Why Trading in Multiple Markets is Beneficial
In today’s day and age, there are numerous different types of financial trades that can be carried out. Granted the forex is the biggest market out there by far, but other markets such as equities, commodities, and even financial indices are considerably sized too. If you’re serious about trading, it would be beneficial to look into these markets, and slowly but surely diversify your investments across multiple markets instead of just limiting yourself to one.
Frequent High Probability Trades
As most experienced traders, know all too well, investing and trading in the markets is a probability game. Regardless of the market, ‘high probability trades’ are trades where the probability of turning a profit is high enough to justify the investment.
Successful traders spend their time looking for opportunities where the market is in a condition that they feel allows for a high probability trade. But what if the market conditions don’t allow for those trades? If you limit yourself to a single market and it is doing poorly then you’re left with having to choose between making low probability trades or waiting patiently until the market sorts itself out.
On the other hand, if you’re trading in multiple markets you can look for opportunities elsewhere. For example, if conditions on the forex aren’t optimal, you could instead look at equities, or commodities, or even financial indices. The bottom line is that you’ll find high probability trades a lot more frequently if you’re dipping into multiple markets, as opposed to just one.
Safety in Numbers
Aside from the frequency of finding high probability trades, there’s also the fact that by diversifying your investments across multiple markets you will be exposing yourself to less risk.
Assuming one market were to take a big hit – if you had everything invested in that alone, you could be in for trouble. But if you were diversifying across multiple markets then one market taking a hit would still be a bit of a loss but at least you may be able to cover it with profits that you were making elsewhere.
In many ways, it is the classic “don’t put all your eggs in one basket” situation. By spreading your risk around, your overall exposure will be lower should something undesirable happen.
Starting to see why trading across multiple markets is beneficial? Honestly speaking, considering the fact that nowadays it is ever so easy to trade on various different markets, there is no real reason why you shouldn’t do it. Just be sure that you look into each and every market individually so that you know what to expect.
