Scalping is Risky?

[radny82]

It is risky, but not as much as holding long positions, you see gains and losses, when you scalp each day + always add small SL.

 

[easymon1]

momentum strategy for news

care to expand on that?

 

[easymon1]

Search: trade around news release trading before after during
https://yippy.com/search?query=trade+around+news+release+trading+before+after+during

 

[yana hansen]

Scalping is as risky as any other strategy if you don't have proper knowledge.

 

[Sid William]

Scalping is as risky as any other strategy if you don't have proper knowledge.

True that.

 

[CALLumbus]

No black or white.
Scalping adds risk by: huge leverage, high trade frequency
Scalping reduces risk by: much shorter trade duration, less time in market

How one balances those factors is up to the individual trader, ergo the endresult, if scalping reduces risk or increases it, is depending on the person in front of the screen.

 

[Abbas Ali Khan]

from last couple of weeks i am doing scalping , result was not bad , overall good. trading pair was eur/usd.

 

[Amber_0302]

Scalping is purely based on technical analysis and short-term price fluctuations. Due to the extensive use of leverage, scalping is considered a high-risk style of trading.

I agree. scalping is based on the technical analysis.

 

[David's faith]

It is risky because your commissions eat up your profits and you need to be right really a lot to compensate for it.

 

[kroxobor]

What do think scalping is risky? Some people sat that scalping is risky strategy and you can loose your money very fast? Is it right?

I use special account at Hotforex for scalping called raw spread account - almost no spread but fixed commission. it's important to reduce floating part of transaction costs in scalping because you place a lot of trades and you need consistency.