The only real way to find out how to turn a losing or borderline lucrative forex trading system into a winning one is to record all of your trades. It does not make any difference whether or not you are trading in the real market, in demo or back testing. Having a clear and all-inclusive record of every trade is the one thing that will give the opportunity to see where your system is succeeding and where it is failing. Then all you have to do is look for a way to eliminate some of the losing trades, and your profits go up, possibly doubling or maybe trebling without any need for further trades or systems.
Your tracking system does not have to be complex of difficult to administer. Most traders use a spreadsheet to record their trades. You’ll keep this on your personal computer naturally but you may also want to print off a blank one to fill out as you trade every day. It is usually quicker to fill out you chart with a pencil while you’ve got the info on screen, than to change into Excel and type the right figure in the right space on your spreadsheet. As well as the opening and closing costs and profit in pips, there’s other information that you should record. You will want your position size, costs ( spread, charges etc ) and the actual profit and loss in greenbacks ( or the currency that your account is held in ). This is going to help you see if you could increase your profits by changing your position on different types of trades. You may also want to record the particular signals that made you open the trade. For instance if you’ve got a system that depends on the stochastic being in the highest or lowest quintile (above eighty percent or below twenty percent) you can record the exact point that this was at when you decided to open the trade.