Im not new to trading im a trend follower/ band trader i mostly use technical analysis but i trade stocks. Recently a few days ago i said wth why not try forex because i was reading about Randy Mckay who turned 2000 into 70000 in just 7 months! WOW. Before i start trading for real though i want to know alot more about this business. Is babypips.com a good site to do schooling on??? Any recommended books to read?? im just 19 years old ive been trading since 9th grade.. not with real money though but i figure forex and technical analysis work in the same way so if i can make money in stocks why not curriences? plus i get waaaayyyy more leverage and profits. Seriously i wouldnt put all my money into this but its a good way to diversify. I plan to start this year trading with 4000 dollars i will put 3000 into stocks and maybe 1000 into curriences using etoro.. but this is just a plan for now i dont plan on starting till the end of this year so this gives me this year to learn as much as possible and paper trade..
or i was thinking of just opening an etoro account with 100 bucks and see what i can make happen cuz the eur/usd is seriously gonna go up its a no brainer

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and watch your money vanish faster than the winter snow in spring,if it was just that easy don't you think everybody would be into Forex,these companies LOVE beginners....

Forex trading questions?

The USD/JPY is trading now at about 80.4900 so how much would it cost me to buy 3000 shares of that currency? Also how much money am i required to have to day trade Forex? Because i know you need like 20 grand to day trade stocks. I have been trading stocks now for a couple months and i have a good trading strategy down using MA stochastic and a couple other indicators but will they still be effective in forex trading? Thank You

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There is no minimum to day trade Forex, except the minimum deposit set by your broker (usually $100 to $2000). There are also no restrictions on shorting.

Forex trades in terms of lots, or notional value. And how much you can buy depends on your account type and leverage. In the US, the maximum leverage is 50:1. So, if you buy 1 mini lot of USD/JPY, you would be shorting 10,000 dollars worth of Yen, and that would cost you 1/50 of that amount, which is $200 of margin. Each pip, or 0.01 movement, would gain or lose approximately $1 depending on the currency.

As another example, if you buy one mini lot of GBP/USD, you'd be buying 10,000 dollars worth of GBP, and each pip would be a movement of 0.0001, which would still gain or lose $1.

Honestly, if you're successful in the stock market, I would stay there. But it wouldn't hurt to try Forex on a free demo account. Forex is cheaper to trade, and doesn't have bear markets in the same sense as the stock market. But it's also much more volatile.