Ultimate Full-Time Trading Truths & Motivation

In episode 213 of the Desire To Trade Podcast, I interview full-time Forex trader Merlin De Santis whom I met in Bangkok, Thailand and more recently in his trader villa in Bali.

Merlin is a young entrepreneur who started a business when he was 18. He was introduced to forex trading by his friends and since then he was hooked. He sold his business to pursue trading and he now spends most of his time traveling, trading and meeting traders around the world.

His learning path was not easy, while he made lots of money at the start he quickly lost it all and realized the reality of trading. From there he has been working hard developing as a trader and improving constantly, leaving the trading lifestyle.

 

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In This Episode, You'll Learn...

• Who is Merlin De Santis and where he comes from 00:37
• How did Merlin start to trade 01:35
• What Merlin did to learn and improve his trading 04:15
• How to approach people to meet and learn from them 05:11
• How does Merlin trading style look like 07:12
• How to actually follow your trading plan 10:04
• How Merlin recommends developing your own trading plan 13:24
• What is the Trading Avatar 17:35
• The reason why Merlin travels so much 19:20
• How Merlin handles trading while traveling 21:06
• What are Merlin's plans for the future 22:27
• What is the role of spirituality in trading 24:12
• Where can you find Merlin De Santis 25:37
• What is ALIVE and the motivation for it 27:14
• Merlin's top piece of advice for aspiring traders 29:55
• And much more!

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Resources Mentioned

• SCM (Scandinavian Capital Markets)

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