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Thursday, May 14, 2009

The Risks Of Online Forex Trading When Using Margin Accounts

By John Eather

The associated risks of using a margin account for online forex trading percentage wise could be said to measure up to the rewards. It is key to know what you are doing when you take these risks. When any potential for making large profits is increased the risks also increase. What the foreign exchange trader has to be careful of is not losing his margin account deposit.

Your margin deposit on a currency lot of $100 000 at 100:1 is $1 000. No one wants to lose $1 000! This is the amount you need to open a margin account with a foreign currency broker. Traders (the depositor) have to know that if a currency moves in the wrong direction, even to the extent of 1cent, they could lose their deposit, and in the process the margin account.

Stop loss order can be put in place to prevent this from happening by they are not fool-proof. However they do still allow for a certain amount of profitable trading, as well as limiting of losses.

One of the problems which is often overlooks by foreign currency traders is the broker, on seeing a currency drop may intervene and counteract your transaction. They see your deposit margin account is falling low because of a shift in currency, and they may close it. If you are riding out a downturn, expecting the trend to change and your broker closes your position you will lose your deposit funds. In order to continue riding this downturn until the shift to an upwards trend occurs; you will be required to make an additional deposit into your margin account.

Protecting this investment does not only entail "stop loss orders" however, these professionals the same as all of us, have to be educated in the psychology of forex trading in order to be successful. While some skill can be self taught, what better way to protect your investment than undergoing formal currency trading education? - 23159

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