How much do you make? (poll)

[TrickShady]

Hello again. This is a poll thread, since I found out how to make one now The question is the same - How much do you make per year from forex trading only? I hope to get more data this time

Please state what currency your gains/losses are. For example if you live in the US your currency would be US dollar, EU is Euro...

I just wanna see some statistics of how profitable forex actually is, that's all. My guess is that most make under 20 000 and negative.

[Haley12]

I make maximum $15000 within a year. My prime trading currency pair is EUR/USD.

[liftoff]

I believe if you are trying to establish profitability then an average yearly return on invested capital (in percentage) will be a better measure.
I have made a negative profit for the year(USD).

[TrickShady]

Percent return on capital doesn't pay the bills so it's not a good measure. An absolute amount of money pays bills and that's what I am interested in. I don't care if you make 1% or 80% return. If your income is $10000 then that's the money you use to pay the bills. Just want to see how profitable forex is in reality. That's all.

[bobmaninc]

Percent return on capital doesn't pay the bills so it's not a good measure. An absolute amount of money pays bills and that's what I am interested in. I don't care if you make 1% or 80% return. If your income is $10000 then that's the money you use to pay the bills. Just want to see how profitable forex is in reality. That's all.

Well even though it is total cash made that pays bills. This will not tell how profitable forex actually is. Someone with a 500 usd account will not make the same as someone with 50,000 usd account. Even if the 500 dollar account make 100% and the other account only makes 1% they make the same at the end of the year.

Anyhow I am not in the red but I am no where near 20000. So it dont tell you much. Year is not over and I have started to get my butt kicked here as of late

[TrickShady]

I want to see the reality of what people are doing, not what people could do in theory. Many things work in theory but not in reality.

[TyrannosaurusForex]

I just couldn't resist.

[chipxchip]

I just recently started trading seriously, so far this month I made about 20% back on my investment... hopefully I'll be able to grow the account to where I can live off it every month!

My fear is next month of course.... ups and downs.... next month I could lose 50%, you never know. I kinda hate that. :P

[Chris85]

I want to see the reality of what people are doing, not what people could do in theory. Many things work in theory but not in reality.

This, some people like to talk about % when infact they are talking about $100 account. Alot of people can double a $100 in 1 month but not so easy when it comes to $1,000,000. Theory is the same but in reality it is not, you need steel balls to double a very large account in short time.

Like you said % doesnt pay the bill, $ does, you cant buy a dream car from a 100% made off a $100 account LOL.

[TrickShady]

My fear is next month of course.... ups and downs.... next month I could lose 50%, you never know. I kinda hate that. :P

Sour about life...