Tips And Tricks From Warren Buffett: Forex Trading
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2011He’s called the snowball for a very simple reason. He managed to take a pretty small amount of money and make it snowball into some of the biggest investment profits the world has ever seen. And he did it all while living a pretty down to earth, if somewhat unconventional lifestyle.
Of course, I’m talking about Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha is world famous for many reasons, and not just for his investment choices.
His annual reports from Berkshire Hathaway are masterpiece in plain speaking to investors. They eschew standard business jargon while managing to communicate an absolute ton from a holdings company that literally makes billions. People often compare them to the way Apple sometimes communicates — they can (at times) be remarkably free of executive-speak for a company that is pulling in such profits.
So back to our real question, now that we’ve established the worth of old Mr. Buffett pretty solidly.
How can he help us with forex trading?
It’s really remarkably simple. Buffett has a very simple rule that he has rarely — if ever — strayed from, which is that he will not invest in a company if he does not properly and fully understand how they make their money, and if their finances seem to be solid enough that he can see good things in their future.
But that last part isn’t important. People make bad predictions all the time. The point is that Buffett only invests the money of his shareholders when he completely comprehends the business he’s investing in.
That’s it.
So how do we translate that over to the forex markets? How do we, when trying to read forex trading signals and make smart decisions, take any of that advice and actually use it?
Simple. Don’t make any investment decisions you don’t understand. That’s it. Don’t make any more complex rules beyond that. Just ensure, instead, that what you mean by ‘understand’ is this — you completely comprehend the system of though that has led you to this particular decision. It is mature, well laid out, and consistent. It is not based on emotions or silliness. It is not irrational, not driven by greed, inherently ’slow’ in some way, and has worked well for sober-minded investors in the past.
It’s only by doing this that you’ll gave any semblance of Buffett’s acumen on the markets. It’s true that he didn’t make his money in forex investing. And the potentials for amazing profits borne of smart, systematic decisions aren’t nearly as strong in forex as on the open market. But the potential is there.
Forex trading is waiting for its first Warren Buffett to emerge from obscurity. Could you be the next Warren Buffet?
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