Why Do Most Traders Fail To Make Money Currency Trading?

Based on reliable statistics, it is thought that approximately 90% of retail traders fail to make money currency trading. This is a scary thought for someone wanting to start out as a forex trader. Yet new people are attracted to forex trading every day and it’s obvious as to the reasons why.

Forex trading offers leverage benefits whereby a small margin deposit can control a much larger total contract. These days getting started in currency trading doesn't cost much either. Some Forex firms now offer 'mini' trading accounts with a minimum account deposit of only $200 with no commission trading, making forex trading much more accessible to the average individual. Forex trading offers the ability to make money trading currency pairs either 'up' or 'down', so a trader can profit either by going long or short, therefore there is never really a bear market in forex: the ultimate recession proof business.

Yet statistics tell us that things aren’t quite so easy. The main reason why traders fail to make money is that they lose early on and then struggle to turn it around. They trade without a system or without a plan. Even worse, they neglect rules of money management. People attracted to forex trading are generally very intelligent and bright people yet they make basic mistakes, trade on emotion and quite often even though they realize their mistakes, by the time they do it is often too late, they lose interest or give up.

If your forex trading strategy is based on a well thought out business system and strategy, you will make money currency trading in the long-term. Forex trading, more than any other business venture is about being professional. If you want to make money currency trading, you must realise that as an individual, you are competing against institutions which specialize in forex trading. They have armies of analysts and economists and traders who do fundamental analysis, technical analysis and quantitative analysis for them. They have risk analysts, risk managers, portfolio supervisors - all contributing to their efforts and their profits. You, as an individual trader do not have this luxury.

In the forex market information is money. Good information and good online forex trading systems are important. Good trading systems are the ones which focus on risk management; are suited to the individual; serve ultimately the purpose of helping you develop your own trading system and finally are simple to understand thus making them easier to follow & implement with discipline.