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> I've seen people make big bucks from Forex trading.

I've also seen people making big bucks from what they claim is Forex trading. Whether that's actually true is up for debate - I've heard somewhere that on average even people who do this for a living as a job average ~10% annual returns, so "big bucks" here from trading alone seems unlikely when even the pros can't approach that?

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> ~10% annual returns

That kinda checks out to me given the overall markets tend to return ~7% to 8%

Not with forex though, isn't forex pretty much 0 sum? So on average you should make no money

Ah my bad, I don't have much experience with forex

10 percent per what? Annually?

Yes, annually - edited!

Thanks. Calculated in a stable currency (sort of USD) or does actually inflation dig into it?

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