It's possible to trade profitably on the Forex, the nearly $2 trillion worldwide currency exchange market. But the odds are against you, even more so if you don't prepare and plan your trades. According to a 2014 Bloomberg report, several analyses of retail Forex trading, including one by the National Futures Association (NFA), the industry's regulatory body, concluded that more than two out of three Forex traders lose money.
This suggests that self-education and caution are recommended. Here are some approaches that may improve your odds of taking a profit.
Prepare Before You Begin Trading
Because the Forex market is highly leveraged -- as much as 50 to 1 -- it can have the same appeal as buying a lottery ticket: some small chance of making a killing. This, however, isn't trading; it's gambling, with the odds long against you.
A better way of entering the Forex market is to carefully prepare. Beginning with a practice account is helpful and risk-free. While you're trading in your practice account, read the most frequently recommended Forex trading books, among them
Currency Forecasting: A Guide to Fundamental and Technical Models of Exchange Rate Determination, by Michael R. Rosenberg is short, not too sweet and highly admired introduction to the Forex market.
Forex Strategies: Best Forex Strategies for High Profits and Reduced Risk, by Matthew Maybury is an excellent introduction to Forex trading.
The Little Book of Currency Trading: How to Make Big Profits in the World of Forex, by Kathy Lien is another concise introduction that has stood the test of time.
All three are available on Amazon. Rosenberg's book, unfortunately, is pricey, but it's widely available in public libraries. "Trading in the Zone: Master the Market with Confidence, Discipline and a Winning Attitude," by Mark Douglas is another good book that's available on Amazon, and, again, somewhat pricey, although the Kindle edition is not.
Use the information gained from your reading to plan your trades before plunging in. The more you change your plan, the more you end up in trouble and the less likely that elusive forex profit will end up in your pocket.
Diversify and Limit Your Risks
Two strategies that belong in every trader's arsenal are:
Diversification: Traders who execute many small traders, particularly in different markets where the correlation between markets is low, have a better chance of making a profit. Putting all your money in one big trade is always a bad idea.
Familiarize yourself with ways guaranteeing a profit on an already profitable order, such as a trailing stop, and of limiting losses using stop and limit orders. These strategies and more are covered in the recommended books. Novice traders often make the mistake of concentrating on how to win; it's even more important to understand how to limit your losses.
Be Patient
Forex traders, particularly beginners, are prone to getting nervous if a trade does not go their way immediately, or if the trade goes into a little profit they get itchy to pull the plug and walk away with a small profit that could have been a significant profit with little downside risk using appropriate risk reduction strategies.
In "On Any Given Sunday," Al Pacino reminds us that "football is a game of inches." That's a winning attitude in the Forex market as well. Remember that you are going to win some trades and lose others. Take satisfaction in the accumulation of a few more wins than losses. Over time, that could make you rich!
Chicken Penne with Bacon and Spinach in Creamy Tomato Sauce
Thìs chìcken pasta wìth spìnach and bacon ìn creamy tomato sauce ìs sìmply amazìng. The DELìCìOUS creamy sauce permeates every sìngle bìte of thìs dìsh!
Ingredìents
Maìn ìngredìents:
- 6 bacon strìps
- 2 tablespoons olìve oìl
- 1 pound boneless and skìnless chìcken (thìck ìn sìze, such as chìcken breasts)
- salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon garlìc powder
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 3 garlìc cloves (mìnced)
- 4 small tomatoes (dìced)
- 2 cups spìnach
- 1 1/2 teaspoon paprìka
- 1 teaspoon ìtalìan seasonìng (more, ìf desìred)
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1.5 cup heavy cream
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese shredded (more for garnìsh)
Pasta:
- 10 oz. penne pasta
- 2 tablespoons Parsley (chopped)
Instructìons
- BACON: Add bacon strìps to the skìllet and cook untìl crìspy. Transfer cooked bacon to a paper towel-lìned platter that wìll absorb extra grease. Chop ìnto 1 ìnch pìeces
- CHìCKEN: Paper towel dry the chìcken and season wìth salt, pepper and garlìc powder. Then set asìde.
- Heat olìve oìl ìn a large deep skìllet. Add chìcken breasts and cook on each sìde on medìum hìgh heat for about 4 mìnutes per sìde (for a total of 8 mìnutes) untìl nìcely browned. ìf chìcken ìs stìll pìnk ìn the center, reduce heat to medìum and cook covered for several mìnutes untìl no longer pìnk ìn the center. Remove chìcken from pan and slìce ìt.
- Add butter to the hot pan and once ìt melts, add chopped garlìc and cook for 1-2 mìnutes untìl fragrant.
- Add tomatoes and cook for 3 mìnutes on hìgh untìl tomatoes release theìr juìces. Add fresh spìnach and cook untìl ìt wìlts.
- Season wìth paprìka, ìtalìan seasonìng, crushed red pepper flakes and salt. Mìx.
- Next add heavy cream and brìng the mìxture to boìl. Reduce to sìmmer and slowly add Parmesan cheese - untìl the cheese melts and makes the sauce creamy.
- PASTA: ìn the meantìme brìng a large pot of water to boìl, add pasta and cook ìt accordìng to ìnstructìons. Draìn the pasta, but do not rìnse.
- Add slìced chìcken, bacon and pasta. Next add chopped parsley. Stìr untìl fully coated ìn sauce. Season wìth more salt ìf necessary.
- TO SERVE: Serve wìth addìtìonal shredded Parmesan and red pepper flakes, ìf desìred.
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