Recent content by AtlanaAnna

Okay. I understand you guys better. J.R., you're right. I had no idea of the risk involved in the market. I still know just enough to be dangerous. I have learned things the hard way. I am still profitable in my earnings but I've also blown out my account 3 times....... Talk about being...

I've lost track of who I'm replaying to on this post but whoever it is sounds quite aggressive over this e-mail post. When I first started trading, I had no idea what risk management was. My dealer opened the account and they encourage new traders to use a practice account until they learn the...

Losing is a part of winning and of course, I lose on some trades. Since I began trading back in June, I have earned a lot, learned a lot, and lost a lot but with my losses, I've taken away a lesson I could apply to my trading. Key to my success is following good market analyst. My favorite...

Ha! Yes! I'm out of the usd/chf but had to take a loss. However, yesterday was a good day for trading against the USD and I picked up about 500 pips. It was a good day.

Hello all, Sorry I haven't posted lately. I've loved reading everyone's thoughts! Right now, I'm on Learning Markets everyday like it's my sustinance. I still don't use stops and I wish someone would write a book on how to trade without stops. Some of the support people from the dealer I use...

Well, I do think there can be a fresh perspective when someone is new to something because you can see how rediculous some of the rules are. You will probably all gasp but I don't use Stop-Losses. I call them Certain-Losses. I stay with my computer. One of the first things I read is that the...

Well, I absolutely love this discussion. My computer has been crashed so I'm just now getting back to this discussion. I haven't decided how to handle this. It is as much work as any job but it pays a lot better. I made $20,000 in the last 40 days. I started with $2500! I'm not sure I should be...

Thanks for all the encouragement. There are some people in my life that I fear knowing my success because they work so hard to earn what they make and I'm a little uncomfortable telling them I worked so little to make the same and more. For some people, I thought, well, I could tell them I'm a...

Thanks for that tip. I'll check him out.

Hello Newbie, I'm another newbie I placed my first trade on June 23rd. I started with an account of $2500. The first week I lost $700 but I pulled myself together and returned to the game with a calm, can-do attitude. I entered the month of July trading with $1800. I finished the month of July...

I just started trading about a month ago and am very successful. What do you tell people you do to make all this money? What is your job title?

Actually, the Trading from Home secion.

You sound pretty smart........................ seasoned with some wisdom. I have so many questions about all this but my other questions aren't about Taxation and Accounting. I'm going to go post under the Day Traders section. Thanks! Sylvia

Thank you for lifting my spirits over the family issues and thank you for the IRS link. Sounds like a good place for me to start reading. May all your trades be winners! Sylvia

I have been trading very successfully for about a month. I'm feeling like family is wanting to put a damper on my joy. One of them is talking tax liability and saying there may be an additional 25% taxaction on profits from trading............ almost as if to say I shouldn't trade because...