Monday 14 June 2010

Being a forex trader: Is it for you?

Being a forex trader: Is it for you?

Being a forex trader is not for the faint of heart.
The foreign exchange market is a fast-paced
world that operates 24 hours a day,5 and a half days a week.


For some traders, fortunes are made and lost very quickly.

Yet for someone with the right know-how and enough
motivation and drive,forex trading can be rewarding both
personally and financially.

How many people make their living as forex traders?

It’s hard to say for sure, but we know the number is
smaller than the number of stock traders.

Most forex traders are actually international banks and
other huge corporations; private citizens comprise only
2 percent of the entire forex market.

Nonetheless, they are out there, and the number is growing.

As the Internet and other technological advancements make
it more accessible, the forex market becomes more manageable
and more average citizens become traders.

To begin with, most of these “day traders” keep their regular
jobs and do forex as a side project.

It’s notoriously difficult to make a living as a forex
trader
at the start, and most new investors find they must allow
for the learningcurve before they’re really ready
to do it full-time.

Once a new trader gets the hang of it, buying and selling
currencieswith some degree of confidence and turning
a profit, he may find that he can quit his day job and
focus on trading full-time.

Thereis certainly enough activity to fill a forex trader’s
day,
with news that could affect currency rates coming in almost
constantly.

A smart trader watches this information continually,
almost obsessively, always on the watch for a sign
that the time is right to buy or sell.

With home computers and high-speed Internet service
available nearly everywhere,being a trader from home
has become feasible.

Some traders eventually become brokers, but the excitement --
and the potential profit -- lies in working for yourself.

With a stock market, a bad day could mean disaster.

But with the forex market, a bad day
for one nation’s economy hardly matters, since there
are still a dozen more strong, viable currencies to be
traded.

In that way, some consider being a forex
trader slightly more stable than being a stock broker.

Either way, there is always risk when money and
speculation are involved, but with dedication and
resourcefulness, you can make a handsome living as a forex
trader.

John.


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