Simple FOREX Trading Improvements

Are you finding that you're just not quite getting the results you wanted from trading Foreign Exchange or FOREX?
Are you still struggling to get a bit of a boost to your account?
There are many easy ways to improve your FOREX trading. Most of them are fairly generic in that they apply to trading in general. The thing is that being human, we tend to let our emotions get in the way and we know that if we traded like machines, we'd probably get better results.
Let's go through some of the more obvious things you can do.
Have you got your trading plan sorted out yet? Does it specifically tell you how you put on, manage and exit trades? What the trade time frame is, what currency pairs you will consider trading.
Do minimise your risk on every trade. If it's going to cost you 20 pips to get it wrong and there is only a target of 18 pips in the trade, then it's not worth the bother! Keep your reward to risk ratio to at least 1 to 1, even better if you make it more like 3 to 1.
Have you recorded all your trades and updated your stats from them? For me, this is the most exciting bit of trading. Every month end, I analyse my trades to see where the money came from (or got lost to). I know what currency pair made me the most money, what type of trades were the best ones and also what were the worst.
Remember that your losers give you the most useful information because they teach you what to avoid doing!
Do watch the market news. I don't mean spending hours of TV watching, I just look at the daily news releases and make a note of what time they are so as to avoid trading at these times. I know some of us like these volatile moments in trading, but my plan is more conservative and safe.
Don't be greedy! I'm quite happy with getting only a 10% or 20% move in a trend, it's better than nothing at all. Don't try to get 100 pips every time. This attitude will lead to overtrading and certain losses. You tend to learn this one the hard way though!
Don't use too many tools and indicators on your charts. Simple is better. Don't get analysis paralysis! I use just one indicator, the RSI.
It's these obvious things that we tend to ignore that reduce our trading performance. You've just got to be really honest with yourself and ask whether you do them or not.