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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Inside Trade | Unsung Side of Short Term Trading


Many traders nowadays are involved in short term trading. The technological advancement permits us to do such and even birthed to a new genre this past years. But many may not notice one thing obvious about this type of trading. The lesser the time, the lesser the profit.

In our orientation, we may have been told that short term trading involves a lot of trading opportunities because every pip can be a profit waiting to be caught. Like fishing, wherein you may dip your bait in the water every now and then catch some small fry because a lot are passing by. Yes, I think it is true but have ever considered the volume of the catch at the end of the day. Of course you may profit on most trades, but have you put into the equation the unprofitable ones?

In reality, a big catch may take a while before it may be caught. It needs time and skills to earn huge. There's no shortcut to success. Even if you really did great on a day, how about on the morrow? Can you still repeat it? What I'm pointing out is that the shorter your time frame is, the more limited you're from profit. Most successful and seasoned traders knows that the market may only move significantly small for few minutes but as time goes by, its movement also widens. A larger movement also means a larger profit. So before trading short, think again.

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