Andy Krieger has always displayed a flare and passion for finance and entrepreneurship. After doing his undergraduate degree at Pennsylvania University's Wharton Business School, he worked as a currency trader at Bankers Trust, where he had his lucky break. In 1987 at the age of 32, while most investors were panicking over the Black Monday crash, Krieger kept a cool head and turned the situation to his advantage. While all the world's currencies had suffered, Krieger noted that the New Zealand Dollar, also known as the Kiwi, was in a stronger position. He took up a short position against the Kiwi that was worth hundreds of millions of dollars, so that his sell orders exceeded New Zealand's actual money supply at the time. Krieger made $300 million in revenue from this transaction, much to the concern of the New Zealand government who tried to persuade his bosses to make him stop. He left Bankers Trust soon after to work for George Soros and then Northbridge Capital Management. He is another great philanthropist who has donated over $350,000 to support the Indonesian tsunami victims.

As well as making your investments increase, markets will always experience crashes, and what the top 5 Forex traders of all time have in common is a will and a determination to turn even the worst situations into cold, hard cash. Where others panic, they calmly analyse, and when others give up hope, they jump on emerging opportunities. They also take risk management very seriously and when their precautions as well as their risk taking pay off, they share their income with those in need. While they have made mistakes in their time, these men prove that all situations and experiences ultimately lead to great successes, which makes them an inspiration to those of us inside the world of forex trading.

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