

"diverge trading period to 24 hours first, then converge trading period back to my own session."
(zoom out first-> and then zoom in)
(widen the data concerning again, as now i am too conservative as time go by from the life's trading-start.)

is it working/useful (anyone try this before, can it be a help to re-sharpen?)?

check out all the currency pairs available in the forex chart web site, for cross-reference (currency nature and further on different timeframes) of your interested/current-trading currencies (some of them are compatible, in order to simplified the reading way).

(just the same as reading dictionary to know what can be used, more things can be used.)

First you should know as much as possible about your broker. After choosing the right broker study the avg spread and volatility of the instrument and adjust risk management. THis is the basic.

Thank you for your post.

i am not good about your mentioned areas and i will try to learn them.

you can know everything in every sphere (I mean history, economic, all the news and so on), but this will not help you if you don't have patience, desire, and in some situations flexibility and stable broker

Everything in life falls within these words, it is not only for trading. I experienced it. And becoming aware of it is one step forward on a thousand mile road.

"All knowledge exists. All mankind can have it for the asking. It is within man, awaiting his awareness of its all-presence.
Knowledge cannot be acquired by the brain from without; it must be "recollected" from within the consciousness of self. Gradually dawning conscious awareness is but gradual recollection of the all-knowing which has always been within man.
Man cannot acquire knowledge from books or schools. He can but acquire information that way, but information is not knowledge until it is recognized by the spiritual consciousness of man, just as food is not nourishment for the body until it becomes a part of the blood stream. Information gained by motion of the senses must be returned to the stillness of the Source before it becomes knowledge."
~The secret of light - Walter Russell

I suggest everyone in trouble to do an agreement with your soul. Be aware of your soul, respect and leave her in peace. Your soul knows more than you, don't talk to her, listen to her. She will show you everything you need.
PS. I call it soul, you can call it whatever you want as long as you have experienced it. There are not religious references.

Alex