Day trading Forex currency is all about making big money. Some investors have found it quite easy to make a large amount of money by day trading the Forex currency markets as they change hour by hour. But, you see that "some" in the previous sentence? What that means is that a lot of people don't make a dime and even lose a lot of money.
Usually a Forex trading system course is hyped as an easy way to make a bundle. Get your Forex trading secret and your Forex trading tool and you're golden - day trading Forex currency for vast riches. Lies. What you tend to find is that there isn't any Forex trading secret, it's the same old tired stuff repeated over and over on sales page after sales page, generally by so-called "experts" who aren't. And that so-called Forex trading tool or software? Another lame canned system that promises but won't deliver.
And now, what's TANSTAAFL? Online and offline this is the antidote to the big con. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Fast, easy, no work, instant riches. Doesn't exist. Absolutely anything that is worth your attention is going to cost you effort, time and probably money. Anything else is a pack of lies, hype or deceptive sales yap.
You will probably not make much money day trading Forex currency. In fact, you will probably lose money. Unless you are really smart about how you do it and who you listen to. Sorry, but that's the real truth. There is no secret, no magic tool, no perfect Forex day trading strategy.
What you're going to find are a bunch of Forex trading systems, courses, techniques and tools that purport to tell you just what to do and when and how to do it. If you buy into one of these things - a ready-made off-the-shelf turnkey Forex trading system course, you're going the wrong way. This is just the same old tired search for a magic, easy, thought-free and work-free solution that lies behind every successful scam. If it were that easy, we'd all be rich already, wouldn't we? If there really were a genuine Forex trading secret, tool or strategy that would make you rich, do you actually think anyone would be stupid enough to sell it? Think about it when you see one of those hyped sales pitches claiming it's easy and quick and the money will be rolling in.
In the Forex currency market, despite all the nonsense about leverage, timing and signals - if you test it out, you'll find most signals are little better than random noise and that trying to time the market will usually end up with you experiencing consistently bad timing. Canned, simplistic approaches to a complex market just don't work.
How about technical analysis like you'll find in many a Forex trading tool? It's been said (though not by the "wizards" selling technical analysis systems with some spiffy name) that of all the major markets, Forex is the least amenable to technical analysis.
Even the basic wisdom of "buy low, sell high" needs to be seen within a special context when you start working at day trading Forex currency.
If this seems overly discouraging overall, you need to remember the sheer amount of hype and outright lies that are prevalent in this area. You need to be prepared to be coldly realistic. You absolutely have to think of Forex as a serious, complex real business. One that requires close attention and serious study. You need to be careful getting into it, careful whose advice you take, and careful about learning as much as you can from a real expert.
Certainly it's possible to make money. But, your chances of making money by day trading Forex currency will be vastly increased if you are wide awake when you get into it. Stop dreaming about fast easy money with no work or effort. Get to learning the realities so you can develop your own Forex trading strategies, ones that work for you. It will take time and effort, but then, maybe Forex trading will truly be your road to financial freedom.
Copyright (c) 2006 Richard Keir
Richard is a researcher, writer, programmer and marketer and he's tired of all the hype. Discover the realities of day trading Forex currency now.