Yeah i trade although still learning the ropes, Markets the past couple of weeks have been real volatile so if you do start, start small and learn how things work or use the practice consoles ( fake money )
If you learn how to read the charts properly and only trade on safe bets then you'll be fine, Trading is all about money management, paying attention to news channels around the world and being able to read the signals the charts provide, greed is normally the sole cause of risk.
I got greedy last month just before Sanctions we're declared on Russia, I trade heavily in #DAX and because many of Germany's biggest company's are in Russia the German Market took a dive ( which was expected but i ignored the signals and took the risk because it would have tripled my money over night.)............lesson learnt.
That week i lost 5k , That 5k i built up while learning in 3 weeks (with alot of luck along the way) so easy come, easy go but the rule of thumb is money management , don't pot commit and learn that losing is apart of it, you cant win every trade but learning a good, safe strategy can be very profitable.
I regularly talk to a couple of guys who rake in serious dollar for them and clients and they play it very safe and only trade when the signals are there, they've been giving me advise to get started but there is alot to learn and like most things you learn the quickest when you make mistakes.
I started off with $250 investment , started small and built it up so its not a big risk and if you never risk what you cant afford then its an interesting game to get into. Ive not done much trading in the past 2 weeks though as ive had too much work on to concentrate on the trades.
If you don't like Forex, there is always Stock CFD's on the same platforms which are long term trades for Companies such as Google , Microsoft etc.
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