Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Guide To Profitable Forex Trading

I wanted to present this guide to profitable forex trading because I know there are a lot of new traders out there that are noticing their savings account going down. It takes a certain caliber of behavior to be a good forex trader and I hope to share that with you.

The first skill you're going to have to develop is that of controlling your emotions. Emotional thinking is really the enemy in this business. You don't have to worry about competitors; you have to worry about yourself getting emotional and making trades in that mindset. If you find yourself getting "upset" or "worked up", than you need to learn to control these emotions. If you experience them, the best thing you can do is walk away until you clear your head, so you can get back to making logical trading choices.

The next thing you need to develop is the ability to let go of a bad trade. This really has to do with being able to cut your losses. Bad trades happen all the time to everyone. They really aren't that bad if you can contain them before they get bad. The best thing you can do is set a stop loss point before you make the trade. That is deciding before hand if the currency drops to this point, I will exit the trade.

Lastly, you'll want to avoid the problem of overconfidence. Often after you make some good trades that your head will get inflated and you think you are really good. What will happen is you'll view things as very bullish and when prices don't reflect that, you end up losing out. Try to be humble with your profitable trades and continue on the path of learning.

This was my guide to profitable forex trading. I hope you enjoyed it and use these tips to your advantage.

I'm currently giving a 7 day free forex training course. Newbies and experienced are all welcome. If you're interested in participating, check out the Casual Forex Trader.

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