How much should you invest in trading

One advantage of forex trading is we can start even use low trading budget like as $100, this may be different compared when we try to create a business coffee shop, the capital needed more expensive than forex, but indeed not all people are suitable with forex trading business, but if already able making forex profit trading consistently, this business make enjoys in life.

MarcellusLux posted:
As soon as you begin to regard trading as a business, all the answers will immediately become obvious.
If you want to open a restaurant, you don't ask on the forum how much money you need. You build a business plan and, based on your desires, see how much money you need to open a coffee shop, and how much money you need to establish a chain of restaurants.
With proper management, both projects will bring money and pay off. The difference is only in the rate of payback and in the amount of capital.
Open a small hobby coffee shop and you will have happiness and some money to live on. Open a chain of restaurants and you will have constant problems and solid capital for business development.

YES IT IS RIGHT, BUT YOUR BROKER - TO BIG BIG TOXIC .... change broker and you will have more investments sir :-)

skihav posted:
It is important to understand that the minimum investment amount depends on the trader himself. The more experience, the more you can invest.

Its such an old adage but really is what you can afford to lose. Like having pressure of losing too much or over leveraging is a recipe for disaster imo

I would suggest newbie traders before they spent money in forex trading, need to spend time learning, there are so many ways to learn forex trading, like from courses, or learn free from reading forex resources like as babypips, or through forex community like FXOpen forum, there also available free contest with a real prize for the winner.

There is no easy route in forex to bring in cash in a brief time frame/fast way. It requests persistent endeavors including finding out about forex, having a greater capital, mimizing the voracity factors and so on A decent blend of everything component can bring a positive outcome. Procuring isn't according to venture, its about our experience that we make a ton with a little sum and may free a solid capital because of absence of information.

Do you want to invest?? Then you must invest no less than a few million dollars. 😄😄😄 😂
And still it mustn't be your last money.

I believe a trader should only invest only the amount he can afford to lose.

As much as you can manage it, your experience, your trading knowledge, your system profitability, having a proper risk management or not....

If a trader doesn’t have sufficient trading skill, then 100 dollars is even dangerous for him. For experienced traders, large amount of capital helps in earning more but he should know how to handle risk and money management. He should develop his own techniques of trading for his sake.

Well, if you are new face here; don’t invest your money! Invest your time in demo, on the other hand if you have a good demo trading experience then invest your money (according to your current situation) and go slowly! Don’t try to make quick money here by avoiding the rule of money management!

viiveknaiir posted:
The million dollar question in forex trading - How much should I start with in forex trading. Technically you can start with as little $5 USD. Yes you heard it right & no limit to upside. But with $5 USD do not expect some fireworks. There is no one straight answer to what's the ideal amount to invest in forex trading. It depends on quite a few factors which we will be getting into right away.

The first factor to consider is this, how much money are you willing to lose. if its $10, $1000 or more. Whatever that amount is is the amount you should consider investing. Second thing is understanding that the higher amount you have in your trading account, the lesser is the risk and there is higher possibility of making gradual returns on your account provided you trade sanely.

Let me explain to you how this works. Lets say you are aiming to make a $100 per week. Now if you invest just a $100, you are aiming to make 100% return per week which can end up in high risk trading.

But if you start with $1000 & aim to make $100 per week, that is still a much lower risk as now you are aiming to make just a 10% of the account. Thirdly, enough money on your account allows you to keep your trades running for longer in case you are on a wrong position, this way you can actually wait for the trades to come back into your favor. These are the important pointers to consider while thinking about how much to invest in trading.

It depends really.

With the option of prop firms these days, traders don't have to start with low capital (assuming they can pass challenges)

Traders should trade only the money they can afford to lose. They should also prefer using strict risk management strategies.

I would suggest that one should trade with an amount that they are comfortable risking. Many brokers have very low minimum deposit requirements these days.

In the beginning you must not invest to much money and try to do more and more practice with demo account.

No matter how many times beginners ask this question, at the end of the day, it depends on each person’s individual budget and plan and how much they wish to spend according to their financial situation. Of course, expectations should be achievable.

I think we need to count the money for the worst trades.

There is no fixed sum to invest; instead, one should invest as much as he can afford to lose.

Whatever your investment size is, try to pick up a secure broker. Insecurity is a big issue of brokers as traders are mostly victim to it. The securer a broker is, the more trustworthy it is among traders. But it’s the facility where most of traders are failure. You can choose ECN broker to invest your capital safely.

If you’re just starting out, please do not invest huge amounts. Start small and then expand as you learn the process. As you gain experience, you will get better at making wise decisions, use it to your advantage to make consistent profit.