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Forex Trading Psychology What Makes A Successful Forex Trader



T


he Forex market has             

Most people trade on hope and  
changed through the years,      fear, rather than facts. Rather   
growing in volume and           than basing their trades on what  
expanding across multiple time        the charts and the indicators     
zones.                                actually say, these people trade  
Brokerage houses have changed,        on what they want them to say.    
too, going online with                They hang onto a losing trade and 
sophisticated software and            follow the graph down, hoping the 
powerful servers.

                 currency pair will turn around.   

Economic indicators and            Or they exit a trade too soon,    
technical analysis have become        fearing the trend won’t last, and 
more sophisticated, too, until        are satisfied with pennies that   
the Forex market of today bears       even the best Forex money         
little resemblance to what it         management cannot balance against 
used to be.

                       their losses.

                 

But there’s one thing that         

Other people lose through      
hasn’t changed: most traders          greed, by trying to pick the      
lose.

                             highs and lows too nicely to      

Despite all the advances in        maximize their profits to the     
the Forex marketplace, the ratio      penny. Rather than waiting to     
of winners to losers remains low.     place a trade when the indicators 
Experts agree that the most           confirm the market’s movement,    
hopeful number that can be            they jump in too soon and are     
advanced is a measly 10%, which       disappointed when the anticipated 
means that 90% of all traders on      break-out never occurs.

       
any particular day will lose.

     

Remember, there is no magic    

Experts also agree that the        software or fool-proof trading    
reason most traders lose is           scheme. If you cannot control     
because they allow their emotions     your emotions, then you cannot    
to cloud their judgment.

          become a winner despite yourself. 



But there are things you can do       different than paper trading! But 
to improve your chances of being      this is no time to change your    
one of the winners, and the most      plan. To minimize the effects of  
powerful is to follow these rules     emotion, set a small, realistic   
of Forex trading:

                 initial goal and trade until you  

Prepare a trading plan, using      achieve your goal more often than 
good Forex money management           not. Use small sums in micro or   
skills and the trading strategy       mini accounts. Only when you are  
of your choice—then trade your        comfortable risking your cash and 
plan. Don’t alter your plan or        sometimes losing it should you    
fudge your criteria if you don’t      attempt to trade with larger sums 
see a good trade for a few days;      of money.

                     
wait for the market to fulfill        

Study your trading record and  
your requirements before risking      try to figure out what went wrong 
your money. Remember the law of       when you lost. To put it simply,  
averages: sooner or later, the        learn from your mistakes. That    
market will come around.

          alone will put you ahead of the   

Use stops, and trailing stops      crowd!

                        
when possible, to control losses                                        
and protect your profits.                                          
Remember to set your stops far                                          
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