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FXCM King of the Micro winner made an outstanding profit of 2116.39%

Jun 30 2011
By Stanimir Zhelev , ForexBrokerz.com Find me on Google+

Day trading or scalping the forex market seems to be making a comeback. This was seen FXCM's King of the Micro winner for the last month who made an outstanding profit of 2116.39%.

Wenzhen Wang, from China, appears to have used scalping strategies on a broad range of currency pairs. Scalping, or short-term trading, can mean making dozens to thousands of trades a day. This is Wang’s second time winning the King of the Micro title and the $25,000 cash prize. Read Wang’s full survey and trade report to learn more about his strategies.

Interview with the winner:

1. How long have you been trading?

Over 10 years in stock trades and 5 years in forex trades

2. How did you start trading?

Online trading

3. What are your favorite sources for news and/or your favorite technical indicators?

www.dailyfx.com.hk

4. What pair do you prefer to trade?

No preferred

5. How long do you typically hold your trades?

1 day

6. How much time do you spend trading every day?

8 hours

7. What was your most successful or memorable trade, and what was your most unsuccessful trade?

All past failure trading experience;

Repeating trading mistakes.

8. What do you think your greatest weakness is as a trader?

Forget past trading mistakes

9. What one thing did you do or learn that pushed you over the top?

Minimize the times of repeating trading mistakes

10. What kind of personality do you think you need to trade forex successfully?

Dare to loss money when you make a trading decision

11. What do you think about forex vs. equities? Have you traded equities? Why do you trade forex?

Trading forex: less complicated, higher risk; may having higher and faster return. I enjoy trading forex because it is less complicated and easy understandable.

12. How has trading changed your life?

No change except keeping me busy

13. What advice would you give to a new trader?

Play it with your spare money and improve trading skills by learning from your own mistakes

About FXCM Inc.

FXCM Inc. (NYSE: FXCM) is a global online provider of foreign exchange (forex) trading and related services to retail and institutional customers worldwide.

At the heart of FXCM's client offering is No Dealing Desk forex trading. Clients benefit from FXCM’s large network of forex liquidity providers enabling FXCM to offer competitive spreads on major currency pairs. Clients have the advantage of mobile trading, one-click order execution, and trading from real-time charts.

FXCM's UK subsidiary, Forex Capital Markets Limited, also offers CFD products with no re-quote trading and allows clients to trade forex, oil, gold, silver, and stock indices on one platform. In addition, FXCM offers educational courses on forex trading and provides free news and market research through DailyFX.com.

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Broker	Advantages


	FXTM a regulated forex broker (regulated by CySEC, FCA and FSC), offering ECN trading on MT4 an MT5 platforms. Traders can start trading with as little as $10 and take advantage of tight fixed and variable spreads, flexible leverage and swap-free accounts.
	easyMarkets is a CySEC and ASIC regulated broker offering access to over 300 trading instruments, tight fixed spreads, no slippage and a 50% deposit bonus.

	XM is broker with great bonuses and promotions. Currently we are loving its $30 no deposit bonus and deposit bonus up to $5000. Add to this the fact that it’s EU-regulated and there’s nothing more you can ask for.
	FXCM is one of the biggest forex brokers in the world, licensed and regulated on four continents. FXCM wins our admirations with its over 200,000 active live accounts and daily trading volumes of over $10 billion.
	FxPro is a broker we are particularly keen on: it’s regulated in the UK, offers Metatrader 4 (MT4) and cTrader – where the spreads start at 0 pips, Level II Pricing and Full Market Depth. And the best part? With FxPro you get negative balance protection.
	FBS is a broker with cool marketing and promotions. It runs an ongoing monthly $999 forex contest, offers a $5 no-deposit bonus for anyone willing to try out its services, and an FBS MasterCard is also available for faster deposits and withdrawals.
	FxChoice is a IFSC regulated forex broker, serving clients from all over the world. It offers premium trading conditions, including high leverage, low spreads and no hedging, scalping and FIFO restrictions.
	HotForex is a EU Regulated broker, offering wide variety of trading accounts, including Auto, Social and Zero spread accounts. The minimum intial deposit for a Micro account is only $50 and is combined with 1000:1 leverage - one of the highest in the industry.
	Exness is a leading forex broker, offering MT4 and MT5 platforms. Traders can take advantage from a true ECN environment and trade on ultra tight spreads, starting from 0 pips.

Broker	Country	Regulation	Platform	Min Deposit	Review
	US	CFTC, NFA	MT4, Web, in-house	$50	Review Website
	US	NFA, CFTC	MT4	$250	Review Website
	Cyprus, UK, Mauritius	CySec, FCA, IFSC	MT4, MT5, Web	$10	Review Website
	Cyprus, Australia	CySec, ASIC	MT4, Web, Mobile app	$100	Review Website
	Australia, Cyprus	ASIC	MT4, MT5, IRESSTrader	$100	Review Website
	UK, Cyprus, Australia	FCA, CySec, ASIC	MT4, MT5	$5	Review Website
	UK, Australia	FCA, ASIC	MT4, Trading Station, NinjaTrader	$50	Review Website
	UK, Cyprus, UAE, South Africa	FCA, CySEC, DFSA, FSB	MT4, MT5, FxPro Markets, cTrader	$100	Review Website
	Cyprus	CySEC	MT4, MT5, Web	$1	Review Website
	Belize	IFSC	MT4, MT5	$100	Review Website
	Cyprus, UK, South Africa, UAE	CySec, FCA, FSCA, DFSA	MT4, MT5, Web	$5	Review Website
	Cyprus, UK	CySEC, FCA	MT4, MT5	$1	Review Website
	Australia	ASIC	MT4, MT5	$100	Review Website
	UK	FCA	MT4, Web, MT4 for Mac	$100	Review Website
	Australia, UK	ASIC, FCA	MT4, MT5, cTrader	$200	Review Website

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