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Five Reasons Why You May Not Be Making Money In Your Fx Currency Trading

February 22, 2010 by Steve F Lobston  
Filed under Forex Broker

Irrespective of whether your trading the stock market or Forex it really is very irritating if you’re not obtaining the returns on your investment that you want. You look around at the forums, news, etc and everyone seems to be making money except you !. So what are the main reasons people do not make money in fx trading.

Here’s my top 5 reasons

1. What ever FX currency trading system you employ whether it be a manual or automatic one.

Whether it be day trading, swing trading, scalping trading or whatever make sure you give it long enough to see results. It is easy to be sidetracked by what every one else is doing. Focus on what you are doing.

2. Keep a trading diary. Why you did what you did and when. Analyze what you did well and what you did not so you can eliminate errors and duplicate successful trades.

3. Rome was not built in a day. Do not give up too quickly and don’t be expecting to earn a fortune from day one.Set goals by all means but keep them feasible.

4. If you have purchased an FX currency trading system that is unprofitable cut your losses. The same obviously applies to your trades. For each trade you make you need to identify a point where you will exit if it goes against you. Let your winners run and cut your losers quick. Don’t depend on prayers to complete your goals.

You have to be brutal when cutting losses. I know I have been there it is so easy to wait just a little bit longer in the hope that the trade will start coming back. And also you might be tempted to average down. I would not recommend that unless you are 100% certain which you in all probability never would be !.

5. Money management is absolutely crucial. If you let too much ride on one trade you may come up trumps a few times but you will lose out long term and will more than likely lose everything if you persistently place risky trades like this. You should never risk more than 1-3% of your trading capital on one trade.

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