Have you ever assessed your trading performance? Do you really know the number of trades executed by you per month? Most probably the answer is NO. Majority of the novice traders are biased with the profit factors of the market. They are always trying hard to maximize their profit factor to earn more money. On the contrary, the experienced traders never overtrade the market. They are more concern about their investment. Even if you find 3- 5 good trades per month, it’s enough to secure your whole month earning. You can easily lead your dream life by following this simple principle.

So how many trades do we need to lead our lives? If we say four trades per month is enough to bring change to your life what would you say. In reality, four quality trade execution is enough to establish your presence in the professional trading network. In this article, we will tell the exact way to make money by focusing on the quality trades.

As a currency trader, you need to eliminate the noise from your life. Majority of the traders are frustrated with their trading performance. They simply forget the basic rules of investment, quality matter over quantity. The professional traders don’t trade all day long to ensure a high standard of living. Neither have they had a super accurate trading strategy. They are simply using the probability theory and trading the market with high-risk reward ratio. Even if you trade with 1:2 risk reward ratio, you can easily make a profit with 60% win rate. But sadly the new traders close their profitable trades too early. But when it comes to losing trades, they make their loss much bigger than expected. They simply trade the market with hope and emotions. But emotions have no place in spread betting industry.

Advanced technique

You need to know the advanced use of spread betting platforms. Those who consider trading as their full-time profession knows the perfect way to use their trading tools. They don’t sit in front of their screen all day long to find the best trades. On the contrary, the novice traders seem to guard the market. But if they knew about the pending features of the market, they could have easily made a huge profit. In order to ensure decent curve of your equity curve, you must use the technology in a very precise way.

Let’s say you have executed 4 trades in a month. Out of 4 trade, two of them are losers. You followed 1:2 risk reward ratio in each trade. For every loser, you lost 2% of your trading capital. So for the two losing trades, your account is down by 4%. But for every winner, your gain was 4%. So for the two winning trades, you secured 8% gain. So if we calculate the gross profit, you will still make 4% profit on that month even after losing two trades. This simple formula can help you to master the art of spread betting.

Trade management

Trade management skill is the most important thing you need to know as a currency trader. Those who are relatively new to the trading profession, don’t know the perfect way to manage their losing trades. They are always trying to recover their initial investment by increasing the risk size. On the contrary, the experienced traders don’t have any emotional attachment to the outcome of their trade. They know very well, their trading strategy works in the long run. You have to stick to your trading system to make consistent profit from this market. Being new to this industry doesn’t mean you will have to lose money like the 95% of the traders. If you can understand the language of the market and trade with managed risk, you are going to become a profitable trader within a very short period of time.