Legal ways to do International forex currency trading for Indians - a discussion

#1
Hello traders. I've read that long (and informative post on Forex trading legality issue in India... specifically referring to that 35 page thread titled -attention! Forex trading illegal in India! post)

let's first start off by asking how many of you Indian retail traders are still trading international forex market ECNs, STPs all that good stuff and making 4000+$ per month as of September 2016 and withdrawing to your local bank account successfully too... including payment of taxes as 'capital gains' :) ... especially considering the most recent RBI rule finally allowing most popular forex pairs other than those with INR...to be traded from India eg. EUR/USD, USD/JPY to name a few...
(don't worry I am not any RBI official just a retail trader like you all. I am not a newbie in currency trading but quite knowledgeable and experienced in price action and technical analysis. :D I have active accounts with multiple big names in international forex market like Alpari, XM, FXTM, Blackbullmarkets, FortFS, etc. But I am quite skeptical sending tons of INR converted dollars to fund my trading accounts via my local bank in India due to RBI regulations. So I have only opened cent accounts with all of them! .. and looking to fund with miniscule amounts which won't come under the radar hopefully)

With mini accounts I wont be able to make much $ per month. It would take years of consistent discipline and hardwork... but I love international currency trading for it's volatility and flexible timings of 24/5 to make money. Later down the line, I will fund my trading accounts with decent amounts of EARNED DOLLARS from my second online non forex business income.. which I will store in an online monetary account like webmoney. This is same as someone funding my iinternational forex trading account internationally from PURE UNCONVERTED DOLLARS. Only difference being in this case, not a NRI friend but an international online company's salary is being used as a deposit. (Message me if you want to know how I earn good amount of dollars online. ) Don't use Paypal folks. Indians cannot hold funds in PayPal. It automatically gets withdrawn to your connected bank account every 24 hours.... again thanks to RBI!

Many questions were answered in that thread but despite being comprehensive it gave rise to many unanswered questions too in the minds of Indian retail traders.

I wish to highlight those questions in this new thread. Hope the discussion on these questions will further clear up confusion in the minds of traders who still prefer Forex trading of currency pairs not coupled with RBI's son INR. (and/or who are still trading foreign currency pairs as of September 2016 and actually making 1000$+ in profits per month... and probably laughing at those slow earners stuck in NSE shares market trading :p )

Because let's face it... who likes to trade USD/INR with such a low volatility and restricted openings per week? Moreover stocks trading/ investing in share market is a lot MORE RISKIER than foreign currency trading. RBI doesnt truly care for traders money... it only cares to protect it's forex reserve! I agree it's true inexperienced traders do tend to lose a lot of money in international market as well but trained and experienced ones make tons of money too. If RBI truly cared for trader's lost money, instead of banning funding margin trading from India, it could've set a limit to the amount of INR one is allowed to invest in forex margin trading per month or per year.

so without focusing anymore about whether doing Forex trading business as a whole is illegal from India or only sending money to international Forex brokers from India is illegal (hope you understand the difference here), let's focus on below mentioned important points:
(and please correct me if any of these mthods don't work practically)

1) Given the much talked about angle of NRI friend/relative route, the fact that Forex trading of any currency pair other than our dear INR is considered PERFECTLY LEGAL from India (provided you are lucky enough to have an NRI friend abroad in the first place)... it means Indians doing forex business from India is not illegal but the means to fund money does require following rules of RBI , voilating which it can be illegal right??

So, all you clever Indian traders, how will you trade forex besides this NRI funding route if you don't have any foreigners contact to assist you? Is/are there any other technique(s) to bypass the RBI rule? I am asking info not on breaking rules but BYPASSING it just like many are doing with NRI technique.

A) One idea is to fund the trading account with floating online earning from your other non forex business without spending money from your bank account in India. But eventually you will need to withdraw profits earned from forex. How to handle that ? The forex profits earned that way will be a true income as the dollars were EARNED BY YOU and NOT OUTSOURCED BY YOUR LOCAL BANK AS INR TO USD CONVERSION VIA RBI's forex reserves.

B) Other route many say and I know 99% of Indian retail traders take to fund their forex accounts from India are the use of e-currencies. That is first deposit some INR into webmoney purse/perfect money and let the payment processor convert that Inr into equivalent dollar amount. Then fund your overseas forex account provided they support deposit methods via webmoney/perfect money. I know most reputed brokers do support e funding. But some only support bank wire or credit/debit Visa. It's not safe to trade with such brokers as transactions will come under RBI's scanner easily.

2) How many of you Indians only trade NSE or SEBI regulated Indian Brokers ? ... and are earning decent if not great profits consistently buying and selling shares...which I am sure is MUCH RISKIER THAN FOREX?? Please mention trusted Indian brokers to trade with... no scammy ones plz.

Hope this information is helpful to you and the questions raised here would be answered as well by other wise Indian forex traders who know what they are doing...
Thanks in advance!
Happy stressfree trading! :clap:

And please rate this up you found it useful.
 
#2
The post has so many words that we should must understand. Article is good for information and cleared so many doubts. Thanks for posting.
 
#3
Yeah..! That's kinda nice article and It would help other traders so much. Keep sharing such articles, we would always appreciate that.
 

newtrader101

Well-Known Member
#5
Trading, wherever it involves leverage, multiplies your risk. In Forex, leverage goes very high. So accounts blow out faster. (Leverage is just exploiting our greed and delusion).

You can't work in trading. You can only keep learning, and sometimes your mind may show you opportunities. But leverage makes us 'create' opportunities even when they are not there.
 
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#6
Trading, wherever it involves leverage, multiplies your risk. In Forex, leverage goes very high. So accounts blow out faster. (Leverage is just exploiting our greed and delusion). Imagine getting a notice for blowing out your account on a 1:2000 leverage!

Winning this game is like playing against teams of IITians and MITians! Those guys win.

I lost big today in Silver. :)
All depends how you trade. Well whatever leverage upto 1:500 or above good but it does not mean you will use it. In my opinion if you have equity $1000 then max trade 10 ounce of gold or 50 ounce of silver or 10000 units of forex or 1 unit of indices is more than enough only with stoploss. Infact initially half of that is not bad. Account blow only you use whole money and dont cut losses and carry them when you are not sure. If you are sure so you from your side you can carry little more.
 
#7
Hello traders. I've read that long (and informative post on Forex trading legality issue in India... specifically referring to that 35 page thread titled -attention! Forex trading illegal in India! post)

let's first start off by asking how many of you Indian retail traders are still trading international forex market ECNs, STPs all that good stuff and making 4000+$ per month as of September 2016 and withdrawing to your local bank account successfully too... including payment of taxes as 'capital gains' :) ... especially considering the most recent RBI rule finally allowing most popular forex pairs other than those with INR...to be traded from India eg. EUR/USD, USD/JPY to name a few...
(don't worry I am not any RBI official just a retail trader like you all. I am not a newbie in currency trading but quite knowledgeable and experienced in price action and technical analysis. :D I have active accounts with multiple big names in international forex market like Alpari, XM, FXTM, Blackbullmarkets, FortFS, etc. But I am quite skeptical sending tons of INR converted dollars to fund my trading accounts via my local bank in India due to RBI regulations. So I have only opened cent accounts with all of them! .. and looking to fund with miniscule amounts which won't come under the radar hopefully)

With mini accounts I wont be able to make much $ per month. It would take years of consistent discipline and hardwork... but I love international currency trading for it's volatility and flexible timings of 24/5 to make money. Later down the line, I will fund my trading accounts with decent amounts of EARNED DOLLARS from my second online non forex business income.. which I will store in an online monetary account like webmoney. This is same as someone funding my iinternational forex trading account internationally from PURE UNCONVERTED DOLLARS. Only difference being in this case, not a NRI friend but an international online company's salary is being used as a deposit. (Message me if you want to know how I earn good amount of dollars online. ) Don't use Paypal folks. Indians cannot hold funds in PayPal. It automatically gets withdrawn to your connected bank account every 24 hours.... again thanks to RBI!

Many questions were answered in that thread but despite being comprehensive it gave rise to many unanswered questions too in the minds of Indian retail traders.

I wish to highlight those questions in this new thread. Hope the discussion on these questions will further clear up confusion in the minds of traders who still prefer Forex trading of currency pairs not coupled with RBI's son INR. (and/or who are still trading foreign currency pairs as of September 2016 and actually making 1000$+ in profits per month... and probably laughing at those slow earners stuck in NSE shares market trading :p )

Because let's face it... who likes to trade USD/INR with such a low volatility and restricted openings per week? Moreover stocks trading/ investing in share market is a lot MORE RISKIER than foreign currency trading. RBI doesnt truly care for traders money... it only cares to protect it's forex reserve! I agree it's true inexperienced traders do tend to lose a lot of money in international market as well but trained and experienced ones make tons of money too. If RBI truly cared for trader's lost money, instead of banning funding margin trading from India, it could've set a limit to the amount of INR one is allowed to invest in forex margin trading per month or per year.

so without focusing anymore about whether doing Forex trading business as a whole is illegal from India or only sending money to international Forex brokers from India is illegal (hope you understand the difference here), let's focus on below mentioned important points:
(and please correct me if any of these mthods don't work practically)

1) Given the much talked about angle of NRI friend/relative route, the fact that Forex trading of any currency pair other than our dear INR is considered PERFECTLY LEGAL from India (provided you are lucky enough to have an NRI friend abroad in the first place)... it means Indians doing forex business from India is not illegal but the means to fund money does require following rules of RBI , voilating which it can be illegal right??

So, all you clever Indian traders, how will you trade forex besides this NRI funding route if you don't have any foreigners contact to assist you? Is/are there any other technique(s) to bypass the RBI rule? I am asking info not on breaking rules but BYPASSING it just like many are doing with NRI technique.

A) One idea is to fund the trading account with floating online earning from your other non forex business without spending money from your bank account in India. But eventually you will need to withdraw profits earned from forex. How to handle that ? The forex profits earned that way will be a true income as the dollars were EARNED BY YOU and NOT OUTSOURCED BY YOUR LOCAL BANK AS INR TO USD CONVERSION VIA RBI's forex reserves.

B) Other route many say and I know 99% of Indian retail traders take to fund their forex accounts from India are the use of e-currencies. That is first deposit some INR into webmoney purse/perfect money and let the payment processor convert that Inr into equivalent dollar amount. Then fund your overseas forex account provided they support deposit methods via webmoney/perfect money. I know most reputed brokers do support e funding. But some only support bank wire or credit/debit Visa. It's not safe to trade with such brokers as transactions will come under RBI's scanner easily.

2) How many of you Indians only trade NSE or SEBI regulated Indian Brokers ? ... and are earning decent if not great profits consistently buying and selling shares...which I am sure is MUCH RISKIER THAN FOREX?? Please mention trusted Indian brokers to trade with... no scammy ones plz.

Hope this information is helpful to you and the questions raised here would be answered as well by other wise Indian forex traders who know what they are doing...
Thanks in advance!
Happy stressfree trading! :clap:

And please rate this up you found it useful.
Another legal way:
Some brokers like octafx accept INR deposit from indian banks, that way you are not converting to USD directly which means this will not come under FEMA.
Does any one know any other brokers accepting INR
 
#8
Of late I read a lot of posts saying forex trading is easy & it is better than trading stocks etc. I would say that this is a myth. All financial markets are more or less the same. If making money in the forex market was easy then every goddamn guy would be doing it. Please get rid of the idea that you can invest 200 usd and make 12000 usd in 2 weeks time. Its possible, no doubt, but how many can do it?

Please remember this. In the forex market you are not dealing with HNI, mutual funds who have a few hundred crores. What you are dealing with on the other side is ... I repeat.... On the other side is central banks. Yes, these guys have billions of dollars. A small buy/sell order from these guys is enough to wipe clean your account 100 times over.

I do want to discourage any of you. The only point I want to make is all markets are the same. If you cannot make money in the stock markets, then good chances you cannot in the forex markets. In fact, the forex markets are usually range bound as compared to stocks.

Be safe and trade well
 
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Tuna

Listen and act, don't ask it, it doesn't oblige
#9
+1 this

Same thing was perceived by me in my early days, when I started on Crude, blew about 2.5 Lakhs in 4 days - leave alone the time I needed to recover the loss, it took me close to a month to come out of the shock.

All the instruments are same for technical setup- the only difference is the Beta (volatility) and liquidity. Few of these instruments are more volatile and few are less.

For new trades, don't look for volatile one - if you are on wrong foot, you will lose it even before you can understand that you are wrong.

For trading, the only thing you need is liquidity (and a reasonable volatility) to ensure you get a correct fill for your orders, less slippage and you can stick to your setup.
 
#10
Of late I read a lot of posts saying forex trading is easy & it is better than trading stocks etc. I would say that this is a myth. All financial markets are more or less the same. If making money in the forex market was easy then every goddamn guy would be doing it. Please get rid of the idea that you can invest 200 usd and make 12000 usd in 2 weeks time. Its possible, no doubt, but how many can do it?

Please remember this. In the forex market you are not dealing with HNI, mutual funds who have a few hundred crores. What you are dealing with on the other side is ... I repeat.... On the other side is central banks. Yes, these guys have billions of dollars. A small buy/sell order from these guys is enough to wipe clean your account 100 times over.

I do want to discourage any of you. The only point I want to make is all markets are the same. If you cannot make money in the stock markets, then good chances you cannot in the forex markets. In fact, the forex markets are usually range bound as compared to stocks.

Be safe and trade well
Sir,
Thanks for bringing this up.
It all depends on what suits one's trading style , stocks could be good for someone who dont like high volatility and beter suit positional traders.

The intraday movement in stocks is generally very slow and many times you get a lot of whipsaws . while the movement in forex is generally smoother and has more volatility and lesser whipsaws compared to stocks.
Also, forex is not rangebound for a intra day trader, forex offers higher opportunities for a intra day trader than stocks. ( I am only talking intraday)

since forex has higher volatility it offers more trading opportunities, but at the same time has the potential to take your money away if you are not focused and not willing to change perceptions of the market fast enough to suit the pace of the market.