Forex Trading as a Business

We all have our personality quirks. My quirk is collecting quotes. I have quotes in my trading log, in my success notebook (I will discuss this in another post) and even in my golf bag. One of my favorite quotes is “Act as if!” Act as if means that while you are in training to be a successful currency trader (my definition is one that makes consistent profits no matter the lots size being traded) you have to act as if you were already a successful forex trader.

So I began following and speaking with successful retail spot currency traders to gleam some insight into the characteristics of successful forex trading. Unlike those dentist commercial were 9 out of 10 recommends a product, 100% of all the forex traders I have spoken with said treating their forex trading as if it were a business was a key component of there success formula. In addition to merely treating their activities as a business, that their trading was done through a legal business structure. Businesses have plans, projections, profits target and capital spending; and so should your trading. All the FX traders I emulate trade through corporate entities, and now so do I!. If that is the path to success, then I am going down that road also and TRADE as if I were a business with all the planning aspects and legal framework associated with that action.

The tax code in the United States is generally established to collect tax from the employees of businesses and not the business themselves. Case in point, we as individual tax payers pay our taxes THEN expenses with after tax dollars. The business pays for expenses and THEN is taxed on the remaining amount (if any). Forex trading through a business entity makes sense from a tax standpoint; after all it is my business!

I am not a legal or tax professional, but I discovered that of the many structures to becoming a legal entity that there was one that fit the bill of turning my forex trading into a business perfectly; the Limited Liability Company, as a matter of fact I trade with my broker and educational company, FX TRAINER, as an LLC.

There are essentially 4 main business frameworks:

Sole Proprietorship
Partnerships (General and Limited)
Corporations (C- and S-Corporation)
Limited Liability Companies (LLC)

LLCs offer many advantages including:

Flexibility in structuring

Pass-through taxation

May distribute profits and loses in any manner that is desired without regard to each member’s ownership in the business

Different classes of ownership and may own 80% or more of another corporation

Avoids most legal complexities and rules found in corporations

Participation in management affairs does not result in loss of liability protection as it does in partnerships

No double taxation unless members opt for corporate taxation rules

No lists of advantages are complete without a corresponding list of disadvantages including:

LLC are relatively new so there is very little legal precedence available.

Tax liabilities pass to members even if there is no distribution.

Different states have different laws regarding the continuity of LLCs.

All in all, there is never any substitution for seeking professional legal and tax advice in forming a business entity. There are many factors associated with developing a sound business framework such as; location, estate planning and other assets, but one thing is for sure, forming a business plan and trading currencies as a business is another directional sign on the road to successful forex trading.

For more information please visit FX TRADE CENTRAL as well as the following links:

Anderson Law Group http://www.alglaw.com/
Success DNA www.successdna.com
Nolo http://www.nolo.com/
Inc, Guides www.inc.com/guides/start_biz/20676.html

Happy Trading!

The Forex Educational Roadmap

The roadmap to successful forex trading is, in many ways, a parallel road to success in life in general. To balance one’s life also requires a balance of often overlooked skills. These skills include mental, physical and spiritual balance and renewal. In forex trading seminar, after seminar, the so-called “soft-skills” gets mentioned only after slugging it out for 8 hours hearing discussion around ascending triangles and FOMC monetary policy. In the end, one can overcome the technical and fundamental challenges greeting new traders with time, patience and dedication. Unless one also commits to self-mastery over the mental side of trading and develops strategies to gain mental control, long-term success will be unlikely no matter what financial vehicle you chose to trade.

To Roadmap to Successful Forex Training is broken down into 4 sequential destinations:

1. Education

Education is the key to understanding the forex market and mastery of the necessary skills to become successful. There is no substitute for hard work and dedication here and no short cuts as well. The best site by far is FX Trainer. I have found no other organziation that can so effectively grow and continue to provide igh quality training as you grow as a forex trader. Their community of traders are unmatched. You get to meet traders from all levels and gain from their experiences. That is an asset no trader should be without!

2. Personal Self-Mastery

Personal mastery is bringing balance into all aspects of your life to achieve the necessary harmony which will heighten your education and bring a razor sharp mental focus to all your trading activities. Personal mastery will go a long way in developing your FX trading psychology and philosophy. Two books are must reads in this category; Think and Grow Rich and The Power of Full Engagement!

3. Forex Systems and Tools

One could be the best ditch digger, but if you only had a spoon to dig with your ditch would not be nearly as successful as another one with a back-hoe. Developing a comprehensive trading plan and philosophy will be a critical step on this portion of your journey.

4. Live Forex Trading

Demo accounts and simulated trading is good, but nothing is a substitute for live trading. It is only through live trading that you can accurately assess your skill and balance in mastery of your previous roadmap destinations. Remember, there is no such thing as failure, there is only feedback! This is a personal preference. Open as manay demo accounts as possible and go witht the broker you feel most comfortable with. Just make sure the broker is regulated by CFTC and NFA.

5. Continuous Education and Training

In forex trading, as in many aspects of life, many individuals quite before achieving their desired level of success. It has been said that, like a flower, if an individual stops growing and learning, the dying process has begun. Having a true thirst for knowledge is a guarantee formula for success.


I have dedicated my website FX Trade Central to provide a holistic approach to forex trading education. This site highlights my roadmap to Successful Forex Trading!

Forex weekly technical analis (EUR/USD)

Last week Forex results.
As i said USD/CAD moved to the resistance level and then went down very quickly, but it was very hard to catch this move so we have to wait fo retracement to catch another bearish wave.

I made +60 pips on this, i hope you made more than that.
This week Forex technical analis.

Look at 1D EUR/USD chart

It is still going up, but is quite close to very strong resistance level.
Take note of MACD and RSI, they both are moving up what indicates bullish move, i drew trendlines on them so you can get better picture of it.
Look also at Fibonacci retracement, 38% level wasn't broken so it is also good news for bulls.

Now let's take a look at 4H chart.


Both MACD and RSI are going down, but trendlines were crossed and it is usually sign of strong bullish move which can take place.

Well there isn't much to talk about nothing is really sure when market is trading but i think it will be good to take LONG position near 38% retracement.

My Journey to Forex Success!

When I was growing up in my native New England, USA, my parents, like all parents of my generation, focused on the value of obtaining a college education, transitioning into a "good" job and retiring to a comfortable pension. So I went to school, got good grades and transitioned into a that "good" job. Then something happened, something my parents never prepared me for; I was climbing the corporate ladder and realized that my ladder was against the wrong wall! The economy crumbled and even though I was never downsized, I watched friend after friend get told their services were no longer needed. I listened while my friends struggled to come to grips with the anxiety layoffs create, the decision about work and family, and even more important the psychological damage that was being done as my friends discussed their options. This caused me to pause and reflect.

Do we have any control over our futures? That was the question. I came to the conclusion that working for others was turning over the power to control the outcome of our lives to our corporate managers. As glamorous as having a nice career seemed, we were essentially trading hours for dollars and in reality had only minor control over our future. It was then that I realized that I was never satisfied with my career, because in this Information Age we have less control over the outcome of our careers. Change was happening rapidly and it was time to take action. We needed to leverage ourselves or we were going to be leveraged by someone else! The world our parents lived in no longer existed. Pensions are dwindling, 401K's are only a partial solution and no one is training the personal financial skills that are going to be required to flourish in a global economy. That is when I decided to begin replacing my earned income with business and passive income. I decided to exploit 5 wealth vehicles to allow myself to re-gain that control and provide a degree of freedom for myself and my family. Trading currencies is on top of this list.

This blog will take you with me on my journey in leveraging the forex market. The forex market offers great leverage and opportunity to to succeed in any market conditions. There are countless sites that can explore the technical side of the forex market. However, this blog will share the softer side, the side that I have found that few people talk about in great depth, but have the greatest impact on your journey in becoming a successful trader, the mental and educational aspects of currency trading. I screen and publish the information I receive on FX TRADE CENTRAL. You can always email me direct!!!

Join me as my co-pilot in our journey to forex trading success!

Forex weekly techical analysis

Forex technical analis
I will post here my weekly technical analysis on popular currencies pairs.
Today i will cover USD/CAD so lets get started, look at the daily chart

Not much to talk about but we can get clear picture of what is going on, this pair is currently heading down and is near the resistance level, so it will be proboably go down as this is very strong resistance (tested many times). Now look at MACD histogram, the divargence is very small it indicates that bull momentum is very weak, so i think USD/CAD will stay bearish.
Now lets look at 4H chart



-Check out trendline, it was hit 3 times so it is quite important trendline
-Now look at Fibbonaci retracemnet last bull move was retraced to 66%, and it looks like this resistance level was strong enough to defend itself
-Look at RSI i put a trendline on it and we can clearly see that RSI is also in bullish trend

So putting it all together i think we will have short term bullish run back to 1.1725+-25 pips and then double top on 4H chart will be formed which ofcourse mean trend reversal and market will become bearish.

Quick fundamental analis.
CAD is strongly correlated with oil price wich is heading up, so CAD will most likely get stronger and stronger, on the other hand USD is also heading up but it is not as strong as CAD is.
So there is high probability of bearish trend.

What to do?
This is what i will do, but keep in mind that no one knows where the market is going so i can easily be wrong.
I will take long position near the resistance level about 1.16 and put stop loss based on 15M chart so you have to do it yourself but i won't make it more than 30pips away from opening price, and i will put take profit somwhere about 100 pips away from open price proboably 1.1725.
When the bullish move will end i will wait for a trend reversal candle (1D chart).

So this is it, waiting for your comments.