Trading Advice
Five tips for winning at forex trading
1. Exits are more important than entries Forex traders often over think about when they should enter a trade. Huge amounts of time can be spent looking at indicators, reading news, and drawing lines on charts to try and figure out if now is the perfect time to open a trade. Unfortunately for them they should be focusing some of that energy [...]
Can trading forex make me rich?
Many people are attracted to the idea of trading in forex (or other financial instruments such as CFDs, shares, or spread betting) because they think it is an easy way to make money. In theory it is very easy. All you have to do is to predict whether a price is going to go up or down. If you are right then you get make money. The degree to [...]
Always have a stop, and ideally a limit
When trading financial derivatives such as forex, CFDs should you always use a stop? Short answer: Yes! Long answer: Yes you should always have a stop in place – even if you think you really don’t need one. Note that I’m only referring to financial derivatives such as forex and CFDs where you trade on margin. If you are trading or [...]
Trading from the news
Making trading decisions based on live news is a popular way of trading. It is also one of the most difficult trading methods. As a beginner trying to trade on live news will in most cases lose you money. There several factors why it is hard to win from breaking news: 1. Professional traders will have already placed their trades and moved [...]
How much money could I lose trading CFDs?
Before placing any contracts for difference (CFD) trades you should ask yourself the question of "How much money could I lose?". If you are to trade responsibly you should always be focusing on what you could lose, not what you could win. If you are focusing on how much you could win then you are either at high risk of losing a lot of money, or [...]
Why your broker always wins
No matter whether you win or lose your broker or spread betting company should always be making money. Just look at IG Group's financial reports for instance. They are making a huge amount of money every day - their latest trading update for their financial year predicts a profit before tax of £125 million. Clearly allowing people to trade with [...]
Avoid getting screwed by your CFD / Forex trading broker
If you read trading forums such as trade2win and babybips then every so often you’ll come across someone who is asking for advice as it appears that they have been well and truly ripped off by their broker. I’m sure most brokers are honest but here are a few things you can to avoid the risk of bad things happening to you. When you start [...]
My first trading mistakes
I first opened a CFD trading account about three months ago. In that time I've already made quite a few mistakes but hopefully I've learnt from them. Here are some of them. Not checking the spread before entering a trade If for example the index is moving in a range of say 10-20 points and you want to do a short term bet then opening a trade [...]
