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Azumel · #**171** (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 12:26 AM

33 here...opened my first practice account maybe 5-6 years ago it seems and just 'rediscovered' it again a few months ago.

PipTrejdr · #**172** (**permalink**) 12-17-2007, 04:49 AM

32 here...

Dwerth · #**173** (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 05:00 AM

I am 26 here. Opened my first demo account in March. Started trading live too soon after (only a month). Lost a fair bit, but have now turned the corner (I hope). Wish I had found this place earlier, but oh well.

The OReilly Way · #**174** (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Dwerth

I am 26 here. Opened my first demo account in March. Started trading live too soon after (only a month). Lost a fair bit, but have now turned the corner (I hope). Wish I had found this place earlier, but oh well.

Me to.

I'm 78 and I'm really enjoying myself here.....

Slacker · #**175** (**permalink**) 12-30-2007, 04:34 PM

42 here. Single, no kids, never been married, nor do I plan on it

Background: HS dropout, but have some college credits; no degree. I’ve always done fairly well in the workforce considering my background. But, after getting laid off in the late 80s/early 90s recession, it really got me thinking. That company I worked for eventually ended up liquidating many of its assets, including the division I worked at. I now see the company I currently work for making some of the same bone headed management decisions.

So, at 42 years old, I’ve decided that I’ve had it with placing my lively hood in the hands of idiots who could give a rat’s a$$.

Let’s backup a little to my late teens / early 20s. My then best friend and I would go to car auctions and buy beaters that ran fine, but needed to be cleaned up. We would buy them, wash, wax and tune-up. Then, we would flip it for a few hundred, sometimes more, quick profit. I screwed myself one day when I bought a well running stick shift that I knew would give me a quick $500-600. Unfortunately, after I purchased the car and had to take “delivery” by 4pm that afternoon, I realized the car’s clutch was toast

Hind sight – it turned out to be a good lesson in risk management.

My system is very similar to LasVegasForex’s method. I like holding positions for several days while in a long[er] term trend. If market runs into a consolidation, I switch over to scalping technique w/30 sec, 1 min/ 3 min and 5 min charts. I’ve been playing with a $10K base and making approx $1500 to $2000 every 10 days or less. And I just discovered Gold and Silver spot market, so I’m playing with that, too. Should be taking my acct live 1/2/2008.

With the US economy headed firmly into the toilet, I’m expecting a great 2008 Forex year.