Spreads rise as news is posted and if you're not a professional news trader, you should stay away from news trading as a forex beginner. If you learn about the media or the forex calendar of relevant news, then the market has already processed this. The exit from a trade is just as important as the opening. In order to avoid large losses, newcomers must not neglect closing the trades. Actually, this should be self-evident, but this is a common source of error for newcomers.