It does not you are trading stocks, trading commodities are trading currencies. To minimize risk you must identify a trading style and develop a trading plan to be successful. Much money is made by day traders who are disciplined and committed to their trading style and plan. There is no other trading platform were this is more true than trading the Forex. Forex traders trade currencies in pairs one against the other on a minute by minute basis. You must be able to trade without emotion and according to your plan or you will lose money. The fact is, you will lose a lot of money very quickly.
However if you take the time to identify your Forex trading style you can minimize your losses. Not every trade is a winning trade. You must only have a few more winners than you do losers to make a profit and identifying your style is foundational to that outcome.
Most people start trading the Forex some e-book or software that someone has sold them. It is the ultimate in the get rich quick scams that proliferate the Internet. That is not to say that Forex trading is a scam, it is not. It’s just that so many people are scamming others with junky products.