Skip to main content

Posts

Showing posts from October, 2020

How to become a profitable Forex trader

1) Manage Your Expectations As a trader it can be easy to become obsessed with chasing profits and this  will almost definitely lead to problems. The anxiety which surrounds chasing profits can cloud your judgement and lead to mistakes which will cause losses. Therefore, my first bit of advice in your journey to becoming a master Forex trader, is to dispense with any unrealistic objectives. The prospect of becoming rich in just a few sessions of trading Forex is extremely unlikely and, believing any differently, may cause you to operate with greater risk, jeopardizing your capital. 2) Define Your Trading Risk Profile Before making any substantial commitments, get a good understanding of the fundamental aspects of the market. Assess your capital at hand, read trader testimonials so you have realistic expectations of returns and research the markets and currency pairs you are interested in. If you don't feel comfortable, don't invest your money in Forex, even if it might be profi

Why is fundamental analysis important in Forex?

  Fundamental analysis is an approach to analyzing the markets by taking into account factors such as the social, economic and political issues. These factors tend to influence the supply and demand of the security in the question. Fundamental analysis is one of two ways to analyze the forex markets. The other approach is the more widely popular technical analysis. Both fundamental and technical analyses are important when you want to study the markets. However, traders mostly ignore the fundamentals when trading currencies and focus only on the technical analysis. The general argument is that day traders who  only   trade within a small time frame need not concern themselves with fundamentals. This is because fundamentals are what tend to impact longer-term trends. However, regardless of whether you are day trading or swing trading, it is important to pay attention to the fundamental developments in the markets as well. You can actually expect to see losses on your trades if you trad