Is currency trading a good viable field to get into?
Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at
8:17 am
I’d just like to hear your opinions on currency trading and need a good beginner book/website to read.
Tagged with: beginner book • Currency Trading
Filed under: Forex Trading
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I’ve read a lot about Forex, but I’ve never seen a proven profitable forex strategy, despite the claims of some scam web sites.
Playing Forex can appear alluring, but the majority of people who try it lose money. All you have to do is do a web search on the words "Forex" and "lose" to see this is the consensus.
Forex is what we call a "zero sum" game. You are making a bet with someone else about whether a currency will rise or fall. For every winner there has to be a loser. If you are smarter than the average player, you may make money. If you are dumber than the average player, you are likely to lose money. Most of the people making the "bets" in Forex are highly trained professionals at banks and other institutions. You are unlikely to beat them at this game.
Actually Forex is not quite a zero sum game. It’s a slightly negative sum game as the Forex broker takes a small percentage each time in the spread. It’s a small amount but over a hundred trades, it ends up being a considerable amount of money. So the average player is likely to lose money, and remember the average player is a highly trained professional and probably smarter than you.
There is a lot of luck in Forex, and if you play it, you will have some periods of time where you make money. This is usually because you are having a lucky streak, not because you have suddenly become an expert Forex player. However, most people are unwilling to admit their success is due to luck. They become convinced they have a system that works, and lose a lot of money trying to refine it.
Further complicating the problem is the large number of Forex scams on the internet. Most Forex websites are of questionable honesty. You will find many people on the Internet that claim they made a lot of money using Forex. They are usually liars trying to make money. They will say: "Go to Forexcrap,com/q2347." The "q2347" is a signal to the Forexcrap site that you are being referred to them by "q2347." If they sell something to you, "q2347" gets a kickback. These coded signals can be hidden by different methods in the link. Other people will refer you to their own private website or blog for the purpose of trying to get money off you. Also there are a good number of trolls out there that like to pretend they are successful forex traders just for the fun of it.
I would recommend not trying to do Forex at all, unless you are a trained professional. It’s like playing poker with people better than you, with the house constantly taking a small percentage from the pot.
hi
currency trading is good.i started forex trading last year and got success.forex is better then our regular stocks.here some good sites to learn forex trading or to start trading for free
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http://bestforextradingplatforms.com
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good luck
hi there!!
currency trading is one good place to invest ..but I would like to suggest you commodity market also… thats one of the fantastic fields to invest.
since you are a beginner why dont you try gnutrade learning centere..the trading platform there is genuinely designed for newbies and play money features helps to get acquaint with the trading platform
yes i think so..try to visit this site maybe it could help you..
http://www.currency-trading-tutorial.net/
goodluck and hopefully it will help..