Forex - 10 Tips

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1.Do not overtrade
◦Trade within your means
◦Use 1/3 of your total margin only

2.Always use protective stops to limit losses
◦Go in with a plan
◦Don't trade impulsively
◦Have predetermined risk as well as profit
◦Don't move stops higher or lower and say "It'll come back."

3.Diversify your portfolio
◦Try to avoid "Loading up" in any one commodity or product

4.Keep emotions in tact
◦Don't make trading decisions based on "Fear and Greed", as hard as this may be
◦Make decisions away from the market - "Don't be a screen watcher"
◦Don't let ego get in the way

5.Trade in the direction of the immediate trend
◦Don't try to pick bottoms or tops

6.Don't add to losing positions - get out!
◦Don't Average "Down" or "Up"

7.Keep it simple, more complicated is not always better
◦Trade within your understanding of the markets

8.Employ approximately a 3:1 reward to risk ratio
◦Don't ever risk $2 to make $1

9.Always be a student and keep learning

10.Above all, be disciplined
 
11.Minimise trading costs.

Unfortunately your advertised spreads look to be a bit too wide.

By the way - shouldn't you be identified as a vendor?
 
I hope to start Forex trading in the next month, therefore these tips are valuable for me to understand about it and do it well.
 
Hi Bigrabbitz,

Theories are always theories, you should follow those tips by a smart-way. Don't do it without deeply understanding.

Hope you get well with Forex. Good luck!
 
Thanks ICMCapital to share top 10 forex tips with us. Even I liked "7.Keep it simple, more complicated is not always better" and "9.Always be a student and keep learning".
 
11. never listen to a vendor, esp one who is incapable of following forum rules.
 
HiICMCapital, you've made some very good points. I think these tips will be very useful for new traders.
 
Disagree on #3

we are traders not pension fund managers
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and everyone this is a Vendor thread - not a beginner seeking help
 
Great tips and indeed very useful to all. Another tips I will add-
Always do manual trading- don't use robots- Manual trading is the best way for traders to develop their trading skill more. By trading manually you will be updated with how the market moves. What qualities it is trying to show to the traders. With market movements you will discover hidden secrets while it moves. So keep your eyes open...
 
I like #5... Lost count of the amount of money I've lost money trying to pick tops/bottoms and getting stopped out... and despite knowing this... I still do it sometimes which is slightly irritating lol!!
 
1.Do not overtrade
◦Trade within your means
◦Use 1/3 of your total margin only

2.Always use protective stops to limit losses
◦Go in with a plan
◦Don't trade impulsively
◦Have predetermined risk as well as profit
◦Don't move stops higher or lower and say "It'll come back."

3.Diversify your portfolio
◦Try to avoid "Loading up" in any one commodity or product

4.Keep emotions in tact
◦Don't make trading decisions based on "Fear and Greed", as hard as this may be
◦Make decisions away from the market - "Don't be a screen watcher"
◦Don't let ego get in the way

5.Trade in the direction of the immediate trend
◦Don't try to pick bottoms or tops

6.Don't add to losing positions - get out!
◦Don't Average "Down" or "Up"

7.Keep it simple, more complicated is not always better
◦Trade within your understanding of the markets

8.Employ approximately a 3:1 reward to risk ratio
◦Don't ever risk $2 to make $1

9.Always be a student and keep learning

10.Above all, be disciplined

Thanks for description. This is essential to new forex traders.
 
More or less true tips, but I think it's really all about not spending anything while learning, then gradually putting on bigger stakes as you go. You learn the rest from that sort of experience.
 
More or less true tips, but I think it's really all about not spending anything while learning, then gradually putting on bigger stakes as you go. You learn the rest from that sort of experience.

Agree in principal, but I think you do need to spend a little - with a micro account to learn what you can't in demo, about the psychology and emotional side of trading real cash. Can't learn much about that in demo unfortunately, but you can in a micro account I guess you should spend nothing, then a little, then up the stakes once you are ready.
 
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