I have taken contact with the stock market 15 years ago in my first year of college. I had no clue of what i was doing, but it was like an exam for one year and I was supposed to invest and make some profit.
The same year, in 2007, I took some courses for the Forex market and I was shocked that I was not able to understand anything, but after 6 months it was a little clear about all those Head & Shoulders, double bottom, and tops, so I have started to trade real money....made profit like 30% in 2 weeks and then lost all in 2 days... No one was teaching anything in those days about trading psychology or mindset.
One year later, 2008 i have started to work for the investment firm, CapitalGroup in Bucharest, as a broker.
All my career I have searched for wonder indicators, holly grail in trading, and trading gurus, only to reach the conclusion that retail indicators like Moving Averages or RSI, are not the ones suitable for me.
My contact with Orderflow is only 4 years, but this changed my trading perspective since this approach, is made by professional traders at prop firms, institutions, banks...etc...
I have started developing my own trading indicators since I was not able to find complex indicators for MT4 or MT5 similar with those from futures trading platforms.
This is how I have started the advancedtradingtools company.
My Moto: Never stop learning, never stop growing!
Good luck to you all!