Nibletz Staff
Perhaps you haven’t heard. But, in all likelihood, you have. Forex trading can be an extraordinarily lucrative pursuit. But understand that “lucrative” doesn’t mean “easy”. It can make you a lot of money, but the odds are wildly stacked against you. The vast majority of forex traders lose money, after all.
That may seem like an odd way to start an article about developing a trading business. It’s not that I want you to be discouraged. On the contrary; if you want to start a forex trading business, then my aim is to help. Which is exactly why I’m giving you that particular piece of bad news. It’s important that you don’t go into this with any false assumptions about this being easy. Most forex traders are going to fail. But that doesn’t mean you will.
Have no doubt: If you want to start a forex trading business, then this is the article for you!
How would a trading business work, exactly?
When people think of forex trading, they don’t often think about it as a business. They imagine one person at home on their computer. That person will call all the shots in their own investments. They’ll get all the riches, and they’ll absorb all the losses. If people imagine it as a business at all, they see it as a sole trader sort of thing.
But a forex trading company? People often have a hard time imagining such a thing. After all, don’t formal businesses have to produce something? Forex trading doesn’t seem like a business pursuit in that sense. But financial experts in a room together making decisions collectively can work out better than solo trading. Having a particular goal for all that money can also help with the business drive.
One of the best things about this way of approaching it is that trading allows for a lot of flexibility. Small businesses are having a hard time getting enough money together to afford an office. But the barrier of entry here is pretty low. It can be a bunch of friends in a room together with their laptops. It can be people communicating with each other from their own homes. A computer and an Internet connection are all you need.
Get some experience first
With this in mind, it’s no surprise that starting a trading company has become a more popular and realistic goal for many. But, if you’re like me, then you know several people who want to start a business in an industry they know nothing about. They hear it’s lucrative and that’s all they care about.
Here’s some quick, friendly, but brutal advice: learn how it works or you’ll get eaten alive. You cannot afford to get into this pursuit if you haven’t actually stepped foot in the waters of forex trading. There are programs out there that will let you learn forex trading with great effect. Start reading loads of financial and economic news. Google trading tips if you have to. Then start getting some real experience by trading in small amounts for a while. If you don’t have experience, it’s going to be very hard for you to get this sort of business off the ground. Speaking of which…
On the hunt for capital
You gotta spend money to make money, right? There’s no way that can’t be true when it comes to forex trading. But a lot of people underestimate the amount of money that you need to make any waves here. You may have heard stories about people turning an investment of just a dollar or two into piles of riches. Here’s your ticket back to planet Earth: that won’t happen here. To make big profits in forex trading, you need to start accounts with sizeable investments. I’m talking thousands.
The sort of money I’m talking about here, of course, is capital. We’re looking at this pursuit from a business perspective, right? You’re probably no stranger to the ways in which a startup can receive capital. But it may seem a bit more confusing when it comes to a trading business. That’s why you need to develop a long-term business plan comprised of more than “get rich or die trying”.
What is all that money actually going to go towards? Are you going to offer any sort of service to other people? Are you going to put that money into investments to help other small businesses? The best way to raise capital for this sort of business is to have a goal that’s more than a simple chase for profit. The same goes for any type of business.
