By Peter Lim ,CFP
Have you heard about the benefits of forex trading as a tool to create personal wealth?
Gone are the days when forex trading are meant for the “big guys” – institutions, big companies, banks and financial institutions. Today, the man-in-the-street can access facilities to trade in the privacy and comfort of his home! He can earn a living trading forex from the comfort of his own home.
If you are someone intending to be involved in forex trading, there is available a lot of help and assistance to get you started off. Let us consider 4 main guidelines that are important to you if you intend to make money as a forex trader.
Firstly, is forex trading for you?
Forex trading involves study and gaining skills to trade. Generally, a quick style of trading is needed for day trading of the forex. On the contrary, if you are someone who cannot spend too much time on the trading screen, then swing trading is envisaged. Both styles require you to spend time to study technical setups peculiar to these styles. Check your own risk profile. If you cannot tolerate risk that is opened for long periods, then day trading, which may involve trading within mere seconds or minutes is suitable for you.
Secondly, are you capitalized for trading forex?
With the advent of leverage, and min-forex, capital is no longer an issue in trading. Unless you are a swing trader, where you intend to open your trades for a longer period, you really do not need a very big amount of capital. This is more so because as a beginner to forex trading, you will start off small, and build up experience as you go along. Check with your brokers to comply with their levels of capital requirements, and check out the possibility of conducting mini forex trades.
Thirdly, are you going for a technical approach or a fundamental approach?
Most forex traders are technical traders. By this, they look at charts to spot any technical trading setup, and if prices have reached a certain level they would buy or sell as the case might be. Charts feature a lot on their trading systems. There are those who adopt trading signals based on fundamentals. This will include the news release, reports of economic trends, treasury news and so on. There are those who blend their technical systems together with news releases as well. No matter whatever approach you use, make sure you identify properly the proven profitable trading setups and concentrate on trading these until you are an expert.
Fourthly, be aware that forex trading can be a most exciting career move – you can earn a living trading forex online. Much as the rewards can be great, there is a learning curve to follow. You can accelerate your learning skills by following a structured course of learning forex or getting a mentor who is willing to show you his secrets and pass on knowledge of his techniques.
So be prepared to learn, spend time to paper trade your trading systems until trading is second nature to you and until you become a consistent winner even during simulated trades. Until you find that confidence and high win-loss ratio, continue to paper trade.
By following these 4 guidelines, you have the best chances to become a profitable forex trader.
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