Friday, October 10, 2008

Learn Swing Trading If You Do Not Want to Fail in Forex

I believe some trading styles and systems are more suitable for a beginner trader than others. Swing trading I think one of them. Learning swing trading requires much less effort than say scalping or any day trading technique. Usually a swing trade can take a few days to mature. That's why it is easier to control your emotions when you set up a trade and monitor it on a daily basis looking at it only a few minutes a day. The major benefits of swing trading technique for a beginner trader are as follows.

1. Fewer trades - less spreads.

If you compare swing trading with scalping then the advantage of swing trading is obvious. In scalping there is a lot of emotional pressure when trade needs to be executed in a few minutes. Other than that there is a spread between buy and sell prices. Thus it is better if a trader has fewer trades and a large profit target. Fore example if a spread is 3 pips then by entering 10 trades a trader loses 30 pips already. Small profit targets in scalping make it difficult to succeed for a beginner. On the other hand swing trading techniques usually target much larger profit, usually more than 100 pips per trade. You see the difference.

2. Low level of noise on the charts.

If you look at the higher time frame charts like 4 hour or daily charts you will see that a lot of price patterns are easily identifiable. When you switch to the shorter time frames like 15 minutes and 5 minutes charts there is a lot of noise that can prevent you form seeing the right pattern. Random fluctuations are more prominent in shorter time frames. That's why it is easier to trade using the higher time frames and have a trade last for a few days.

3. Emotional control is easier to master.

I noticed from my experience it is easier to control your emotions once you set a trade with stop-loss and take-profit orders and come back to look how it unfolds only for a few minutes a day. As for any day trading technique you monitor a trade continuously. I think you are familiar with an emotional roller coaster when price goes against your position and goes in favor of it. This kind of emotional pressure quickly wears out your energy and you are more susceptible for making trading errors.

4. Part-time trading

Many people start trading Forex part-time. They are testing this opportunity to see if Forex trading is for them. As I mentioned before swing trading requires only small amount of time to monitor a trade. I personally started with day trading techniques that's why I was amazed by ease when I switched to swing trading systems. Don't get me wrong it does requires time to analyze the market but the time required to monitor the trade itself is minimal.

I even know some traders who started with swing trading techniques. When they decided to become full time traders and switched to day trading techniques they started failing because they were not used to emotional pressure of the day trading. That's why I believe that if you want to become a successful trader you should learn a swing trading strategy first.

Albert Schmidt is a part-time currency trader. After quite a few months of struggle he learned to make consistent profit trading in Forex. Review a swing trading strategy he successfully uses in his trades.

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Forex Trading Basics - 10 Commonly Held Wisdoms That Will Destroy Your Account

There is a lot of good forex trading education on the web and a lot which will ruin you. The 10 so called common wisdoms on how to make money don't. This might be why 95% of traders lose, so avoid them and get the right forex education and win.

1. You can Follow a Forex Robot and Win

You can but there are very few robots that do win.

It's an industry designed to appeal to greed and the fact is most of the robots have never even been traded - they are all simulated in hindsight ( check the disclaimer) and never likely to win going forward, as there simply made up knowing the past - How hard is that? Not very. Pay $100 and make $100,000 a year, is not real life!

2. You need to predict prices to win

Prediction is another word for hoping and guessing and wont get you far and you will find your market timing and you're trading signals are as accurate as your horoscope!

Act on the reality of price change on your forex charts and forget prediction - know one knows the future, so trade the reality and the truth and you will have the odds on your side.

3. Buy low and sell high is a Great Way to Make Money

It would be if you could do it but you can't and you will get involved in prediction and also keep in mind this simple fact - most big trends start from breaks of new market highs, so you need to buy and sell higher, to catch the really big forex trends.

If you are not familiar with breakout trading make it part of your forex education if you do, you will catch all the best moves and be in on the high odds trades

4. You Should see if You Can Win With a Demo Account

You might win with a demo account but what does that prove? Nothing, as real hard cold dollars are not on the line.

There is no pressure and forex trading is a pressure industry. To win you have to trade with the pressure on you and demo accounts don't do this.

5. Learn From Your Losses

Learn what - you lost! Big deal losing is part of the game. If you executed your trading signals in line with your system you learn absolutely nothing, don't bother it's a waste of time

6. Continually Learn

If you have a forex trading strategy that's logical you have confidence in and works - why change it?

We all want perfection but it's not possible. I have used the same system for 22 years and never changed it.

Sure, my forex trading system is not perfect but no ones is; it works and makes money and that's good enough for me.

7. Day trading and Scalping Works

Really? Ever seen a day trader with a track record of real profits?

Exactly, there all simulated profits not real ones, just like the forex robots we referred to earlier.

Forget this form of trading, the data is too short to try and work out what millions of traders will do in a few hours is futile.

8. Only Risk 2% Per Trade

Maybe if you have 100k or more but for small potato investors you can't take such small risks as your account will be destroyed by volatility - look to risk 10 - 20% and trade only high odds sets ups...

Better to risk more on these great trades, than low odds trades with 2%.

Most traders try to avoid risk so much they create it - don't make the same mistake.

9. Diversification Reduces Risk

It also dilutes profit potential. If you have a good high odds trade, don't dilute its potential for profit with low odds trades.

Diversification, if you have 100k plus can work but really it's not a way to make a small accounts equity grow quickly.

10. You Need Information Quickly

Why? It doesn't help you win and never will. Everyone has the information quickly, so you can't respond to it or gain an edge, so don't bother trying.

This is one of the biggest myths of forex trading and will make you lose. Stand back and watch the big picture, not the impact of every short term event.

So there you have some currency trading basics, in terms of wisdoms, that are commonly accepted and you should avoid. keep in mind the majority doesn't win so, what most think is true ...well - You know the answer!

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