For the layman, the foreign exchange market (or forex) may be something relegated to stock brokers at the top of skyscrapers, but with an estimated average daily turnover of $3.98 billion, and a multitude of ways to invest your hard earned money, it will soon seem like an old friend.

One of the best ways to work the Forex system is to gradually increase your size as you go along. Once you begin to understand Forex, you can opt for a higher account, higher leverage, more money risked per trade, and hopefully begin to earn more money. Remember that Rome wasn’t built in a day. But once you build the foundation, you can definitely speed up the process.

Take opinions from others in the markets with a grain of salt. If you allow others to control your decisions with speculations and guesswork, you lose control. The ultimate goal is to …