As far as Forex trading goes, one needs to properly understand how to deal with their money. Most traders lose money in the trading world because of bad decision made mostly by greed and sometimes a lack of foresight. While foresight is a little difficult to get, common sense is not and this is probably the most important thing to have when trading Forex. When trying to understand money management and risk management, you first have to define risk and money management. Money management is basically handling the funds you have right now. After you have paid all your bills for the month, you have to carefully divide the money left over so you can still take care of a lot of things and have some left over to save. This is the basic concept of money management. Risk management is related to this in some way. If you have ten dollars for example, are you willing to risk this in a game of gambling; chances are you could win one hundred dollars as a result but then again, chances are that you could lose it all and have nothing to eat. Deciding how much risk to take is the essence of risk management. When trading Forex, you of course have to pay the standard fees for opening a trade and some of your money also goes to the broker. After this, you can choose to wager whether the price will rise or fall. If you win, you get rewarded with you money and a bonus. If you lose, you get nothing back, simple as that. As a trader, this is where common sense comes in. If you have a certain amount of money in your account, knowing it is only enough for one trade and you stand to lose a lot, are you willing to take the risk of losing your money? Don’t let greed drive you and make sure you think before and as you trade.