It is time to read some rules again. While working on my Forex trading strategies, I visit forums regularly. There are indeed some brilliant people out there sharing their work and ideas (though there are garbage and nonsense as well). In Forex Factory, user lever70 caught my attention when he/she shared his/her own compilation/e-book freely. The book is called Rules for Forex Trading. I decided to quote the summary of his rules here, since I found it to be useful and interesting. For details, please check out his e-book. Credit goes to lever70.

  • Define your long-term goals
  • Treat trading as a business
  • End every day in profit
  • Every trade must conform to objective criteria
  • Never force a trade
  • There’s nothing wrong with getting out early if you are in profit
  • Always have a profit target for the day
  • Always stick to a small daily profit target
  • Your initial trading stake should be small
  • Do not enter a trade without a profit target
  • Always set a hard stop
  • Do not trade unless you are nearly 100% certain about what will happen
  • Do not trade when signals are mixed
  • Follow your system
  • Don’t lose your head
  • Identify key support and resistance levels
  • Look at longer timeframes for both support and resistance, and for clues regarding future price direction
  • Be aware of peak market times
  • Be careful when trading in the Asian session
  • Don’t trade thin or directionless markets
  • Be careful when trading forex on non-news days
  • If you trade intraday, don’t enter a trade unless you can actively focus on it
  • Avoid reversing trades
  • Stay out of the market near news release time
  • Watch your broker like a hawk
  • Don’t go crazy with leverage
  • Stop trading after two consecutive losses
  • Take profits quicker after a losing streak
  • Don’t gloat over your winners
  • Be wary of chat rooms and online forums
  • Don’t buy systems
  • Stay healthy
  • Don’t give up

From the desk of Tradergav.com


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