The most common mistakes made in forex options are the result of the trader not keeping to his budget, not following his strategy and instead of making well researched decisions begins to get emotionally involved in his decisions.
For example a trader who has some success suddenly believes that he can predict forex prices in advance. This is taking fundamental analysis to the extreme. Stick to the economic calendar and study the data that will be announced. Watch interest rates, unemployment numbers and other important economic data and make informed decisions, not predictions.
Relying on science alone wont make you money. There are hundreds of vendors selling systems based on Gann or Fibonacci claiming that their systems are accurate and foolproof. Dont believe them. Use Gann and Fibonacci as a part of your technical analysis but not as a scientific method to predict the market.
Many traders believe that using every indicator that exists they have a better chance of making money. By doing this they are over complicating the elements that lead to a signal. Keeping it simple works better and produces more accurate signals. Use 2 or 3 indicators no more.
How many effective forex traders use lagging indicators such as moving averages as leading indicators and wonder why they are losing money. Make sure you know the uses of both lagging and leading indicators.
Losing traders make the mistake of thinking that day trading movements indicate trends. This is not true. Short term price movements are random and trading short term movements as a long term strategy will lose you money.
Dont be lulled into thinking that the more you put in the more you will take out. Trading is about timing and working smart, not working hard. Learn the forex trade, get a good mentor and trade smart.
Dont trade a news story after it has been announced. Once announced it is an old story and would have been already discounted in the price.
Many traders fail to read the small print which says simulated in hindsight when they buy trading systems on the internet. Dont touch these systems as the small print means that the track record was manufactured after the events.
Another mistake traders make is to over leverage. Using high leverage such as 400:1 means that you have to take less risk per trade. Lower your leverage to 100:1 and take more risk per trade.
Using stop loss and trailing stops is prudent. However having a stop loss too close to your traded price is risky and you will be taken out by market noise. The same goes for trailing stops. Dont run them too quickly otherwise you will not make a profit.