Forex - What Is Your Trading Edge?

If you want to succeed at forex trading then you need to be able to answer the question in this article. If you can't answer it then you are going get wiped out by the markets so here it is...

What's your Trading edge (defined)

Now before you answer this question let me tell you what a trading edge is NOT:

- You have a day trading or forex scalping system

- You think you can predict forex prices

- You think forex moves to a scientific formula

- You have a simulated track record from a vendor you have bought

- You like to buy low and sell high

- You think you can trade expert opinion and news

- You think you are clever

- You think you have a complicated system that can beat the market

Most forex traders think the above will give them a trading edge - but believe any of the above and the market will take all your money and do it quickly.

Think about this simple fact:

95% of traders lose money in the market and you need to think what your edge is i.e why you should succeed while others fail.

Now let's be clear - anyone has the potential to be a successful forex trader yet few succeed. The reason most fail is they believe common myths like the ones on the above list, or they don't have the right mindset.

Successful forex trading is built on three pillars:

1- Knowledge and understanding and getting the right forex education

2- Confidence in your method to make money longer term

3- The discipline to follow your forex trading system through periods of draw down to ultimate success

Your trading edge is not just about a method, it's about having confidence in it, so you can have the discipline to apply it through drawdown and emerge a long term winner.

Forex trading is simple and your method needs to be too. A simple method works best because it is more robust in the face of brutal market conditions and has fewer elements to break than a complicated one. Furthermore, it will be easier to understand and have confidence in.

If you think that you need to be clever or put a lot of effort into your trading think again - you get rewarded for being right with your trading signal and market timing, nothing else. Sure in many jobs you get paid for effort but in forex trading it's all about being right. So do you know what your trading edge is? If you don't and you can't define it, then its back to learning forex and your forex education until you do.