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Posted by: Michael R on 2009-04-10, 00:39:38
Forex is incredibly difficult for non-professionals. The main reason is the interest rates that you are forced to pay as a non-professional makes it too difficult. Let me explain: Yes you get leverage of up to 1 to 20 ($50 lets you trade $1000) but this also means that are paying interest per day on that $1000 out of the $50 that you put up. So of course your commission is "free " but the firm makes that money out of the spread, and the interest rate that they are charging you. The only real way of making money in currencies is with currency futures, but that also require much more money. Almost impossible to trade without $250,000. |