5 Keys to Survival in Day Trading Forex
Day trading has always been one of the most well-known yet widely misunderstood forms of speculation, not only in the forex (foreign exchange) market but also in stocks and futures.
Skill and experience is especially important to forex day traders since the market movers (the “smart money”) are notorious for manipulating short-term price action to deliberately slaughter the fresh prey.
Unfortunately, beginners to online forex trading seem to have a tendency to believe that day trading is somehow easier, safer, and more appropriate for those with very little experience — and a a very little account balance to match. It isn’t.
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Overcoming the Psychological Barrier of Trading Small Accounts
There is an inherent wall of challenges to trading with a small starting account balance. Of course, to some people, a small account is a $100 starting balance. To others, a $10,000 account is relatively small. Even $100,000 isn’t considered large compared to the hundred-million-dollar funds under management by a typical high performing trader.
But it’s not the balance that matters — it’s how much of it you risk in order to make your profits in terms of percentages, and most retail forex traders are just strolling down the train tracks of self destructive over-leveraging.
Thankfully, there are ways to overcome this problem.
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The Truth About Forex Scams and Trading
If you’re reading this article, odds are you discovered the forex market in one of two ways:
1. as a financial instrument for investment and speculation — an alternative to trading in stock (company shares) and futures contracts,
or,
2. as a get-rich-quick scheme that you discovered from an infomercial, or colorful sales web page, that promotes massive gains using small initial deposits.
Unfortunately, the latter case (#2) is becoming more and more common in the recent decade. You’re also more likely to have been exposed to a lot of misinformation from ruthless marketers so it’s time to unlearn the garbage and learn the truth about one of the world’s largest financial markets.
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