You will find a lot of information about becoming a successful forex trader online, but most of it is about the technical and practical aspects of trading. Of course these are important, but they are not all that we need to know. Probably even more important are the psychological aspects which can hold us back from success if we do not identify and deal with them.

Sometimes the only thing stopping us make money is our own attitude. Everything seems to be going right and then wham – suddenly we make a stupid mistake, get sick in a minor but annoying way, or completely lose motivation and abandon what promised to be a very good forex trading plan. One of the most common reasons for this is popularly known as 'fear of success'.