Just imagine 90 percent of the people trading foreign currency losing their accounts and the other 10 percent going belly up. Those actual numbers should hit you right between the eyes and cause you take notice of the mistakes the majority of traders make.

So the logical question is; why are so many traders failing miserably? Lack of intelligence or common sense is probably not the culprit. As a matter of fact many traders have formal education earning college degrees in various disciplines. The have above average incomes in most cases as well.

Any trader not having the proper forex trading education, however, is doomed to fail from the start. It's not just learning how pivot points work or recognizing Japanese candlestick formations on a chart.

Traders should immerse themselves in learning as many facets of the foreign currency trading profession as they can. Learning the proper psychological approach to the market, money management techniques appropriate for your account size, the right entry and exit methods for the trading style that best fits you are all critical to your success.

The following pointers should provide some additional help. No one person has all the answers but this will point you in the right direction.

5 Critical Mistakes New Forex Traders Make

1. Expect to turn $1000 into $100,000 in six month's time.
2. Assume they can trade with 80 percent accuracy consistently.
3. Try to predict within minutes the turning points in their chosen currency pairs.
4. Constantly buying a forex trading system and hoping it's 100 percent accurate.
5. Quit their day jobs expecting to make a full time living a few months into trading.

Foreign currency trading is as much an art as it is a science. Although you apply your forex trading system consistently you can't do X and get the exact Y result every single time.

Trading foreign currency involves a high level of probability. The "art" of the trade comes into play when trying to properly apply a set of well planned trading rules and assigning a probability it will result in the desired profit.

Like anything else in life you can't expect to find the "perfect" forex trading system. What you can expect is consistent success once you perfect the fundamentals of trading foreign currency. And that comes with education.

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