My name is Richard, I live in the UK, and this is my blog about currency trading. I’ve been investigating Forex trading for a few years. My introduction to this baffling world was through one of the many mercenary organisations preying on ordinary people who understandably, don’t have a clue about this sort of thing. I was as enraptured as the next man as I sat in my first FREE TRADING SEMINAR!, giddily contemplating what life would be like in 18 months time when I had given up my job. The reality I’ve come to know over the past few years is something very different.

The more I’ve immersed myself in the world of Forex trading, the more I’ve come to appreciate the patience, discipline and psychological resilience that is required just to break even, let alone turn a profit.

This blog is about trying to achieve financial independence by trading currencies. I don’t have any special training, I didn’t study economics and I’ve never worked in the financial industries. I taught myself the mechanics of Forex trading by reading books and watching videos, and I’m now ready to put that knowledge into action.

So here’s my challenge…

I am going to attempt to achieve financial independence through currency trading within 5 years.

This will probably end one of two ways. Either these pages descend slowly into a depressing tale of how yet another idiot joined the ranks of Forex industry suckers, or maybe, how an ordinary person learnt a life changing skill.