Rayner Teo (RT): A typical day for me is to scan the market each morning to look out for my trading setup. Can you share with us how a typical day looks like for you? He graduated from the University of London (UOL) with First Class Honours in Banking & Finance and was also the valedictorian of his graduating cohort in 2012.ĭollarsAndSense (DNS): Many people are fascinated on what it’s like to be a trader. Rayner has been trading since his university days. He is also the most followed trader in Singapore, with more than 75,000 traders reading his blog each month. Rayner is an independent trader, ex-prop trader and founder of the blog TradingwithRayner.

In order to understand the journey of what it takes to become a successful trader, DollarsAndSense.sg spoke to Rayner Teo. This makes it both lucrative and potentially dicey at the same time, especially if a trader is not able to manage his risk. Leverage is a double-edged sword: it can be used to significantly increase returns on good trades or it could potentially translate into much larger losses on bad trades.Īs trading is generally considered riskier, and requires more time and skills, returns for successful traders also tend to be higher. Most traders will also leverage their positions to increase their trading size, and hence exposure. While investors aim to profit by investing in assets that either increase in value over time or pay out regular dividends, distributions or interest, traders typically aim to profit by taking advantage of short-term price volatility in the assets they actively trade. Trading and investing are two different ways to make money from the financial markets. All views expressed in the article are the independent opinion of DollarsAndSense.sg This article was written in partnership with IG , the world’s No.1 CFD provider (by revenue excluding FX, February 2018).

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