Stocks, bonds and forex admin on 17 Sep 2009 09:27 pm

Sure Fire Forex Trading

If you hear someone saying that he has a sure fire forex trading strategy, he is either lying or truly a genius because no such system exists.

While the Forex offers a very simple and attainable path to sustainable investment income, it is extremely volatile for the retail investor. The typical margin on a Forex trade is 1%, or $1,000. Highly leveraged positions definitely give investors more access to potentially profitable opportunities, but they also are very susceptible to losses. That is why Forex investors need a solid investment strategy to find the best currency pairs and entry/exit points.

Unfortunately, there just is no sure fire forex trading system but that is no reason to come to the market unprepared. Dow Theory states that long-term, identifiable trends exist with respect to price movements.

Always trust your charts. They are everything to a technical trader and you must trust your investment strategy and interpretation of the charts in order to succeed. Don’t allow short-term price fluctuations distract you from the bigger trend—because that is where the profits lie!

Always back test your investment strategy by creating a hypothetical investment portfolio performance history of a currency pair you are interested in. Then, apply your current asset criteria to the hypothetical portfolio and see how accurately your strategy predicts movement. You want to find a strategy with a 70% success rate or higher in order to be profitable on the Forex.

Never over trade! You can make more profit with 5-6 great trades than by using some scalping strategy which is very vulnerable to loss due to the highly leveraged positions common to the Forex.

While there is no sure fire forex trading system, these simple steps will greatly improve your odds of success and help you develop a reliable strategy that will consistently produce profits—even when it does miss occasionally!

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  3. on 27 May 2010 at 10:47 am 3.Lanny Piao said …

    Howdy there,Terrific blogging dude! i am just Fed up with using RSS feeds and do you use twitter?so i can follow you there:D.
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  4. on 28 May 2010 at 8:44 pm 4.Damian Claburn said …

    Howdy there,Terrific blogging dude! i am Tired of using RSS feeds and do you use twitter?so i can follow you there:D.
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