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Forex Trading is widely promoted as one of the fastest ways to generate an income from home. But did they tell you it's also one of the fastest ways to lose your money?

Forex trading, is short for Foreign Exchange or currency trading. It is a huge market: more money is moved on the forex markets than on all the world's stock markets. Now almost anyone can use the forex markets as a way of moving money in and out of their own accounts.

It gains its place here because it offers a real and exciting (if somewhat risky) way to earn a substantial income from home; it doesn't appeal to everyone however. It also has a presence here because it is extremely aggressively marketed and most people who are looking at ways to make money at home -- particularly online -- will probably have been offered services in a very hyped manner. We are not selling any financial services (although we do recommend some), and are able to discuss the subject in an unbiased and informative way.

Due to the proliferation of spread betting and currency trading sites, it is now very easy to start trading the financial markets, be it forex currency trading, commodities or the indices such as the Dow and FTSE.

Is it Gambling?

Gambling is defined as playing games of chance for money stakes or taking risks. Anyone who runs runs their own business takes risks. But forex trading is certainly more of a gamble than window cleaning (depending on how strong your ladder is), and you are much more likely to lose a lot of money trading than you are by cleaning windows.
Of course, the way to make it less like gambling is to lower the risks, and the way to lower the risk is to educate yourself and apply a little common sense.
There are plenty of ways to play around without using real money.

Why Forex?

• Volatile and fast moving markets
• Can be somewhat predictable
• Trades 24hrs a day
• Highly liquid, meaning it is easy to get in and out of trades

Like any financial trading though, it can be very risky (I hope you are getting a message here). There are basically two ways to lose an awful lot of money with forex trading:

• Trading badly
• Paying unnecessarily for courses, seminars or subscription services

How do you avoid the first without risking the second?

There is simply loads of information and courses available on the web, most of them promising instant wealth and financial freedom within weeks. All you have to do to start, is buy a course; usually costing hundreds if not thousands.

But, and it is a very big and important but, the overwhelming chances are that you will lose your shirt and very possibly the house you live in too.

If ever there was a case of a little knowledge being a bad thing then the financial markets provide the perfect example.

According to what you read, between 90% and 95% fail in financial trading. This is a frightening statistic and it is due to the simple addiction many people develop. They jump in head first, often after an initial short winning streak, thinking they have mastered it, and then the downward spiral begins. They may lose a bit, then a bit more. They've given back all the money they gained and want at least to get back their original funds. But they keep losing, and losing; the more they lose, the more they try and win. It's an interesting and simple fact that if you lose 50% of your starting bank you'll have to increase your remaining bank by 100% just to be breaking even; it's frightening.

However, get it right, and some people do, it really can be a route to an exciting and massively profitable way to spend some time.

We have a trading resource for you if you are interested and feel tempted by what you may have been told already. But please do not be sucked in by the outrageous claims made by many in the industry.