Forex traders have become accustomed to trading massive broker-provided leverage. I’m often asked about my reporting and how I can have a loss in pips but a gain in equity. It’s not that difficult really. Pips don’t really count. If you are trading sensibly, and using proper money management, every pip has a different dollar value. Signal providers usually choose to report in pips instead of equity because of this. It’s much easier to be positive in pips than it is to be positive in equity.

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Here is an example of the power of proper money management:

Initial Account Value: $1,000.00

Risk: 2%

Trade 1: 200 pip SL
Trade 2: 150 pip SL
Trade 3: 20 pip SL

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There are many ways to make money but all successful traders know that if you want to win, you need to protect what you have; successful Forex trading is built on strong money management.

When dealing with leverage, you must make it work for you and that means cutting your losses and running your profits. All the great football teams have great defense and they know if they don’t concede points, there offense will get the chances to win the game and it’s the same in Forex.

Lose 50% and you have to make 100%, just to break even and the moral is:

If you lose money, you have to work even harder to get it back so let’s look at how to keep your equity intact.

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