Wednesday 1 January 2014

Introduction to Day Trading

Perhaps, the most frequent question concerning Contracts for Difference is when is the ideal time for trading CFDs. Following, we will consider the 3 most significant factors needing consideration for knowing the most ideal time for trading of CFDs.

1. What kind of wins, compared to losses, you are trying to seek?
2. For trading safely, always have 3 different time frames
3. Share CFDs Vs. Forex or indexed CFDs

What kind of wins, compared to losses you are trying to seek?

For successful day trading, the often neglected, but vital component, is defining your ratio of win: loss, also known as ratio of risk to reward. Mentally, the trader has to firmly decide daily the importance of finding opportunities of day trading that would have a minimum yield of 1.5-2 times the size of the risk size.

Once you have firmed up your mind on that ratio, you need to look for highly likely opportunities, rather that just trading just for the heck of it. Simply trading for the heck of it causes you to lose your time and cash, and can lower your confidence to such a level that you become hesitant to try another trade. That's what makes it imperative to choose a time frame offering you sufficient opportunities for making profit after you have established your setup.

For trading safely, always have 3 different time frames

Day traders should essentially have a likelihood of winning by more than sixty percent. This is the outcome of trading during short periods of time, thus minimizing the possibilities of allowing the winners run. When looking for chances of winning by over sixty percent, your best option would be to classify long-term, midterm and short-term time frames to enhance the chances of winning.

When you trade with a chart of thirty minutes, your best trading would be onto the way of the trend and having the 5 minute chart and 60 minutes chart trending in the same track as your thirty minute chart. The 5 minute chart will classify the early on set up, the hourly chart ensures that you are trading with the foremost trend and you can employ the thirty minute chart to point your entry.

Share CFDs Vs. Forex or indexed CFDs

Varying with the kind of CFD broker you patronize and the charts given by them for you to access, you'll realize that the ideal time frame for day trading share CFDs is to employ the one minute chart during the initial thirty-five to forty minutes and then go over to the 2 minute chart during the next 2 hours and go to closing with a five-minute one. While trading index CFDs or Forex, you'll get ample opportunity and liquidity by anything from a 1 minute chart up to the sixty minute one.



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