The foreign currency trading beginner is often bombarded by amazing claims regarding the Forex market. The internet is awash with information on Forex trading, often supplied by individuals who have only studied up on the Forex but never traded with their own money themselves!

To be realistic and view potential income objectively, the foreign currency beginner needs to dispel certain popular myths. Here are 3 ideas which can result in disillusion and frustration:

Myth #1: "I'll be able to turn a few hundred dollars into thousands within a few months and leave my job and work from home."

For a foreign currency trading beginner to think they can do this is extremely unrealistic. A professional trader with some years of experience yes. But a beginner? No.

Even persons with experience in trading commodities or stocks find they need a few months to adjust to the different mindset needed when trading the Forex.

The foreign currency trading beginner will need to keep a job running while learning the Forex unless they have a private source of income. Forex education can take 2 or 3 years in many cases.

Myth #2: "Once I find a system that consistently brings in profits I'll be able to make big profits on the Forex."

Firstly, there is no perfect system that delivers profits nearly every time. Some systems may result in profitable trades 7 times out of 10, but many deliver less positive results.

Secondly, the main factor in successful foreign currency trading is not the system! It's the trader's own mindset and mental discipline.

Even with a great system a foreign currency trading beginner can continue to lose.

Emotions are the greatest challenge. Learning how to control fear and greed and the many other variations during the course of a trading session is the biggest factor of all.

This one aspect alone can take months and years to master. Once a trader can participate in the market almost mechanically, detaching losses and gains from emotions, then real profits can be made.

Myth #3: "I just need to keep working at this until I discover the magic formula and crack the market."

There is no magic formula. The market cannot be cracked. Many a foreign currency trading beginner learns the hard way that the market reigns supreme and it is the new trader that can end up getting cracked!

Instead of searching for the magic formula, listen to seasoned professionals, obtain a good Forex education by learning how the market works and practice, practice, practice.

A considerable investment of time and energy in front of a computer screen studying charts and patterns day in and day out will finally pay off. Added to that, being able to monitor one's own reactions and emotions during the course of a trading session and then learning to master one's feelings will go a long way toward succeeding.

Face Reality And Move Forward

Once the foreign currency trading beginner faces up to reality, realizes this is probably going to be a long haul, and dispels the 3 popular myths noted above, only then does the new trader stand a real chance of eventually extracting a generous income from foreign exchange currency trading.