How to Make Money by Fast Trading

It may have been the crysis or a natural evolution, but all over the world a growing number of people look at trading the markets as a second job in addition the first one, or even as a first one if they should have lost it. They perhaps may have no other alternative, due to their age, or they may have been attracted to this activity by the circumstance that trading the markets implies freedom, in particular it does not involve commuting every morning and night, or having a boss that one not always esteems but whose orders have to be fulfilled.

Thus a growing number of people spend part of their time - not necessarily the most part - in front of a PC, connecting to the platform of their broker online, and buy and sell in the world markets assets of the most different kinds: gold, oil, shares, bonds and so forth.

Once upon a time, when the markets crashed, this was a reason to stay awake in the night because the common Joe knew only how to be long the markets; the short position was badly understood and in some cases it was difficult to realize it in practice. Today there is no problem to be short almost on any class of assets; therefore half of the main reasons why people once lost money - i.e. the necessity of markets going up and not down - has disappeared. Being long or short is indifferent to the trader today; he has only one problem: making money by being on the right side of the market.

Another reason why not many years ago it was difficult to trade the markets for a person that had a regular job, was that when he had time to do that - i.e. after the regular job - the markets were closed. Today also this obstacle has been removed: many markets - maybe foreign markets - are open until late in the night, not to mention the Forex, which practically is always open.

The third reason why not much time ago it was difficult to trade the markets for the common Joe, was that in many cases one had to use a substantial amount of money, but also this obstacle has been removed, as today almost any asset can be traded using the leverage effect, i.e. owning only part (the margin) of the total sum, and having financed by the broker the remaining part.le once lost money - i.e. the necessity of markets going up and not down - has disappeared. Being long or short is indifferent to the trader today; he has only one problem: making money by being on the right side of the market.

Another reason why not many years ago it was difficult to trade the markets for a person that had a regular job, was that when he had time to do that - i.e. after the regular job - the markets were closed. Today also this obstacle has been removed: many markets - maybe foreign markets - are open until late in the night, not to mention the Forex, which practically is always open.

The third reason why not much time ago it was difficult to trade the markets for the common Joe, was that in many cases one had to use a substantial amount of money, but also this ob