What is the realistic profit one can expect from trading forex?

[fx4_ever]

Hi Friends:

 

This subject always brings interesting discussion and to start off the new year, I was interested to find out how everyone thinks realistic profit expectation from trading forex.

 

Coming from Stocks trading, if hedge/fun managers do 20%+ /year, he/she will get very handsome bonus. Even investors do not expect 20% return on their portfolio in a year.

 

Now, have that said, I heard forex traders expect to make 30-40% monthly return on their account with very low risk. *** EVERYONE'S DREAM *** But, is it really realistic or inflated expectation put on by brokers or related vendors' advertisement that setting up for failure?

 

So.. What are the realistic profit one can truly expect from trading forex?

 

• 5-10% return monthly
  
• 11-20% monthly
  
• 21 to 30% monthly
  
• 31 - 40% monthly
  
• 40%+ monthly
  

Edited January 3, 2011 by fx4_ever

[chrisbenjy]

5-10% is realistic and acceptable, but 40% + is possible.

[fx4_ever]

5-10% is realistic and acceptable, but 40% + is possible.

 

I am sure it is possible. But, can one can make 40% monthly consistently with reasonable risk?

[⭐ Gambler67]

You can make above 10% monthly consistently if trading a mini or micro account. The moment you start trading standard accounts, your emotion gets the better of you and you start losing more than you gain.

[Roels Major]

Return Monhtly is based on volume you trade....I would prefer just pips....if you can make 50 pips a day there will be a lot of money can count....i am not that good on mathemathics....or statistics....

[mcgene4x]

Yes, She/he can. :)

[sgsgsg]

I am sure it is possible. But, can one can make 40% monthly consistently with reasonable risk?

 

Yes!! of course.

[robertmartin]

My vote for 5-10% monthly

[rezaul4040]

How to be possible

[Guest grandpost]

fools, obviously all replies here are foolish, including this one, no one is making money, no one u know, you are all in the casino; the only one who is not is the one using a perfect system and perfectly disciplined to it; that is 0 of all the people who replied here;

 

Now can a single disciplined person to a system reply here; I bet all those who replied saw 20% returns in just one day or completely bogus money management, R/R used.

 

If you are not using a system and disciplined step out of the casino for some air.

 

current demo 5,000 to 250,000.....it's fun....lol how many percent is this?

[⭐ osijek1289]

These questions and discussion on this topic are completely fruitless, because there has been no constant or baseline established, and I don't think that is possible to do. Why? Because it depends on the trader. It is the trader and his experience that makes the difference between massive and constant losses, a mild profit, or extraordinary profits. Throw in the current state, trend and sentiment of the market, and you have described why the vast majority of people lose money in trading of an instrument, over and over again.

 

One can give a proven successful system to 10 different people, and the vast majority will either produce losses or perhaps break even. The market variables and conditions are always changing, and it takes an experience, knowledgeable and experienced/veteran successful-in-the-past trader to stand a chance of making money. Oh, and I am not talking about EAs - GS and MS have spent millions trying to develop automated trading systems, and have failed. (Algo's are something else.)

[tybur0n]

40% + is possible.

[Jeremiah]

Just curious - how this poll results might help you? Agree with osijek1289.