I have been trading now for 18 months and have established a pretty good track record over the past 7 months. I am up 16.43% over seven months time. (Thanks to ForexFactory, Jacko, James16 group, Peter Crowns, Mouteki, and Austrian Economic theory) That includes mistakes made using 5% per trade leverage at the beginning which I had to make back using 1% per trade leverage once I realized that was way too much risk. I incurred about a 5.75% drawdown because of that, and came back from there. I have been in profit 6 out of 7 months. So I actually have a higher win percentage and better risk/reward ratio than the record would seem to indicate. I now use only 1% risk per trade. I also accomplished this while long haul trucking 70 hours a week. My problem is that I do much better trading when I can devote my full attention to it, but I also need to make a living. I have a few thousand in my account, but its not enough to trade for a living. What should I do? Is that good enough to get an job/internship at a bank or prop firm? Are there any good ones for trading currencies in Atlanta? Or should I try to raise money and start my own fund? I feel a little green for that. Any input from anyone with experience trading for a company or a living would be appreciated. My record and equity curve are compiled and posted below in an excel sheet...also have the official records. Thank you for any input.
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