Forex Or Foreign Exchange Sites

@Janey1966 (24170)
Carlisle, England
July 15, 2012 10:10am CST
Do you have to be a mathematician to use sites like etoro or what? I look at all the numbers and lines going up and down and go.. "Duh!" I guess I should keep my $5 to myself..unless you know differently and have access to "Forex For Dummies" or something! Haha!
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@TeamCholent (2832)
• United States
15 Jul 12
Forex is risky just like all investing but I would stay far away. I have been trading stocks and commodities now for 15 years and will never touch forex as it is too risky. You won't make any money unless you invest bigger and you stand to not only lose your full investment, you could even lose more. Perhaps stick to the easier return on investment such as property, moneymarket, cash deposits and even bonds?
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• United States
15 Jul 12
Not at all, property if done right will always provide a return(one has to factor in many things). There are low risk stocks one can invest in, the return will be lower as well. Bonds are assured returns, no risk.
• Malaysia
15 Jul 12
Ahhh okay, if that's the case can you be my master? Kinda like a jedi, padawan and star wars thing. I'm in no rush to earn big money but i would love to learn about this kind of investing. Learning about the risk, the money involve the factor that makes an investment good.
• Malaysia
15 Jul 12
Erm, how can stocks, property or even bonds can be easier than forex? Isn't it the same as in predicting on market? All these while i thought property have the same amount of risk invovle. I guess i need to learn more about it.
@petersum (4522)
• United States
15 Jul 12
I am surprised at you! You have been here on mylot long enough to know about forex sites. It isn't a joking matter for people to lose their hard earned cash on these forex sites!
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@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Jul 12
I honestly don't know about Forex sites which is why I am asking on here.
@petersum (4522)
• United States
15 Jul 12
Every time forex is brought up, foolish people think they can make money with it and lose a lot! It is for bankers and fund managers who invest millions of other peoples money, never their own, and manipulate the markets, spread false rumors, and generally cheat in every possible way to make a few bucks. And they don't use the Internet sites! You can't invest $5!!! To make just a few cents in a day, you would need to invest thousands of dollars. Mylot is much more profitable than Internet forex sites!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
16 Jul 12
I thought that before but I wanted to be sure as people like your good self know what you are talking about. Thanks for the input, it's appreciated.
@p1kef1sh (45681)
15 Jul 12
Well this dummy knows nothing about Forex. But it seems to me that it is gambling by another name. I am not a gambling man as experience has shown that a fool and his money are easily parted. I am a fool......
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
16 Jul 12
Trading is not really like gambling because you can mange your downside risk so that you do not lose much. Kind of like buying insurance. Plus you can research and learn when to trade and more importantly when not to trade. you can stack the odds in your favour which you cannot do with poker machines or horse races. That was the hardest thing for me to learn when I was trading. Initially I felt as though I had to have active trades to be making money, but it is more about watching the market and knowing it well enough so that when the right trade comes along, you can jump on it quickly with minimum risk possible. Sometimes I went for over a week with no new trades when I was trading every day.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
16 Jul 12
Wow Bill, you're full of surprises! I'm glad it's working out for you though. Wouldn't want you to lose any of your hard-earned cash my friend.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Jul 12
The more I learn about Forex sites the more I'm leaning towards staying away from them. You are right; it is like gambling and look at the state of our banking sector now because of the risk-takers er..taking too many risks!
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
16 Jul 12
I am not really sure what etoro is but I have traded before. Not Forex but CFD's on stocks. Studying all the lines and everything on the charts is called technical analysis. You do not have to be a mathematician at all. It is pretty simple once you get the hang of it, but it can become over complicated real fast if you use too many different indicators. There are all sorts of different indicators which measure all sorts of things, but I found it best just to pick a couple that worked for me and that I understood really well and to use them for my entries and exits. I always used stop losses on trades as well. They are set at a point that you determine before entering the trade where you will automatically be closed out if the trade moves in the wrong direction. They limit your loss. You can trade over all sorts of different time frames too using monthly charts, weekly, daily, hourly or even 5 minute charts for the active trader. Long term trading is more passive. Forex is more suited to trading using short term charts, but you still need to look at long term points of historical reference as prices have a habit of finding resistance and support at levels where it has found them in the past. If I ever get back into trading it will be Forex due to the fact that the markets are always open. Trading stocks on exchanges that close at the end of the day can be very stressful when news breaks overnight and the market gaps down at the start of the day. The Aussie market is notorious for doing that. But on the flip side you sometimes saw big moves in your favour at the open as well. It would usually be affected by whatever went down in the USA overnight. The end of the days trading was always skittish too as traders who did not want to hold stocks overnight buy and sell rapidly in the last hour. That never happens with Forex, it is more stable. Then there is fundamental analysis which is more to do with knowing world events such as major announcements like interest rate cuts or major companies reporting, ins and outs of business deals, politics and all that. I did not bother studying all that too much as it was pretty daunting trying to keep on top of it all.
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
16 Jul 12
Well I am glad that I have contributed to your further confusion. Mission accomplished!
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
16 Jul 12
I always knew you were an intelligent guy Bill but honestly...does it look like I understood a word of that..er..no lol. I can tell you know what you are doing though which is great. It's all very "Wall Street" isn't it but there again, I loved that film so I must've understood some of it!!
• Malaysia
15 Jul 12
Well, to know something is to be knowledgable about it of course. Just like any other investment like stocks and bonds, it is risky unless you know what you're doing. Many people blindly jump into the forex bandwagon and failed because they lack knowledge about how to read the money market. Plus, invest if you have extra money or money that you dare to lose.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Jul 12
I think the $5 minimum is a bit misleading isn't it because no-one can make money with such a small amount to invest in the first place.
• Malaysia
15 Jul 12
I am not so sure about the $5 investment. The lowest i've seen so far is $10. Even with a $10, it is hard to make money from that unless you can be sure from the moment you invest, for example you invest that $5 today and for the next 10 days you earn and keep on earning at least $10 a day. That enable you to earn a total $100 plus including the $5 startup. So if on the 11th day you lose you will still have extra money from previous trading so you could at least create a strategy to recoup what you've lost. Just make sure on every trade you don't use every single cents. There should always be some backup money.
• China
16 Jul 12
If you want to join forex, I want to tell you that this is a high risk program, it is impossible for you to earn money from this program if you don't have experience and skills. Most of people lost their money on forex.As far as I know, there are many forex programs which are reliable and legit, some forex even give bonus if you join their site.I think you should think it over if you are ready to join it.May be you should try to learn someting about forex which can help you succeed in forex trading.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
16 Jul 12
I have done some research already but I think it is far too risky for a person who's not really into money in the first place...just enough to get by mostly.
@lampar (7584)
• United States
15 Jul 12
Correct, it is only for the faith-hearted, the numbers can confuse you instantly if you are a dummy. No point getting involve with website that confuse you and feed you with too many numbers beyond your understanding. Keeping the $5 to yourself is a good choice than wasting it away.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Jul 12
Very true but I though I'd ask anyway in case I was missing out on something. Seems I'm not which is even better!
@Tina83 (1223)
• India
15 Jul 12
I am in the Forex field for about an year and me really happy with my performance ,its a wrong concept that Forex will give you only loss ,just work hard and see the result.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
16 Jul 12
Unfortunately, I would need a lot more money than I have in order to invest in the first place. I'm glad it's working out for you though.
@rajeev075 (1961)
• India
15 Jul 12
One must know basic maths to do any jobs and forex is more about calucaltion and i don't know much about it. This one is risky job so i din't prefered to go with it. To work with forex you must have sufficent experince other wise you might losse the money. It need brain and also some luck and few work on experince to get benifited by the forex and you should try to do it. Reading the book will help not much but dping and work on your self you will learn much and gain experince.
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Jul 12
It's a bit like gambling isn't it? I don't win on that either so I'm going to keep hold of what little money I have. Thanks for your input.
@Olleenz (3398)
• Indonesia
15 Jul 12
Forex is not for newbie or dummies, dude That involved many factor, not just statistic. Newbie and dummies can't handle it
@Janey1966 (24170)
• Carlisle, England
15 Jul 12
I'll steer clear then lol.
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