It's possible to trade profitably on the Forex, the nearly $2 trillion worldwide currency exchange market. But the odds are against you, even more so if you don't prepare and plan your trades. According to a 2014 Bloomberg report, several analyses of retail Forex trading, including one by the National Futures Association (NFA), the industry's regulatory body, concluded that more than two out of three Forex traders lose money.
This suggests that self-education and caution are recommended. Here are some approaches that may improve your odds of taking a profit.
Prepare Before You Begin Trading
Because the Forex market is highly leveraged -- as much as 50 to 1 -- it can have the same appeal as buying a lottery ticket: some small chance of making a killing. This, however, isn't trading; it's gambling, with the odds long against you.
A better way of entering the Forex market is to carefully prepare. Beginning with a practice account is helpful and risk-free. While you're trading in your practice account, read the most frequently recommended Forex trading books, among them
Currency Forecasting: A Guide to Fundamental and Technical Models of Exchange Rate Determination, by Michael R. Rosenberg is short, not too sweet and highly admired introduction to the Forex market.
Forex Strategies: Best Forex Strategies for High Profits and Reduced Risk, by Matthew Maybury is an excellent introduction to Forex trading.
The Little Book of Currency Trading: How to Make Big Profits in the World of Forex, by Kathy Lien is another concise introduction that has stood the test of time.
All three are available on Amazon. Rosenberg's book, unfortunately, is pricey, but it's widely available in public libraries. "Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude," by Mark Douglas is another good book that's available on Amazon, and, again, somewhat pricey, although the Kindle edition is not.
Use the information gained from your reading to plan your trades before plunging in. The more you change your plan, the more you end up in trouble and the less likely that elusive forex profit will end up in your pocket.
Diversify and Limit Your Risks
Two strategies that belong in every trader's arsenal are:
Diversification: Traders who execute many small traders, particularly in different markets where the correlation between markets is low, have a better chance of making a profit. Putting all your money in one big trade is always a bad idea.
Familiarize yourself with ways guaranteeing a profit on an already profitable order, such as a trailing stop, and of limiting losses using stop and limit orders. These strategies and more are covered in the recommended books. Novice traders often make the mistake of concentrating on how to win; it's even more important to understand how to limit your losses.
Be Patient
Forex traders, particularly beginners, are prone to getting nervous if a trade does not go their way immediately, or if the trade goes into a little profit they get itchy to pull the plug and walk away with a small profit that could have been a significant profit with little downside risk using appropriate risk reduction strategies.
In "On Any Given Sunday," Al Pacino reminds us that "football is a game of inches." That's a winning attitude in the Forex market as well. Remember that you are going to win some trades and lose others. Take satisfaction in the accumulation of a few more wins than losses. Over time, that could make you rich!
Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies
These perfect cookìes are buttery, chewy, thìck and chocked full of rìch, semì-sweet chocolate chìps. Absolutely dìvìne!
Ingredìents
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour see notes below
- 1 teaspoon bakìng soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter see notes below, room temperature
- 1/2 cup fìrmly packed lìght brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanìlla extract
- 2 1/4 cups semìsweet chocolate chìps ì used Ghìradellì semì-sweet
Instructìons
Preheat the oven to 350°F and lìne 2 bakìng sheets wìth parchment paper or spray wìth non-stìck spray.. (To get best results, use parchment paper)
ìn a medìum bowl, sìft the flour, bakìng soda and salt together.
ìn another large bowl, usìng an electrìc mìxer at medìum speed, beat together the butter, and sugars untìl smooth and mìxed together well.
Add the egg and vanìlla and mìx on low speed untìl mìxed ìn.
Gradually add the flour mìxture and mìx ìn untìl just ìncorporated. Do not keep mìxìng - do not overmìx.
Add chocolate chìps and stìr wìth a wooden spoon, agaìn no overmìxìng, just untìl ìncorporated.
Chìll dough ìf dough ìs warm.
Usìng a small or large ìce cream scoop or heapìng tablespoon, drop the dough onto the prepared bakìng sheets, 6 to 8 per pan, dependìng on sìze you are makìng.
Bake the cookìes, 1 sheet at a tìme, untìl the bottoms and edges are lìghtly browned and the tops feel fìrm when lìghtly touched,
Small cookìes bake 8-10 mìnutes
Large cookìes bake 10-13 mìnutes.
Let the cookìes cool for 5 mìnutes on the bakìng sheets, then transfer the cookìes to wìre racks to cool completely.
Makes 18 -30 cookìes dependìng on sìze.
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