Frixxxx,
We have so much in common it's just amazing. I know you're a man of great integrity and also guided by a deep faith and commitment.
Make sure you let everyone know your level of experience, how grounded you are in the various aspects of dealing with FOREX, and mainly - there is a very high risk of losing.
You've done exceptionally well - 66% Gain in One Day
Hey Steady, you're always on top of things.
Friends, acquaintances, interested and non-interested,
I bragged on the 66% day on my Forex experience yesterday. This is a rarity. I normally shoot for 3% a day. To do this has taken time and effort, study and practice, wins and losses.
I am a computer man by trade (20+ years). Computers/Programming/Numbers are my life. I am a very logical person. Hence, I scrutinize plenty before I jump in.
Well, here goes: I started in FOREX with a friend of mine because of the patterns we saw last year in the markets, mainly the USD/JPY currency pair. We started writing code to exploit these patterns. The code we backtested was netting us around 7% a day average. (WARNING during this process no Benjamins, Jacksons, Lincolns, Washingtons were actually involved in our testing.) WE KILLED ~ 200 accounts each before we reached this level of consistency. We traded with standard indicators, exotic indicators and our own guessing.
Unless you can take $100 bill out of your pocket, light it on fire and then go and tell your significant other what you did with no guilt or remorse I recommend NOT doing this. Emotions kill accounts!!!!!
Anyway, in FOREX you place sell/buy positions. Hopefully you understand why you are placing these positions and what you expect them to return. You should also identify what you expect to lose.
My 66% reward was simply identifying market indicators and placing positions. I had 22 positions yesterday and 10 place positions. Then the BOJ dropped about 4 trillion into the market and caused the Yen to get strong. So, I had 15 sell positions clear and my software placed 5 buy positions while it fell. Then, the market realized that this was a financial manuever and the market turnd back and all 5 buy positions got closed back up. All in 1 hour.
Now, to the downside of FOREX.
Had the market gone in reverse, I would have had a -92% day. This is the danger of trading currency. I've seen guys on you tube lose 30, 40 and 100K in minutes on emotional trading.
More to follow on my experiences, but digest some of this.