Posted by Lillian Latham on February 24, 2009 under Currency Trading | 
by Lillian Latham
If you want to succeed in any endeavor, you need to have persistence and dedication. Even your daily life requires it because if you're the type of person who is quite lazy and wants to goof around, you'll attain nothing of importance in your life.
We are all brainwashed into thinking that a good education is important. You graduated from kindergarten, high school and your university. Then after you start your career you still continue your education and appreciate the value of the education you get.
The need for education continues with every activity you try. This is especially true of forex education which requires a basic understanding of the stock market as well.
Would you be surprised to find that over 94% of profession traders lose money every day in forex trading? This might be discouraging, but if you really want to try this then why not educate yourself in the market before you start.
The financial market changes by the minute, or even by the second. Who knows which currencies are a good buy and which aren't. Most traders, specially the starters, believe that they can predict what is about to happen in forex trading. But you see there is more to predicting the market; you need to educate yourself still.
The key elements are money, management, risk and education and you need a system which accounts for all of them. If you have a forex trading system which gives a lot of weight to money and risk management you will be able to expect consistent returns.
You need to learn about discipline and detachment and a professional trader can teach you this. Forex trading is more than just buying low currencies and selling them when the price is high. The professional trader will guide you and show you how to do it.
You must have the proper mindset in order to be a successful forex trader. To achieve this, your capital should have a positive return. It is not all about profits especially when you're just a beginner. You should first determine if you have a reasonable return of your capital.
Forex trading is high risk and it is not wise to start trading immediately. Most successful forex traders take the time to get educated.
Experience and instinct will help, but may not be all that you require for success in forex trading. Education in forex trading will allow you to handle the demands of forex trading and cope with the stress of trying to be a profitable forex trader.
It is best to read books or take a course before you start to trade. You need to know how to close a trade and the right time to bid. You need to learn all about market mechanics, how to read a forex chart and how the software works. Look and learn before you leap is the motto to use before starting forex. trading
You will reduce your risk if you understand the reasons why the market is so volatile. You can understand the market better if you can read the charts and to do this you need forex education.
Fundamental forex education includes learning about margin concepts, order types, rollovers, bids and leveraging. Trading psychology teaches patience, discipline and commitment.
You need to learn about the history of the financial market, including the past mistakes made by other traders. Forex education can be found online or in a traditional classroom.
Most professional traders highly recommend some form of forex education. With a little background and knowledge about the trade, it is a sure fire way to succeed in this line of trade. Instead of making wild guesses, why not take a forex education class, and make educated decisions when doing the actual trade.
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Posted by singapore trader report on January 21, 2009 under Currency Trading |
by Singapore Trader Report
29 Stock Market Trading Rules and 6 Guidelines
Stock Market Trading Rules
When you start out trading it is important that you set up some rules and guidelines for how you are going to trade. As without rules and guidelines you are trading without a goal in mind. Over 90% of traders will end up going broke and not making money from the market, and the one of the key reasons is because they have no rules. Here are some Rules to get you started.
At the CFD FX Report we are big believers in these rules and we make sure that we are continually educating our members on becoming better traders.
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1. You should never over-trade- Don't trade for trades sake
2. Make sure that you never risk more than 10% of your trading capital in a single trade, protecting your capital is very important. There will be more trade opportunities
3. Ensure that you never trade without protective stops and use trailing stops
4. Don't cancel a stop-loss after placing the trade- otherwise get out
5. Never average down on a losing trade
6. When you get into a profit never let it run into a loss.
7. Never buy or sell just because the price is low or high, as what is high and low
8. Never try to guess tops or bottoms- otherwise go to the casino and pick black or red
9. You should never limit a profiting trade, instead move your stops to guarantee a profit- ideal trading is as soon as you get into a good profit at least ensure a break even
10. You should never close a position to get out of the market because you have lost patience or get in because you are anxious from waiting.
11. Please never hedge a losing position.
12. Never change your position or close a trade without a good reason.
13. Never follow a blind man's advice, everyone has trading sure things. Use systematically approach
14. Make sure that you never enter a trade if you are unsure of the trend. Never buck a trend. Remember the rule TREND IS YOUR FRIEND
15. Try to avoid scalping for small profits and taking large losses if you scalp you need tight stops
16. Avoid trading after long periods of failure- take a break, reassess and reset your rules
17. If you have a great run don't keep increasing your trade size
18. Avoid getting in wrong or getting in right and out wrong, making a double mistake.
19. Always identify strong support/resistance levels.
20. Always lock in a profit at predetermined increments on profiting trades.
21. EVERY trade must have stop losses
22. Always distribute your risk equally among different markets.
23. Don't be a one trick pony, make money from both sides of the market
24. Always reduce trading after the first loss; never increase.
25. Always cut your losses short and let your profits run.
26. When in doubt, get out. Do not get in when in doubt.
27. Only trade active markets- illiquid markets will leave you thirsty
28. Only pyramid trades that have a strong trend and should be accomplished once the price has crossed support/resistance.
29. Profits from a successful trade should be kept for future trade margins or put somewhere else, spread the risk.
Some Further Guide lines
Who are you? Are you a risk taker? Can you afford to lose money? First thing to do is to understand you the type of trader that you are, whether aggressive or conservative, long-term or short. If you are short term and trade goes bad, cut it, don't become a long term trader, otherwise you buying and hoping, not even buying and holding. Have a trading strategy before entering the market. Know before the trade is executed where you will take profits/loss. Understand why a win/loss occurred and how you could of made the trade better. Consistency is the key to trading success, without it you have nothing. Your judgment is the only concern, do not let outside factors affect the way you trade. Not everyone can be a trader, deem yourself worthy if given this opportunity.
Most importantly have fun and stick to your rules.
Happy Trading
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