I don’t understand how this is possible. You buy low and wait for the currency to get high, then take profit. ( as you can tell I am completely new and in the dark) please shed light unto my confusion.
…and if what you consider to be “low” when you buy actually turns out to be rather high as the market continues to fall and fall and fall…and your loss on the position increases and your account is marked to market and dwindles to nothing and your broker automatically closes your positions and…
But this doesn’t happen often, because it constantly fluctuates like you said. So there will be a time when you profit, just take out the profit then. Why is that a challenge?
I didn’t say that it fluctuates, but yes it often does and often one can just wait. But there are times when a structural change occurs and you are left with a position that is deeply under water for even many years before it returns. For example, if you sold the EURUSD at the start of the year around 1.04 and it is now around 1.1600 - your capital would be deeply tied to this if not totally used up and with no prospect of a return to profit for a long, long time.
But more to the point, this is not trading. There is no analysis, no reasoning, no definition behind the position. It is just a position that maybe one day make a profit!
There is also the question of lost opportunity. While your capital is tied up in a negative position waiting to one day make a profit, you cannot use it to fund another position that could be making money already now.
Go ahead and put down 1,000 and see how fast that will go if you think its that simple LOL
Buy at low price and sell at high price! That’s the general strategy!
Don’t I feel like a prize wally. I’ve been doing it back to front this whole time 
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