{"id":14576,"date":"2010-10-31T12:11:55","date_gmt":"2010-10-31T16:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/fx\/?p=14576"},"modified":"2010-10-31T12:11:55","modified_gmt":"2010-10-31T16:11:55","slug":"forex-trading-and-risk-return-ratio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2010\/10\/31\/forex-trading-and-risk-return-ratio\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Trading and Risk-Return ratio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Andrew Daigle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Forex trading is fast becoming the top method of  making money on the internet and plenty of average people are trying  their hand at becoming millionaires. For most people, forex trading is a  much needed source of a second income, to supplement their current  single income from their main profession. However, the true potential to  become very wealthy is not tapped by most such investors and they earn  mere pennies on the dollar, compared with what they could be earning.  While everyone has their own forex currency trading system, this will be  in proportion to your risk appetite and will only bring the returns  that you strive for.<\/p>\n<p>While there are many ways to invest your money in currency, most people  play safe by either investing small amounts or spreading their money  very thin across the various currencies they are invested in. This makes  for a very small return but practically no risk potential, since the  bases are mostly covered so that if one currency depreciates, the other  appreciates and the losses are minimal. However, clearly this will never  make the forex trader a millionaire.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short, and most forex trading millionaires made their money fast  off the forex market. These individuals are generally highly leveraged,  because they know that money makes money, and the more money they  invest, the greater the risk and the greater the potential reward. Also,  betting on unlikely currencies is risky and can have a huge potential  upside.<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly will leveraging yourself mean for you? You can start  with a portfolio, meaning that you put your investment towards buying a  part of the forex trading. Then, you buy shares of the forex trading the  world over, depending on what countries appeal to you. The prices of  these shares may rise slowly to increase your portfolio, and you are  still playing safe. Once your total portfolio value goes over the 5000  dollar mark, you as a forex trader can apply for something known as a  console, which now puts you in the position to act as an agent for  others. At this point, you can process exchanges for small investors who  want to buy and sell currencies through you. For each transaction  processed, you will earn a fee of 6% and this can roll into your  portfolio, increasing further, making your status as a forex trader more  credible.<\/p>\n<p>Other than an unlikely event such as a war or natural calamity, nothing  on the forex market will give you a sudden unexpected windfall. Do not  expect to become a millionaire over night. You will have to plan and  strategize, and most importantly, leverage yourself, to truly make a lot  of money. The forex market will generally move like the stock market,  in small digits and only when you have plenty of money spread out on the  forex market do you stand a chance of making a great deal of profit.<\/p>\n<p>While this type of trading is not for the faint hearted, experience in  forex trading will bring some confidence to your forex trading strategy,  especially as you learn which systems work for you and which don&#8217;t. As  your level of confidence grows, the process will seem much less  daunting. However, it is great to be cautious and be sure of any risks  you take. That said, do remember that millionaires are always highly  leveraged in the forex market \u2013 take calculated risks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About The Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Andrew Daigle is the owner, creator and author of many successful websites including ForexBoost at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexboost.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ForexBoost.com<\/a> <\/span>, a free forex training resource and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cashcurve.com\/\">http:\/\/www.CashCurve.com<\/a><\/span> for learning about many different online business opportunities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forex trading is fast becoming the top method of making money on the internet and plenty of average people are trying their hand at becoming millionaires. For most people, forex trading is a much needed source of a second income, to supplement their current single income from their main profession.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}