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Many new traders cant just jump right into trading full time because they have other commitements that require a regular income to maintain. If this sounds familiar you may be frustrated with the fact that many forex traders seem to be day traders or scalpers, something that you just cant do at this stage. This does not mean that you cant make money from Forex. It simply means that you need to trade with a style that suites your circumstances, and swing trading may be  the style that suites you best.

Swing trading is basically taking a longer term approach to the market, so rather than looking to analyse the market on a daily basis you may decide to look at data from the previous week or perhaps even further back, when deciding on safe entries into the market. It then involves using higher timeframes to select entry point and take profit levels.

The benefit of swing trading is that it allows people to trade part time whilst attending to their other commitements such as their employment etc…. There is also far less emotion involved in taking a few long term set ups, and the effect of a loss is minimised as is the fear of taking the next trade, because by the time a new set up emerges there has been time to reflect and rationalise on your loss and reset your mind to taking the next qualified set up with out hesitation. There is also the obvious adavantage from a risk point of view, i.e it takes far longer to reduce your account balance through losing trades when your only taking one or two set ups a week etc…

The thing that many traders find negative about swing trading is the fact that there are not as many good set ups throughout the week, so if you do have the time to be at your charts during the day there can be a great temptation to “find” trades to take through boredom etc… and this in itself can have a bad effect on your overall profitability.

In summary i would reccomend that you only swing trade if it suits your circumstances or if you are happy to wait several days for a potential trading opportunity. but as an overall style it has to be one of the most versatile and well suited to both new and experienced traders alike, ,so definitely one to look at regardles of how long you have been trading.