Karen Foo – Risk Management Is Your Key to Success

Aug 18, 2020

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Karen Foo is actively involved in speaking at various conferences, seminars, expos, workshops, toastmasters clubs, and publicly held events. Having overcome numerous setbacks in her life, she has gone on to inspire thousands of young people, executives, and leaders to REALIZE THEIR ABSOLUTE WILDEST DREAMS through her INTERACTIVE, INSPIRING, AND ENGAGING TALKS.

Karen has been ranked #1 in a Singapore nationwide Forex trading competition, competing with over 200 traders and has shared the stage with top investment gurus and CEOs.

You can find her on her YouTube channel and join 94,000 other people who are gaining from her videos about forex, stocks, markets, and much more!

“In any failure in life, there’s a good side to it.”

Karen Foo

Worst investment ever

Case of the curious intern

Karen’s parents are full-time stock investors, and they exposed her to stock investing since she was young. That’s what sparked Karen’s interest in the financial markets.

When she was on internship, she took her salary and put it into the Forex market, not knowing what she was doing. She thought she was smart back then, but it turns out that she wasn’t so smart and so she lost the $1,500 she’d invested.

Once bitten twice not shy

As if the loss was not enough, Karen went on to lose $6,000 of her mom’s savings. Karen believed that she’d make money by investing in unit trusts. Again, she thought she was smart enough to get a win, and so she went in blindly. No research, no guidance, nothing. Needless to say, she lost $8,000, part of which was her mom’s savings.

Karen was broke, angry, and embarrassed. She’d assured her mom that she knew what she was doing, but now she’d lost all the money.

Asking for guidance

After losing money twice, Karen admitted that she needed help making the right moves. Now she works with various mentors, something that has seen her become #1 Singapore Forex trader.

Lessons learned

Forget get rich quick schemes

Forex trading is not a get rich quick scheme, so don’t take shortcuts.

Don’t ignore risk management

One of the main reasons why a lot of traders lose money is because they don’t care about money management and risk management, which contributes to about 40% of your success as a trader.

You don’t have to figure out everything on your own

It’s ok to try and learn everything on your own, but you will be more successful if you work with a mentor. Mentors can teach you a lot more than you can learn on your own.

Focus on your risk to reward ratio

Don’t focus too much on the win rate; instead, focus on risk-to-reward ratio because forex trading is not about returns; it is about risk-adjusted returns.

Andrew’s takeaways

The best fund managers are risk managers

The best fund managers are not the ones that hit the home runs, but the ones that never strikeout. These are the ones who avoid massive losses and know about risk management.

Plan your success

If you want to see success in forex trading, have a plan and strategy that fits your personality in place. Do this before you commit a lot of money.

Listen to the losers

There’s always going to be winners and losers in the stock market. However, people talk only about the winners. Listen to losers, and you’ll learn a thing or two from them.

Actionable advice

Find out how credible a coach is before you work with them. You can ask them a couple of questions or look at their content. Don’t fall prey to the kind of YouTubers who like to flex their lifestyle instead of teaching. You won’t learn anything from them.

No. 1 goal for the next 12 months

Karen’s goal for the next 12 months is to grow her YouTube channel. She also hopes to get back to speaking on stage and also publish a book she recently wrote.

Parting words

“Trading and investing is not a get rich quick scheme you’ve got to work hard, be patient, and you will get there. So for those people who preach to you get rich quick, just use that as entertainment.”