Monday, 25 April 2011

It Is Important To Learn Forex Market Well Before Investing

By Carl Hartley


When trading in the forex market, one should study hard, train well, and have a good system. To learn forex takes a lot of patience and time. It is not done in one sitting. There are so many risks involved and must be considered before one should spend money in foreign exchange trading.

Learning the fundamentals means understanding the economies of the other countries. This is because it is the economies that determine the cost their local currencies. The ones that are highly traded, such as the yen, the euro and the US dollar, are those that drive the export and import businesses. This means they buy or sell most of the goods and commodities in the foreign market.

When trading, there are two currencies involved. One is the base and the other is the quote. The base is the one that is bought or sold. The quote is the one that is used for buying or selling.

Loans or leverage are used in trading to raise the value of the transaction. Brokers extend these loans by matching every dollar that is traded by a certain factor. The higher the leverage, the riskier is the deal, but the greater the gain.

Practice, practice and more practice. This is the second important factor in the skill of trading. Training will help the individual to understand the underlying risks and why it is important to be patient and wait for the right time to open or close a position. From training will come the discipline and the maturity to make a long term strategy and stick with it. One must learn to ignore the short term losses, and wait for the big gain in the long run. There should be a positive mindset and a strong will, to overcome fear and greed, that could affect the decisions taken in trading.

Finally, it is important to have a good system. This is the set of criteria that the trader will follow when trading. It will set the stop-loss or the take-profit positions. These are basically limits that the trader sets in order to control the deals and not get lost in the flurry of deals in the fast forex environment. The system provides the signals through fundamental or technical analyses.

There are two ways to set up a system. One is through fundamental analyses and the other through technical analysis. Fundamentals are provided by the economic factors. Technicals are provided by historical trends and statistics. Through technical analysis and charting, once can project the movements of the various currencies.

Trading happens all over the world and all hours of the day, because there are different time zones. Learn forex in any place of the world. Practice and study. It can be the start of a new career.




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