Getting Started

Getting Started Forex Trading


We have outlined the process here in uncomplicated steps. Our links take you to specific products and services chosen to help getting started to be as easy, un intimidating and straightforward as possible. Our hope is that this will give you a jump-start -- past the trial and error of inferior, gouging, or user-unfriendly products -- thereby decreasing the learning-curve time and increasing trading ability from the first. You will also find numerous discounts and bonus' (thanks to forex-trader volume) have been prearranged for you if you choose to go this route.

Recommended Computer System Requirements

This an outline of the minimum requirements necessary to operate your 'trading station'. If your needs extend to viewing multiple monitors, surfing the net simultaneously etc. additional requirements would be needed.

  • Windows 2000, XP, ME (or more recent)

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 (or more recent)

  • Pentium III or IV (or equivalence)

  • 256 MB RAM or greater

  • 20 MB of free disk space

  • Cable Modem, DSL, Dial up

  • An Internet Service Provider (ISP)

Step 1

Read as many books on the subject of Forex Trading as you can. A good beginning (or a good refresher) would be either of Cornelius Luca's Books: "Trading in the Global Currency Markets", or "Technical Analysis in the Foreign Currency Market" . If you are a rank and file beginner you may want to begin with the basics, "An Introduction to Foreign Currency Exchange Markets". Many of these books are expensive -- just consider it tuition and never consider shortchanging yourself in receiving the full value of your ongoing trader education. This education from experts is invaluable. Determine from the start that you, like successful traders (and all successful people) will have an extensive, constantly updated and growing library.

Step 2

Choose your learning style and make arrangements to receive the best you can afford in quality Forex training:

  • Online Training

  • CD-Rom Training Courses (especially when combined with Live Professional Trading Session Chatrooms)

  • Seminar Group Training

  • One on One Mentoring (in your home/office)

We have learned trading using all the above learning methods, and have found value in each. While books are essential for foundation building, online training and similar CD-ROM courses are useful for mastering the basics in an applied way . Seminar group interaction was useful for clearing away obstacles and developing hands-on trading skill. The ultimate experience for us was one-on-one mentoring over a two+ day period in our own home/office, at our own computers. Being Mentored can provide a quantum leap for mastering consistently profitable trading (and for only slightly more than group seminars).

Step 3

Subscribe to a Charting Software system, while you are reading and training so that you can clearly understand the market activity as it relates to what you are learning. Our example below illustrates live-data candlestick charting software with technical analysis indicators.

Charting is an up-to-the-minute snapshot of foreign exchange activity that is indispensable for seeing the movements of currencies and determining buy and sell transactions. You can get a free trial 2 week (or more) charting subscription. Professional Charting Subscriptions offer many more tools and advantages than the free charting software that Clearinghouses often offer as an incentive to encourage new traders.

Step 4

Obtain a Trading Platform with Free Demo Account from Brokerage firm (one you expect to continue on with. After you have learned platform trading skills you fund your trading account with real money). The 'Free Demo' is the actual trading platform (also called a trading Terminal). It is a live-data-feed, real-time professional trading platform, provided to you so you can learn how to perform actual foreign currency trades (based on information you discern from your charting software, trading advisories etc.). On this Trading Platform, you make actual buy/sells (trades) with your $50K demo (play money) account.

This free Trading Platform, attached to a demo play-money account, is intended to introduce you to forex trading in an authentic way. It will usually expire in 30 days unless you opt to fund a (real money) account before that time. If you would like to maintain a demo account to continue to practice on while you concurrently go 'live' with your real-money account, your clearinghouse will likely oblige your request. Since a Clearinghouse typically makes a small profit on each buy or sell transaction (the spread) be wary of any no upfront costs to open an account to begin forex self-trading, and no commissions should be charged. The trick is to find a Brokerage with 'tight' spreads but also other features advantageous to a trader. Other than the spread, which is automatically deducted with each trade, there should be no operating costs associated with using any particular Brokerage's trading platform.

Step 5

Provide yourself with the best Forex Advisory subscriptions that you can afford. Daily forecasts based on technical analysis and other indicators of forex market activity are an incalcuable advantage to predicting market moves. Also, make it habit to check CNN.com to keep your finger on the pulse of world events that are fundamental indicators in themselves.

Step 6

As time goes on you may want to play with some of the interesting specialty forecasting software out there. It is continually being developed, as traders search for trade-fail-proof artificial intelligence forecasting. We are in the habit of reviewing and test-driving them as they debut. If one shows up that we have a good experience with you can find it here.

Step 7

Practice, practice, practice. Begin by consistently achieving 4 positive 4-pip demo-trades per day. Imagine that your first serious goal will be to accomplish 50 positive trades in a row. On the day that happens, keep the printout of that historical event, because in the forex industry it is at that point you are considered to have 'what is takes' to begin to become a Forex Trading Mentor yourself -- if you so choose. Mentors, as you might suspect, are very much in demand in this time of rapidly expanding interest in self-trading. Mentoring could represent a satisfying and lucrative extra income stream for you, but, equally as important, mentoring has shown itself to be very instrumental in a trader's personal ongoing development.

 
 
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This brief statement doesn't disclose all of the risks and other significant aspects of trading in futures, options, commodities, contracts for differences, foreign exchange and other financial transactions (" Commodity Contracts"). In light of the risks, you should under take such transactions only if you understand the nature of contracts (and contractual relationships) in to which you are entering and the extent of your exposure to risk. Trading in Commodity Contracts is not suitable for many members of the public. You should carefully consider whether trading is appropriate for you in light of your experience, objectives, financial resources and other relevant circumstances.