Would it give me an advantage?

Hi guys,

In order to stand out from the crowd in the future I have been considering opening a retail forex account at an UK based brokerage with two grands to trade the spot fx market (no options, no nothing fancy, just plain price action analysis mixed with some fundamental approach)

I have a prior 2 years experience trading with real money so currency speculation is not a really new thing for me.

Assuming I would do well (conservative returns, pretty low drawdowns) would this track record give me any advantage over the others?

I have like two years left before I could apply to SA positions so I could spend that time with trading.

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I would do it if you have 2k to spare. It's always great to experience markets yourself and you will have something to talk about during the interviews.

 

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