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Merlin Rothfeld

Merlin Rothfeld

Merlin has been trading his own accounts in options, equities, futures, forex & cryptocurrencies for more than 27 years. He was influential in the creation of one of the largest trading schools in the world, where he taught retail traders as well as institutional market participants. Merlin also created the first live trading lab at a university in Italy. Currently he hosts the live, free, daily trading and investing show on YouTube called TraderMerlin.

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Germany's share of Global GDP expected to fall to 4% by 2030, the lowest level in AT LEAST half a century 🤯👀📉 https://t.co/ckzJmr50bf
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