Forex Paper Trading: Learning
From Your Mistakes Risk Free
Education is the key to success
in the foreign exchange market, and education includes
hands-on, practical experience. By using a free demo forex
account online, you are learning in a risk-free setting by
practicing investing with virtual money.
The information that you are provided by the software is valid
(although there may be a slight lag compared to real time), and
you can track your results, seeing where you might have held on
longer or sold earlier -- in other words, learning from your
mistakes. The better you get in practice at spotting trend
changes and taking advantage of them, the better your chances
for success when you transition to real trading.
Before the use of a free demo
forex account became the norm for practicing risk-free trading,
potential investors used to start their training by paper
trading. Same idea, really -- you just write down the
transaction and track your record.
Everything was done manually, of course. The software today
automates this process, while in addition, adding feeds and
historical data, which not only saves enormous amounts of time,
but allows your level of experience to rise rapidly (assuming
you are applying theoretical knowledge to the information
provided).
Everyone knows not to use money unless they are able to sustain
the loss of the entire amount. This sounds pretty harsh is
you're talking $10,000, but with forex mini accounts where you
can start trading with a $250 deposit, it's a relatively
painless foray into the world of foreign exchange trading.
It's certainly easier to stick with an investment that's
experiencing a downward trend when you only stand to lose $250
than if your entire $10,000 is in jeopardy.
Once you learn the lesson of patience and self-discipline,
reigning in the natural human tendency to panic at the first
sign of a loss, you can develop that skill over
time.
It's counter-intuitive to remain
calm when all indications point to a financial catastrophe, but
traders who have been in the business for decades swear by the
old adage "the trend is your friend." Until you have evidence
supported by technical data, stay the course and trust the
trend.
Similarly, you will need to battle
against another aspect of human nature in order to be a
successful forex trader: greed. Don't let greed make you stay
in after you should have sold -- in the long run, it's a very
risky practice and will likely result in unnecessary
losses.
Interbank FX
(http://www.ibfx.com/
) offers information on a free demo forex account. Art Gib is a
freelance writer.
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