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My Forex journey began in 2008, when by mistake while developing various online advertising & marketing campaigns for different clients, I overheard an interesting conversation between one of my clients and somebody else, saying that in the "stock market" there are huge opportunities to acquire vast wealth. I was only 16 years old back then, and of course I did not know the difference between stock market and forex market, and being caught in the mirage of FX brokers promising easy money I started researching the matter more seriously. I used all my skills learned as an advertiser and redirected them to the vast FX industry working as an IB for various brokers. All the money earned as an IB was used to fund my live trading accounts and helped pay for my "Forex trading education". I opened my first trading account while being still underage, with the help of my parents. Of course like every other trader I lost several accounts in my early ages, and later while I was in the highs I lost my trading account with over 21.000$. That was my biggest hit. Even though I was disappointed, I decided not to quit trading but start learning even more and became a true professional. As a result, my collage option was of course a business school with specialization in Finance & Banking, which I will graduate this summer. My biggest success in these 6 years among others is that I transformed a mistake into passion. My main motivation to succeed as a trader is the fact that I want to provide my parents an early retirement without worries to somehow reward them for all the sacrifices they have made for me. Trading might be a hard and uncertain job, but looking at the world today I see that there is no longer a safe place to work. Thus, why not aim big and improvise on the road?
What currency pairs do you usually trade and what is the reasoning behind your choice?
I usually stick to majors, but in general I trade a very wide basket of currency pairs. I am an opportunistical trader and take advantage of the situations the market offers me. While making my technical analysis for the next week or month and find a good set up, I will surely trade it no matter the pair. I love trading crosses because of their bigger volatility and my usual pairs resume to: GBP/JPY; GBPAUD; GBP/NZD; EUR/GBP; EUR/JPY; GBP/CHF and EUR/USD.