Now, guys, I want you to pay serious attention to this part because this is one of the most important things am going to teach you today.
Risk management.
A lot of beginners come into Forex asking:
How can I make $100 every day?
That's the wrong first question.
The first question should be:
How much am I willing to lose if this trade is wrong?
Because you are going to lose trades.
I don't care how good a trader you become.
You will lose trades.
The goal isn't to win every trade.
The goal is to make sure that your losing trades don't destroy your account.
For example
Let's say you have a $100 account.
If you decide to risk 1% on a trade, that's $1.
So if the trade loses, you lose approximately $1.
You still have $99.
You can continue trading.
But imagine you start risking $50 on every trade.
One or two bad trades can destroy the account.
That's why professional traders focus heavily on risk management
Risk-to-Reward
Let's say am risking 50 pips to make 100 pips.
Am risking 50 to potentially make 100.
That's a 1:2 risk-to-reward ratio.
If am risking 50 to potentially make 150, that's 1:3
The important thing is not just how much you can make.
You need to know how much you can lose.