Forex trading has taken this millennium by storm, with a lot more people turning to fx trading as a way of earning additional income at home. Although forex currency trading can be really financially rewarding seldom few make ongoing long-term profits from this volatile market. It’s quite common to hear about how traders have been in profit then the trade has reversed and lost all their profits and more. It’s learning how to manipulate ones stop loss and profit percentage taking that can increase profits on the forex market.
The forex market like other markets moves in waves, in fact it is successful traders that use the new highs and lows of these trended waves as entry points and profit targets in there trading. It’s proven that one of several safest methods to trade the forex market is to take a slice out of an already confirmed trend by entering on its upward or downward push. It’s then the stop loss manipulation to lock in profits a limit risk that is going to see success in the long term.
To make interpreting this process as easy as possible I am going to apply the widely used currency pair GBP/USD. Imagine the trend of this volatile currency has just broken by having a previous resistance level in a buy position. You enter into the trade as it makes a new high and it pushes you into 20 pips profit then the momentumre-adjusts.
Now you have hit the 20 pip profit range it is usually a time that the trend will reverse again before making another new high, you must come to a decision whether you want to take your profits at this point or risk them disappearing permanently. It doesn’t have to be as easy as taking all your profits the truth is for successful traders it seldom is.
Using the example we started earlier you are now in a 20 pip profit situation with the trade starting to lose momentum. In this case I am going to tell you what I would do. I am trading at £10 a pip and I see that i am 20 pips in profit on a strong upward trend, but the trend is losing momentum so I deduct 80% of my profits or £160. I then relocate my stop loss up to my starting point so the worst that can occur is my only profit is £160. In the likely happening of the trend reversing back to just above its previous resistance (my entry point) and then continuing in the trended direction will see me maximize my profits at no further risk.
Pierre Lehman, the Founder and Chief Master Trader of learnforexsecrettrading.com, has actively involved in day trading for over 15 years. He has coached hundreds of Forex Newbies and Advanced Traders to learn forex trading and also forex trading strategies, most of whom, in turn, have become part of the Successful forex free trading Community.
