Your Questions About Forex Trading

kenspong answers:

Forex trading is just like any other financial investment tool. Takes money and some smarts and patience. Although their are a lot of perks with forex trading such as 24 hour trading, largest liquid market, and very high volatility, one should still educate themselves as you would on any type of investment. Unless you just do not care about your money.

First I would recommend learning up on some technical analysis. Just search that phrase with “forex” in front and you will find millions of resources. Then educate yourself up on fundamental influence on the currencies. Everyone finds there own knack at trading the forex market so don’t blindly fall into a so called forex guru’s marketing trap.

kenspong answers:

Playing Forex can appear alluring, but the majority of people who try it lose money. All you have to do is do a web search on the words “Forex” and “lose” to see this is the consensus.

Forex is similar to what we call a “zero sum” game. You are making a bet with someone else about whether a currency will rise or fall. For every winner there has to be a loser. The net winnings of everyone combined equals zero. If you are smarter than the average player, you may make money. If you are dumber than the average player, you are likely to lose money. Most of the people making the “bets” in Forex are highly trained professionals at banks and other institutions. You are unlikely to beat them at this game.

Actually Forex is not quite a zero sum game. It’s a slightly negative sum game as the Forex broker takes a small percentage each time in the spread. It’s a small amount but over a hundred trades, it ends up being a considerable amount of money. So the average player is likely to lose money, and remember the average player is a highly trained professional and probably smarter than you.

There is a lot of luck in Forex, and if you play it, you will have some periods of time where you make money. This is usually because you are having a lucky streak, not because you have suddenly become an expert Forex player. However, most people are unwilling to admit their success is due to luck. They become convinced they have a system that works, and lose a lot of money trying to refine it.

Further complicating the problem is the large number of Forex scams on the internet. Most Forex websites are of questionable honesty. You will find many people on the Internet that claim they made a lot of money using Forex. They are usually liars trying to make money. They will say: “Go to Forexcrap,com/q2347.” The “q2347” is a signal to the Forexcrap site that you are being referred to them by “q2347.” If they sell something to you, “q2347” gets a kickback. These coded signals can be hidden by different methods in the link. Other people will refer you to their own private website or blog for the purpose of trying to get money off you. Also there are a good number of trolls out there that like to pretend they are successful forex traders just for the fun of it.

I would recommend not trying to do Forex at all, unless you are a trained professional. It’s like playing poker with people better than you, with the house constantly taking a small percentage from the pot.

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kenspong answers:

Hello,
as I see you are a green trader. The best way for you is to start learning Forex at Baby Pips!

Best regards!

kenspong answers:

First you need to have a good basic knowledge of forex trading before you can start.

Then you should try some of the aids available. These are systems that can help you a lot such as signal generators. They help to control your risks as well. Practice on them until you are comfortable that they work for you.

To some extent, luck plays a part but I think it’s more from experience and prudence. At least in the longer term, these will help you more than luck.

kenspong answers:

Forex trading has potential for high profits and high losses. Forex primarily needs a great deal of knowledge and specialization to do it profitably. Many “GURU’s” like to bang the drum about how much money you can make, but most people lose money at FOREX, because it is a situation where you make profits based on your decisions, and unless you are right in the immediate market, you are making decisions based on partial information. Those who have the best information make the most money. If you are 60 seconds late, you may miss out and lose money.

Some people thrive in such a situation. Most do not.