QUOTE(newbie99 @ Apr 20 2010, 03:54 PM)
Hi. It's possible he is earning RM210k a month, not not using a demo account, it all depends on his capital. He may have USD 10million in capital, with 10% return, it works out to be around average RM300k a month.
BUT he claimed to have only USD 1.4m (in another thread) and making USD45,000 to USD85,000 (average USD63,000) a month, which is 4.5% of his capital. That will give him USD 110 billion after 20 years of forex trading (using compound interest calculator, with 4.5% return on capital monthly over 20 years, which translate to 70% compounded return yearly), making him the richest man in the world.
If only that were possible..ideally compounding interest would work that way but I doubt if I'll put in more than USD 200K as capital (thus allowing me to increase the position size) because after a certain point, it would be very hard to liquidate ones position, which is not good when ur near to important economic news releases by central banks or Ben Bernanke's press conference. I make between 20% to 30% returns per month, and no, it's not a demo account but a real one. Cheers!
My income is nothing to shout about in the world of trading. It's not uncommon to find successful traders earning beyond USD100,000 permonth. One trader I know makes money to the tune of USD5000 per minute scalping the EURUSD which is a favorite pair for scalpers owing to it's low spread. But thats nothing when compared to George Soros who made over USD1 billion in one day shorting the pound sterling. It's one the greatest trades in the field of trading.
Added on April 21, 2010, 2:51 amQUOTE(cindycute @ Apr 20 2010, 08:39 PM)
waaa. what kind of wfh business?

What kind of business arr...hmm...it's a business of buying and selling money with money to make money..

Added on April 21, 2010, 3:11 amQUOTE(starfen @ Apr 19 2010, 11:43 PM)
Forex looks like even riskier than stock. I think commitment and hardworking wouldn't be enough. Still, with the same degree of effort, someone wins but most of the people lose(especially in investing and speculating).Right?
Any investment is risky if you do not do ur due diligence and get urself a proper education. Many have lost their life savings (whether it's in stocks or forex) because they were greedy and ignorant.
If you invest in stocks, you have to face the risk of financial scandals (think Transmille and Maika Holdings). Looked what happened to Transmille after it's accounting fraud was exposed.
This doesn't happen in forex of course so that's one less risk to a trader. But at least in stocks you can use Buffet's method to calculate the intrinsic value.
This post has been edited by jonathan_wong: Apr 21 2010, 03:11 AM