Hello everyone, I was just wondering how much the average full-time forex trader makes. You can express this amount either as a percent return on their investment, or a dollar amount. I realize that there is likely swings in their return, but I just mean on average over the course of the year. What kind of initial deposit is required to successfully trade full-time and make a decent living at it? Finally, is there a large difference in return between day-traders and swing-traders? The reason I ask is because I will be done college at the end of this month, and I would really prefer to trade forex full-time rather than get a regular office job if it is at all feasible. I've been trading forex in a demo account for over 2 months now and I've had relatively good results. I started with a $10,000 balance and some days I can be up $1,000 or more... of course I got a margin call and went broke once, but I've learned from my mistakes. I plan on spending at least the summer honing my forex skills, but I was hoping I could make this a viable alternative to the average mind-numbing desk job some day. Thanks for the input!
I guess minus something, if with average you mean median or mode. If you mean the "mean" then probably a lot.
Retail: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/apr/03/business/la-fi-amateur-currency-trading-20110403 Av Account Size: $3000 Av Return: -$2,913 % Return: -97% The upside could be in the "mind-numbing desk job" within an FX shop, perhaps sellin the dream to the rampaging hoards of degenerate gamblers.