Hi GlenY
Considering we may only get a few talking here, its a good topic to start.
I have had this discussion with other Forex traders over the years and many think this is a good yardstick.
3-4 hours every night for 18 months to 2 years if you are a very meticulous and disciplined Trader who started trading on multiple Demo Charts.
For the rest of us, 5 years. There is no short cuts in this game.
My Breakthrough moment occurred after I changed from being a undisciplined trader to a reasonably disciplined trader ( I didn't say totally disciplined trader ). I discovered that not following a tested trading strategy is the biggest reason most traders fail. They have no idea if the current strategy works because they have never tested it probably. When they do trade a good strategy, they just can't follow the plan anyway. Well that was my problem for the first two years.
Here is a image of a trader who has a plan to exit out the top of a paper bag - but he can't follow it
