You must switch your mental attitude first from a normal person to that of a speculator. Almost all traders I have met, except a few successful ones who really made millions and billions trading in the market, simply waste all their time trying to learn the easiest part in perfection, like about how to read data and charts, and trying to perfect entry and exit skills, etc. Trading is a mind game and without having the right frame of mind, it is a losing game even before it starts.

Now we would not write 2009 if we did not have “artificial intelligence” – i.e. a piece of software that’s able to look a few hours into the future in any market conditions – it’s called an eerie name -just check it here.

Conditioning a change in mindset is the first step for any successful trading academy (mostly inhouse in big institutions) but almost all new (selfmade) traders neglect that part and that explains why more than 95% of traders are a failure in the long run.

Learning all about the market is not difficult for anyone with average brains and keen study. What counts is the ability to make qualified decisions and stick to them. Some find it easy to make choices   and stick to them and most, I mean really most,  simply get down on their knees.

Once research is done, a trader faces the task of making decisions to put this knowledge and system into practice. Then, how many traders can honestly say they can commit their ranch when the trade is suggested by their own system (given that trading is just a chance game) and let the system run for weeks and months when their system tells them, and how many can manage to cut the loss as a routine process when the situation arises?

It all sounds so easy when saying it but so difficult when doing it – and affecting real money in the market. I still do not sleep well when I am running position because even if the profits are running into a few hundred dollars and the system is telling you to carry on? There is no guarantee that the profit will turn into a yard or two in a month time, and it may even turn into a loss in a day or two when something unexpected happens.

Outch – have I lost? What’s going on?. Once the dices have fallen and, assuming one has decent trading system and market knowledge and high quality info-input, it is ultimately how disciplined and how well that trader can take the pain of making right choices at the right time that decides the outcome of the trades.

{Hence} I call trading a mind game. When I interview prospective young traders, I always look for disciplined and strong-willed persons as my first priority as long as one has decent education, but strangely in many cases, it is some kind of genius or half-genius with lots of brains with no discipline who turn up for an interview thinking only bright to brilliant people can make good traders.

In fact, I always try to pyramid while position trading medium-term once I am convinced of a new medium-term trend emerging. Like in USD/JPY position trading 135-132 as an initial position, adding in 132 and 129 areas. Same for AUD/USD and EUR/USD with similar strategies. But sitting on positions and watching the counter-rallies costing truck loads of money is not an easy job to do and causes lots of pain all the time. Most traders even among experienced ones cannot bear that pain and give up too early. But there is no other way to make big money and we have to bite the bullet and “sit and accumulate” as long as the medium-term trend is intact. Undoubtedly the psychological aspects of trading are far more important than anything else for success. Like a tough chess game? Something similar- but I’m not the gambling type – really.
Entries and exits can never be “irrelevant” for any trader for any purpose. But indeed exits are more important than entries because any perfect or near-perfect entries are – I’m sure you agree on this-  possible only in hindsight.

Have I mentioned this forex robot with artificial intelligence – being able to look several hours into the future – in ANY market condition? It sure takes some of that pain away for the selfmade forex trader !

The issue is not about getting The Forex Software, but more about getting a a good Forex Software. There are many, many types of Forex software online, and they do pretty much the same job. As long as you can tick out these few things; a good investment platform to the markets of your choice; great communication to your brokerage; ease of use for aspects like order fills and currency purchases; data and number crunching for all information that transpires in the market and live price feeds. These are the qualities of good Forex software and I will mention one thing about the type of software that you do get. It should contain a ‘dummy account and demo trading’ option, where it uses algorithms and software to simulate investing on the Forex market. Some of them are quite comprehensive and quite realistic, allowing you to choose the region to trade, types of transactions you can, even using simulated world events to affect market psychology and momentum.

With this, it allows you to predict some of the outcomes in the Forex market and figure out for yourself whether this should be your life time career. Many novices who do dive into the market with the hope of glamorous returns do so without fully understanding the intricacies of the market and a dummy account is a great way for you to try it out without the risks attached to it.

Just a word of warning, a dummy account cannot truly reflect the dynamism of a market that is trillions of dollars large – so take it as a sort of a preview and understand that there will be more challenges to come. As you what Forex software you should get, just remember the few characteristics that I did outline in the first paragraph. Watch out for companies who attach the world with their Forex software, no programme can promise you gains.

The work has to be done on your side and anything that sounds too good and way too easy, usually is. Do not be fooled by sweeping statements and do not be taken in by wild promises. Also, make sure you find out exactly what are the characteristics of the software they are trying to sell you and weigh it against the price. Some investors are running more than one programme, unwilling to trust a single solution to provide for all their investment needs.

You can go down this route as well as get 2 or even more bespoke Forex investment software to really beef up your decisions. As the end of the day, it is back to research and more research. Find out as much as you can about the product that you are buying and the Internet is the best place for you to do so. Once you are armed with information, you will be able to find the best Forex software for you to trade Forex online.