Forex trading styles

       When trading currencies online, there are several trading styles that forex traders can profit from, the following is a list of the most common trade types complete with a brief description of each style of trade.

Scalping

A style of trading that is designed to capitalize on small moves, it involves the rapid and repeated buying and selling of currency pairs, the typical objective for a scalp trade is 4-15 pips. The best scalping opportunities are found when the currency market is very active (Euro open till European Close) or during News Events. Scalp setups are typically found using charts in smaller intraday timeframes such as a 1, 5, and 15 minutes. 
 Scalping requires a lot of market understanding and is not for the beginning currency trader. The professional scalper uses a specially designed trading platform, for example Currenex or a forex broker which allows scalping .

Day trading

A day trade is a position initiated and closed out the same trading day (before 5PM NY time), the typical objective for a day trade is 15-100 pips. The best day trading opportunities are found during the EURO and US sessions. Day trade setups are typically found using intraday charts with medium length timeframes such as a 15, 30, 60 and 240 minutes. Most online currency traders are day traders and typically, they use technical analysis (support & resistance, chart patterns, indicators,..) to set up their trades.

Swing Trading

The main difference between a swing trade and a day trade is the length in holding the open position, typically, swing traders will hold their open position(s) 2-5days looking for 100-250 pips profit potential. Trade setups are typically found using daily charts and most common, swing traders use technical analysis (support & resistance, chart patterns, indicators,..) to set up their trades.

Position Trading

The main difference between a position trade and a swing trade is that position traders will normally have a longer time horizon than swing traders for holding a position in a currency pair, typically, position traders will hold their open position(s) 5-50days looking for 250-1000 pips profit potential.
Trade setups are typically found using daily, weekly and monthly charts , normally, position traders use both technical analysis and fundamental analysis to set up their trades.

Long – Term

Trading Long term currency traders usually hold positions for month or even years profiting from a long term trend. They usually use both fundamental and technical analysis to make trading decisions.