Admit it. There was a time in your trading career that you thought every single forex trader other than yourself was "a few fries short of a happy meal" and didn't deserve your time of day. You thought to yourself that since only 10% of traders make it, the guy you've been arguing with on the forums about the best moving average system is probably just another unprofitable trader giving unsolicited advice. He's just one of those retail traders who spends more time lurking forex forums instead of actually trading. In trading, people are tempted to do things on their own. And who could blame them? In general, traders are competitive thinkers, and the purpose of creating systems is to have that "edge" over other traders that will lead to more profits than losses. A trader normally feels that his system is better than -insert name of disagreeable forum user here--, so why should he listen to him or her. On the other hand, for others, there is t
Throughout the ages, gold has captivated societies, and in a post-gold-standard world, many feel that with the instability that occurred in the first decade of the 21st century, some form of the gold standard should be brought back. There were inherent problems with the gold standards implemented in the 19th and 20th centuries, and many people are failing to realize that gold, under the current free market system, is a currency. Gold has often been thought of in relation to the U.S. dollar, mainly because it is usually priced in U.S. dollars, and there is a rough inverse correlation between the USD and gold prices. These factors must be considered when we see that the price of gold is simply an exchange rate: In the same way one could exchange U.S. dollars for Japanese yen, a paper currency can also be exchanged for gold. (Learn more about the origins of currency. Gold Is a Currency Under a free market system, gold is a currency, although it is not often thought of as one. Gold has a
When most people start trading, they do not put much thought into their trades. They will either buy or sell a currency pair (probably the EUR/USD) because they think they see a trend or maybe even because they put a moving average on the chart. Sometimes there is no reason at all for the trade, they just want in. Either that trade nets a small profit or the trades starts going against the new trader. The trader that gets the small profit will feel invincible and likely base trades in the near future on the same reason as the first one. Of course they expect every trade to win. The trader whose position moves against them leaves their position open, stares at the their computer without blinking, and laments that they will get out if the market only goes back to break even. Sooner or later, the trader who won their first trade puts on a loser and acts much like the trader above who lost their first trade. After a large loss to the account, the trader then puts on a large posit
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