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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Learn To Day Trade Forex

By Ahmad Hassam

Forex day trading is a great way to make money and build your saving account. You should learn to day trade forex. But before you embark on your journey of currency trading, a few facts should be very clear. These facts should be the foundation of any forex trading system that you will use daily for day trading.

The most important thing that you should make very clear and understand is that forex is not a get rich quick scheme. Skilled forex traders can and in fact do make good profits in forex trading. However like any other business whether small or big, success just doesnt happen overnight, in a few weeks or in a few months. You should use this great formula for success: Profits=Patience+Practice+Persistence.

As they say there is no substitute for hard work and diligence. Practice trading on a demo account and pretend that virtual money is your own real money. Do not open a live trading account until you become profitable on your demo account. Stick to the plan and you can be successful.

When you start forex trading, in the beginning just choose two major currency pairs that you will trade. It becomes very difficult to keep tab on the all major currency pairs. You should start with a major currency pair because the spread on the major pairs is the best and they are the most liquid. EURUSD pair is the most commonly traded pair. It usually has the best spread because of its liquidity.

USDCHF is the most volatile pair among the major currency pairs. It is highly volatile and moves the most during the trading week. However, USDJPY moves a lot only on the news out of Japan. GBPUSD is the most stable and least volatile among the major currency pairs.

You should follow and understand the daily forex news and analysis of the professional currency analyst. It is important for you to get a birds eye view of the currency markets and the news that affects the prices of the major pair that you want to trade. You should also know and understand what the key technical support and resistance levels are in the currency pair that you want to trade.

Support is the predicted level when buying pressure overcomes the selling pressure. It is at this point the currency pair moves up on the charts. Buy at the support level. Resistance is the predicted level when selling pressure overcomes the buying pressure. It is where the currency pair moves down on the charts. Sell on the resistance level.

Fortunately for you, all the best forex news and analysis is available freely online. Most of the brokers provide this information on daily basis. You can also go to forexnews.com and get 24 hrs news and analysis on the spot forex market. When you read the technical news and analysis, write down on a piece of paper the direction the analyst are saying about the currency pair you are trading and the key support and resistance level for that pair.

You should learn how to use technical indicators. Always trade with stop losses! It is worth your time to be patient. Learn how to use technical indicators on the charts.

It is important for you when you are trading to be disciplined. Avoid emotions! Stick to a system and a plan. Dont just try to trade your gut feeling. Depending on your risk appetite and strategy, set your stop losses accordingly when you trade. - 23226

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