As with any other business, forex trading is not spared from the name of risk. I personally always recommend new traders to minimize risk when they start trading. Below are some tips for managing risk. I hope this helps.
First (and most important): Do not use "Hot Money"
Never use money that can not be relieved when loss. Sometimes some traders like to ignore this and feel bad things will not happen to him. However like or dislike, trading with "hot" money will still affect your trading performance. Trust me.
If you use money that you cannot relieve, there will be feelings of excitement, the mind becomes chaotic and irrational. If it happens to you, then mentally you have lost, you will loss in a landslide. It's a reality, or at least the possibility of your loss will be very significant (60 percent loss of capital or more).
Second: Do not expect to "Jackpot"
The second most important thing does not expect you can jackpot tonight. Start with a small lot and adjust with your capital. Make the transaction safe. No need to make a large percentage every day. Remember, to achieve profit consistently is far more important than to print multiple profits.
Third Thing: Use Stoploss
Use stop loss correctly. The price does not always move in the direction you expect, so it needs a safety net to stop losses. The trick is to place a stop-loss at a fixed place at the touch of price if your trading assumption is completely wrong. Stop loss is like an emergency exit and should be executed when your position is clearly wrong.
Conclusion
Trading with the money you can relieve in the worst case scenario, trading with a reasonable lot size, and controlling the risk with stop loss will minimize major disasters that may occur.
The tips above will not prevent you from losing money, but at least this way gives you a chance to stay afloat. Too many traders take a wild approach in trading that sometimes works for a while, and remember there is no perfect system. When a defect in the trading system arises, the result is fatal.
A day's rains erase a year's drought, a day's effort is lost in a day.
Do you want to be like that?