IMPROVE TRADING CONFIDENCE

IMPROVE YOUR TRADING CONFIDENCE IN FOREX TRADING

Forex trading can be an exciting and fulfilling career as a Forex trader, but it is not for the faint-hearted. With so many uncertainties in today's market, you need trading confidence.

Forex trading can be an exciting and fulfilling career as a successful trader but with so many uncertainties in the Forex market, you need trading confidence like a captain to hold your own behind the computer screen. Whilst discipline and self-control play a big role, having experience and knowing the markets capabilities will help keep you balanced.

The Forex market is an unpredictable place. The best Forex traders will always find themselves caught off guard by an unexpected outcome, but this just proves that they’re doing their job right and working hard at it! If you have the right outlook and preparation, you will be able to survive both the winning and losing days.

Mental fortitude

Forex trading is both an exciting and stressful experience. A trader’s confidence may be lost throughout the process of trading, which can lead them to become mentally exhausted as well over time. At least, if they do not learn how to adapt their mindset for success on this new life path of theirs. This means learning about mental fortitude as well!

We all have moments where we feel anxious and fearful, but it’s important to remember that if you’re not in the right headspace then your performance at work or school will suffer. The more confident someone feels with what they do on a daily basis has an huge impact on how well he/she does throughout their career.

This is especially true for traders who need confidence before putting money onto Forex trades because there are no guarantees when making decisions about whether something could lead towards positive returns.

Focus on process

Forex trading is both an exciting and stressful experience. A trader’s confidence may be lost throughout the process of trading, which can lead them to become mentally exhausted as well over time. At least, if they do not learn how to adapt their mindset for success on this new life path of theirs. This means learning about mental fortitude as well!

We all have moments where we feel anxious and fearful, but it’s important to remember that if you’re not in the right headspace then your performance at work or school will suffer. The more confident someone feels with what they do on a daily basis has an huge impact on how well he does throughout their career.

This is especially true for traders who need confidence before putting money onto Forex trades because there are no guarantees when making decisions about whether something could lead towards positive returns.

Trading plan is key

The Forex market can be highly volatile and the uncertainty in it is pretty high. There really isn’t a sure way to make 100% profit on every trade. But if you’ll focus mostly inwards your trading plan rather than outwards then things will go more smoothly.

Focussing wrongly could destroy any chance at wealth-building over time due too much attention being paid only towards seeing how well one was doing financially while ignoring all other aspects like risk management skillset or lack thereof etcetera.

Skip the emotions

You will start to feel bad after this trade. You might even go on a revenge trading spree without thinking twice. All you’ll start chasing losses and making things even worse than they were before! More stress sinks in – which means your decisions get clouded by it too (incurring more losses).

So, it’s clear that you can lose a lot of money in the Forex markets, but if you focus on process rather than outcome then there’s no need to worry. Your Forex trading plan will dictate when to enter and exit trades regardless of whether they are winning or losing so long as your account remains safe throughout all transactions. So even though today might not turn out well for us Forex traders (and we all know that sometimes it feels like every day is bad!), at least tomorrow awaits with open arms.

Focusing on the process first will give you a competitive edge. Consistency is key to being profitable as well, so don’t neglect that!

Practice and patience

Everyone knows that to be a great Forex trader, you must put in hours of practice. But what if I told you, it’s not just about how much time we spend practicing our craft but also where? The type of trading content you consume and post-practice mood! So next time you study a new method or look at someone else’s trades, try to see what you can extract in a positive way and discard the stuff that doesn’t make sense.

The more you prepare yourself, the easier it will be to find success in any field. Being prepared for what’s going on around us can make a huge difference and give off an air of professionalism that people want from their professionals!

Positive thinking

Your positive mindset in Forex trading is one of the most important aspects to your success. If you want confidence, then thinking on brighter side will help improve both how successful you are at trade and live with yourself day by day since everyone has their own problems or anxieties which they struggle through every single second like us Forex traders do too.

It is no secret that successful people in Forex trading are confident, regardless of what life throws their way. Your thoughts create your reality so if you prepare for the rainy day then it will most likely materialize before long.

Avoid the magnet of negativity

If you focus on the bad things that happen to you, more will come. It’s all about how we think, and this article is for people who don’t want their lives shaped by negative thinking patterns- because it’s never too late!

If your dream of being a successful Forex trader has been hurt lately by recent setbacks or failures in other areas of life, then please read through these lines once more before moving forward with anything else: You can change what happens next. Back it up with action and discipline.

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KEEPING YOUR FOREX CHARTS CLEAN

KEEPING YOUR FOREX CHARTS CLEAN

A big killer in forex trading is trying to be the master of all indictors, at the same time. Control your Forex chart hygiene instead.

When you’re an aspiring Forex trader, mistakes are inevitable. In fact, there’s a good chance that while getting to the top of your game some errors will come along with it! But don’t worry- this is all part of learning how things work properly.

Trading mistakes will eventually lead to making better decisions next time around. The best way for beginning Forex traders can be a difficult thing at first. Just keep on practicing until we understand what works for us individually.

When new traders enter the Forex market, they may throw on all indicators they see in their trading platform. Often they research very little about a lot of systems thinking it may give them an edge or help them make a quick route to profit. But as you spend more and more time in the Forex market learning from some of the top Forex traders, you will understand in many Forex trading concepts, less is more.

Select few indicators

Trading indicators can be helpful when adding confirmation to a trade setup or direction. But knowing how many to add may create mess and confusion for some Forex traders. Some online Forex traders with trading content even go as far to say many indicators can work together to build strength in a trading setup.

We have tried and tested almost all indicators under the sun. We have found simple moving averages to be effective and using different line values can complement each other when it comes to trend directions and crossovers or early signs of trend changes. But unfortunately, we haven’t had much look trying to get RSI to work with other oversold and overbought indictors.

Adding too many of these indicators can also lead to the Forex trader taking focus away from the price action at hand. If all you can see is indicators, then you will be unable to see the overall direction and simple price movements. Just having a couple of indicators sitting behind everything and working as a final confluence right before the trade judgement is made, is a better approach to trading with any indicator.

Chart hygiene

Depending on who you’ve come across online and in the trading world, few Forex traders talk about the topic of charting cleanliness and hygiene. It is an amusing concept, but it is quite inspirational to see some Forex traders not apply very much in the way of tools to a chart and correctly identify a 6-month movement rewarding 1000+ pips.

Whilst there are many different trading systems and styles, almost all of them could benefit from a more simple and clean approach when it comes to technical analysis. If your Forex charts are messy at them moment, then consider cleaning them and removing any unnecessary indicators or maybe ones you don’t use as much. Then document the difference and see the clarity.

Journal and review

Whilst we believe very few Forex traders are journaling their work, the ones who do are many steps ahead of the game. If you don’t take anything but bad emotion from your losing trades, you are simply leaving money on the table. When managing a prop trading account, this can be the professional difference between excelling or losing the account with a termination.


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4 TRADING MISTAKES FROM FAILED ACCOUNTS

4 TRADING MISTAKES FROM FAILED FOREX TRADING ACCOUNTS

Forex trading experts are giving their insights on common errors Forex traders make when trading on a prop account.

We have seen first-hand some of the mistakes and traps that lead to Forex traders blowing a Forex trading account of a prop firm. Hopefully we can share some insights of these to help you improve someway. After all, it is in our best interest for all our Forex traders to succeed and make money.

So, lets break down and take a look at how a Forex trader can learn from mistakes and build upon trading success. It all requires knowledge and time, but by tweaking your formula you can better your chances with a Forex trading account.

Advanced statistics

The advanced statistics is a useful and powerful tool for our prop traders, having knowledge on what to look for is crucial. Here if we look at this unfortunately terminated trading account, we can see some things are apparent.

The profit factor is far below 1 and sits at just 0.2. This is one of the lowest profit factors we have seen over a sample size of this amount of trades. The average profits sit at £17.76 whilst the average loss is £69.43 over just 16 trades.

The largest loss has also had devastating effects at £294.15. This account started out at £10,000, so this loss on one trade is very significant considering the 5% drawdown rule in place. When Forex traders plan and allocate risk, they should think of these possibilities and always use appropriate risk so that their Forex trading account won’t be in jeopardy.

Due to the combined negative risk to reward ratio and losing trade total, this Forex trader does have a negative expectancy which is not a good thing long term. This trader should look at the current win rate of 43.75% and manage both the risk to reward and risk per position if they want to increase profitability. It is possible to be a profitable Forex trader and have a win rate less than 50%, but the other factors need to be appropriately addressed.

Setting all trading levels

Through all our account reviews, we are still finding many novice Forex traders fail to set both stop losses and take profits. All of the long-term winning Forex traders we have, all set both stop losses and take profit levels. Without them, then a Forex trader has high chances of failure at some point.

They should be used a gospel along any trading strategy. And they complement each other. Without stop losses you have no risk, and without take profits you have no destination for reward. No end points. Just allowing the market to control you Forex trading account. By making sure and staying strict with these levels, you can control your prop trading account yourself.

Too many instruments

As we have said before, being the master of a couple of instruments doesn’t mean you are missing out on opportunities, but rather improving your potential for more consistent growth. Rather than focus on the 10-15 range of symbols, attempting to catch every breakout under the sun, pick 1-3 that has given you best success thus far and run with them.

This will allow you to home in on less fundamental news coverage as you will be looking at announcements for only select currencies. It will also lead to more discipline in other areas. Such as more refined and clear cut technical analysis.

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Trading Drawdowns

THE REALITY OF FOREX TRADING DRAWDOWNS

Drawdowns are a reality of every Forex trader. They can happen at any time, and you must understand how to deal with drawdowns as they come up in your trading system without getting too discouraged.

The idea of drawdown is simple and has been around for a long time. It’s only recently that we’re seeing this trend in everything from Forex trading and Crypto trading to stock market analysis. The idea is simple: if an asset loses value over time then its price will eventually hit zero. Drawdown accounts for the losing result and it’s usually measured as a Forex trading rule in a trading prop firm.

Drawdowns are the difference between high points and low points. They can be broken down into absolute, relative or maximum drawdown depending on what you want to measure risk against for your investments.

Either one single day’s worth of losses (Daily Drawdown), monthly average deviations from investment value over time measured in percentage terms up until now. We can then look at future returns expectations using statistical methods known as Normal Probability Plots or vice versa.

If we’re looking at how much has changed since our last calculation date without taking into consideration any return forecasted yet, then there is also Maximum Daily Loss which takes everything out today so it tells us only about tomorrow’s market movements…

Absolute drawdown

What is the Absolute Drawdown? The absolute drawdown represents how much you lost concerning your initial deposit. Forex traders use this term when they want to calculate what percentage of their investment went below a certain point. Like zero or minimal equity for example- it’s simple math!

The Forex trading formula we will be using has two parts: 1) Initial Deposit and 2) Minimal Equity, which can then give us an idea on whether one was profitable based on these numbers.

For example, if you had £100,000 and an absolute drawdown limit of 20%, the lowest value the equity could go is £80,000. No matter how much profit there is, the equity on the trading account must not go below the £80,000 level. 

Absolute drawdown shows the absolute risk on a Forex trading account. It shows the size of the loss and compares it with the current profit or loss. An Absolute Drawdown of £0 means you have no risk at all.

Overall, we use an absolute drawdown that works best as a stop out bar. The above example shows the dashboard example of the absolute drawdown in relation to a live Forex trading account.

Maximum drawdown

What is the Absolute Drawdown? The absolute drawdown represents how much you lost concerning your initial deposit. Forex traders use this term when they want to calculate what percentage of their investment went below a certain point. Like zero or minimal equity for example- it’s simple math!

The Forex trading formula we will be using has two parts: 1) Initial Deposit and 2) Minimal Equity, which can then give us an idea on whether one was profitable based on these numbers.

For example, if you had £100,000 and an absolute drawdown limit of 20%, the lowest value the equity could go is £80,000. No matter how much profit there is, the equity on the trading account must not go below the £80,000 level. 

Absolute drawdown shows the absolute risk on a Forex trading account. It shows the size of the loss and compares it with the current profit or loss. An Absolute Drawdown of £0 means you have no risk at all.

Overall, we use an absolute drawdown that works best as a stop out bar. The above example shows the dashboard example of the absolute drawdown in relation to a live Forex trading account.

Relative and daily drawdown

The way we calculated the Relative Drawdown is by dividing our Maximum Loss with highest point on account (equity). Then multiplying that number and converting it into a percentage which gives us an idea about how much more volatile your investments will be in the long run.

Relative drawdown is the less commonly used as you’ll find prop firms use mostly maximum drawdown mixed with a profit factor in their Forex trading account metrics.

Here at Forex Traders UK we don’t operate with a daily drawdown rule. However, many other prop firms require you to maintain a maximum daily loss. This means you need to manage the amount of loss your account takes on within a one-day period. If it is 2% and you begin your day at £10,000, then you cannot lose more than 2% in one day for this example.

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TAEHYEOK IS NOW TRADING £70,000

TAEHYEOK IS NOW A LEVEL 2 TRADER – SUCCESSFUL FOREX TRADERS

RYAN IS NOW TRADING £10,000

How long have you been trading for? 

I’ve been trading for 4yrs, I started trading since I was 20. I’m 24 now.

How long did it take you to become profitable and how did you become consistent? 

about 6month. with strict rule.

What trading methods do you use? Elaborate on your trading style. 

mainly short-term day trading.

What has been your biggest hurdle to overcome? 

Greed

What has been your best moment in your trading career? 

get a job in Private Equity

Why did you choose Forex Traders UK? 

Most flexible rule in this industry.

What would you say to other traders starting out with Forex Traders UK? 

Do your best and stick to your rule. and Forex Trader UK will compensate you.

What are you goals long term in trading? 

Reaching 10M book.

 

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RYAN IS NOW TRADING £10,000

RYAN IS NOW A LEVEL 2 TRADER – SUCCESSFUL FOREX TRADERS

RYAN IS NOW TRADING £10,000

How long did it take you to become profitable and how did you become consistent?

It took me a while to find a strategy that works for me and I found this strategy about 3 months ago, after backtesting and applying the strategy in my demo account I found that it’s a profitable strategy and as long as I stick to it quite strictly it became more consistent.

What trading methods do you use? Elaborate on your trading style.

I use a combination of 3 moving averages at 21,50 and 200 with the assistance of the RSI. I will enter a buy when the candle after the breakthrough above the 3 averages occurs and a sell with the opposite. I also look for further confirmation on the rsi being above 50 for a buy and below 50 for a sell. This along with trading in a channel and looking for patterns. Mainly double tops and bottoms. I pick my highs and lows on the 1hr time and trades the 5 min charts around these levels.

What has been your biggest hurdle to overcome?

Being impulsive and impatient. Up until the past few months this was an inside with mine and not trusting my analysis and trades. Since this, I am now much better although not perfect. I am learning to take myself away from the charts regularly whilst in a trade and check periodically to see what is happening. Only at certain points will I adjust my trade.

What has been your best moment in your trading career?

Reaching my targets on my £2,500 account to give me reassurance that I could have a career in something I really enjoy. And to do it so quick!

Why did you choose Forex Traders UK?

You guys offered great help from the start with all my questions being answered from day 1 and also help and advice on where I was perhaps going wrong. You also are UK based which was a massive factor to me. Overall a great service and also helped me with a little discount for the account!

What would you say to other traders starting out with Forex Traders UK?

Just to be consistent. Don’t think you have to rush, find what works for you and stick to it. Once you get more confident, then you can increase your profits.

What are you goals long term in trading?

Too have a long and successful career and earn a decent living for myself

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EVALUATION MISTAKES

EVALUATION MISTAKES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb4PfYYbSRI&feature=youtu.be

Here we show some of the common pitfalls traders can get into when trading on an evaluation account. Hopefully you will be able to use some of these tips to help improve your performance and pass a evaluation with us!


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LATEST CHANGES AND OUR PROGRAMS

LATEST CHANGES AND OUR PROGRAMS

https://youtu.be/c3DnH4hFTAQ

In this video we look at the latest changes to our prop firm supported with some crucial information about our trading programs. Our programs are designed to assist the scaling speed of a profitable trading and offer funding and trading support to traders remotely all around the world.


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OLIVIER IS NOW A LEVEL 2 TRADER

OLIVIER IS NOW A LEVEL 2 TRADER – SUCCESSFUL FOREX TRADERS

Olivier’s performance

Olivier has shown great discipline in his ability to achieve the profit target of 10% even though he has been in the market for a short period of time. He has a wide range of instrument. He remained within all our rules and exceeded his target. We wish him the best with his larger account!

His experience with Forex Traders UK

Olivier has told us that his experience with Forex Traders UK has been excellent, and we have set up a trading account for him that exceeds all of his requirements. 

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