Hello everyone, I am an elite member and I am normally a lurker but I visit everyday. Just wanted to add an introductory post here in the spirit of the forum.

I started trading in 2007. I was 25 years old. I deposited 2k in a Forex account with 400 times leverage. You all know the rest of the story. I cried when it was over. That was my only blown account. I made some deposits here and there and mostly broke even or lost a couple hundred bucks. But slowly but surely through out all these years looking at charts they started to speak to me. I always wondered what price action meant, hearing traders say that price is king, but now I know. Most indicators are lagging indicators they only show you where the market has been. Any how my trading style now is opportunistic discretionary. And I feel like I am close to turning the corner after all this time. I am never going to give up because I love trading, not for the money but for the game, or the opportunity it represents.
And so I love the markets and I love Futures.io Thank you Big Mike for this awesome community. The best trading community on the internet.

Hi guys,

It is my pleasure to announce the next set of 10-year Anniversary Prizes!

This time, the prizes are sponsored by @GFFBrokers:



- GFF Brokers is giving away (2) each of the following:
- $500 Amazon Gift Card
- 100 commission-free trades*
- Free CME Market Data for 2019*

*Terms and conditions:
Exchange, Clearing, NFA, Technology Fees are excluded. Available for new customers only. Accounts must be approved by the FCM and IB; minimum account opening balance of $2,500. Customer will be charged commission in his/her/their account and then reimbursed within 30 days of the last trade. Free commission will expire 30 days after initial trade has been placed in the live account. Free Market Data is limited to Non-Professional CME market data for new clients only. Non-Professional CME market data will be billed on the account and then reimbursed by GFF brokers each month for up to 12 months; expires on December 31, 2019. If there is no trading activity in the account for more than 30 days, GFF Brokers reserves the right to deactivate the market data on the account and client forfeits the remainder of the free market data. There is a substantial risk of loss in trading futures, options and forex.

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How to be eligible to win the prizes with our 10-year anniversary? Please read post #2 in this thread.

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In addition to being a 10-year sponsor, @GFFBrokers also offers Elite Members a special discount:



To take advantage of the Free CME Market Data, please click here:
https://nexusfi.com/elite_partner.php?do=process&gffcme=1

If you have any questions for @GFFBrokers, please use their AMA thread:

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What to do to be eligible to win the prizes?

To be eligible to win some of the over $18,000 in prizes, we ask that you participate in this thread by sharing your story.

Specifically, we are asking for you to make a post sharing your experience with our community, futures io. Tell us when you joined, why you joined, what you found -- tell us if you've been helped, tell us if it's improved your trading experience.

Share with us what you like or dislike about the community the most -- tell us what keeps you coming back, tell us what separates futures io from other communities.

Within this post, you can also feel free to tell us about yourself, about your own trading, about your journey -- what has worked, what hasn't, what you've learned and what you still are trying to master. Share with us what makes you feel like a member of an extended family here on futures io.

In a few days, I will be posting the schedule of events, and a full list of all the prizes (over $18,000 this year!). That information will be shared here in this thread. We'll also be posting on social media, so it would be smart for you to click the buttons on the top left of our site and follow us on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter!


Last, I want to mention that we each owe a great thanks to all of the members here within the community that make it what it is today. I had a vision 10 years ago that we could accomplish something great, but since then it has grown larger than I could have imagined (back then, it was simply "Big Mike Trading" -- remember guys??) and I am so proud of how it has turned out and what our community stands for.

When you make a post in this thread sharing your experience, please note that you are giving your permission for futures io to use your post, in part or in full, for future marketing material -- and we may or may not mention your community member name in doing so. See the next paragraph for why...

We welcome all feedback, positive or otherwise, and we love to hear members sharing their stories and their trading journeys. We want to share these stories with others, because we know that most have gone down similar paths -- and it's a bumpy road. It's always of great comfort to know you are not alone, and to find help and advice from those that have gone before you. Our entire community is built upon participation, and we often hear from members who are reluctant to share -- and we always encourage them to take the leap, make the post, ask for help, and start participating. Their trading will thank them!

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike

Any ninja trader licenses available as a prize?

thank tb

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike

Tip Announcing more prizes! This is just a little bit more of what we're giving away -- in total, more than $18,000 of prizes in total as part of our 10-year celebration!

The first five members beginning NOW Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US that write new posts that meet the following conditions below, will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card:

a) Only posts created after now (see the time of this post) will count.
b) Your new posts must receive 100 or more "thanks" combined
c) The thanks received count is cumulative -- multiple posts count cumulatively, so write several!

Notes:
a) Your post can be in any section of the forum except the Off-Topic, Tech Support and Jokes forum.
b) Site sponsors, vendors and moderators are excluded from consideration.
c) In the event of a tied number of thanks, the member who has the most "thanks received" overall in their user profile will be the winner
d) Winners of past "10-year thanks contest" events will be excluded, to give everyone a fair chance

Important Tip:
You can write multiple posts. All posts after Thursday August 1 @ 1:30PM ET US will be considered, not just your first one.

Write high quality posts to receive more thanks/appreciation from members!

First five members who hit this will each get a $50 Amazon Gift Card!

Let the race begin! I'll post regular updates to this thread letting everyone know where they stand in the contest.

Mike