Desire To Trade Podcast | Forex Trading Tips & Interviews With Highly Successful Traders

Jean-François Boucher: Trading Tips From A Forex Scalper In episode 68 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview Jean-François Boucher, a Forex scalper located in Jasper, Alberta. Jean-François started to trade stocks in the 90s as he worked for IBM. After losing countless amounts of money in options, he discovered the Forex market. What I particularly like about Jean-François is his down-to-earth approach to trading. As a matter of fact, he knows there are no tricks to succeed quickly in trading. You must put in the work. He also mentions a crucial fact, that is, risking 1% per trades allows you to come back. While we often see people risking way more than that, Jean-François’ advice is still very important. You can’t expect to increase your risk too high and stay in the game of trading for very long.  As traders, we are professional losers, so we better account for that. Jean-François says: “it always starts small”, and that is the mindset you need to have if you want to see progress without blowing up co