Hello Steven,
To answer your questions:
# Do you trade?
Yes, I have been trading for roughly 17 years. I started in Goldman Sachs in the derivatives markets (open outcry). That shows you how ancient I am. I then worked in Morgan Stanley, Dresdner bank and finally Daiwa Bank before going local. I am local today. In other words, self employed.
# What platform do you trade on? Why?
I've used several platforms in my time. I guess you use MT4. What I like about MT4 are the Experts or mechanical trading features. I must suggest that you also need news headline feeds. Bloomberg, Reuters and a few others that tend to sneak out news first.
# What kind of trading?
I guess you can call me a good intraday trader. I prefer fast moving, liquid and volatile markets. I do trade medium term since age has crept up on me. Again the mechanical trading helps counter the age factor. This is a youngs game (or at least it used to be). However, the oldest trader I found lived in New York and gave up trading derivatives at the ripe old age of 70. I could tell you a lot about this man suffice it to say that when he did a European circuit he would go to the most exclusive hotels and throw good parties. Plus, his New York dwellings where like penthouse full of young beautiful women. You may ask what an old man was doing with these women he would pay to educate them to university level.
# How succesful have you been sofar?
I tend to swing. The biggest loss I made can be counted in $100,000's in one day. You'll spot professional traders because they hardly talk about how much the won in a trade. Normally, they talk about much they lost. In this game your not seasoned unless you've taken large losses and recovered. I'll end it there.
## Before I log out I just want to say that I use the alias Bill Rogers. Jude has successfully managed to annoy me with his over zealous moderation. So I might not post here again as much as I like to discuss post trading and market events. I'll think about it.