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Friday, October 17, 2008

What to Expect From a Good Day Forex Trading Training Company

By Albert Schmidt

If you are involved in trading currencies for any length of time you probably know how hard it is in the beginning to make profit on a consistent basis. That's the reason there are so many companies and gurus who claim to turn you into successful trader. While there is a lot of scam involved around Forex business in general and Forex training particularly not all of them are scams.

You are probably looking at different training companies or mentors trying to decide which one worth your money. First of all of course you need to do your research on company you are interested. You may even contact people who went through the training to find out what their outcome was and would they recommend it to anyone.

In my experience of dealing with mentors and training companies I found that there are two major things you need to look before you commit your money for training with them. First thing any guru or mentor must address the trading mindset issues. It's amazing to see how many of them overlook this subject. They may give you top-notch information of Forex trading. If they do not emphasize strong enough the importance of developing a psychological feel of market that information can become useless for your success as a trader.

You may meet some people who astonish you with their market and economic knowledge but they fail to trade currencies in Forex profitably. And on the contrary you can see traders that may not have such a deep knowledge but they trade profitably month in and month out. That's because the main thing - their mindsets are different. Knowledge is important but not the most important thing in this case.

Second thing what many trainers and mentors miss is a simple trading strategy with positive mathematical expectation. Again they can give you first-class trading systems. If it is discretionary and based on one's feel of market how you going to trade it if you have not yet developed that feel? In the beginning you need a system based on simple rules and close to 100% mechanical system. Once you have it you need to practice to execute your trades over and over again until it becomes a second nature for you. At that stage you will see that you have a feel of market and your trade execution becomes perfect. Only after that you will be able to successfully apply more advanced techniques.

These are two major things in my opinion a good day Forex trading training has to have to benefit you in the beginning stage of your trading career. You will not be able to perform some advanced techniques before the basics become a second nature for you. That's why I believe those things should be emphasized in any Forex training course.


Albert Schmidt is a part-time currency trader. After quite a long time of struggle he learned to make consistent profit trading in Forex. Review a trading strategy he successfully uses in his trades.

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