Hi everyone, my name is Sandy and I’m new to Forex. I have been wanting to take the plunge for years but have finally gotten up the nerve to do it. I don’t know what I’m so afraid of, well I’m dipping my toe in and hopefully soon I’ll know enough to take the big plunge! I’m ready, I want to reach expert level. I look forward to talking to you all and any help is much appreciated! Thanks!
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Welcome to the community. All the best for the future.
Learn first and then Earn.
Hello and Welcome to the Babypips forum @Sandyj62 !
As a beginner learning Forex you’re in the right place. Check out Education section here at babypips. (It’s completely FREE). Learn How to Trade the Markets There you’ll find School of Pipsology, Trading Quizzes and Forex Glossary. Everything you need as a newbie starting this field.
If you’re looking for good books to read check out this post by pipcrawler Pipcrawler’s Favorite Trading Books updated. Lot of book recommendations there find what you can and read them too.
If you’re looking for YouTube channels. TastyTrade, Adam Khoo, Candice B, Trading Rush, Investopedia has been recurring recommendations from many traders. Watch as much as you can and gather knowledge from them.
Investopedia and Forexfactory are another two great sites to learn the basics other than babypips.
One of the most important tools for a trader is Trading Journal. Check out the trading journal section in the forum to learn how traders keep track. Trade Journals - BabyPips.com Forex Trading Forum
Addition to these FX related channels invest your time to learn about Trading psychology, Risk Management and Decision making . Find any article or video you can and refer them.
Other than that, there are many interesting sections in the forum. It’s not time wasting to spend time there reading and learning. Check out every section you can and learn something from everywhere.
These are just a few tips to begin. There are many sources out there GOOGLE is the GOD if you have any question you just have to type it and He’ll give you not one by multiple answers.
Try all this and open a Demo account and trade at least for 6 months . Most people get confident around one month and start investing real money but most of them fail. One month of demo trading is absolutely not enough to understand anything. So trade demo at least 6 months to get a proper understanding of the chart pattern behaviors.
Having said all this, I also must tell forex is a risky business. It’s a High Risk, High reward situation. Many fail. From their own fault. Not spending enough time to educate themselves. Not understanding the basics. But with all the resources available you only need patience to educate yourself. Then you can go for the prize!
Good Luck
Nick.
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You’ll do great, just remember to have fun in demo and that no indicator works 100%
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Welcome. Good luck with your journey.
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