how old are you

[james231287]

19 im a youngy

[daydreamer65]

53. The internet has opened up a whole new world (www no pun intended)
for so many people.

[yolybear]

Im 24. I'm working on the Demo at FXCM. Working on starting my real account next month.

[alan003]

im 20 and trying to make some money for college, so far no success :[

[Burger]

In response to TopGuns' post. I'm 25 and know exactly what you are on about.

[Steve.]

I just turned 23 and I'm in the middle of a career crisis already. Basically, I have completed most of a degree I don't want to finish because it's going to get me a mind numbingly boring, non-flexible job I won't enjoy.

I'm working for my parents business and teaching myself how to trade currency while I wait until mid next year to start another degree. Maybe.

My father has never worked for anyone but himself, and I guess that's what I'm aiming for, too. I have friends who are engineers and lawyers, who work 12 hour days with very few holidays - doing stuff their employer bills clients 10x their hourly pay for. That doesn't appeal to me at all - I want to be able to go away for the week, I want to be able to hit the golf course at least once a week, I want to be able to work from anywhere with my laptop and internet connection, I want to have relative freedom of working hours to work around my sleep problems. Forex fits the bill nicely, but I know it's going to be a long and rocky road.

My short term goal is to trade while I travel around South East Asia on the cheap!

[topgun]

That is the ultimate goal except I'd want to golf twice a week and buy a 50k membership in Florida somewhere . In the meantime it is great taking advantage of my employers time to learn FX. I trade & read all day to improve my trading while waiting for computer problems to occur. I hope none of my employers read this

Topgun


[quote=Steve.;19010I want to be able to go away for the week, I want to be able to hit the golf course at least once a week, I want to be able to work from anywhere with my laptop and internet connection, I want to have relative freedom of working hours to work around my sleep problems. Forex fits the bill nicely, but I know it's going to be a long and rocky road.[/quote]

[topgun]

Sorry for this late reply. I missed your post!

I have been trading with a small $400 account instead of a demo for about 8 months and I am finally going from B/E to making a profit and being more consistent. I plan on doing this for the rest and the year before going live in 2008. Unfortunately I don't have the cash to go live so I am thinking of borrowing from my 401k or taking a loan to trade with. I figure I would pay the loan back with the same money I borrowed, plus collect interest from my unused FX funds in my account, plus earning profits from my year of patience & practicing. On the other hand if I borrowed from my 401k I would just pay myself the money & interest back so it would be a win/win situation. I could never go FT with this until atleast a full year or two of consistent profits and saved up funds to support my family. Insurance & schooling are not cheap, and neither are my golf habits!!

P.S: For the skeptical people out there I know I can also lose $$$ but I cannot even consider that option because this is a buisness that I have been planning to start for years, hence all the preparation

Topgun

Originally Posted by vmcd62

Good for you Topgun...I'm apparently from the "old school"..I'll be 45 this year...and have been where you have also...laid off from a techie job..and still doing that..keep plugging away so can free yourself...

I'm curious as to how close you are..or feel that you are to that goal of FT FX trader...

[Steve.]

Originally Posted by topgun

That is the ultimate goal except I'd want to golf twice a week and buy a 50k membership in Florida somewhere . In the meantime it is great taking advantage of my employers time to learn FX. I trade & read all day to improve my trading while waiting for computer problems to occur. I hope none of my employers read this

Topgun

I'm happy with my $1000 membership at the club that's about a two minute drive away Since I'm technically still a student, it's $500 a year - very cheap. We get koalas and echidnas and all sorts of other cool animals up there too

Waiting for computer problems to occur... sounds like my job at the moment!

[tymen1]

I am 54, therefore an old geyser. I am a retired highschool teacher (maths, physics, chemistry).

I live here in Western Australia (the best country in the world to live in) and the sea here is beautiful.

I still love going windsurfing.

Regards, Tymen Wortel, Perth, Western Australia.