What is scalping?

[junaid1001]

Scalping is a technique that many traders prefer because you don't need a lof of time to trade. Also, it has the potential to bring big money quick. It is also well known that 5 minutes is one of the most used TFs in scalping.

 

[budado]

Many prefer and many loses in forex. Scalping is easy in and easy out. Problem is that many find scalping easy in but when its turn to make a profit its hard to get out. Its either they close their position at loss or going to hold it until they get MC for what? for 15 pips profit?

 

[marrie11]

Scalpers attempt to act like traditional market makers or specialists. To make the spread means to buy at the Bid price and sell at the Ask price, in order to gain the bid/ask difference. This procedure allows for profit even when the bid and ask don't move at all, as long as there are traders who are willing to take market prices. It normally involves establishing and liquidating a position quickly, usually within minutes or even seconds.

 

[nasim39]

Scalping is a best strategy and many traders by using this earned good money and best time for scalping is opening and overlaping of New York Session and London Session because at this time a great volatile has come which helps the scalpers to earn a big profit.

 

[Achiever2015]

Scalping is a trading pattern where the trader has specialty in taking profits on small price changes made after a trade has completed. This pattern of trading requires discipline of the trader to take profit as soon as trade is completed to avoid huge loss.

 

[kva84]

The purpose of scalping is making small profits while exposing a trading account to a very limited risk, which is due to a quick open/close trading mode.

 

[garryjohn258]

Forex scalping is a currency trading strategy used on short time frames, such as one to 5-minute charts, with quick buy/sell transactions that extract between 2 to 15 pips from the session. These quick transactions are often executed with larger lot sizes so that the smaller amounts of pips scalped will still lead to high profit margins.

 

[budado]

Scalping to make it simple is trading strategy that usually last 30 minutes or less and has 10 to 30 pips TP target. This is how you going to make money. Opening position though is all about timing. Its not just about opening a position and then put TP and say you are doing scalping. You still need to have entry point.

 

[PROPENSITY100]

Literally speaking any trade that is closed within 3 mins is usually counted as scalping.
Scalping is a popular strategy and very risky too. There is almost no limit to what scalping can do - multiply your capital or finish it. However scalping is not usually advised though occasional scalping can be good because there is no room in scalping to apply any knowledge or strategy, it just aims at trapping small movements in Forex market usually aimed at not more than 5 pips.

 

[Taha Nizam]

Traders go for scalping to make money in a very short period of time and this type of trading strategy is very much popular nowadays but many experts are there who goes for long term trading depending upon the trading market situation.

 

[Boris4Forex]

I would be careful if you wanted to start scalping. It is really really difficult to do and you have to be stuck at a a computer all day

 

[Cutiekc]

I would be careful if you wanted to start scalping. It is really really difficult to do and you have to be stuck at a a computer all day

Sure,scalpint trading is profitable but at the same time is not an easy trade,because scalper traders are said to monitor the chart to know when price is high so as to enter into the market,so as a scalper trader you ought to be watching the chart either with your mobile device or your computer.

 

[nasim39]

in my opinion scalping is a shot time trade.but I do not like scalping technique because too much time in front of computers. This technique requires accurate analysis and high concentrations. I do not have too much time in front of a computer.

 

[rexway]

Yes that is true scalping is the short time trading were a trader has to play around in the small time frame for the seek of fast profit without stoploss sometime scalping can be very dangerious for sure .

 

[rexway]

Yes that is true scalping is the short time trading were a trader has to play around in the small time frame for the seek of fast profit without stoploss sometime scalping can be very dangerious for sure .

 

[Taha Nizam]

Scalping is a dealing design where the investor has specialized in taking earnings on small cost changes made after a business has finished. This design of dealing needs self-discipline of the investor to take benefit as soon as business is finished to prevent large reduction.

 

[rumon22]

To make the spread means to buy at the Bid price and sell at the Ask price, in order to gain the bid/ask difference. This procedure allows for profit even when the bid and ask don't move at all, as long as there are traders who are willing to take market prices. It normally involves establishing and liquidating a position quickly, usually within minutes or even seconds.Scalpers attempt to act like traditional market makers or specialists.

 

[kasual]

scalping and short term trading style is the most difficult than long term or investing approach. traders need to stay in front of trading platform and take execution order with high response. focus is needed and maybe psychologically, the stress tension will become high.

 

[rexway]

Well talking about this I think that a trader who trade in the forex market as scalping is an experience trader because you will be playing with risk and as well small time frame also which is very risky

 

[budado]

Theirs are some who is really good in doing scalping and I guess this is the strategy of some that I see in demo account contest that can make their 50,000 dollars virtual capital turn to 450,000 dollars funds in just one week. But I guess even if I'm going to spend my whole life trying to learn scalping theirs no way I can make that much. But other really do earn good in scalping. But sad to say many also got MC because of scalping.