Saturday, January 19, 2008

Currency Trading Systems - Building a Profitable One in 4 Steps

If you want to trade currencies then you need a currency trading system that will get the odds in your favour and here we will show the basics that make a successful one. Anyone can build one and incorporate it in their Forex trading strategy and it s easy to do - Let s look at the basics. 1. Identifying the Opportunity The best way to identify an opportunity is to use support and resistance and good old trend lines. We won t explain support and resistance here - but if you are not familiar with it look it up on the net - Here we want you to keep in mind one key point: When you trade be selective and only trade valid support and resistance. What do we mean by valid? - The more tests the better - The more time frames involved the better - The longer the duration between the time frame the better The above are just general guidelines - you can use 2 tests but 3 tests or more, are better and look for resistance or support that is considered important by the market. You then need to decide after spotting the opportunity on your forex charts when to trade. 2. Executing the Trading Signal Never simply buy into support or sell into resistance with your currency trading system. This wont work, as your predicting what may happen and as you can t predict the future ( despite what many guru s will tell you), you are simply hoping or guessing and the market will kill you. You need confirmation. If you don t know what momentum indicators are look them up - you need them and there an essential part of your forex education. You only need a couple to confirm the move - more is not better as you need a simple system - more complicated ones have more elements to break. The way to use them is to watch for a level to hold and when momentum shifts away from the level then you trade. Don t just look for support or resistance to hold though - incorporate breakout methodology. It s a fact that most trends start form new market highs NOT Market lows. So, if prices breakout supported by momentum buy them! Most traders can t do this they want to get back in on a pullback that never comes - don t make this mistake trade the breakouts like the pros do. Finally be very selective and only trade the best set ups - in forex trading you don t get paid for how often you trade you get paid for being RIGHT. Trade sparingly and only trade the big high odds trades. 3. Stops and Profits Stops are easy and behind support and resistance. Place them as soon as your currency trading system gives a signal. If you are long term trend following, keep your stop well back and give the market room to breathe, so you don t get stopped out by random volatility. You are going to miss the turn but as you can t predict that anyway, that s fine. Catch 50 - 60% of the big trends and you will become very rich. Swing trading is another matter. You re looking for smaller moves and they can disappear quickly, so use a profit target and take your profit early! Don t worry about perfection of what you might have made - concentrate on making money - no one is perfect but that won t stop you enjoying currency trading success. 4. Managing Your Money Forex trading is risky, that s why the rewards are so high. Many traders however try and restrict risk so much they create it. They trade to often have stops to close and move them too quickly and end up losing. Confront risk cheerfully! Forget all the common wisdom about risking 2% per trade- if you re trading a $10,000 account that s 200! If you don t risk much you wont win. If you have a high odds trade risk 20% and have the courage of your conviction. If you take calculated risks at the right time you can enjoy currency trading success. FINALLY REMEMBER THIS! So there you have it the above is a simple system - support resistance and a few confirming indicators and the best systems are. Keep in mind that forex trading is as much to do with mindset as method and you need to maintain discipline. Simple currency trading systems are easier to understand, apply and have confidence in which leads to the discipline to follow your currency trading system to long term currency trading success. BECOME A PROFESSIONAL FOREX TRADER FROM HOME GRAB: 2 X CRITICAL PDFS AND MORE For free 2 x trading Pdf s with 90 of pages of essential info and an exclusive Forex Trading Course visit our website at: learncurrencytradingonline.com/index.html

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