The madhouse called "Forex Trading."

- A thread.

1/ Early this year, a young man walked into my office at @Overwoodng and offered to "help" us make 5% per month on all the investments in our portfolio.

I did the math and saw that our $1m will quickly become $1bn in 15 years at 60% per annum from this gentleman.

What a deal!

2/ So I asked him about the underlying asset.

He said Forex Trading.

I asked him about the underlying value he is creating.

He said "nothing". We are just trading currency.

I asked him about his track record.

He said he has made 7.5% per month for the past two years.

3/ Please note that 7.5% per month is 90% per annum. Which means he doubles his principal every year.

In this magical scenario, you can start with N1m and have almost N40billion in 20 years.

That's amazing.

4/ He showed me his financial records that reflected the magical 7.5% per month and got my whole team excited about the prospects that we could all become magically rich without doing much work.

Just give this magician $1m and we are set for life at 5% return per month.

5/ I am a little older and more experienced so I asked him to log into his trading platform so that I can see the magical gains.

Of course, he suddenly got antsy.

I promised him a lot of investments if he would show me the gains from his platform.

PLATFORM, not records.

6/ He logged in and showed me his Q1 2019 record, and he actually gained about 30% in Q1 2019.

Absolutely magical!!!

I insisted on an expanded date range and sure enough, he lost all the gains in Q2/3 2019 and made a loss for the whole year.

7/ My team was shocked but I just grinned knowingly.

If you can make 7.5% per month, you don't need investors. You don't need marketing. You don't need to sell a teaching course.

You just need a small amount of money and 100% focus on your craft.

8/ The reason they are propositioning you to invest in their magic venture is because they don't make 7.5% per month and they need your money to fill a gap.

Anyone who can consistently make 7.5% a month will be the richest person in the world in a few years.

9/ Be careful, guys.

I can assure you that less than .01% of FX traders can make more than 2% per month.

If 2% per month is so difficult to achieve, how can these magicians offer you a 5% return?

You will lose your money. Don't do it.

10/ Finally, before you pay the tuition for a FOREX class, ask the teacher:

1. Show me your 2-year trading PLATFORM gains. Remember, PLATFORM, not REPORT.
2. If you make 7.5% per month, why are you NOT the richest guy in the world?
3. Why do you need my meager $1000?

Selah.

11/ Investing should be strategic, long term, and deliberate.

Read this for a sustainable investment model: https://twitter.com/tayooye/status/1173789393628336128?s=20