There are a number of common misconceptions that can spell failure in Forex trading. The pulse pounding excitement of quick money has designated Forex trading as the best game in town. Nearly anyone can scrape together enough money to start to play and the thought of rolling in huge profits with minimal efforts keeps many people interested in becoming permanent players. Shades of Casino Royale dance in the average participant’s mind, even those that usually display a distinct conservative bent in their financial dealings. The tremendous size of the Forex market and the flash of literally trillions of dollars changing hands on a daily basis makes it seem a fail safe method for generating great wealth in spite of the fact that for very winner there is a loser in the selfsame transaction. Here are nine failure proof facts that everyone knows are “true”, but they can ensure your future failure in the Forex.
The smart trader makes money on every trade There is no way to make every trade a sweet deal. By their very nature each trade has an upside and a down side. It is the chance of the draw that sometimes you are bound to be on the down side no matter what you do or what you know. If you try to come out on the winning end in every trade, you my fail to make an exit from the market when it is most advisable. You will tend to lose more than necessary and for a longer period of time than is warranted.
The market is so lucrative training isn’t really necessary to cash in. Lack of knowledge just about guarantees you will make every blunder possible in the Forex at some time in your career. A casual glance at a few news articles will not give you a sound background in Forex trading. You have to make a real effort to decipher the ins and outs of the Forex to be able to spot opportunities to enter or exit with minimal losses.
Make enough trades and you are bound to turn at least minimal profits. Trading frequently only guarantees a profit at the end of the day for the broker handling your trades. While you may end up making a few hundred dollars in a day, or not as the case may be, you are guaranteed to leave a lot of cash on the table with this tactic and never live up to your trading potential.
Just hoping to turn a profit is enough strategy for the Forex currency market. You do not have a winning football team without planning the plays and the same applies to trading in the Forex. Establishing a short term and a long term plan is necessary to keep you focused when losses inevitably occur. Loss of focus is the primary reason over 95% of novice traders give up on the Forex within the first year. Vision to see beyond immediate losses is necessary to maintain your enthusiasm in trying times.
Hang in there long enough and you’ll come out rosy in the end. It is difficult to step back, reassess a situation when it is not working, and then change course. Instinct sometimes tells you to just keep going and not change horses in mid stream, but markets never heard of horses. Markets can change their flow in a moment and it is up to you to clearly see the change and know when you are throwing good money after bad. You have to know when to cut losses and when to take profits and never fall in love with any particular trade. No one trade will make your fortune or break it.
If it sounds great it has to be a winner and you need to jump on it before it is gone. Gossip in trading is no better than gossip near the backyard clothesline. Rumors generally have no factual basis and real decisions cannot be made on the basis of such ephemeral information. 99% of the time you will get burned and lose profits by following the crowd. Assess the situation with your own eyes and make your own judgments with sound information you can count on.
If you trade enough times in a day you are bound to hit the big one. Trading any one currency willy nilly or trading many currencies without really understanding what is going on is a formula for failure. Each currency needs to be well understood before trades can be launched with any real knowledge how the market will likely be responding to market stimuli as they are unfolding. Your percentage of successful, profitable trades will go up only if you concentrate your efforts in a specific area you have analyzed well.
You will make money in the end if you keep your eyes on the future prize and make enough short term trades one after another. Your mistaking apples for oranges if you are looking long term, but trading short term. You have to pay attention to what you are doing when you are doing it. Short term trading responds to circumstances unfolding in the not too distant future. Events that may not take place for a long time will have minimal effect on short term markets and will not be indicative of profitable trades in the shorter time frame.
You need to always have a trade in the hopper to generate money in the Forex. The Forex ebbs and flows like the tides in the ocean. Depending on the movement in the market, there may or may not be an opening for a profitable trade. Do not jump the gun and trade for tradings sake. Rather, trade only when there is a clear indication that the contemplated trade will end up being a profitable one. This will keep losses to a minimum.
