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The Truth About Forex Trading

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Many traders come to trading with dollar signs in their eyes and dreams of a yacht docking at the Bahamas. Whilst this dream is not unattainable the percentage of traders that are ever going to make that type of money is extremely small.

 

What can be realistically achieved?

What you will be able to gain out of the market is largely based on the amount of money your trading account has. Someone with $1,000 is going to struggle make decent living and ride out what are inevitable losses that will come, compared to someone with $100,000 who is going to have a far better chance.

 

It is simple maths that the more money in the trading account the less percentage that the trader has to make, to make a decent living.

 

 

Are you kidding yourself?

 

Are you expecting to open an account with $10,000 and quit your job? If so I think you need to realistically asses your situation.

 

Example:

 

Let’s say that you need to make $50,000 per year to make a living.

 

Account balance A= $10,000 to make $50,000 profit = 500% per annum

 

Account balance B= $200,000 to make $50,000profit = 25% per annum

 

 

As you can see from the above example trader A needs to make 500% yearly to make a living, whilst trader B only needs 25%. This is obviously not including compound interest from within that year however trading on the assumption that you need to make any more that 5% a month is very risky.

 

Some people will say "only 5% a month". Well 5% a month is 60% per year, and if you add compound interest with the growth of your account it is 80% per year! If you can make 80% per year growth you are doing very well!

 

 

How does having unrealistic expectation hurt my account?

 

Getting rid of unrealistic goals will help you with the mental application of your trading plan. Traders that are trying to reach trading percentages that are large will in most cases do two things;

 

1. Over trade

 

2. Risk too much money per trade

 

Overtrading is a very common mistake made by many traders who are unrealistic in what they can achieve. They operate on the assumption that trading more will make them more. This is in fact is the complete opposite. Trading more will lead them to taking setups that are not worth taking and they will begin to lose.

 

Risking too much will in most cases lead to an account being blown. Occasionally a trader will get lucky and pull off a large winner. Over time however the same trader can’t keep it up and when the losses come their account is crippled.

 

 

What is needed to become consistently profitable?

 

To become profitable a trader needs to realistically asses their situation. Every trader is different. How they trade and what method they will use will vary greatly from trader to trader. Learning a method such as Price Action trading and perfecting that method will greatly increase the chance a trader will have of making consistent returns in the market.

 

If a trader can learn to trade Price Action and start using strict money management principles they will set themselves apart from the pack and give themselves a good chance of becoming consistently profitable.

 

 

I hope you enjoy this article. It is designed to show you what is possible but at the same time bring you into the correct mindset that is needed in such a competitive market such as Forex.

 

Safe trading,

 

Johnathon Fox

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