After some steady and overall successful trading, you feel it is time to move up. Your success so far has been based on hard work. The process included learning to lose some money and accepting the losses. Most importantly, you made more gains that losses and you have been consistent over a few months.
So now you are thinking of scaling up: making more money in your trading. It is important to scale up in a sensible manner. Here’s why and how:
Scaling up can be done in 3 ways: enlarging the position sizes (the preferred method), adding more trades in each session, or extending the trading hours.
Whatever method you chose, do it responsibly. Here’s how.
1. One move at a time: If you do more than one move at a time and something went wrong, you will not know what happened. It will be hard to put your finger on the reason: was it the extra trading hours or the pressure due to more trades. Was it both? So, it is better to take one step at a time.
2. Don’t take extreme steps: Don’t take your scaling up to the extreme. For example, if you add more trading hours, add one hour and not four. If you enlarge your position sizes, remember to stick to the money management rules.
3. Wait before the next move: After scaling up once and seeing that it works, do hesitate before scaling up once again. Take your time in verifying that your change worked. As with starting to trade for the first time, early success may be dangerous. Potential greed to disaster, just after you have managed to stabilize your forex trading.
What is your experience with scaling up? Do you use different methods?
So now you are thinking of scaling up: making more money in your trading. It is important to scale up in a sensible manner. Here’s why and how:
Scaling up can be done in 3 ways: enlarging the position sizes (the preferred method), adding more trades in each session, or extending the trading hours.
Whatever method you chose, do it responsibly. Here’s how.
1. One move at a time: If you do more than one move at a time and something went wrong, you will not know what happened. It will be hard to put your finger on the reason: was it the extra trading hours or the pressure due to more trades. Was it both? So, it is better to take one step at a time.
2. Don’t take extreme steps: Don’t take your scaling up to the extreme. For example, if you add more trading hours, add one hour and not four. If you enlarge your position sizes, remember to stick to the money management rules.
3. Wait before the next move: After scaling up once and seeing that it works, do hesitate before scaling up once again. Take your time in verifying that your change worked. As with starting to trade for the first time, early success may be dangerous. Potential greed to disaster, just after you have managed to stabilize your forex trading.
What is your experience with scaling up? Do you use different methods?
Editors’ Picks
EUR/USD faces a minor resistance near at 1.0750
EUR/USD quickly left behind Wednesday’s small downtick and resumed its uptrend north of 1.0700 the figure, always on the back of the persistent sell-off in the US Dollar ahead of key PCE data on Friday.
GBP/USD returns to 1.2500 area in volatile session
GBP/USD reversed its direction and recovered to 1.2500 after falling to the 1.2450 area earlier in the day. Although markets remain risk-averse, the US Dollar struggles to find demand following the disappointing GDP data.
USD/JPY climbs relentlessly ahead of BoJ meeting
The USD/JPY extends its uptrend despite verbal intervention from the Minister of Finance. The wide differential between US and Japanese interest rates is seen as a major factor contributing to the rise. The idea that a lot is already priced into the US Dollar could limit USD/JPY upside.
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AUD/USD stands firm above 0.6500 with markets bracing for Aussie PPI, US inflation
The Aussie Dollar begins Friday’s Asian session on the right foot against the Greenback after posting gains of 0.33% on Thursday. The AUD/USD advance was sponsored by a United States report showing the economy is growing below estimates while inflation picked up. The pair traded at 0.6518.
EUR/USD faces a minor resistance near at 1.0750
EUR/USD quickly left behind Wednesday’s small downtick and resumed its uptrend north of 1.0700 the figure, always on the back of the persistent sell-off in the US Dollar ahead of key PCE data on Friday.
Gold soars as US economic woes and inflation fears grip investors
Gold prices advanced modestly during Thursday’s North American session, gaining more than 0.5% following the release of crucial economic data from the United States. GDP figures for the first quarter of 2024 missed estimates, increasing speculation that the US Fed could lower borrowing costs.
Bitcoin price continues to get rejected from $65K resistance as SEC delays decision on spot BTC ETF options
Bitcoin (BTC) price has markets in disarray, provoking a broader market crash as it slumped to the $62,000 range on Thursday. Meanwhile, reverberations from spot BTC exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to influence the market.
US economy: Slower growth with stronger inflation
The dollar strengthened, and stocks fell after statistical data from the US. The focus was on the preliminary estimate of GDP for the first quarter. Annualised quarterly growth came in at just 1.6%, down from the 2.5% and 3.4% previously forecast.
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