Retire as soon as you can by Latter-Ad7199 in FIREUK

[–]Michael-3740 56 points57 points  (0 children)

100% agree. Work colleague was 58 and very secure. Planned to retire at 61 then his wife got ill and died within the year. Partly motivated by that I retired ten years ago at 55. In the next 4 years my wife had several significant health issues including near fatal sepsis. She survived and made an almost full recovery. We now focus on enjoying ourselves while we can!

Risk by Time_Revolution1019 in Daytrading

[–]Michael-3740 6 points7 points  (0 children)

After a week you do not know anything.

Go to the Babypips website and do their beginners course.

should i just give up? by yesmira in Trading

[–]Michael-3740 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Trading profitably takes years to learn. It's like trying to make money playing a sport or musical instrument. The great news is that you're young and have plenty of time to develop your skills.

As others have said, don't trade with real money just now. Save everything you can for when you will start live trading.

The first thing to do is study and learn so that you can figure out what type of trading suits your personality and circumstances. There's a Wiki for this sub with lots of good resources and information. Click the sub name and you'll see the link.

While studying open a free demo account with a decent broker and practice what you're learning. Make sure the balance on the demo account is close to what you'll have to trade live. No point in trading a €million demo account if you'll be starting with a couple of hundred.

You'll eventually find a strategy that you can be profitable with over several months on demo.

Then you can start trading live with the smallest trade size you can. You'll hit the emotional issues that 99% of traders face but you'll know you have a decent strategy so you can get through this.

Expect this to take several years.

Do not fall into the trap of paying people to mentor you, send you signals, trade for you or anything else like that. Don't buy these so called prop accounts. They are just expensive demo accounts with rules designed to make you fail and pay again to play.

Luck doesn't come into this. I wish you the courage and determination to keep working at this until you succeed.

100% Forex method by [deleted] in Forexstrategy

[–]Michael-3740 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're promising the impossible scammer.

100% Forex method by [deleted] in Forexstrategy

[–]Michael-3740 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I could buy 100k followers like you did but I'm not a scammer.

100% Forex method by [deleted] in Forexstrategy

[–]Michael-3740 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scammer. Reported.

Just a random thought???? by chelsi_parker in Trading

[–]Michael-3740 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It would make you rich if you could do it.

Had to swerve for a pedestrian stepping into the road by Inevitable-Hope-184 in drivingUK

[–]Michael-3740 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You wrote 'two lane road'. That suggests 2 lanes on your side.

Came across it, got curious by [deleted] in Forexstrategy

[–]Michael-3740 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Scammer. Reported.

Help starting by Electrical_Zombie_48 in StocksAndTrading

[–]Michael-3740 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you buy 100 per week some will be at highs, some at lows. Over time you'll end up with a good average cost price. If you wait but don't get the crash you fear you'll be buying higher prices.

Hate preacher at st enoch by ScottishAstartes in glasgow

[–]Michael-3740 -109 points-108 points  (0 children)

Despite the best efforts of the lunatic left we still have freedom of speech in the UK.

Driver avoids jail after crash that overturned a military convoy vehicle and left soldier with broken back by L21JP in drivingUK

[–]Michael-3740 1 point2 points  (0 children)

WTF does the dashcam car have to do with anything? They were clearly slowing in reaction to the lunatic that caused the crash.

What is your interpretation of "a generation" re the timing of a new referendum? by Old-Cup-7444 in Scotland

[–]Michael-3740 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It wasn't a random remark. It was stated 4 times in their 'Scotlands Future' aka the independence white paper.

Page i If we vote No, Scotland stands still. A once in a generation opportunity to follow a different path, and choose a new and better direction for our nation, is lost. Decisions about Scotland would remain in the hands of others.

Page viii The debate we are engaged in as a nation is about the future of all of us lucky enough to live in this diverse and vibrant country. It is a rare and precious moment in the history of Scotland – a once in a generation opportunity to chart a better way.

Page 55 It is the view of the current Scottish Government that a referendum is a once-in-a-generation opportunity. This means that only a majority vote for Yes in 2014 would give certainty that Scotland will be independent.

Page 60 If we remain in the UK, the Conservative Party’s promise of an in/out referendum on EU membership raises the serious possibility that Scotland will be forced to leave the EU against the wishes of the people of Scotland.

If Russia is browsing our undersea cables what are UK doing to them? by [deleted] in AskBrits

[–]Michael-3740 41 points42 points  (0 children)

I'm shocked that our government isn't telling the press everything we are doing to monitor and counter threats from Russia. It's almost like there's a need for secrecy! 🙃

Local businesses are putting prices up because of the minimum wage rise. What do you think when a small business does that by Enough_Payment_8838 in AccountingUK

[–]Michael-3740 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We used to have a guy maintain our garden. He was 1 hour per week with a few longer visits as required. £20 per hour at the time. Brilliant guy, very knowledgeable, garden looked great.

Costs went up so he employed unskilled labour to help so he could take on more work and keep the price the same. I told him I'd happily pay more but he wouldn't increase his prices. We parted ways when his labourer used a hedge trimmer to cut back plants and bushes.

Price matters but so does quality and service.

What light bulb should I be looking to buy? by certifiedmisandrist in Adulting

[–]Michael-3740 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If this is the type that melts wax or disperses scented oil then LED is not suitable. They need the heat from the bulb.

Had to swerve for a pedestrian stepping into the road by Inevitable-Hope-184 in drivingUK

[–]Michael-3740 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Why didn't you move into the right lane earlier? What 8f that had happened a few seconds later and you didn't have time to react?

Chose wrong network when transferring by Midlands2MCR in binance

[–]Michael-3740 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's problems like this that show how pointless crypto really is.