QUOTE(harrychoo @ Aug 28 2006, 08:27 PM)
yes, u can buy the currency to go down or go up....whichever go ur way, u will earn.
as explained by dreamer, forex is a horrible thing if u dunno what u are doing...with leverage, u can buy(or bet) more than what u have..
And, if the currency goes to the wrong way, you lose money. The movement is very small. To make a lot of money, you either make a lot of trades (lose money on commission) or you make big bet (huge risk with leverage).
I know someone that won lotteries 3 times in his life and win money most of times that he went to Genting. But, he is so rare. Not many people are like him that can walk away with winning.
Even a simple thing like stock market, you can lose money. I lost half of all my savings during Internet bubble. I was greedy and I did not get out of the market in time. Just imagine that you are amplifying this 20 times by scale and time. Literally, you can go bankrupt in a matter of hours. The same goes for commodity trading.
Let's say you have RM60K. How certain are you that you will not get greedy making RM1.2 million bet?? In fact, because of the changes are so small, you have to make a lot of trades or big trades to make good money. The temptation is too high and most of us do not have that kind of discipline.
Dreamer
P.S.: The trading company is not your friend. They make money from your commission regardless of whether you win or lose.
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This post has been edited by dreamer101: Aug 28 2006, 09:24 PM