I am an aspiring forex trader who wants to make it big. I am particularly interested in the short and brief articles of Kathy Lien. Fan of hers. I also appreciate the baseline scenario which gives an overview of the fundamental economic situation although I am not sure how it will relate to the foreign exchange trading. Currently I trade using technical analysis as outlined by Ed Ponsi in his Forex Patterns and Probablilites book. I have yet to fully mastered it and I would appreciate guidance in this area. I used to trade options until I find that optionsxpress commissions are eating too much of my profit as I had slightly more than USD$300 as capital. It is until I started trading that I could relate not just understand the effects on greed and fear as I see my P/L shrink and grow. I believe that when I have mastered trading, it will give me unlimited access to the freedom that wealth provides. The freedom to live without financial worries, to enjoy the finer things in life, to travel and experience and to be whio I want to be instead of dreaming of them.