Well, it depends basically on you as an individual if you have a sound risk management I don't think it's necessary, because if you have a good risk management plan you'll be able to trade easily and make your money without being encumbered.
Most people that are saying forex is risky don't basically adhere to the rules and they try to over leverage their account and make more or take more risk they can handle.
To abolish the case of risk in your trading you should always adhere to the point of only entering trades you can afford risk wise in relative to your account size.
