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Day Trading Versus Long Term Trading - Find Out Which Wins
Trends rule in the Forex market. Every trader loves a good, strong trend. As traders, many of us like to make quick profits. Who doesn't? The problem is that by just focusing on making quick profits, we often overlook a much more profitable strategy which is the long-term trend.
First let's discuss the anatomy of a short-term trade. A short term trade can last anywhere from less than a minute to about 20 minutes, if you get really lucky. A 20 minute trade should return huge profits. Those are the uncommon trades and the 1 to 5 minute trade are more common when day trading. As a trader, you must make a split second decision of whether to enter a short term trade.
A savvy trader will set both exit points, profit and stop-loss, when entering a short term trade. Most traders, however, set a stop loss, but don't set a goal for their profit leaving the exit at their discretion and, often, to luck. If you do short term trading, set your exit points before entering the trade. You can always adjust them as the trade progresses, but you will be protecting yourself against sudden reversals and changes of market sentiment.
Long-term trading in Forex is often overlooked and even frowned upon by many traders. For one reason or another the belief among most Forex traders is that most money is made scalping the market and that holding positions overnight is not a good strategy. Well... That assumption is wrong. The Forex market is very much like the stock market in that aspect and those that trade the long term charts, whether you use a day or weekly chart, have a better chance of making unbelievable gains.
The reason for it is that, except for exceptional events, currencies make their big gains and losses over longer periods of time and not in a 30 minute time span. If you take a look at the long chart of any currency pair, you will see that, had you traded the long term chart, you would maximize your profits. That is because instead of just making small one day gains on a currency that is trending, you would ride the trend for several days, weeks, and, sometimes, even months. I ask, where do you see the opportunity for bigger profits?
I agree, the long term chart offers a better chance to maximize your profits, but it takes discipline and reconditioning your mindset to stay in a trade for a much longer period of time.
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