Learn and Study about Forex Trading

So you have decided that you will try and will start learning what Forex is. As a starter in the currency markets there are a number of lessons you must learn before you can attain the title of "profitable forex trader". So as you move on to download your trading station and begin your journey in the world of forex trading, have in mind that you will have to learn important lessons along your journey.

Money management is a critical point that shows difference between winners and losers. It was proved that if 100 traders start trading using a system with 60% winning odds, only 5 traders will be in profit at the end of the year. In spite of the 60% winning odds 95% of traders will lose because of their poor money management. Money management is the most significant part of any trading system. Most of traders don't understand how important it is.

It's important to understand the concept of money management and understand the difference between it and trading decisions. Money management represents the amount of money you are going to put on one trade and the risk your going to accept for this trade.

There are different money management strategies. They all aim at preserving your balance from high risk exposure.

First of all, you should understand the following term Core equity Core equity = Starting balance - Amount in open positions.

If you have a balance of 10,000$ and you enter a trade with 1,000$ then your core equity is 9,000$. If you enter another 1,000$ trade,your core equity will be 8,000$
It's important to understand what's meant by core equity since your money management will depend on this equity.

We will explain here one model of money management that has proved high anual return and limited risk. The standard account that we will be discussing is 100,000$ account with 20:1 leverage . Anyway,you can adapt this strategy to fit smaller or bigger trading accounts.

As you may already know trading currencies is one of the most profitable activities you can choose and one that won't ask you for an MBA, not even a college degree. You can have any background and no office if you want. You only need a computer and a reliable internet connection to access the Forex market; though you should be willing to learn more than the basics about this thing called Forex if you really want to succeed.

Trading one currnecy pair will generate few entry signals. It would be better to diversify your trades between several currencies. If you have 100,000$ balance and you have open position with 10,000$ then your core equity is 90,000$. If you want to enter a second position then you should calculate 1% risk of your core equity not of your starting balance!. Itmeans that the second trade risk should never be more than 900$. If you want to enter a 3rd position and your core equity is 80,000$ then the risk per 3rd trade should not exceed 800$
It's important that you diversify your prders between currencies that have low correlation.
For example, If you have long EUR/USD then you shouldn't long GBP/USD since they have high correlation. If you have long EUR/USD and GBP/USD positions and risking 3% per trade then your risk is 6% since the trades will tend to end in same direction.

If you want to trade both EUR/USD and GBP/USD and your standard position size from your money management is 10,000$ (1% risk rule) then you can trade 5,000$ EUR/USD and 5,000$ GBP/USD. In this way,you will be risking 0.5% on each position.

When you first start out it won't be strange that you may make a lot of mistakes, that's why you should start using a "demo account" so you'll have all parts of the learning experience a beginner should have. Do this and you will come out of your beginner learning experience as a consistently profitable trader.

So what's that first lesson you must learn when you enter the world of forex trading? The lesson is this: all those who want to become successful forex traders must have the accuracy and "market feeling" that will allow them to cut losses early and let the winning trades run for as long as possible. Forex is all about timing. As a corollary, you should never forget about using "stops" in your trading career. They are your "life savers" in the occasions when you will have to sail through rough waters in the forex markets.

Disclaimer: Trading any financial market involves risk. This course and the website http://forextradinginfo4u.blogspot.com/ and its contents is neither a solicitation nor an offer to Buy/Sell any financial market. The contents of this Blog are for general information purposes only.

Author: Mrs. C.Suseela is Retired HeadMistress and having lot of experience and knowledge in Share Trading and Fored Trading.

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