Al-Watan
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- Apr 16, 2009
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If you are in Tanzania, the fact that NADEX does not offer it's services in Tanzania is severely limiting.Can you give me some of those hints ,i hope its forex you talked about.. im merely a beginner..oh no its less than a beginner..
But generally I use a range of technical indicators, mostly Moving Averages Convergence/ Divergence indicators to identify trends. I try to identify trends for contracts that are as close to 50/50 risk as possible, I use smart money management to not expose more than 20% of my portfolio at a time, and I take time off from trading when I feel the market is overpriced or unpredictable. I try to not break these rules. Up to now I have made as much as $5,200 in a single day following these principles.This is by being rather conservative. I take profit from my portfolio and back into my checking account to avoid the tempttion of trading on a huge trade and losing big.As my capital grow, and as I retain more on my portfolio, I hope to be able to get profits of $10,000 and more a day later this year. That is my goal.
I plan to build my comfort level enough to be able to do trading for a living if needed - right now my job allows me to work and trade.
I would like to spoil my family more and help some deserving children in need, especially orphanages in Tanzania.
Some of the basic principles I follow.
1. Do not put in your trading portfolio money you are not willing to lose if all your trades go bad.
2. Do not put in your portfolio money that is needed for other obligations (rent, school fees, food etc) as trades can go either way.
3. After considering 1 and 2 above, do not trade all your capital on one trade however good it seems.Leave some to fall back on. The ratio will depend on your appetite and the market, I generally expose about 20% or less of my portfolio at any time.
4. Identify a risk/ reward ratio that is statistically viable. I used to trade on a 90% reward ratio, only to realize that, if 9 of these go successfully and only one goes wrong, the one that goes wrong will wipe all the gains from the 9 that went well. So I sghifted to around 50%, with few exceptions depending on market sentiments.
5. Keep an ear out for the economic calendar.It could be the difference between your prositions dropping like rock or shooting like a rocket.
6. Identify your style, specialty and timeline appetite. I tend to not hold contracts for long as I am not yet confident with the underlying animus of the market ecosystem. Special events that are predictable like the Fed announcement this week may entice me to hold an asset for more than 18 hours.
7. Familiarize yourself with the basics, the lingo, the tech analysis, the charts etc. The more advanced things even professionals do not know enough, so don't feel bad if you don't even as you strive to learn.
8. Trade with a purpose. What do you want to do once you become successful? If you don't have a purpose, trading is meaningless.
9.Give back. It does not have to be money - at least in this early stage. One can give back by simply being an inspiring story, sharing strategies, etc.
10. To close with a broader philosophical point.Knowledge economy is where the world is going. All this fight about mines and makinika is important as the minerals are ours, but without an understanding of the knowledge economy we can't even control prices. So read books, blogs, watch videos, discuss here etc.Build your knowledge base and you will succeed.