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Focusing on how to make trades over the end goal

Trading can often be a complex process. Understanding how to make money from trading is difficult. Many traders take a number of years concentrating on trading to make a profit rather than actually learning how to do it efficiently. There are a lot of different methods available when it comes to trading and, often, it’s a case of finding the one that is most efficient and best for you. This means that it’s important to focus on the actual trading itself rather than how much money you can make.

There are a lot of aspects that go into trading, so it’s very important to look over them all and find which is best for you. We’ve covered some of the best ways for trading that are out there to help you choose the best method for your needs.

Grid trading

Grid trading is a method of trading that involves placing buy and sell orders both above and below a set price. This method of trading is designed to make the most of any natural trends that occur and, from there, attempt to capitalize on them. It’s mainly used on Forex markets and uses the set price parameters to give traders the best chance to walk away with a profit.

It can use trends as the benchmark by setting a buy price above a set price and a sell price below a set price. It can also use ranges by reversing this and setting a buy price below a set price and a sell price above a set price.

The obvious advantage to this is that it doesn’t require any long-term chart analysis. It’s solely based on the natural volatility of the Forex market. It can also be used to create an automated system that will just carry out trades whenever prices hit these levels. This means that this method of trading is better for traders who don’t have top-level mathematical or analytical skills.

There are some negatives to this method of trading though. If the prices rapidly plummet or rise, then it can lead to significant losses. This is why most traders only put a small number of orders through when carrying out grid trading. That will limit any potential losses due to the number of orders that have been put through. Of course, traders can put stop/loss limits in place, which also helps to reduce potential losses.

This method of trading is also best avoided if the market is showing a lot of volatility. If the price keeps changing back and forth too often, it can cause lots of orders to be placed – which again limits the potential profits. When done properly though, grid trading can lead to significant profits coming your way.

Gap trading

Gap trading is a much more complex method of trading than grid trading. It requires looking through analytical charts in order to recognize patterns in the market. It also focuses more on volatile markets in order to try and gain larger profits on individual trades. Gaps are basically spaces on an analytical chart where the price of an instrument has either seen a significant rise or fall in price.

Gaps happen without any significant trading taking place and are often due to other underlying reasons. This can be due to a new innovation, news announcements or fundamental changes to an instrument. An example of this could be a company announcing its financial statement for the year and showing a stark rise in profits. Another example could be a particular stock market seeing an increase in trading volumes.

Trading gaps often requires traders to be intuitive towards how the market is going to behave. This obviously has a great deal of risk involved. It can mean that a trader will purchase a particular instrument either the day before or even on the day of a financial announcement. This is with the anticipation of the price significantly increasing during the following days. This can then give traders a significant profit over a relatively short period of time. This isn’t the only way that gap trading can be utilized though.

The reverse can also be true. So, for example, if a normally stable instrument sees a sharp fall in value, the trader may decide to purchase this instrument in bulk. The hope is that the price will normalize, and it can be sold again for a significant profit. This can sometimes be a less risky approach as it still has the potential for long-term profits if there are no short-term returns.

Written by Eric

37-year-old who enjoys ferret racing, binge-watching boxed sets and praying. He is exciting and entertaining, but can also be very boring and a bit grumpy.