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What you need to know to start scalping

What you need to know to start scalping

Poulami Jain758 31-Dec-2019

Scalping is one of the most profitable trading systems in the Forex market. Though the conservative traders are making a decent profit without having any stress this doesn’t mean the scalpers are doing badly. To make your life, you can choose the scalping method as it will help you make a quick profit with high risk. But things have changed a lot since the traders can utilize the leveraged account more effectively. But you must have some basic skills about the scalping method or else, you can’t become successful at trading.

Bulletproof risk management policy
The first thing that you need to learn as a professional scalper is the risk management policy. If you trade this market with high risk and try to earn more profit, you are not scalping. Many people in Hong Kong have tried to change their life by trading to scalp the market. But they have hurt themselves badly. The traditional 2% risk management policy is not going to work when you start trading the market as a scalper. The professional’s scalpers always risk less than 1% of their account balance. And if for any reason they lose 3 trades, they stop trading for that day.

You must learn to trade the market with proper discipline and only then you will be able to make money as a scalper. Never try to take too much risk in each trade as it ruins the career.

Perfect trading strategy
You must have a perfect trading strategy to make a profit from this market. Unless you know the perfect way to find high-quality trades in the trading platform, you are going to lose most of the trades.

Becoming a profitable trader is more like developing your trading skills like the elite traders. If you fail to protect your trading capital like the pro investors, you are going to lose money in most of the trades. So, how do we develop a perfect scalping method and become a profitable trader? The first thing that we need to do is focus on long term goals. Being a scalper doesn’t mean you will focus on short term goals. Unless you look at the longer view of the market, you are going to lose most of the trades. So think twice before you execute any trade and you will be able to make a profit.

Price action trading skills
The professional scalpers know the perfect way to analyze the risk factors. They execute the trades based on the price action confirmation signal. If you want to save your trading capital, make sure you are not breaking the rules. Try to trade the market with the help of price action signals since it will help you to execute more accurate trades. But to learn the price action trading strategy, you must use the demo account. Being a new trader, never try to use the price action signals without trading the market in the demo environment. Once you feel skilled with your demo trading performance, switch to the real account and try to improve your skills.

Trade with confidence
Being a scalper you must learn to trade the market with confidence. Those who are breaking the rules in trading never develop confidence. To develop your confidence level, you must trade the market with a high risk to reward ratio. If you can focus on the long term goals and trade the market with proper discipline, it won’t take much time to develop your confidence level. Never get frustrated with the losing trades. You must know your recovery factor as the scalpers often have to face frequent losing orders. Once you learn to deal with such a market condition, confidence is never going to be an issue. So, start working hard to develop your confidence and become a professional scalper.


Updated 02-Nov-2022
Poulami is a renowned writer

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