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In two-way trading in forex, traders must understand that choosing the right trading method should match their personality. There's no absolute "best method," only the strategy that best suits each individual.

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For impatient forex traders, the forex market presents both a challenge and a place to hone their character. Impatience often leads to poor trading decisions. For example, when the market experiences short-term fluctuations, impatient traders may rush to place orders or adjust positions frequently, ignoring the long-term market trend. This behavior not only makes it difficult to achieve ideal investment returns but can also lead to a rapid loss of capital.
Furthermore, if traders are overly stubborn and fail to consider market fluctuations and their own mistakes, the market will ultimately punish them harshly. This punishment not only manifests in financial losses but also negatively impacts their mental state. Therefore, forex traders need to learn to adjust their personalities to better adapt to the market's rhythm.
To succeed in the forex market, traders need to deeply understand their personality traits and choose a trading strategy that aligns with them. For example, a trader with an impatient personality may be better suited for short-term trading, as short-term trading requires shorter decision cycles and allows for quick feedback and strategy adjustments. However, if an impatient trader attempts to invest over the long term, they may frequently adjust their portfolio due to an intolerance for long-term uncertainty, thus undermining the consistency of their investment strategy.
Conversely, if an impatient trader can gradually adjust their personality through learning and practice, becoming more patient and rational, they may achieve better results in long-term investing. This change in personality will not only improve their trading performance but also alter the perceptions of their trading abilities. For example, if a trader once known for his impatience becomes a successful long-term investor through hard work, their image in the eyes of others will undergo a fundamental shift.
There is a close connection between a forex trader's personality and their trading strategy. Traders need to choose a trading strategy appropriate to their personality traits and continuously adjust and optimize it through practice. At the same time, the foreign exchange market also provides traders with an opportunity for self-reflection and growth. By continuously learning and adapting in the market, traders can not only improve their trading skills but also achieve character transformation and improvement.

In the field of two-way foreign exchange trading, forex custodian teams (specifically, institutions or teams that manage client funds for professional trading) often consider building their own trading platforms to enhance fund security and gain control over trading processes. However, in practice, this goal faces multiple, insurmountable barriers, including technical, compliance, and system adaptation. Building a self-built platform is not simply a matter of "system construction," but involves a comprehensive process involving real-time trade settlement, compliance qualification review, and technical maintenance and iteration. Due to resource and capacity constraints, most custodian teams ultimately fail to achieve their intended goals.

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A thorough analysis of these challenges can provide custodian teams with a more rational basis for decision-making when choosing a platform.
1. Technical Barriers: The "superficial convenience" of third-party solutions versus the "deeper hidden dangers" of actual transactions.
Although the current market is flooded with various "full-process forex platform solutions" (covering mobile apps, clearing bridges, LP integration, main channels, CRM systems, back-end management systems, etc.), seemingly lowering the technical barriers to building a self-built platform, in practice, especially in the "all-in" model (where 100% of customer orders are connected to international LPs with no internal hedging), technical issues have become a primary obstacle for custodian teams.
1. "Consistency Vulnerabilities" in Order Clearing: The core technical risk of the all-in-one model.
The "full order execution" model places extremely high demands on system real-time performance and stability, ensuring complete synchronization between customer order execution on the platform and clearing on the LP side. However, third-party solutions often suffer from "order information gaps":
Orders executed on the platform but not executed on the LP side: After a customer submits an order on the custodian team's self-built platform, the platform displays "successful execution." However, due to data transmission delays and interface compatibility issues, the clearing bridge fails to synchronize the order with the LP (liquidity provider). As a result, the order is only "virtually executed" on the platform and never enters the real international market. This situation can have serious consequences if it occurs during periods of volatile market fluctuations. For example, if a client goes long on EUR/USD and the platform displays a profit on the position, but there's no corresponding order on the LP side, the platform will bear the profit or loss if the client requests to close the position. If the market fluctuates in the opposite direction, the custody team will face significant losses.
The LP transaction is not synchronized with the platform: The LP has confirmed the order has been executed, but due to a data transmission failure between the clearing system and the platform backend, the platform has not updated the order status, resulting in the client's account showing "unexecuted." The client may then place duplicate orders, ultimately resulting in "duplicate liquidation of multiple orders," forcing the custody team to bear the additional risk of losses from the duplicate orders.
The root cause of these "order consistency" issues lies in the "modular patchwork" nature of third-party solutions. Most third-party service providers use clearing bridges, trading systems, and backend management systems from different technology vendors, resulting in inconsistent interface protocols (such as different FIX protocol versions and conflicting data encryption formats), and a lack of customized debugging for the "all-in" model. For example, a third-party solution's clearing bridge is designed to accommodate the interfaces of smaller LPs. When the custodian team connects with top-tier LPs (such as Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase), data congestion is easily generated, leading to order transmission interruptions, as the LP's order execution speed (in milliseconds) far exceeds the clearing bridge's processing capacity. 2. Continuous Pressure on Technical Maintenance: The custodian team's capabilities are limited. Even if order clearing issues are initially resolved, the long-term maintenance of a self-built platform still requires the support of a professional technical team, which is an unbearable burden for most custodian teams. Daily Operations and Maintenance: The platform must operate 24/7 (the forex market operates 24/7). The technical team must monitor system load, data transmission, and interface stability in real time, and respond to unexpected failures (such as server downtime, network attacks, and temporary LP interface interruptions). For example, when an LP temporarily shuts down an interface due to a system upgrade, the technical team must switch to a backup LP channel within 10 minutes. Any delay in response could result in client orders being unfulfilled, leading to customer complaints and financial losses.
The cost pressure of system iteration: Forex market trading rules, regulatory requirements, and LP interface protocols are constantly updated, requiring the platform to keep pace. For example, a regulatory agency in one country mandates the addition of a "real-time query of segregated client funds accounts" feature. The technical team must develop a corresponding API interface and connect it to the bank's custodial account system. The cost of a single iteration (including manpower and time) can reach hundreds of thousands of yuan. Failure to promptly update the platform could result in penalties for compliance violations or a loss of liquidity due to an inability to adapt to the new LP interface.
Industry practice shows that most custodial teams that attempt to build their own platforms give up due to technical maintenance issues. For example, one custodial team used a third-party solution to build their platform in 2022, with an initial investment of 500,000 yuan. However, due to frequent order consistency issues, they were forced to hire three full-time technicians (with a combined monthly salary of 50,000 yuan) for maintenance. Six months later, due to excessive maintenance costs (a total investment of 800,000 yuan) and the fact that the issues had not been completely resolved, they ultimately discontinued their own platform and switched to white-label services from a compliant broker. This case demonstrates the resource drain that technical maintenance places on custodial teams. Without an annual technical budget exceeding one million yuan and a dedicated team, the long-term operation of a self-built platform is nearly impossible.
Second, Compliance Barriers: The "Double Shackles" of Software Qualification Requirements and System Compatibility.
In addition to technical issues, increasingly stringent regulatory compliance requirements have further squeezed the space for custodial teams to build their own platforms, particularly in the procurement of trading software (such as MT5) and system adaptation (such as EA migration), creating a difficult-to-break "compliance shackle."
1. MT5 Procurement Qualifications: Most custodial teams struggle to meet these requirements.
The current mainstream trading software in the forex market is MetaQuotes' MT5 (MT4 has stopped accepting new authorizations). However, MetaQuotes has set strict compliance requirements for MT5 purchasers, directly excluding most custodial teams:
Financial Qualification Requirements: MetaQuotes explicitly stipulates that only institutions holding regulated financial licenses (such as those from the UK FCA, Australia ASIC, and the US NFA) may apply for MT5 authorization. However, most forex custodial teams are merely "asset management companies" without forex trading licenses, or only hold offshore regulatory licenses (such as those in Vanuatu and Belize), thus failing to meet MetaQuotes' qualification standards.
Bank Account and Fund Proof: In addition to qualifications, MetaQuotes also requires purchasers to provide proof of a compliant bank account (must be a first-tier clearing bank account approved by the regulatory authorities) and proof of minimum capital (generally requiring a minimum of US$1 million in paid-in capital). Most custodial teams have capital ranging from $1 million to $5 million, and their bank accounts are often ordinary commercial bank accounts, failing to meet the "first-tier clearing account" requirements, resulting in direct rejection of their MT5 procurement applications.
Even if some custodial teams indirectly obtain MT5 access through "affiliation with a compliance agency" (e.g., partnering with a qualified broker and using their sublicense), they still face the issue of "lack of control"—core platform parameters (such as spread settings, leverage adjustments, and order execution rules) must be controlled by the compliance agency, preventing custodial teams from flexibly adjusting them to their own trading needs, thus defeating the core purpose of building their own platform.
2. The "additional cost" of system adaptation: the dual challenges of EA migration and cTrader development.
If a custodial team is unable to use MT5 due to compliance issues and instead chooses other trading software (such as cTrader), they face the additional challenge of adapting their expert advisor (EA) system, further increasing the difficulty of building their own platform:
The cost of migrating MT4 EAs to MT5: To improve trading efficiency, many custodial teams develop or purchase MT4-based EAs (Expert Advisors). However, the programming languages ​​of MT4 and MT5 (MQL4 and MQL5) are fundamentally different, making EAs incompatible. Migrating to MT5 requires a technical team to rewrite the code and debug it for MT5's order execution mechanisms (such as support for multiple order types and hedging). The cost of a single migration can reach 100,000 to 300,000 yuan. Furthermore, the stability of the EA after migration must be re-verified (through backtesting and live trading), which can take up to one to two months.
cTrader's lack of development capabilities: While cTrader offers greater compliance flexibility (it can be used in some regions without a top-level financial license), its programming language is C#, which is completely different from the MQL language used in MT4 and MT5. Most custodial teams' technical staff are only familiar with the MQL language and lack C# development capabilities. Adapting to cTrader requires hiring a professional C# development team or training existing technical staff (a process lasting 3-6 months). This represents a prohibitive time and financial cost for custodial teams focused on rapidly building a platform.
More critically, the system adaptation process can create the risk of EA strategy failure. For example, a custodial team's MT4 EA develops trading strategies based on order book depth data. However, cTrader's order book data format differs from MT4. After the migration, the EA cannot access critical data, rendering the strategy invalid and requiring a complete redesign of the strategy logic. This can be a devastating blow to custodial teams relying on EAs.
Third, a rational choice for custodial teams: abandon the obsession with in-house development and focus on core competencies.
Taking into account the technical and compliance challenges, building a platform in-house is highly unfeasible for most forex custodial teams. Instead, technical failures, compliance penalties, and cost overruns could impact fund security and core trading operations. A more rational option is to abandon self-development and opt for a tailored partnership model, focusing resources on optimizing trading strategies and managing client funds rather than building a platform. 1. White Label Partnership Model: Balancing Autonomy and Compliance.
Partnering with a licensed broker for white label services is one of the best solutions for custodian teams:
Compliance and Technical Assurance: Licensed brokers already have MT5 certification, stable LP connections, and a mature clearing system, eliminating the need for custodian teams to shoulder compliance application and technical maintenance costs.
A Certain Degree of Autonomy: Under the white label model, custodian teams can customize the platform brand, client backend, and transaction costs (spreads, commissions). Client funds are deposited directly into the broker's regulated segregated account, ensuring fund security.
Stability of Full Order: Licensed brokers' clearing systems have been proven over time to effectively avoid order consistency issues and provide multiple LP backup channels to mitigate the risk of liquidity disruptions.
For example, in 2023, a custody team partnered with an Australian ASIC-licensed broker for white label services. With a mere 200,000 RMB investment in brand customization, they were able to "transfer all client orders to international LPs" with no order liquidation issues throughout the year. With technical maintenance handled by the broker, the custody team was able to focus on developing trading strategies, and client funds grew from 5 million RMB to 15 million RMB.
2. Specialized Technology Outsourcing: Addressing Core Technical Pain Points.
If the custody team has high requirements for platform autonomy (e.g., customized EA interfaces, dedicated CRM functionality), they can adopt the "Core Technology Outsourcing" model:
Customized Development: Commission a professional forex technology service provider (e.g., a company specializing in clearing bridge development) to customize a clearing system for the "all-order transfer" model, addressing order consistency issues and enabling single-time transactions while development costs are higher than third-party solutions (approximately 800,000-1.5 million yuan), stability is more assured.
Operation and Maintenance Outsourcing: Routine technical maintenance (such as server monitoring, interface debugging, and system iterations) is outsourced to a technical team, paying a monthly service fee (approximately 50,000-100,000 yuan/month), avoiding the high fixed costs of building an in-house technical team.
The key to this model lies in selecting a high-quality outsourcing service provider. This involves examining the provider's industry experience (e.g., prior experience with similar custodian teams), case studies (e.g., historical clearing system failure records), and emergency response capabilities (e.g., time-to-response) to ensure rapid resolution of technical issues.
Fourth, Conclusion: Custody teams should choose a platform based on their capabilities.
Forex custodian teams initially built their own platforms with the goal of ensuring fund security and enhancing trading autonomy. However, in practice, the dual barriers created by technical and compliance requirements far exceed the capabilities and resources of most teams. Blindly pursuing in-house development can lead to frequent technical failures, compliance risks, and unmanageable costs, ultimately impacting core custody services.
For custody teams, a more rational approach is:
Clearly define core competency boundaries: Focus on core strengths such as trading strategy development, risk control, and client fund management, and outsource non-core platform development and maintenance to specialized institutions (such as licensed brokers and technology service providers);
Prioritize compliant partnerships: Leverage external resources through white-label partnerships and technology outsourcing to address platform issues while ensuring client funds are in a regulatory isolation state to mitigate compliance risks;
Evaluate the feasibility of in-house development in stages: If the fund size expands (e.g., funds under management exceeding 100 million yuan), the technical team matures (e.g., possesses full-process development capabilities), and the compliance qualifications are complete (e.g., obtaining major regulatory licenses), consider gradually building your own platform to avoid initial "blind investment."
Ultimately, the platform selection of a custody team must adhere to the principle of "acting within their capabilities and prioritizing risk"—fund security and trading stability are paramount, not whether or not to build their own platform. Only by focusing resources on core competencies can the forex custody business achieve long-term, stable development.

In two-way forex trading, investors must clearly understand that the forex market is generally a difficult place to profit.

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The forex market is inherently a zero-sum game, and even when transaction fees are factored in, it's closer to a negative-sum market. In such a market, profiting means profiting from others' losses. Simply put, your gains inevitably come at the expense of others. Therefore, to excel in the forex market, investors must possess greater intelligence, more specialized knowledge, more extensive experience, and even a keener understanding of the market.
Forex market participants are typically highly influential, further exacerbating the competitive landscape. Market participants primarily fall into the following categories: first, spot traders who hedge exchange rate risk through forex trading; second, professional investment banks, which leverage their robust research and trading strategies to profit from the market; and third, retail investors and individual traders who seek to increase their assets through the forex market. However, for most investors, especially those engaging in spot hedging, losses are almost certain to occur. These investors' losses often become a source of profit for others. However, it's worth noting that, in addition to these losing investors, there are also numerous professional investment banks whose expertise and resources far surpass those of ordinary investors. Therefore, the competition ordinary investors face in the forex market is effectively against these top-tier professional institutions.
The forex market's trading instruments are highly correlated, making it difficult for investors to reduce risk through diversification. Unlike the stock market, risk can be diversified by investing in different sectors. Even if all sectors face downward pressure, investors can hedge their losses by going long or short on stock index futures or individual stocks. However, in the foreign exchange market, the correlation between different currency pairs is extremely high. For example, shorting gold and the euro is still inherently a highly correlated trading instrument, making it difficult to effectively mitigate risk. This high correlation limits investors' ability to diversify their portfolios to mitigate risk, further increasing the difficulty of investing in the foreign exchange market.
The difficulty of profiting in the foreign exchange market stems from the following three main factors:
Zero-sum or even negative-sum market nature: The foreign exchange market is a zero-sum game, where investors' profits are inherently based on the losses of others. After accounting for transaction costs, the market is effectively a negative-sum game, meaning investors must profit from the losses of others in a highly competitive environment, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of profitability.
Strong competition from professional institutions: Participants in the foreign exchange market include numerous powerful professional institutions and investment banks, which possess strong research capabilities, advanced trading technology, and extensive market experience. Ordinary investors face extremely high barriers to entry and significant challenges in competing with these professional institutions.
Highly correlated instruments: The foreign exchange market's trading instruments are highly correlated, making it difficult for investors to reduce risk through diversification. Unlike the stock market, the forex market lacks diverse investment options, making it difficult for investors to implement effective hedging strategies to protect their assets against market fluctuations.

In two-way forex trading, currency fluctuations are relatively small, making profit generation extremely difficult.

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However, some forex investors may dispute this view. It's worth noting that these refutators are likely just a minority of successful forex traders, whose success may be influenced by survivorship bias. In reality, profitable traders are a minority in the forex market. This conclusion isn't arbitrary, but based on statistical data. A statistical analysis of customer data from a major forex trading platform revealed that 99% of clients suffered losses in their trading. This data sample, covering over two years of market trading accounts, is highly convincing.
Furthermore, there's another set of internal, independent statistical data to support this conclusion. Taking A-share investors as an example, 58% suffered severe losses, 9% experienced minor losses, and 4% remained flat. Only 14% experienced profits, while the majority (70%) remained in the red. Over 85% remained on the sidelines, not taking any action. Overall, 33% of investors experienced no losses in the first half of 2023. Some may question the scientific nature of comparing data from only the first half of 2023 with the foreign exchange market. However, other data shows that the vast majority of forex investors have a lifespan of only six months, meaning that most lose all or a significant portion of their principal within six months. These two sets of data offer valuable insights. Overall, profitability in the forex market is clearly more difficult to achieve than in the stock market.
Of course, individual investment is a personal endeavor, and some investors do have the potential to profit in the forex market, but this is a rare occurrence. Overall, profitability in the forex market is indeed more difficult to achieve than in the stock market.

In the forex two-way trading market, the size of capital and the compatibility of trading strategies directly determine a trader's chances of survival. Small-capital traders (generally those with accounts under $5,000) have a preference for short-term trading, while their compatibility with long-term trading stands in stark contrast. Small-capital traders choose short-term forex trading because they are attracted by the forex market's low entry barriers, small capital investment, and high leverage, hoping to achieve the goal of "making a small profit with a big investment." The relatively high account opening and trading thresholds in the stock market further drive these small-capital traders toward short-term forex trading.

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However, this choice carries significant risks. The "easy entry, strict exit" nature of short-term trading collides sharply with the limited capabilities of small traders, ultimately forcing many to exit the market. Conversely, long-term trading, while requiring a certain amount of capital, offers a more stable path to profitability thanks to its principle of "lightweight positioning and compounding interest."
The core reason short-term forex trading has become a mainstream choice for small traders lies in the significant difference in entry barriers between the forex market and the stock market, as well as the unique "high leverage" characteristic of the forex market, which perfectly aligns with the "low investment, high expectations" mentality of small traders.
From a market entry perspective, the forex market is far more accommodating to small traders than the stock market. Most forex brokers require a minimum account opening deposit of just $100, with some platforms even supporting "mini lots" (0.01 standard lots). This keeps the cost of a single transaction within $1-2, meaning even small traders with only a few hundred dollars can participate in trading major global currency pairs. Furthermore, the forex account opening process is streamlined, requiring online identity verification, eliminating the need to meet additional stock market requirements such as "asset requirements" and "trading experience verification" (for example, opening an A-share ChiNext account requires "average daily assets of 100,000 yuan over 20 trading days and two years of trading experience"). However, stock market account opening and trading requirements pose inherent limitations for small investors: First, the minimum trading unit for A-shares is 100 shares. Buying high-priced stocks (e.g., at 100 yuan per share) requires at least 10,000 yuan in capital per transaction, far exceeding the total account balance of some small investors. Second, stock market transaction costs (stamp duty + commissions) are relatively high. Frequent short-term trading by small investors can lead to these costs eroding their principal, further reducing their chances of profitability. This difference between the low barrier to entry for the forex market and the high barrier to entry for the stock market naturally gravitates towards short-term forex trading for small investors.
From a perspective of profit expectations and instrument properties, the high leverage offered by the forex market offers small traders the potential to "gain big returns with a small investment," a key incentive for them to participate in short-term trading. Most forex platforms offer leverage ratios of 1:50 to 1:500, allowing small traders to amplify their trading positions. For example, with a $1,000 capital and 1:100 leverage, they can trade a $100,000 contract. If the trade is executed correctly, a single short-term trade (e.g., holding the position for one hour) can yield a return of 10%-20%, far exceeding the profit margins under the stock market's 10% daily price fluctuation limit. The allure of "short-term high returns" perfectly meets the urgent need of small traders to "quickly improve their financial situation." Given their limited capital, a conservative investment (e.g., a 5% annualized return) would take decades to achieve significant wealth growth. However, the high leverage of short-term forex trading offers them the promise of doubling their capital in a short period of time. Even knowing the high risks, they are willing to take a gamble.
Although the barrier to entry for short-term forex trading is low, the actual difficulty of achieving profitability is extremely high, exhibiting a typical "easy entry, difficult exit" pattern. Due to limited capital, insufficient strategic capabilities, and poor mental management, small traders face a profit probability of only 1% or even 1/1000 in short-term trading, ultimately becoming the "harvested group" in the market.
Based on market characteristics, the "certain opportunities" that form the foundation of profitability in short-term forex trading are extremely scarce, creating a core bottleneck that small traders struggle to overcome. Short-term forex trading typically involves holding positions for minutes to hours. Price fluctuations are significantly influenced by random factors, such as short-term capital flows, market sentiment, and high-frequency data (such as non-farm payroll data and preliminary PMI figures). These fluctuations exhibit a "random walk" pattern and lack predictable patterns. For example, the EUR/USD pair typically fluctuates by only 0.1%-0.3% within a one-hour period. After deducting spreads and fees, the actual profit margin is less than 0.1%. Small traders seeking substantial returns through short-term trading must accurately capture opportunities with high win rates and high profit-loss ratios, but such opportunities are extremely rare amidst random fluctuations. More importantly, small traders generally lack a systematic short-term trading strategy. Most rely on single signals such as technical indicator divergences or candlestick pattern breakouts to enter the market, neglecting key factors such as market structure and capital flows. This reduces trading decisions to mere gambles, inevitably leading to long-term losses.
From a financial and mindset perspective, the scarcity of small traders and the high-risk nature of short-term trading create a vicious cycle, further amplifying the probability of losses. Small traders, with limited capital, often seek to quickly maximize profits through heavy trading. For example, with a $1,000 account, they might use 1:100 leverage and trade one standard lot (a $100,000 contract value), representing a 100% position. This all-or-nothing approach leaves the account vulnerable to volatility: a single 0.1% price fluctuation (10 pips) triggers a forced liquidation, wiping out the principal. Furthermore, small traders generally have a poor mental stability and are prone to falling into the emotional trap of greed and fear when faced with short-term fluctuations. When profits materialize, they rush to close their positions to "lock in profits," missing out on future gains; when losses materialize, they refuse to stop losses, clinging to illusions and ultimately leading to further losses. This vicious cycle of "small capital → heavy trading → unbalanced mentality → frequent losses" is the common fate of most small, short-term traders.
The core reason small traders can't apply long-term strategies to short-term trading lies in the fundamental conflict between their extremely short holding periods and the profitability logic of long-term strategies. Furthermore, their lack of patience further exacerbates this conflict, preventing them from ever grasping the true meaning of "buy low, sell high, sell high, buy low" trading.
From a strategic perspective, the profitability of long-term strategies relies on a "full trend," and the short holding periods of short-term trading simply cannot meet this requirement. The core logic of long-term strategies is to "capture medium-term trends, Trading time for profit"—for example, relying on the 200-day moving average to determine trend direction, entering the market when the price retraces to it. Holding positions typically lasts for weeks to months, waiting for the price to fluctuate 5%-10% in the trend's direction before exiting. Profit essentially comes from "earning profits from the continuation of the trend." Short-term trading, on the other hand, only lasts for tens of minutes to hours. Even if the entry direction is correct, it's difficult to wait for the trend to fully unfold. For example, a trader enters a long position on the EUR/USD when it retraces to the 200-day moving average. If the position is held for only one hour, the price may only rise 0.1% before reversing due to short-term sentiment. If the trader exits the market due to "floating losses" or "lack of patience," they will miss out on the subsequent 1% trend increase, completely contradicting the profit logic of long-term strategies.
From a mindset and cognitive perspective, the petty bourgeoisie... The "lack of patience" of short-term traders makes it impossible for them to understand the core of long-term strategies - "accepting floating losses and waiting for trends", and eventually they fall into the misunderstanding of "frequent stop losses". In the implementation of long-term strategies, "floating losses" are the norm - prices often experience multiple callbacks before running along the trend, resulting in short-term floating losses in the account, which requires traders to have the patience to "endure floating losses and hold positions firmly". However, short-term traders with small funds generally lack this patience. If there is a floating loss after opening a position, they will immediately doubt the effectiveness of the strategy, and stop losses quickly for fear of "loss expansion"; even if there is a floating profit, they will rush to close the position because of "fear of callbacks", and they are completely unable to achieve the operation of "buy low and sell high, sell high and buy low" - the former requires "patiently waiting for buying opportunities at low levels, and patiently holding at high levels until the trend ends", and the latter requires "patiently waiting for selling signals at high levels, and patiently holding at low levels until the trend ends". The short timeframes of short-term trading and the impatience of small-cap traders prevent them from mastering the art of patient waiting. Ultimately, they deplete their capital through frequent stop-loss orders and are forced to exit the forex market.
In contrast to the high risk and low win rate of short-term trading, long-term forex trading, while requiring a certain amount of capital (typically a minimum of $10,000 USD is recommended), offers a more stable path to profitability thanks to its "lightweight position allocation and compounding" strategy, making it particularly suitable for traders with patience and discipline.
From a strategic perspective, the profit foundation of long-term forex trading—"mid-term trend opportunities"—is relatively clear, and the profit margin is sufficient to cover transaction costs, achieving the goal of "small profits accumulating, long-term growth." While the foreign exchange market experiences small day-to-day fluctuations, medium-term trends (such as the upward trend in USD/XXX during the Fed's rate hike cycle and the downward trend in EUR/XXX during the ECB's easing cycle) typically fluctuate by 5%-15% and can last for up to 3-6 months, providing ample profit margins for long-term traders. For example, during the Fed's rate hike cycle in 2023, USD/JPY rose from 120 to 150, a fluctuation of 25%. If a long-term trader entered the market at 125 and held the position for six months, even with a light position (e.g., trading 0.1 standard lots on a $10,000 account), they could realize a profit of approximately $25,000, an annualized return of 250%, far exceeding the profit potential of short-term trading. More importantly, the "light position strategy" of long-term trading (no more than 1% of the account capital in a single product) can effectively protect against medium-term risks. The risk of a pullback during a trend—even if the price experiences a 5% reverse movement, the account's unrealized loss is only 5%, far lower than the risk of a margin call associated with short-term, heavily weighted trading. This provides traders with a safety net to "hold on firmly and wait for the trend."
From a mindset management perspective, the "light, long-term" nature of long-term trading can effectively mitigate the emotional interference of "greed and fear," helping traders make rational decisions. Because long-term traders hold positions for extended periods, they don't need to focus on short-term fluctuations, avoiding the pitfall of making frequent decisions based on minute-by-minute fluctuations. Furthermore, a light position structure allows for relatively manageable account gains and losses, preventing greedy increases due to excessive gains or fearful stop-loss orders due to large losses. For example, a long-term trader holding a EUR/USD long position of 0.1 standard lots with an account unrealized profit of 1,000... When the price of a stock is trading at a high of $500, traders won't blindly increase their positions out of a desire to earn more, but instead follow the established strategy to gradually increase their positions along the trend. Even when experiencing a $500 unrealized loss, traders won't stop losses out of fear of further losses. Instead, they will combine fundamental and technical analysis to determine whether the trend will continue, ultimately achieving stable profits.
In contrast, short-term, heavily weighted trading, characterized by high positions and short holdings, can amplify emotional interference. Every 1-point price fluctuation can result in a 1% or even higher change in account balance. This high-frequency volatility can cause traders to become anxious and nervous, leading to distorted decision-making. For example, when experiencing unrealized profits, traders may close their positions prematurely out of fear of a pullback, while when experiencing unrealized losses, they may panic and stop losses out of fear of a margin call. This ultimately leads to small profits and large losses, counterproductive to profit goals.
In summary, In the forex two-way trading market, small-cap traders' preference for short-term trading stems from a combination of "entry-level temptation" and "cognitive bias." However, the high risk and low win rate of short-term trading make it difficult to achieve stable profits. While long-term trading requires a certain amount of capital, its principle of "light positions and compounding interest" makes it a more compliant and profitable path to market success.
For small-cap traders, long-term survival in the forex market requires a strategic shift: First, abandon the short-term mindset of "small investment for big returns" and embrace the reality of starting with a small capital and investing in the long term. Even with only $1,000 in an account, one can participate in long-term strategies by trading small positions starting with 0.01 standard lots, gradually accumulating experience and capital. Second, establish a systematic long-term trading system, focusing on macroeconomic data (such as... Focus on core factors such as GDP, inflation rate, central bank monetary policy (such as interest rate decisions and QE policies), and medium- and long-term technical indicators to improve your success rate in trend analysis. Finally, strengthen your mindset and learn to "accept floating losses and hold positions patiently" to avoid disrupting your strategy rhythm due to short-term fluctuations.
All traders must clearly understand the compatibility of their capital size with their strategy. Short-term trading is not a shortcut for small capital, but a high-risk trap; long-term trading is not exclusive to large capital, but a sound choice for all traders. Only by choosing a strategy that suits your capital size, risk tolerance, and trading skills can you achieve long-term, stable profits in the forex market and avoid becoming a victim of exploitation.

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