How My Journey Into Financial Market Trading Started — Ahmed XM

The most followed cryptocurrency trader in Nigeria, Ahmed Saifullah Yusuf, fondly called Ahmed XM, has shared insights into how he started forex and cryptocurrency trading.

Ahmed XM, who is also a forex trading expert and founder of cryptocurrency trading academy in Africa, XM Trading Academy, began cryptocurrency trading in 2018 in a most inspiring circumstances, stemming from passion to succeed and attain financial freedom.

Born on July 7, 1997, the Bauchi State native, who obtained a bachelor’s degree in Education from Bauchi State University, has six years down the line become a mystery, combining wizardry with skills to build a globally-recognised virtuoso cryptocurrency profile.

Ahmed Saifullah Yusuf has made serious financial breakthroughs as a professional cryptocurrency trader. However, despite the gains and profitability in the business, most Nigerians have conceived certain myth about the enterprise, one of which is believing the risk of losing trading capital is high.

“No, Infact Trading is a low risk business, because you have total control over your money,” Ahmed XM said while dispelling the notion.

“You determine how much you are willing to expose to the market. (Knowledge of risk management).”

Apart from monitoring trading graphs on his computer sets, plotting next trading moves and dedicating time to his mentees on his XM Trading Academy, the largest crypto trading community in Africa, the social media is another paradise for Ahmed XM. The 28-year-old explains why he posts his successes on social media.

“It is to inspire other traders and upcoming traders, posting lifestyle on social media motivates other traders that are not yet profitable,” he argued.

Ahmed XM, who is from a nuclear family of six and the first son, reveled how he accidentally stumbled on cryptocurrency trading while searching for a profitable business after his father, whom he descried as his “role model”, turned down his request for money to meet a need.

“In 2018, I was motivated by my father’s complaints about my numerous financial requests, this stirred my curiosity to find ways to be financially independent. I googled top 10 ways to make money online and trading was among them. This birthed my journey into trading the financial market (Forex and Crypto),” stated Ahmed XM.