{"id":9995,"date":"2022-10-14T07:19:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=9995"},"modified":"2022-10-14T07:19:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T07:19:18","slug":"ignoring-leverage-why-most-new-forex-traders-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/14\/ignoring-leverage-why-most-new-forex-traders-fail\/","title":{"rendered":"Ignoring Leverage: Why Most New Forex Traders Fail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Most professional forex traders and money managers trade one standard lot for every $50,000 in their account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If they traded a mini account, this means they trade one mini lot for every $5,000 in their account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let that sink into your head for a couple seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If pros trade like this, why do less experienced\u00a0forex\u00a0traders think they can succeed by trading 100K standard lots with a $2,000 account or 10K mini lots with $250?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what the forex brokers tell you, don\u2019t ever open a \u201cstandard account\u201d with just $2,000 or a \u201cmini account\u201d with $250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Heck, some even allow you to open accounts with just $25!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number one reason new traders fail is not that they suck, but because they are\u00a0<strong>undercapitalized<\/strong>\u00a0from the start and\u00a0<strong>don\u2019t understand how leverage really works<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2016\/05\/senior-leverage.png\" alt=\"Leverage the Killer\" title=\"Leverage the Killer\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Don\u2019t set yourself up to fail.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend that you have at least have $100,000 of trading capital before opening a standard account, $10,000 for a mini account, or $1,000 for a micro account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, open an account only when you are consistently good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So if you only have $60,000, open a mini account. If you only have $8,000, open a micro account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you only have $250, open a demo account and stick with it until you come up with the additional $750, then open a micro account. If you have $1, find a job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t remember anything else in this lesson, at least remember what you just read above.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, please re-read the previous paragraph and ingrain it in your memory. Just because brokers allow you to open an account with only $25 does NOT mean you should.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here\u2019s why:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We believe most new traders who open a forex trading account with the bare minimum deposit do so because they don\u2019t completely understand what the terms \u201cleverage\u201d and \u201cmargin\u201d really are and how it affects their trading.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s crucial that you\u2019re fully aware and free of ignorance of the significance of trading with leverage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you don\u2019t have rock solid understanding of leverage and margin, we guarantee that&nbsp;<strong>you will&nbsp;BLOW YOUR TRADING ACCOUNT!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2016\/05\/senior-epic-fail.png\" alt=\"Forex Leverage\" title=\"Forex Leverage\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most professional forex traders and money managers trade one standard lot for every $50,000 in their account. If they traded a mini account, this means they trade one mini lot for every $5,000 in their account. Let that sink into your head for a couple seconds. If pros trade like this, why do less experienced\u00a0forex\u00a0traders [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[814],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9995\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}