F, nobody is saying those kinds of returns aren't possible, simple fact is they are:
http://www.businessinsider.com/michelle-williams-trader-father-2011-1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_R._Williams
http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fxcm_n...ns_25K_in_Monthly_Forex_Trading_Contest_.html
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/worlds-top-retail-fx-trader-151940984.html
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/first-steps/120412-55000-one-month.html
The fact remains that they are usually high risk using demo or low stakes.
Either way, its possible no doubt.
Its also beyond most people, due to the high costs factor of each trade (spreads).
Instead of taking my usual approach of pointing out the reasons you still get flak,
just consider these perfectly reasonable points:
From what I can see on your thread you are still not posting exact entries.
http://www.trade2win.com/boards/dis...pert-retail-forex-trader-632.html#post2247872
The above post is a case in point.
EU 3690 is a good shout regarding price observation for shorts.
It is not however a live call, if you come back and say you entered a short
on EU after 0800, what is to say you didn't enter just before one of the two
pullbacks so far (both of which would have easily knocked a 5 point stop).
The point is, unless you post exact entries and exits its largely pointless.
Posting an entry only means typing 2 or 3 numbers if using whole or tenth points.
The rest of the call can be a wordpad template, for example you would only
have needed to type 87 and hit submit at time of trade (timestamp), the rest of the call text would already
be in an open posting window:
SHORT
EU
36
87
5 point SL
Until that happens, can you really blame anyone for questioning the
validity of your calls?
This is a perfectly reasonable and factual point, as I'm sure your reply will be
🙂