# Fx Trading and Taxes

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**Category:** Taxes\
**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 10:28am UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/fx-trading-and-taxes/1729 "2019-01-18T10:28:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bojack](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/user_avatar/forum.mustachianpost.com/bojack/32/281_2.png) [@Bojack](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/u/Bojack)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/fx-trading-and-taxes/1729/9 "2019-01-18T12:00:28Z")

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> [@Experience Interactive Brokers - 2nd chance](https://forum.mustachianpost.com/t/experience-interactive-brokers-2nd-chance/355/71):
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> Technically all mustachians could get taxed this way once they retire as capital gains will make up most of their income.

At least at the beginning after reaching FIRE, you should not withdraw more than 4% of your portfolio, 2% of it being withdrawn via dividend, which is taxable income, not treated as capital gains. But indeed, if there was a market crash, you could easily generate more capital gains than dividend income.

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