Yes . . . we have decided that I am going to trade real money as soon as we have deposited it. Yes . . .I am nervous, but I also now know beyond any doubt that I can and am doing it.

In a way, if I hadn’t been so absorbed in this, I wouldn’t have believed that I could have mastered something so alien to me in just 12 weeks – but that’s how long it is since I first took the plunge and started the forex course. And I have to pinch myself when I remember that I knew absolutely nothing on the day that I started.

As this is probably going to be my last post in this format, I must say that taking this forex training course was the best decision I have made in the whole of our married life. The course and the aftercare have been so much more than I hoped for. I now belong to a forex family of several hundred people world wide and we share our experiences on a daily basis. It’s just great.

So finally – thank you Sid and Kris and Forex Training Works – you’ve changed our lives.

I have spent a lot of time the last couple of weeks observing the markets and playing it safe. Now some of you who are looking to learn forex may think this is a bad thing, but let me tell you it is far from it.

I have made money so far with my trading (technically speaking of course as I am still ‘in-demo’ and not a live trader as yet).  Take that statement to the next logical step, why would I RISK what I have made if I have already earned money?  Moreover, why would I risk my money when it has been earned in such a pleasant way – from the comfort of my own home, without any stress in a peaceful environment just at the start of my day?

There are so many other positives to my experience, Sid and Kris feel like they have become my friends and are certainly great mentors for me – I am learning how to be a successful forex trader as well as being taught some personal development based skills that I would have had to pay thousands for in a commercial environment! This in itself has been worth its weight in gold to me – and as that famous credit card advertisement statement explains, it’s “priceless”!

Sam

I have really been pondering about the call from last week and Sid said something that has really struck home and I have fully taken on board “avoid compounding our errors”.  That makes perfect sense to me and I am entering a new week with greater gusto – and a whole lot of discipline. Whilst in my apprenticeship, I am soaking it all in still and determined to get it right – which I know I can.

As Sid so rightly said, when learning forex there is no such thing as “I can’t” – I WILL do this better this week, I am going to sit down on Monday, go through the simple set-up routine that settles me down and prepares me for what I’m going to do –  make sure I don’t over-react like I did last week.  Sid’s way of trading has been so simple to pick up, yes there has been a lot to learn but it is now about putting this into practise and this will is going to be even better than last, I am going to make sure of it.

As we’ve been told many times – ‘don’t try and rush and force this apprenticeship. It’s not an event, it’s a process. Settle down, relax and ENJOY the process. Anxiety only makes it harder.’

And the more I think about this advice, the better I like it. I’m going to treat this apprenticeship like another hobby and not get uptight about it. As Sid repeatedly says to us ‘Be COOL about your trading’. I like what he says about buses too. He says, ‘Trades are like buses, don’t get up-tight and worry if you miss one, there’ll be another along in a minute.’

I really like this ‘mindset’. I tend to be a bit gung-ho – I really need someone to keep my feet planted firmly on the ground.

Right – it’s Sunday, it’s time to cook the family roast, spend time with my family – and look forward!  Isn’t this so exciting?!

Sam

I am continuing to learn not just about great techniques and where I may be able to find an opportunity to trade – and more importantly – how to do it safely, but I am also learning new life skills.  Patience for starters, I have a rather poor joke, in that when I explain to people who don’t me know so well that I left the queue whilst God was giving out patience.  Moving on swiftly from that (and apologies for my distinctly average sense of humour) – a great lesson this week has been an example of how dangerous not being patient can be in forex.  This has been something that has been one of my downfalls in life, not taking a step back and not being patient.  I won’t be making that mistake when I am a live trader!

In one of the lessons this week, Sid said that learning to trade forex safely and actually trading can be scientific – and it really dawned on me by Wednesday this week.  I really found the videos that we watched this week incredibly helpful and did exactly what Sid mentioned and went over the lesson on correlation at least twice already – and I only did this yesterday!

Another thing – sorry, I learnt so much this week!  I feel like I am practically an old hand in terms of my confidence with this – the tools that we are being shown, the techniques, the time being taken to show us and the videos.

Do you know (and this may sound daft) – I really BELIEVE I can do this, I really feel that I can be a successful forex trader.  As ever, I am going to sit down tomorrow and go over what I have learnt, draw a few channels (getting the lingo!) find a few PPA’s- check out a few barriers!  This just gets better and better!

Sam

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