Hi guys,
I really appreciate the comments, there seem to be a few genuine traders out there who are looking to help others out.
I liked the last comment about: never say "i've cracked it" - in a paradoxical way I think that when I got to the point where I realised that you can't "crack it" and...
I have been trading since the age of 16. I started off losing money on leveraged forex; I had no money management skills, I did not develop my trading mentality and I didn't have a consistant strategy or trading plan. Effectively I was throwing the dice every day with the odds hugely stacked...
I think you are pretty brave for giving it a go. Ultimately though I think to be a really good trader "consistancy is King" and when you are primarily leaving your trading decisions up to a Hunch you can never really become consistant.
My belief is that there are many trading systems out there...