If you are properly trained and and implement that training successfully, Forex trading can be a very lucrative and exciting business for anyone. On the trader's part, Forex trading requires hard work and discipline. But anything that is worth doing or having takes hard work. But, online currency trading is indeed an excellent opportunity for small and large investors alike to make profits in this business. Although somewhat risky, the payouts can be quite large if enough attention is paid to detail.

For most individuals, they start out with a few hundred dollars invested, and soon lose all their money. This is due to the lack of knowledge and understanding of the forex market and proper implementation of the strategies on a demo account, before they infact go live and put their money on the line for real.

If you ware new to currency trading online and are a bit confused, it is the simultaneous buying and selling of currency or currencies of major countries traded online. You buy one type of currency in a market and then sell it to another, where that currency is at the time worth less than the type of currency you have. If you have 200 EUR and the USD:EUR ratio is 2:1, and you sell that 200 EUR, you will get $400 USD. But, how much do forex traders make? How much forex traders make depends on two things. The first is, how much trading capital is involved and how much of lot size is used per trade. If you are only trading with $50, you can't expect to make the type of huge profits that other people are making. It is recommended that you start trading with about $500 in yoru account. The second is the lot size. Profits depend on the different lot sizes. You do have to be wary because trading with large lot sizes on a small account is dangerous and a good way to lose all your money. A sound practice is to carry out good money management.