Forex Trading: Long-term vs. Short-term Trading
Learning Markets, April 16, 2009
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Dealers Who Encourage Over-Trading
This one is pretty obvious. As you can imagine, the more trades you make, the more money your dealer makes from your account. A higher volume of trades means more income for dealers—even from a small account. A lot of the free education offered by dealers is oriented around short-term trading for that reason.
Now we will look at the key differences between long- and short-term trading, and what you need to be aware of as you make decisions.
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