Is forex scalping scam or it is possible to make money with it?

[PTScalper]

Hi traders/scalpers,

i decided to share some of my ideas about forex scalping, because i understand, that most of you,
who tried that actually lost their hard made money.

So based on that i found out at lot of forex forums, that lot of traders actually think, that it is not legit trading strategy or
the call it as scam.

From my perspective it is not scam, it is possible to make money by that, but on another hand i understand, that it is not so easy
and it is not for every body.

I have traded forex spot market for more than 18 years, i lost more than 30 accounts, in worst time ever i lost 10 accounts in row ..
But it is best what could happen to me .. Why? because only once your loose, you will use your brain at best possible level, wins will not teach
you anything.
I love forex scalping, because it suits to me the best. It is fast, most of the time i do not have to hold positions over night and in good days, im
able to make very nice returns. But it is not easy as well. You have to be prepared for higher level of stress. Some days you will make like 100+ positions.

What is really important is to be prepared for that and give it try

At beginning my main tip for you, use proper money management.
My contains mainly 4 steps:

1) Deposit part of my own money.
2) Risk it small.
3) Once you will make at least some profit, withdraw it.
4) Scale it just from profit and in my mind you will be risk free

Take a care and have a good forex scalping trading sessions

[LondonScalper]

lot of traders actually think, that it is not legit trading strategy or the call it as scam... i lost more than 30 accounts

Scalping isn’t a scam. Plenty of marketing around scalping is.

It’s a cost-sensitive, process-heavy way to harvest small moves. People lose accounts because of leverage, no daily stop, toxic execution, or trading every M1 wiggle like it owes them rent — not because the market secretly forbids short holds. Your point about losses teaching more than wins is rough but fair; I’d only add that the lesson has to be written into rules, or you just repurchase the same lesson.

What makes it viable in practice:

• Pairs/sessions where all-in cost fits the target
• Hard loss limits
• Selectivity over ticket count theatre

Possible? Yes. Easy? No. Suitable for everyone? Absolutely not. If someone can’t watch a screen with discipline or measure their costs, they’re better on a slower style.

What was the common failure mode across those early accounts — size, session, or sticking to losers?

[PropScalpDesk]

Not a scam — often just unpaid labour

Scalping is not inherently a scam. It is a high-friction job: costs, discipline, session selection, and emotional control under time pressure. Many people lose because those frictions were ignored, then call the style fake. That conclusion is understandable and still incomplete.

From full-time experience out of Frankfurt: it is possible, but only if expectancy survives real spreads and you stop when the daily limit says stop. Marketing that promises easy minutes-to-riches is the scammy part; market microstructure is not. I treat it like skilled shift work — prepare, execute, shut down. No romance, no overnight personality change after one green open.

If your losses cluster around news, wide spreads, or days without a written stop, the style is not the scam — the missing operations are. Fix the job description before you abandon the chart style entirely.

What made you ask the question — personal results, broker behaviour that felt predatory, or content that oversold the lifestyle?