I’m just so thrilled that I’m finally done with the School of Pipsology! 
I know that I have so much more to learn before I improve from my current “NOOB” status, but I’m determined enough to learn as much as I could! 
I’d be practicing more often on my demo account from hereon in (and I plan to do so for a whole year). If it’s gonna take years and years to consistently earn from forex trading, then so be it! I’m staying positive.
Congratulations @ria_rose! 
I’m done with the School too but I keep coming back on some of the lessons.
Good luck!!!
Next step is practicing on demo account and don’t rush to go on live its fraught with big mistakes and frustration
Thank you so much!
Yeah! Me too. I’ve even bookmarked a few lessons just so that I could have an easy reference.
Happy trading and good luck to you too!
Yes! I will stay on my demo account for about 6 months to a year (depending really on how confident I am with my trading skills).
How long did you stay on demo before you went live?
this is a tradition from the 80’s
THIS IS DEDICATED TO YOU
SCHOOLS OUT FOR… EVER
Well done! By the way, in your free time try to revise the school lessons regularly! Because, I am sure, there have so many lessons that your brain didn’t synthesize properly; it takes time! Thank you.
hehe
Alice Cooper is Legendary
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If you demo trade and read what babypips education advises, you could learn exponentially faster.
While I was demo trading, I read babypips education to give me ideas on how to approach how to trade, It helped me a lot.
You’re right! There are really some concepts I don’t fully understand yet. 
But I will definitely keep coming back to them!
Thank you.
BabyPips has really been super duper helpful! I wanted to finish the whole school before I really start demo trading and now that I’m done, I could proceed to putting what I’ve learned to practice (on my demo ofc) Haha.
Thank you so much for this!
You are always welcome! Just keep it up! Happy learning.
Congratulation @ria_rose1d
I think you have good step as early preparation before start trading on real account, keep practice in demo account until you felt confident with your skill, don’t be rush to start using real account, keep positive mindset if you can success through forex
Thank you so much @bearish! Really appreaciate it.
Yeah. I’d like to think I’m patient enough to really take the “slowly but surely” road to forex trading. Haha. I hope you keep a positive mindset as well!
@ria_rose
Since you are a beginner. let me show you something (if you have not already seen it)
this is just a very convenient example of HOW YOUR ACCOUNT CAN GET BLOWN OUT as a beginner
and how the market doesn’t care about your positive thinking.
Everything in forex is fine for the most part, UNTIL SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS
this is the EUR USD H4 (4 Hour Chart)
ignore the dotted lines
the RED LINE is at 1.2318
the YELLOW LINE is the current price… IT DOESN’T MATTER in this example
the GREEN LINE is at 1.2034
the BLUE LINE is at 1.1928
NOW HERE IS YOUR SCENARIO…
YOU ARE AT THE FIRST RED “V”
You’ve done your analysis and you figured
Price has risen up, it’s not stopped
you are getting lower lows and lower highs after a range period
it then pops up again a little then ranges and down again
so. YOU THINK… SELL
well CONSIDER THIS
from the BLUE LINE to the RED LINE THERE ARE …390 PIPS
Now… if you got in at THE GREEN LINE at THE SECOND RED “V”
and you were selling
You’d now be broke or saying the F word as loud as you can many many times over hehe
THIS IS THE SCENARIO YOU NEED TO PREPARE FOR… ok
you should always assume that THIS COULD HAPPEN ANYTIME
And if you do this, you will never get caught off guard
do some research on EUR USD you’ll see things like
“Many people got caught off guard this week with the EUR USD” etc etc
now… i wonder why that is… huh
this is clearly and oversimplified example
but THE POINT WAS… Understand this can happen anytime (this is proof)
and PREPARE FOR IT
so… HOMEWORK
go away and work out how… if you were SELLING at the green line at the red V
HOW WOULD YOU MANAGE YOUR RISK ON THIS TRADE ?
or how would you have managed it
remember, AS ITS HAPPENING,… YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW FAR IT WILL GO UP
keep that in mind
Congratulations! How many weeks it took to complete?
Yeah of course, positive mindset is required on every business, included on forex business, if we believe hence will we get, keep forward to continue learning with practicing, forex business still become my way to making money online till now
Okay. Wow. I’m being put to the test right away. I’m still trying to get this so please bear with me.
First of all, if I were to see this chart, I would immediately notice the Double Top so I’d expect a trend reversal there-- putting my entry right below the neckline and my stop just just above it (in case my eyes deceive me and it’s not really a double top). My target profit would be about the same height as the formation so I think I’d win some pips there. I’d close the position.
Then, I might open another position and SELL at 1.2304 because of the big bearish candle. But, I’d put my stop 50 pips away from my position because I don’t think I could afford to lose more than that lol. If there’s anything BabyPips has told me, it’s to make sure that I decide where to place my stops even before I calculate my position size.
Again, if I’m wrong and if I’d drown in debt after my decisions for this theoretical trade (I’m hoping I won’t lol), then, I’d just be more determined to learn more about what I should have done.
Thank you so much, @Peter_Siddle!
I think it took me about 4 weeks to finish everything. But that’s also because I love rereading parts over and over again.
How about you? How long did it take you to finish the school?
@bearish, thank you so much for the inspiring words! I really hope you’re right. I hope I get to the point where I actually make money from forex. Huhu.
