You will never guess what Andrew Mitchem was doing before he became a successful Forex trader. I have heard about a lot of unusual pre-trading professions before, but Andrew's is the best, by far.
One of the biggest things that I hope you have learn from all of these interviews is that you don't need to have any experience in the financial markets to become a professional Forex trader. In Andrew's case, you don't have to read that many trading books either.
Take a guess as to how many trading books he has read.
Talking to traders is always really interesting. After the formal interview, Andrew and I were chatting for a bit and he told me that he and his family were in San Francisco recently.
OK, pretty cool…SF is one of the best places to be. Of course, I'm a little biased. But a regular vacation isn't enough for the average trader.
You see, Andrew has a license…to fly a helicopter. He actually has a helicopter at home in New Zealand.
So he rented a helicopter in SF and flew under the Golden Gate Bridge! How awesome is that?!
Most people settle for a picture in front of the bridge. Ha!
I hope that he doesn't mind me sharing that story, but it really goes to show you what is possible when you put in a lot of hard work.
Enjoy!
In This Episode
- What attracted Andrew to FX trading so much in the first place
- How long it took him to learn to trade profitably
- Why he trades long term charts
- How many basic trading setups he uses
- Custom Forex trader software that Andrew uses for MT4
- And more!
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Hugh,
please upload this interview in your youtube channel.
Thanks,
dan
Hey Dan,
Sorry, no longer making the full interview available on YouTube. You have to come here or subscribe on iTunes/Stitcher. Thanks for listening.
Hugh
The audio I guess is corrupt. It stops at the 9th minute. Anyone else experienced such problem?
Toks
I added the YouTube version, hope that works better.
Hello Hugh,
I’ve listened to most of your excellent interviews.
This one really resonated with me. Probably because I ‘m also a longertime frame candle stick Trader.Also I think in s$$ not pips.
Not yet’consistently profitable’ but getting there. My main problem was trading with a small account, less than $1k.
I could not get ahead trading with such small amounts.
A few of your interviewees have mentioned importance of being properly capitalised, so I’ve increased my account andhence my trade size.
Keep up the good work
Regards Mike
Hey Mike,
Glad you enjoyed it and best of luck in your trading!
Hugh