Scalping (or Scalping) - probably one of the most contentious and controversial topics in forex. There will always be those who are foaming at the mouth will protect the futility of short-term transactions, as well as those for whom the scalping - the meaning of life and basic income.
What is scalping? This style of trading, in which a single transaction takes only a few points of the movement of currency pairs. Often, this can even be a point. Opponents of such trade contemptuously call it pipsing.
So who are they - the opponents and supporters of scalping?
A. "But Baba Yaga against it!"
Sadly, on the forums you can often find people who will make fun of any trading system, any style, any indicator . And if the author, who started a theme, time does not understand, with whom he dealt, the branch will become a forum to debate an empty douche gryayu each other. The opinion of the opponents we are not interested.
Two. "Growing Pains"
I wonder if there is at least one trader, who has not tried pipsovat? Let's see what happens with the ordinary trader, novice when it comes to the real. Everyone knows that in the demo account new traders can easily increase their deposit , and in a hurry to move to Real, it is desirable (for them) with a large sum of money. It's so simple - to make a million! In addition, teachers in a course only talking about this. And here is the uncle today for the third time won, he said, and his eyes shine out like! And in real life turns out to be scary! And what is in the mind of our "green" a trader at the time of trade, when the deal is open? "Oh, I had 5 points! Maybe it close? Oh, reduced! A-A A-minus! Well, where are you! Oh, it seems getting better! No, I will close to zero, I can not! Phew, plus one! No, that's enough! "And when the same minus 5 points, to close the mind is not there! And here are new, having swallowed a sedative, the system begins to search for scalping. Or does not start, as well as "trades", plus a small and a big minus. The result is known. But one gets used to be a trader in the transaction. This is not so bad, he adheres to his system, and lo and behold, earning points 60, and he was not sitting all that time at the computer, and may asleep. Or walking with your child. Now he just will not catch the whole day to 5 a fad, and wait a good signal on the hour (or four-hour timeframe) and get a decent profit. Such traders are also against scalping, but they have a reasonable argument: they know that on a larger time frame to trade safer and more profitable, and they want newcomers did not commit their mistakes. But it is probably impossible. In this case, scalping - a disease of growth transition period.
Three. "Well, so I am!"
Are there any supporters among the scalping traders held. Yes there is! The most interesting is that they are working quietly for a moment, and even ticks. Methodical, measured, no adrenaline. They are also accustomed to the market, he gives them a storm of emotions. Conversely, a trader in something like a robot - a signal system that opened the transaction, the signal - closed. Stop paragraph 2-3, is taken as quietly. Yes, they have their own trading system , perfected to automatism, it does not shake the beginner. They are not tired of this work, it's just a job, both on the factory assembly line. They can not sit for hours and wait for the signal at the input, and then another and to the output. Well they are!
But what unites opponents and supporters of scalping? Having a clear trading system and strict adherence to it. You can pipsovat or trade medium, but you need to know exactly when and what to do, where to go, where to go. And all this must be solved in advance! Then you could do it!