If you talk to enough traders you will find that most traders can make money in the currency market. The big issue is that most traders cannot keep what they make. We might think it would be easy to hang onto the money because we made the money while trading but as we all know it is not that easy to keep.
Can you think of a couple of reasons why the money is hard to keep? Here are a few thoughts I have had on trying to keep profits.
1.    It was luck that the money was made in the first place.
2.   The trader was trading without a plan. Just going with the news, a hot tip from a friend, or just the popular guessing game.
3.   Over trading the account. Trying to make a fortune all at once.
4.   Becoming emotionally involved and fearful about losing the money they made so they make mistakes on their entries, exits, and the money management of the trade.
5.   Setting the stop loss to close and not letting the good trades run.
6.   The trader starts to anticipate trades trying to guess which way the market will go.  This may be based on indicators but the trader does not wait for a confirmation of the indicators before they get in the trade.
7.   Trading in a small time frame trying to get every pip out of every little move.
8.   Trading when the market is not moving just trading to be trading.
The #8 reason is one of the biggest account destroyers. Trading when the market in quiet will involve many of the other reasons for losing the money that was just made. We as traders get in the grove of trading a trend when the market is moving we are making money and life is good. When the market stops moving we try to keep the momentum rolling. We continue to place trades trying to take money out of the market. The market doesn’t care so it just goes up a little and down a little forming a nice channel. When the market moves again if the trader is in a trade going the wrong direction then more money is lost. Sometimes a trader is lucky and the market goes the way they have their orders in. This gives the trader a false sense of confidence so they keep practicing poor trading practices and eventually they lose all of their profits.
Take a look at the way the market moves. It will trend for a while then rest for a while. Sometimes the trends are long and sometime they are short. The rests can be long or short as well. Taking a break from trading once in a while can be a good refresher. When the market is not giving good entry signals take a break it will be good for you and your account.