Many people are tempted by the idea of working from home, no longer bound by commuting and 9-5 hours in the office. Learning forex currency trading has given many people such an opportunity to work from home.

It’s a common scenario: in a job you hate and then you hear of people making a good living. In my case I heard via the internet of trading forex. I was interested and after a little research it seems like a no brainer.

But hold on. Although the online forex traders boast about their triumphs, not many of them can prove that their claims are real.

The statistics for forex trading are pretty bleak: 95% of forex traders are losing money. So does that mean its difficult to learn forex currency trading and frankly a waste of time anyway? Maybe not.

It’s just that lots of people plunge in without a thought. They treat forex like a game of chance in a casino, a gamble that they hope they’ll be lucky enough to win. Figure out where a currency is going, and hope. That’s a losing strategy.

Forex isn’t “playing”, a word often erroneously used by traders to describe their activities. I’m playing with a hundred grand, they’ll say. Is it any wonder they’re not successful? Their frivolous attitude, the way they approach their trades, is not conducive to success.

Many traders also want to take the easy road to results. They want to rely on their sophisticated software to tell them what to do. Do I buy now, and when should I sell? They let the software find the answers, rather than figuring out the best course of action on their own.

Indeed, this whole idea of forex trading from home looks lucrative, but most of people are unsuccessful and the losers.