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PM: = Paul Mullen (Interviewer) JF: = John Forman (Forex Analyst) You can listen or download this interview by clicking this link: Forex Analyst Interview mp3 PM: Hello to everyone, from Trade2Win. Today I have John Forman with me, who is a professional Forex analyst. John is also an author, and has written a book called The Essentials of Trading, and if you wish to contact John, then details of how you can do this will be available at the end of our discussion. So, a very warm welcome to you John, and the first question I would like to ask you is what is a Forex analyst and what do they do? JF: Well, in my case, I work for a division of Thomson Reuters, which is a name probably most people know, on one level or another. It's...

The following interview was originally published in Trader's Journal (TJ) November 2007 issue and is reproduced with their kind permission. Part I: On Trading TJ: John, when and how did you get started into trading? JD: I got started in 1968 as a biology and physics teacher in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I was the Director of the teacher investment club with a $100 per teacher contribution in a pool and some hopes and dreams. I read Harry Browne's book in 1970 about Nixon closing the "gold window" for the USD. The title of Harry's classic book is How to Profit from the Coming Devaluation and it changed my life and all I have touched in this space forever. TJ: What did you find trading interesting? JD: The daily intellectual challenge of...