Monday, April 27, 2009

Learning All About Forex Currency Trading

By Jake Patton

It is perfectly understandable that people hate the idea of going to the workplace for 9-5 job and much prefer working from home. They think that forex currency trading would give them this desired break and hence they wish to learn how to do that.

I too was one of such people. It seemed that a number of people on the internet were making large profits at forex trading. It seemed easy to do and I hated my job anyway.

One of the first things you discover when venturing into the world of online forex trading is that the community is good at talking but very few of them do what they actually say.

During just a cursory look at forex, you'll hear amazing percentages being tossed around, like "95% of forex traders are losing money, not making it." 95%. So is forex currency trading so complicated, so demanding, that an ordinary person can't do it? Not at all.

It's just that lots of people plunge in without a thought. They treat forex like a game of chance in a casino, a gamble that they hope they'll be lucky enough to win. Figure out where a currency is going, and hope. That's a losing strategy.

Many traders use the term playing and the expression, "how much are you playing with" is very common. Note how they are using the word playing instead of trading. The use of the word playing emphasizes how they are treating their money.

Many traders also want to take the easy road to results. They want to rely on their sophisticated software to tell them what to do. Do I buy now, and when should I sell? They let the software find the answers, rather than figuring out the best course of action on their own.

If the software is that terrific, and can really accomplish the miracles these traders expect it to, then why aren't they making money using it in their trading? - 23210

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