I have a background in computers, so maybe this is a bit of a ‘cultural’ thing…and I don’t mean any disrespect but a lot of times when I hear people talk about/when I read about Forex, I feel like the guy is a used car salesman or a multi-level marketer…
Friendly people that seem knowledgeable, extremely confident, and for some reason, they want to help me. They want to give me a great deal or let me in on some life changing pearl of wisdom. They say a lot, but without really saying much of anything.
In the computer world - if I say something like ‘I don’t get it…how can I add another element to collection if my array is full’ someone might say, ‘It’s easy. You can use a dynamic type, like a List, or you can create a larger array and copy it’.
I feel like in the Forex equivalent would be something like this:
That is a GREAT question! And I struggled with it too! I kept hearing about how someone could keep adding elements to a collection…even if it were full. But I’d try it…and each time I tried it, I’d get an error! The compiler would say, ‘Oh no, you can’t add another element!’. But you know what, a lot of people are going to say you can’t do it. I don’t care if they are a compiler or your Mom or your boss. If you believe them, well, then they are right. But that is on you. YOU decide.
I decided right then and there, that I wasn’t going to accept this error. And it wasn’t easy. I failed. A failed a lot. But I had a family to feed and there was no way I was going to let them, or myself down. Each time I failed, I got stronger, my resolve increased, and I learned from every failure. You need to do that. You can do that.
Now, I’m not hear to tell you exactly how to add more elements to a collection. I do it all the time, and it’s super efficient and it’s great…but I’m not here to show off my coding skills. I’m just saying that it can be done, and that I’m doing it, and it has totally changed my life.
Again - I mean no disrespect and I’m not directing this at anyone in particular…but in my other online endeavors people seemed proud of/gladly displayed their abilities in a measurable way. I’ve been on Fitness sites where people giving advice and motivation would show pictures of their results - post pictures of them at races - post their training logs. I could near-instantly decide if they practiced what they preached. I play guitar and before I listen to someone’s tips on how to play, I watch their youTube videos to see if they can, ya know, actually play well. Most software sites I’ve been on include a combination of profiles with objective rankings so, again, you can really establish credibility.
There are lots of easy ways to share the results of Forex trading. The numbers are quite objective and there are tools that make it really easy to do. There are threads on here dedicated to it - but unsurprisingly - the vast majority of them quickly close their accounts/make them private (presumably because they aren’t living up to their past claims). The ones I have been able to see are quite unimpressive and doesn’t match at all with the 10% per month / double your money every X months claims I see tossed around so frequently.
It’s just my .02 but if I were trying to convince someone based on my experiences, I’d suspect it to be many times more meaningful to people if I actually included, ya know…evidence of my experience.
