Hi I've recently decided to start trading forex and was wondering if anyone could give me any tips on trading and what the best strategies to use are in order to make more money than you lose. Also could you advise on what broker is good to use for beginners? Many thanks
New to Forex, can you help please?
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Pharaoh
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Everything you asked for and more is all listed here:
https://www.forexpeacearmy.com/fore...3950-guide-fpas-free-education-materials.html
Be very wary of asking for broker recommendations. All sorts of brand new "1 post wonder" accounts can pop up to tell you how great some bucketshop is. There is no perfect broker. Read the article on how to select a forex broker (listed in the above link) for my best advice on how to find a broker that suits your needs, not someone else's profit.
https://www.forexpeacearmy.com/fore...3950-guide-fpas-free-education-materials.html
Be very wary of asking for broker recommendations. All sorts of brand new "1 post wonder" accounts can pop up to tell you how great some bucketshop is. There is no perfect broker. Read the article on how to select a forex broker (listed in the above link) for my best advice on how to find a broker that suits your needs, not someone else's profit.
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The proper amount under those circumstances would be $0.00. That's why there are demo accounts to practice on.
When you go live, consider the fact that you could potentially lose every cent you are depositing. When you place a trade, consider that a surprise announcement by a central bank could send your trade into it's stoploss 5 seconds later. Use this information to decide how much money to place into your account and how much to risk per trade.
You also might want to read my article on Risk Management:
https://www.forexpeacearmy.com/fore...2272-how-manage-risk-while-forex-trading.html
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To Tezmay:
1. Don't take any advice from a broker about trading. None. They make money when you lose.
2. Stop looking for the next amazing indicator. They already exist. You'll use about 5 or 6 ever and they assist, they don't decide for you. Indicator-only traders lose in the long run.
3. Small positions are boring but they will keep you consistently profitable.
4. Read the FPA trading school front to back. Just this will put you ahead of most traders. Remember, bankers are funneling your and my money into their accounts. It's a rare thing to have a banker coach you on how to trade better. Even rarer that it's free.
About brokers: get a non-dealing desk or ECN or STP. It's not a perfect solution but it helps with the conflict of interest.
Yessir. Betting is cool as long as you call it betting and know it's betting. But gamblers lose everything. The house always win. Bankers love more gamblers because they can take their money.
Please read up on position sizing. The pip school here on FPA is seriously amazing. The rule of thumb is not to be in a position to lose more than 2-4% of your total account size on any one trade. If you really want to win at this game, you should take the time to do the math and figure what this is depending on your account size, your broker's margin requirements, and the value of your stop loss. Get an excel spread sheet or even a calculator and a piece of paper and make a table showing proper position sizes using the math in the FPA article. As a rough guide for smaller trades (like 20 pips), when you open a position in MT4, it should tell you you have 300-1000% margin depending on the margin requirements of your broker.
Pharaoh says no more than 1/2% of account value in his article. Good advise. I trade at the 1-2% level on most trades.
1. Don't take any advice from a broker about trading. None. They make money when you lose.
2. Stop looking for the next amazing indicator. They already exist. You'll use about 5 or 6 ever and they assist, they don't decide for you. Indicator-only traders lose in the long run.
3. Small positions are boring but they will keep you consistently profitable.
4. Read the FPA trading school front to back. Just this will put you ahead of most traders. Remember, bankers are funneling your and my money into their accounts. It's a rare thing to have a banker coach you on how to trade better. Even rarer that it's free.
About brokers: get a non-dealing desk or ECN or STP. It's not a perfect solution but it helps with the conflict of interest.
How much do you usually bet if you are new to trading forex? I just want a rough estimate please.
Yessir. Betting is cool as long as you call it betting and know it's betting. But gamblers lose everything. The house always win. Bankers love more gamblers because they can take their money.
Please read up on position sizing. The pip school here on FPA is seriously amazing. The rule of thumb is not to be in a position to lose more than 2-4% of your total account size on any one trade. If you really want to win at this game, you should take the time to do the math and figure what this is depending on your account size, your broker's margin requirements, and the value of your stop loss. Get an excel spread sheet or even a calculator and a piece of paper and make a table showing proper position sizes using the math in the FPA article. As a rough guide for smaller trades (like 20 pips), when you open a position in MT4, it should tell you you have 300-1000% margin depending on the margin requirements of your broker.
Pharaoh says no more than 1/2% of account value in his article. Good advise. I trade at the 1-2% level on most trades.
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Dre Hospidales
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Although I applaud any site that is ad supported instead of taking money, I suggest approaching Dre Hospidales' claims VERY carefully. There is no system that will let you reliably and safely take a $100 account to making you over $1000 per week within 3 weeks, much less one that is easy. This sounds suspiciously like an attempt to upsell something later and/or to have people sign up via "preferred broker" special links.
Of course, if Dre will be so kind as to start a $100 live account and share the investor password so that we can all watch for 2 months, I may find that I owe him a heartfelt apology.
Of course, if Dre will be so kind as to start a $100 live account and share the investor password so that we can all watch for 2 months, I may find that I owe him a heartfelt apology.
fxcharlie7
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When i started trading, i was overly focused on the profits that forex market could provide me and wanted to find any strategy that could me money right away. That backfired and lost quite a bit of money. From that i learnt proper forex education is what i need to 'set' the right frame for trading and not rush to trade right away like all new traders will do.
I might suggest that you look for forex educational materials that this forum provides or sites like babypips.com which i find is a good starting place.
Books i recommend for a start are:
-Adventures Of A currency Trader by Rob Booker
-Come Into My Trading Room by Alexander Elder
These greatly shapes my thinking about trading and have provided me lessons on where my thoughts of trading have gone wrong.
Hope it helps!
I might suggest that you look for forex educational materials that this forum provides or sites like babypips.com which i find is a good starting place.
Books i recommend for a start are:
-Adventures Of A currency Trader by Rob Booker
-Come Into My Trading Room by Alexander Elder
These greatly shapes my thinking about trading and have provided me lessons on where my thoughts of trading have gone wrong.
Hope it helps!
