can you really make a living trading forex?
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May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Of course. You can make a living doing anything, really.
If you’re considering it, good luck!
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Yes, but you need substantial start up capital and a bit of luck. The currency market is very viotile right now.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Of course. You can
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Definitely!But you need to study the market and learn the fundamentals.
The best way to start studying the forex market is to start trading with a "mini account".Even if you can start with a demo acount and not risk money at all i strongly recommend to start with a mini as the trading will be real and will help you be more focused and learn faster.After you have learn the basics and feel confident ,then is ok to upgrade your account to a standard one ,and start getting paid with a $1.00 /pip which means if you make 100 pips in profit a day you will make $100 a day.There are people that make thousands a day in forex no matter the trends of the currencies.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
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 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. 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.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Yes, i am a full time trader for 14 years to date. Alot of my students are now too.
To truly master forex trading, you have to understand how and why the market moves in such a manner. Instead of relying on indicators. All indicators are lagging indicators. Price action is the key.
It is only successful if you combine with other strategies eg. fibonacci, pivots, money management , trading psychology , stop loss, target profits etc.
If you ask me what is the most important, money management would be it.
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Ezekiel
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Not easy, but 1 out of 10 traders do it.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Yes, but it isn’t as easy as some people might lead you to believe. 90% of forex investors lose money however the 10% that don’t can make some serious cash.
May 17th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Yes, you can. But it requires a lot of patience, discipline and hard work. Forex millionaires are out there trading forex for a living. And these are experts who have mastered the ways of investing in forex.