Of course, forex is very risky and one of the most riskiest things to do online. You could lose all of your money if you have no idea what is going on in the market. So to prevent that kind of loss, you would educate yourself and then train in demo and then practice really well until you can make good profit. You can then move on to a real account. Your loss is lessen if you use loss management and its all about management now. If you use stop loss and have a sound strategy you can make money.