Saturday, 3 December 2011

Do No Be Emotional In Forex Trading

By Mike Carlayle


You need to manage your risks if you want to become successful in the currency market. You can use the best platform, book the best brokers, or employ the best trading system but still fail if you do not have the right risk management techniques. Risk management techniques allow you to control the amount of risks you take, hence reducing your chances of losing money. It is tempting to go all in and win big. Following your emotions in FX trading could mean major losses for you.

Controlling losses is a style in risk management to help in your trading. You should know your hard and mental stops. Hard stop is a defined stop loss from the moment you initiate your trade. Mental stop is setting a level of tolerance and setting your own limit as to how much pressure you are going to take. But this could be dangerous because you could be prone to moving your stop loss farther and farther. As a forex trader, you need to setup your stop losses.

Choose your lot size that you are comfortable with. Play it small and play it conservative in the beginnign. Stay away from dangers and play it safe first. Plus, you get to trade more thus allowing you to gain more experience.

Avoiding overleveraging is another way to reduce your risks. Margin accounts are tempting to trade in and go all out. But remember, these big bucks are not really yours and you are only borrowing your numbers in order to earn high. Margin trading can work both ways for you.

With lower risks, you get better chances of earning money. It's more like playing it safe. Remember, lower risks means more profit.




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