As any good trading advisor will tell you, when you’re just getting started in Forex, it’s best to start with a small account and even then not trade more than 2% of it. Starting small lets you gain some experience without taking any major losses that could dampen your confidence to push further and take bigger risks in the future.

The advice is commendable as the novice forex trader exposure to risk is tremendously limited to just 2 % of his capital investment. However, the drawback is that the advice will also limit the growth of a novice forex trader confidence level. By being small you might be “safe”, however you wont get the chance to be able to develop to boost your confidence level.
It will be difficult to be proud of a portfolio of $500 after a few years of trading.

No one can achieve a higher confidence level just by theoretical studies. To boost your confidence level you will need to build up a “success” track record and as the success rate goes up so will your confidence level.

To give yourself the chance to take bigger risks and reap bigger rewards, though, you’re going to need something a little more impressive than that $500 account. Did you know many Forex trading advisors suggest not attempting to turn pro with less than $100,000? Now the question is how to build that portfolio.

Build up slowly

To get to the top from where you are now, requires effort. There is no quick fix to that barrier. The only solution is to keep making small trades that bear fruits. The focus is on fruitful trading and not on volume trading.

Try other currency pairs

Another method to grow your Forex portfolio is to venture out into other currency pairs. Again, while it’s a good idea to stick with one pair in the beginning, you’re not likely to want to stay with that pair for your whole trading career. Doing so would limit not only your experience, but your profits, too. That’s not to say you should start trading volatile exotic currencies, but adding one more stable currency pair can really help build your portfolio. Once you’ve got some good experience with those pairs, you can add another.

Use your own money

Sometimes because we wish to have additional capital to trade with, we try to borrow from friends or family members. This is a very unwise move as you might end up losing all those money that you borrowed. The reason is that borrowed money will cause you additional mental stress because of the fear of losing it. This will result in you curtailing your trading abilities which will ultimately result in losses. Therefore you are highly recommended to abstain from trading in borrowed money.

In short, to gain an portfolio to be proud off, you will need to trade more frequently, assume more calculated risks, increase the currencies pairs to be traded on whenever possible. By following these steps, you will slowly but surely be on your way towards building an impressive portfolio.