Forexomania

In this currency trading tutorial we’ll look at the right way to manage your money so as to have the best chance of making profits, instead of losses. Everyone knows that currency exchange or fx trading is risky, but there are many things that we will do to reduce the risks. Most new traders spend lots of time trying to find the ideal system and not enough on other sides of their trading. Having a system that ‘works’ isn’t a warranty of a smooth ride to millionaire status, just as having a car that works isn’t a guarantee of a smooth ride to the subsequent town. You also need to know how to drive it and which road to take. Two different folks won’t drive that automobile in the very same way and they may not have the same results. In fact we will be able to take the analogy a step further and it’ll illustrate the point better. A seasoned driver takes that auto and drives it carefully and safely to the following city. No problem. Then we have 2 beginners. Let’s forget about the driver’s licence for an instant.

One beginner takes a course in driving before he ever gets inside the vehicle. But the other newbie jumps straight in the automobile with no teaching, heads for the 1st road that he sees and ends up either in the wrong town or even more likely, in the ditch. And remember, that was the same car. In the same way we will be able to take the same forex system, give it to three different traders, and see 3 different results.
What will we need from a Forex trading tutorial and other currency exchange courses? Just like with the drivers, understanding how to operate the system is only a little part of our training. Risk management is what is most likely to prevent us from finishing up in the ditch.

Let’s take an example. Say you have a system that makes a mean of 50 pips profit on winning trades and thirty pips loss on losing trades, including the spread. Around 50% of its trades are winners. It’s clear this is a good system. It should make profits in the long term. There might be two, three, four, maybe now and then even 10 losses in a row.

A better risk in this situation would be five percent or maybe two percent. At ten percent the trader would potentially still be wiped out eventually. You can check this out against back tests, but always double the worst situation that you see as it is just about definitely not the worst that would occur.

Cash management is something that has to be learned by any newb trader.