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Sunday, October 21, 2007

Forex Trading and Risk-Return ratio

Forex trading is fast becoming the top method of making money on the internet and plenty of average people are trying their hand at becoming millionaires. For most people, forex trading is a much needed source of a second income, to supplement their current single income from their main profession. However, the true potential to become very wealthy is not tapped by most such investors and they earn mere pennies on the dollar, compared with what they could be earning. While everyone has their own forex currency trading system, this will be in proportion to your risk appetite and will only bring the returns that you strive for.

While there are many ways to invest your money in currency, most people play safe by either investing small amounts or spreading their money very thin across the various currencies they are invested in. This makes for a very small return but practically no risk potential, since the bases are mostly covered so that if one currency depreciates, the other appreciates and the losses are minimal. However, clearly this will never make the forex trader a millionaire.

Life is short, and most forex trading millionaires made their money fast off the forex market. These individuals are generally highly leveraged, because they know that money makes money, and the more money they invest, the greater the risk and the greater the potential reward. Also, betting on unlikely currencies is risky and can have a huge potential upside.

So what exactly will leveraging yourself mean for you? You can start with a portfolio, meaning that you put your investment towards buying a part of the forex trading. Then, you buy shares of the forex trading the world over, depending on what countries appeal to you. The prices of these shares may rise slowly to increase your portfolio, and you are still playing safe. Once your total portfolio value goes over the 5000 dollar mark, you as a forex trader can apply for something known as a console, which now puts you in the position to act as an agent for others. At this point, you can process exchanges for small investors who want to buy and sell currencies through you. For each transaction processed, you will earn a fee of 6% and this can roll into your portfolio, increasing further, making your status as a forex trader more credible.

Other than an unlikely event such as a war or natural calamity, nothing on the forex market will give you a sudden unexpected windfall. Do not expect to become a millionaire over night. You will have to plan and strategize, and most importantly, leverage yourself, to truly make a lot of money. The forex market will generally move like the stock market, in small digits and only when you have plenty of money spread out on the forex market do you stand a chance of making a great deal of profit.

While this type of trading is not for the faint hearted, experience in forex trading will bring some confidence to your forex trading strategy, especially as you learn which systems work for you and which don't. As your level of confidence grows, the process will seem much less daunting. However, it is great to be cautious and be sure of any risks you take. That said, do remember that millionaires are always highly leveraged in the forex market – take calculated risks.

How Forex Affects Us All

You may not be involved in Forex trading directly, but the fact remains that you are affected by what occurs in foreign exchange trading every day.

Here are some examples of how this constant flow of currency trading makes an impact on your daily life.

Perhaps the most obvious impact is that currency trading makes an impact on the price you pay for goods and services.

Should you happen to live in a country where the comparative value of your currency falls in comparison to that of other countries, you could find yourself paying a higher price for items that you are used to purchasing at a relatively inexpensive rate.

The reason is that the rate of exchange for imported goods would have changed and chances are the brunt of that change will be passed on to you, the consumer.

These goods may include anything from petroleum products to underwear.

Another way that changes in trading currency impact you is the simple ability to obtain goods and services.

A severe enough change in the rate of exchange could mean that it is no longer viable for certain types of business commerce to continue.

The result will be that you may find that some items that you are used to purchasing regularly will at first become much scarcer and carry a higher price tag, but ultimately no longer be available to you at all.

This will require you to change your spending habits and settle for other goods that you may consider being of lesser quality.

An extreme example would be if you were no longer able to get the imported car parts you need for your vehicle and had to turn to either generic replacements or used parts.

Your investments may also be impacted as well.

While the stock exchange is a totally different process from currency exchange, the fact of the matter is that they do impact one another.

Adverse changes in the rate of exchange can mean your stocks may slow down their process of earning money for you, especially if the stocks happen to be investments in retail companies or any entity that relies heavily on foreign trade.

Changes in your portfolio of course make a difference to your overall financial health, and may especially hurt if your stock portfolio happens to also be your form of retirement plan.

Many people do not give the trading of currency a second thought. Nevertheless, this process that is in a constant flow every day does reach out and touch the lives of each of us in some way. We may find ourselves paying higher prices for goods or services that we are used to enjoying.

In some cases, we may have to substitute for a lesser product, due to lack of availability. We may see our overall financial health impacted, even to the point of wondering about our future and retirement. Keeping up with Forex trading is a good idea for all of us.

It should be noted Forex trading involves substantial risk of loss and is not suitable for all investors.

Friday, August 24, 2007

Forex Books for Advanced Traders

Forex Books

Here you can download free FOREX e-books. The information in these Forex e-books will help you develop your trading skills, money management abilities and self-control.

The Forex e-books are in .pdf format. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these e-books. You can get Adobe Acrobat Reader from here. Some of the e-books (those that are in parts) are zipped.

Forex Books for Beginners

Candlesticks For Support And Resistance - The basics of trading with candlesticks charts by John H. Forman

Online Trading Courses - Course #1 lesson #1 by Jake Bernstein

Commodity_Futures_Trading_for_Beginners - by Bruce Babcock

Hidden Divergence - by Barbara Star, Ph.D

The Law Of Charts - by unknown author

Peaks and Troughs - by Martin J. Pring

Reverse Divergences And Momentum - by Martin J. Pring

Strategy:10 - Low-risk, high-return forex trading by W. R. Booker & Co.

The NYSE Tick Index And Candlesticks - by Tim Ord

Trend Determination - A quick, accurate and effective methodology by John Hayden

The Original Turtle Trading Rules - by OrignalTurtles.org

Introduction to Forex - by 1st Forex Trading Academy. This trading course intends to provide to all of the students analytical tools on the trading system and methodologies. In this respect, the purpose of the course is to provide an overview of the many strategies that are being used in Forex market and to discuss the steps and tools that are needed in order to use these strategies successfully.

The Six Forces of Forex - by Scott Owens. A small e-book covering the basic and the main problems of Forex trading.

Study Book for Successful Foreign Exchange Dealing - by Royal Forex.

Forex Books about Market in General

Screen Information, Trader Activity, and Bid-Ask Spreads in a Limit Order Market - An in-depth work on a Limit Order Market by Mark Coppejans and Ian Domowitz

Strategic experimentation in a dealership market - by Massimo Massa and Andrei Simonov

Limit Orders, Depth, and Volatility - by Hee-Joon Ahna, Kee-Hong Baeb and Kalok Chan

Reminiscences of a Stock Operator - the best of the best book on financial trading by Edwin Lefevre

Market Profile Basics - by Jayanthi Gopalakrishnan

Quote Setting and Price Formation in an Order Driven Market - by Puneet Handa, Robert Schwartz and Ashish Tiwari

Phantom of the Pits - General thoughts and opinions on trading and market by Arthur L. Simpson

An Introduction to Market Profile and a User's Guide to Capital Flow Software - by J. Peter Steidlmayer and Ted Hearne

The Effect of Tick Size on Volatility, Trader Behavior, and Market Quality - by Tavy Ronen and Daniel G. Weaver

Trading as a Business - by unknown author

What Moves the Currency Market? - by Kathy Lien - Find out which economic factors help shape the short-term and long-term forex landscape.

Macroeconomic Implications of the Beliefs and Behavior of Foreign Exchange Traders - by Yin-Wong Cheung and Menzie D. Chinn.

Forex Books about Money Management

Risk Control and Money Management - by Gibbons Burke

Money Management - A chapter from The Mathematics of Gambling

Position-sizing Effects on Trader Performance: An experimental analysis - by Johan Ginyard

Fine-Tuning Your Money Management System - by Bennett A. McDowel

Money Management Strategies - a vast scientific approach to the money management problem of the financial trading.

Money Management - by Dave Landry - a short and easy book on money management.

Forex Books about Trader's Psychology

A Course in Miracles - A Christian view on the probability by unknown author

Thoughts on Trading - Some general thoughts about financial trading by Joe Ross

Calming The Mind So That Body Can Perform - by Robert M. Nideffer, Ph.D

Emotion Free Trading - "How to consistently act in your own best interest with your off-the-floor trading!" by Larry Levin

How George Soros Knows What He Knows - a must-read book by Flavia Cymbalista, Ph.D

Lifestyles of the Rich and Pipped - by Rob Booker & Kim Shaftner, M.D.

The Miracle of Discipline - by W.R. Booker & Co.

Zoom in on Personal Trading Behavior And Profit from It - by Linda Bradford Raschke

The Woodchuck and the Possum - by Rob Booker

25 Rules Of Forex Trading Discipline - by Douglas E. Zalesky

Stop Losses Are For Sissies - by W. R. Brooker & Co. - a rather descriptive evidence of how important stop losses in Forex trading are.

Your Personality and Successful Trading - by Windsor Advisory Services - describes and discusses almost all psychological and emotional aspects of financial trading.

Forex Books about Strategy

1-2-3 System - A simple pattern trading system by Mark Crisp

Bollinger Bandit Trading Strategy - A trading system based on Bollinger bands indicator by unknown author

Value Area - from The Likos Letter

The Dynamic Breakout II Strategy - by unknown author

Ghost Trader Trading Strategy - by unknown author

King Keltner Trading Strategy - by unknown author

Scalp Trading Methods - by Kevin Ho

LSS - An Introduction to the 3-Day Cycle Method - by George Angell

Market Turns And Continuation Moves With The Tick Index - by Tim Ord

The Money Manager Trading Strategy - by unknown author

Picking Tops And Bottoms With The Tick Index - by Tim Ord

The Super Combo Day Trading Strategy - by unknown author

The Eleven Elliott Wave Patterns - by unknown author

The Thermostat Trading Strategy - by unknown author

Intraday trading with the TICK - by Christopher Terry

Traders Trick Entry - by Traders Educators of Traders University

Fibonacci Trader Journal - a journal covering different trading techniques based on Fibonacci indicators, by Robert Krausz. 12 issues.

Rapid Forex - a set of aggressive Forex trading strategies (Rapid Forex) by Robert Borowski and Stephen A. Pierce

Microtrading the 1 Minute Chart - a small e-book aimed on Forex newbies to teach them the basics of M1 scalping.

ICWR Forex Trading Strategy - Impulsive/Corrective Waves Retracement strategy rules and examples in this piece of marketing-language literature.

BunnyGirl Forex Trading Strategy Rules and FAQ - set of rules for a BunnyGirl trading strategy based on WMA crossing.


A New Interpretation of Information Rate - by J. L. Kelly Jr.

CCI Manual - by James L. O'Connell

Nicktrader and Jeff Explaining Reverse and Regular Divers - from Woodies CCI Club Discussion From January 15,16 2004

NickTrader on No Price CCI Divergence Trading - by Nicktrader

Are Supply and Demand Driving Stock Prices? - by Carl Hopman

The Sharpe Ratio - by William F. Sharpe

Get Started Investing in Forex: 37 Tutorials, Tools & Resources


Even if you're an active trader in stocks, you may not be prepared to invest in forex, or the foreign exchange market. Forex trades 24 hours a day from 5:00 p.m. ET on Sunday until 4:00 p.m. ET Friday, so you won't hear those opening or closing bells. And, there's no central market like the New York Stock Exchange or Nasdaq. Instead, trade is conducted between participants through electronic communication networks (ECNs) and phone networks in various markets around the world. So, when you hear that the US dollar closed at a certain rate, it simply means that was the rate at market close in New York. But currency continues to be traded around the world long after New York's close.

But, like securities, traders can go long or short and they can make a profit or lose money. As with stocks, it's best to conduct some research into how the forex market works before you begin to trade. After you understand how the forex market works, you can begin to build a trading strategy.

The following list contains 37 tutorials, tools, and resources that will help you get started with investments in forex. If you've traded on any stock exchange in the past, some of these tools might feel or appear familiar, but they may have a new twist. The resources listed below were chosen for their clarity and simplicity as well as for their reputation.

Getting Started

The following information is for the forex beginner, but even intermediate-level forex traders might pick up a tip or two from these sites:

  1. Baby Pips: A pip is the smallest unit of price for any foreign currency, so "baby pips" is a bit redundant. But you won't find any redunancy on this site. Skip the news on the front page for now and go straight to the School of Pipsology that holds a complete course for beginners. If you walk through all the lessons contained on this site, you'll have a solid basic forex education under your belt.
  2. Forex Glossary: Although the previous tutorial might help you to understand some forex terms, this glossary is a great tool to have on hand for future reference. You'll see some familiar terms here, like "selling short" and "limit order," and you'll learn that they mean the same as they do when you use them for trading securities. But, you'll also find new terms like "big figure" and "two-way price," terms that will set you apart as a forex trader.
  3. Investopedia: This online financial encyclopedia contains an extensive 10-part article on forex investing, from an introduction to a recap that covers everything from benefits and risks to technical analysis. If you can't get enough of Investopedia's information, head to their Forex index, where you can find a list of articles and an opportunity to download their free e-Book entitled, "High Probability Trading Setups for the Currency Market."
  4. National Futures Association (NFA): Now that you have a basic understanding about forex markets, visit the NFA to learn how to build a sound forex strategy. The NFA is "the premier independent provider of efficient and innovative regulatory programs that safeguard the integrity of the derivatives markets," which basically means that this organization regulates any market that depends upon future cash flows. The "investor information" section contains materials about how to find a broker and basic lessons in forex trading. Plus, they publish forex warnings, news, and they offer a place for investor disputes and complaints.
  5. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): The CFTC operates along the same lines as the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), except this government organization focuses on protecting market users and the public from fraud in the futures and option markets. So keep this site handy to stay on top of any forex scams through their Consumer Advisory on Forex Fraud. You can learn quickly what to avoid in your learning curve through a detailed forex advisory that offers information about other resources as well.
  6. Martket Traders Insitute (MTI): You don't need to spend a lot of money to train in forex markets. Even MTI offers free resources such as videos and lesson plans that will help you get off the ground. If you like what you hear and see, you can invest in materials for the advanced trader down the road.

Learn about Currency

If you're going to trade something, you better know what it is you're trading. These currency sites will help you get up to speed on foreign currency exchange and markets.

  1. Exchange Rate: Skip the top link box, as those links will take you to FXCM (Forex Capital Markets — see #13 and #33). Instead, try out the "hot" and "currency info" links that provide information about everything you'd want to know about worldwide currencies for 170 countries. Includes calculators, fun facts, serious facts, and more.
  2. Oanda: With a free registration you can access customizable currency tools, including calculators and foreign exchange data. If you don't register you can still access currency exchange tools that are great items for instant information, especially for travelers, let alone forex investors. The Traveler's Cheat Sheet is indispensable for money-conscious globetrotters.
  3. GoCurrency: This site offers a powerful and accurate currency converter, but don't stop there. Learn about currencies by country, currency forecasts, and gather insights on foreign investments.
  4. The Euro: Confused about the Euro? Over 13 European Union countries now use the Euro, and this Web site, brought to you by the European Commission, will teach you everything you want to know about this currency. But the Euro represents just one currency among hundreds. Which leads me to my next point...
  5. List of Currencies: This is an extensive list provided by Wikipedia that covers everything from ancient coinage to the current Yen. As with most Wikipedia lists, you might run across a link or two that doesn't contain information. But, you can use that information to search elsewhere if needed.

Get the News

Once you've learned the basics, the next best thing you can do before you begin to trade is to read up on forex information via traditional financial news sites and blogs. Use the tutorials listed above during this process so that you can grasp the language and learn the strategies involved in any reporting. Take advantage of forums or chats offered by these resources to ask questions:

  1. Action Forex: This site offers an easy-to-read layout that includes news, insights, fundamentals reports, calculators, and tons of other forex resources.
  2. Daily FX: An easy-on-the-eyes news source that offers a calendar, charts, and a forum. Sponsored by FXCM, this site offers a free weekly trading lesson and free quarterly outlook reports. You must be an FXCM client to access the market commentary, but the other "free" news offers a great resource for learning and for staying on top of forex news.
  3. Forex Reader: The Forex Reader is a popular blog that offers updates on financial headlines relegated by currency.
  4. Forex News: Like most of the sites listed here, Forex News offers more than news. Check out their forums, their technical news, and their educational and research materials while you're there. Register for free to take full advantage of the site's resources, including a chat feature.
  5. FXStreet: Global Forex Trading (GFX) sponsors this forex news site. Use the forums, chats, strategies, techniques, and trading tools to get a feel for forex. Additionally, several bloggers share their insights, including Wayne McDonell's FX Boot Camp Training Videos (visit his FX Bootcamp site).
  6. Profiting with Forex Blog: You might discover that this newsworthy blog is part of the network, "Profiting with Forex." The blog is interesting, but the backend reports, podcasts, and commentary at the "Profiting" site might appeal to you more.
  7. The Forex Project: Lessons learned first-hand from a forex trader. This site has an unbelievably long list of topics, along with news about the blogger's personal trading experiences, calculators, charts, news, and a perspective on forex psychology.

Participate in Forums

Speaking of forums, here are a few specific resources where you can tap into information from around the world that may help to answer your questions about forex trading and markets. Be aware that individuals who want to sell their ideas visit these forums, just like any other forums. But, you'll find a wealth of valid information here as well.

  1. MoneyTec: With over 33,000 members, this traders' forum offers a format to discuss trading ideas, share, learn, and build new trading techniques and strategies.
  2. Global View Forums: Another free forum that's been around since 1996. This one focuses solely on forex. You must register to participate.
  3. Forex Factory Forum: You'll find a Forex Beginner Q&A section as well as topics that focus on specific strategies and techniques. Free to register.

Learn Strategies

You'll discover that some forex traders use Fibonacci (Fib) methods, and that others rely on current financial news to divine futures. There are as many strategies as personalities in the forex market, but — like the stock market — they rely either on fundamental or technical analysis. The following contains a mix of the two:

  1. Fibonacci Lesson: Don't know much 'bout arithmetic, Fibonacci numbers, or the Golden Section? This tutorial, offered by Dr Ron Knott from the Mathematics Department of the University of Surrey, UK will provide results. Simple to use, easy to understand, and filled with illustrations to help you learn why some numbers are so important to nature. Interstingly, these numbers are also of vast interest to many forex investors.
  2. Fibonacci Forex Indicators: Forex Planet will begin to show you how to apply Fibs to forex in this easy-to-understand lesson. But, the lesson is short, so you might try the next resource as well:
  3. Mini-Lesson on Fibonnaci: This lesson also applies to forex, and it offers a short tutorial on applications along with a downloadable Fib calculator.
  4. Intro to Japanese Candlestick Charting: Altavest provides a short and succinct introduction to Japanese candlestick charting, another method that forex traders use to graph charts.
  5. Candlestick Patterns: If you like the Japanese candlestick methodology, this site will thrill you. Extensive patterns are illustrated graphically from basic to single patterns and reversal to continuation formations. This entire site offers some great information on techniques and strategies beyond the candlestick information, so take some time to look around while you're here. Basically, this site has it all as far as technical analysis goes.
  6. Fundamentals of Forex: Forex TV brings you the lowdown on what type of news would affect forex from a fundamental standpoint. You can use the information on this list to conduct further research, but I'll bring a few of those topics to you now...
  7. Consumer Price Index (CPI): The US Department of Labor offers a ton of information just on this page alone through their links. But, the CPI is often influenced by many other factors. If you're a fundamentalist, you might want to tag this next link for further research as well...
  8. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA): Don't play around with someone else's opinions. Get the straight stuff from the US Department of Commerce like the pros. Everyone from the White House staff to US Trade Commission employees to trade policy officials who want to negotiate international trade agreements uses the measurements contained on the BEA Web site. Why should you be left out of this information resource?

Use Charts

Charts offer visual validation for technical strategies, but they also reflect fundamental behaviors in the market. Even if you're a seasoned securities trader, you might want to learn more about the psychology behind forex trading. If you can read all sorts of charts inside and out, you'll have the forex advantage.

  1. The Law of Charts: Joe Ross offers advice for traders across the board, but the information contained in his "Law of Charts" offer speaks to forex as well as any other trading strategy. He identifies chart patterns that result from human behaviors and points to entry and exit targets on those charts. You can take advantage of Ross's other tools as well, including the forum.
  2. Forex Charting 101: A brief and basic overview of forex charts from Pip Trader. You'll discover that the charts are very similar to those that you might use for securities trading. But, some of the charts may seem more complicated if you're not a seasoned trader.
  3. Free Forex Charts: There's no reason for me to push you into using a specific chart. Instead, I'll point you to a short list of free forex charts that you can use for practice. When you're ready to begin trading, take a look at their lists of premium and system trading charts for professional use. The lists contain ratings and reviews, visuals, features, and tips and tricks for individual charts.
  4. FXCM: Although I don't advocate specific brokers in this article, when you visit brokerage sites make sure that you take advantage of any free information offered by those businesses. In this instance, Forex Capital Markets offers tons of information about forex trading, and you can sign up for a risk-free 30-day practice account to get your feet wet. Forex.com and several other brokerage sites also offer this free account service. Be aware that when you sign up for these services that you'll be added to a mailing list. You can opt out of these lists, but read any other pertinent information to make sure that you're not obligated to purchase anything from any brokerage that you use for services such as this one.

Other tools

The tools listed below are "sidebars" to all the information listed above. I'll cut you loose on the last two sites, as they contain just about every site you'd might want to access for more forex information:

  1. Live Forex Rates: You might recognize the GFT logo behind the rates, but don't let that distract you from the constantly changing figures. If you're addicted to live feeds, you'll be mesmerized by the constantly changing currency rates on this chart.
  2. A Free Book about Forex: This book is truly free, as you don't need to register to access the PDF file. A forex trader offers information about all the mistakes he made as he learned how to develop his own forex strategy. Short and easy to read, this little book will bring some insights into how to avoid some pitfalls in the forex markets.
  3. Top 100 Forex Sites: Although these sites are rated by popularity and, therefore, subject to rating scams, you can learn much from the sites that are listed simply from the variety of information that's offered here. Many sites are brokerage firms, but as I mentioned previously you can find free information on many of these sites such as news, calculators, techniques, and more.
  4. Earn Forex: A link exchange/directory for other forex sites. Unlike the "Top 100" site listed previously, Earn Forex doesn't rate their links. But, you will also find much different information here than at the previous site. Additionally, the links are sorted by categories, which makes it easier to find what you need. In addition, you'll find other tools here like calculators, articles, and a forex FAQ and glossary.

There are many other sites that I could list for your forex training, but my next suggestion is to head to your local library and read some books about forex trading. If you find an author or two who are to your liking, begin to study their techniques and strategies both through their books and on the Internet. If you share your information and questions on forums, you might find a mentor who will help you learn how to strategize and to use charts and fundamentals to your advantage as well.

Forex trading isn't learned overnight; so don't feel inadequate if you can't grasp the fine points immediately. You can't lose by learning more about how world economies work. The information that you gather in your search for forex training will make you a better trader no matter which markets you prefer to use.

Top 100 Forex Resources


The average daily forex trading volume currently exceeds $1.9 trillion. With so much on the line, we've put together a list of our favorite 100 forex resources to help you become a knowledgeable forex trader. The following resources were chosen for the quality of information and training tools offered. Although some of these tools are located on commercial sites, you'll find value in materials produced by professionals. Other sites were chosen for the resources that they offered for a price (like books), but they're all geared specifically toward the forex trader. The chosen sites are written in the English language, but some individuals, businesses, and organizations are located in areas other than the United States. All sites are listed in alphabetical order within the following categories:

Topics Covered in this Article

Beginner's Paradise | Blogs & News | Charts | Currency & Currency Converters | Directories & Portals | Economic Calendars & Indicators | Fibonacci & Candlesticks | Forecasts and Signals | Forums and Communities | Glossaries | Market Reports | Nonprofit Associations | Practice | Real-Time Quotes | Technical Indicators | X-Tras

Beginner's Paradise

If you're a forex newbie, the following sites will help you get a grip on the similarities and differences between forex trading and stock exchange trading. Take advantage of free resources before you dedicate any serious cha-ching to training.

  1. Action Forex — Learn about the forex market through free e-Books, news, insights, and much more.
  2. Currency College — Currency College delivers a variety of course offerings with classes that are held at the student’s convenience. Each class is followed by homework and tests; each course lasts about six weeks; and each class contains about ten students. Emphasis is given to risk management. This is not free education, but if you bring referrals to Currency College you could earn a scholarship toward your tuition. This site has plenty of free resources, however, like a comparative chart for various trading platforms so you can make an educated choice about trading platforms.
  3. CyberTrading University — This site offers free forex training through a two-hour video that includes a brief history, PIP spreads, majors and crosses, economic indicators, fundamental analysis, technical analysis, short-term long-term fundamentals, trading rules, leverage and margin, trading psychology, Fibonacci Retracement Levels, moving averages, oscillators, Candlestick Charts, Bollinger Bands, and more.
  4. Forex Charting 101 — A brief and basic overview of forex charts from Pip Trader. You'll discover that the charts are very similar to those that you might use for securities trading. But, some of the charts may seem more complicated if you're not a seasoned trader.
  5. Forex Realm — Possibly the most comprehensive and thorough forex education online. Learn about everything from currency codes to exotic trading strategies through articles, graphics, and concise examples.
  6. Forex-Training.com — Fairly comprehensive training with a free demo account. The highlight to this site is their explanations about various charts.
  7. FX Home Trader — Focus on the information about technical analysis, where you can learn more about Fibonacci Trading, Pivot Points, and more. Their Forex Facts also contain some valuable information.
  8. FX Power Trading Course — Offered by FXCM, this paid course is one step up from free at the current price. Learn how to time the market, recognize trends, and basics in fundamental and technical analysis through this eight-day course.
  9. Investopedia on Forex — An extensive 10-part article on forex investing, from an introduction to a recap that covers everything from benefits and risks to technical analysis. If you can't get enough of Investopedia's information, head to a list of their Forex articles, where you can learn more and download their free e-Book entitled, "High Probability Trading Setups for the Currency Market."
  10. Law of Charts — Joe Ross offers advice for traders across the board, but the information contained in his "Law of Charts" offer speaks to forex as well as any other trading strategy. He identifies chart patterns that result from human behaviors and points to entry and exit targets on those charts. You can take advantage of Ross's other tools as well, including the forum.
  11. Learn4X — This is an interesting site simply because it contains several tests that help you determine if you have the 'guts' and knowledge to be a trader. They also offer a free online seminar.
  12. Market Traders Institute (MTI) — You don't need to spend a lot of money to train in forex markets. MTI offers many free resources such as videos and lesson plans that will help you get off the ground. If you like what you hear and see, you can invest in materials for the advanced trader down the road.
  13. My Forex Trading Tools — A site that contains overviews on everything from fundamentals to options.
  14. Online Training Academy — Free basics on FX trading via video, offered by Mike McMahon. You need to register, but you can opt out of contact lists with a click of a box.
  15. School of Pipsology — A lighthearted forex education from Kindergarten to College so the beginner knows exactly where he stands in an attempt to grasp the forex market.

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Blogs & News

The following list provides a variety of news from both professional and single-investor resources.

  1. A Forex Loser — The name of the blog ought to warn you. This blog contains a different perspective on trading, with an emphasis on trading psychology. Some great trading tips.
  2. Currency Secrets — Not updated daily, but plenty of resources in historical entries. The focus is on currency, but you can find plenty of reviews and tips here as well.
  3. DailyFX — Sponsored by Forex Capital Markets (FXCM), this site offers a free weekly trading lesson, a forum, economic calendar, and free quarterly outlook reports.
  4. Forex News — At-a-glance links to news and analyses.
  5. Forex Project — A fascinating blog written by a forex beginner who logs his experiences in a journal, through established goals, and with a full trade history. This blogger currently is under pressure from a fulltime job, and he's considering a transition from day trading to going long on his investments. Should be an interesting read. Be sure to check out this blogger's list of references, including a nice beta risk calculator.
  6. Forex Reader — Daily currency trading news and commentary.
  7. FX Boot Camp — Wayne McDonell offers his boot camp theories for free at his blog on FXStreet (see next).
  8. FXStreet — Breaking news, commentary. Sponsored by Global Forex Trading (GFT).
  9. Peter Bain Forex Trading Commentary — Peter Bain's commentary needs to be good, as it's a tool to push his training course. You can take advantage of his free podcasts as well.
  10. Piptopia — This is Rob Booker's blog on forex. He's a currency trader and trainer and he's been at this blog for two years, so you'll find some interesting history here.
  11. Grace Cheng's Forex Blog — "Not long after my graduation, I was introduced to forex trading, and since then, have never looked back." Outside of her blog, Cheng writes for a number of trading and investment magazines.
  12. Quantitative Trading — Dr. Ernest Chan's take on automated, statistical trading strategies.
  13. Trader Mike — Michael is a trader, and this blog is a trading journal of sorts. Although he considers himself a swing/position trader, he switched to day trading in 2005. Although this blog doesn't focus on forex per se, you can learn plenty about trading strategies here.

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Charts

You can't trade without charts, but the chart that you use is a matter of personal preference. The list below provides a nice pool to pick from:

  1. DailyFX Chart — You can manipulate this chart by type, time scale, view, and much more. Java based.
  2. Free Forex Charts — From simple to Premium to System Trading, simply the best choice of charts around.
  3. Forex-Market — This site offers two free, real-time charting applications, one Web-based and the other a stand-alone Java applet.
  4. Live Currency Chart — This chart, offered by FXStreet (see Blogs & News above), is also Java based. A nice feature is the Drag&Drop that allows traders to pull indicators out of the Studies window and up into the Chart window.

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Currency & Converters

Currencies can be confusing, especially when you learn that many lots are purchased in pairs. You can learn about specific currencies when you type the names of that currency into a search engine. For instance, you can learn more about the Euro at that currency's official site. But, if you don't know what to look for, the information found in the following sites will help you out:

  1. ADVFN Forex Symbol Table — Comprehensive list of currencies. When you click on the currency symbol you'll reach a page where that currency is represented through currency exchange rate tables and historical exchange rate charts.
  2. ExchangeRate.com — Try out the "hot" and "currency info" links that provide information about everything you'd want to know about worldwide currencies for 170 countries. Includes calculators, fun facts, serious facts, and more.
  3. Go Currency — Reliable currency converter and money conversion service.
  4. List of Currencies — This is an extensive list provided by Wikipedia that covers everything from ancient coinage to the current Yen. As with most Wikipedia lists, you might run across a link or two that doesn't contain information. But, you can use that information to search elsewhere if needed.
  5. Oanda — Excellent set of currency converter tools from historical currency exchange rates for over 164 currencies to traveler's cheat sheets to customizable products. Visit their detailed currency converter FAQ page if you have questions.
  6. X-Rates — More than a currency list or a converter, this site will bring you up-to-date on every bit of information you'd need to know as a forex trader.
  7. XE.com — A basic currency converter backed up by other tools on this site, such as current and historic rate tables and a free email currency update service.

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Directories & Portals

The following resources offer choices beyond the ones listed here. Since forex is a booming individual trader industry, expect to find new sites popping up weekly.

  1. Earn Forex — A limited list, but some great resources broken down by category. This list is just one feature to this site, as you can access calculators, a blog, and information for beginners here.
  2. Forex Bastards — Don't let that empty page or the name put you off. Click on other categories to find some interesting resources. This is a project in the making, brought to you by the Secret Forex Society.
  3. Forex Central — You want it? They have most of it (blogs are missing). Resources aren't rated.
  4. Forex Directory — This site is a little difficult to slug through, but worth it for the resources provided.
  5. Pip Trader — This site contains a forum, live quotes and charts, news, reports, and a "mini-game" that has nothing to do with forex, but that might help you lighten up a bit.
  6. Top 100 Forex Sites — Although these sites are rated by popularity and, therefore, subject to rating scams, you can learn much from the sites that are listed simply from the variety of information that's offered here. Many sites are brokerage firms, but as I mentioned previously you can find free information on many of these sites such as news, calculators, techniques, and more.

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Economic Calendars & Indicators

Economic calendars and indicators are vital tools for fundamental research. The sites below will give you simple and detailed options.

  1. Economic Indicators — A government site brought to you by the Economics and Statistics Administration at the US Department of Commerce. Their mission is to provide timely access to the daily releases of key economic indicators from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the US Census Bureau.
  2. Forex Economic Calendar — What better place to find an excellent economic calendar than a site that focuses on this tool?
  3. Global Forex Trading (GFT) — A detailed look into the next month's international monetary future based on GMT.
  4. InfoForex — Brief overviews on various sectors from Auto and Truck Sales to a Monthly Wholesale Trade report based upon the US Census.

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Fibonacci & Candlesticks

Fibonacci and Japanese Candlestick charts may seem difficult, but with the right training you can master both technical strategies.

  1. Fibonacci — This is the home page for Dr. Ron Knott's multimedia Web site on the Fibonacci numbers, the Golden section and the Golden string hosted by the Mathematics Department of the University of Surrey, UK. Simple to use, easy to understand, and filled with illustrations to help you learn why some numbers are so important to nature. These numbers are also of vast interest to many forex investors.
  2. Fibonacci Forex Indicators — Forex Planet will begin to show you how to apply Fibs to forex in this easy-to-understand lesson. But, the lesson is short, so you might try the next resource as well.
  3. Fibonacci Method in Forex charts — This lesson also applies to forex, and it offers a short tutorial on applications along with a downloadable Fib calculator.
  4. Japanese Candlesticks — FX Words offers a simple and succinct explanation for candlesticks, including bullish and bearish patterns.
  5. Japanese Candlesticks (Elliott Gann) — A comprehensive tutorial that covers all the basic terminology and explains each term with appropriate graphics, offered by the ElliottGann site.
  6. Japanese Candlestick Trading Forum — It costs to become a member, but you can access all the candlestick basics for free on this site.

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Forecasts and Signals

The following resources use a mix of fundamental and technical analyses to formulate their prognoses:

  1. AceTrader — True 24 hours real-time analysis for up-to-the-minute recommendations and analysis.
  2. e-Forex — Free trading signals. Dig into their historical records to understand their precision.
  3. Forex Predictions — Currently free daily and weekly high-low signals through the Web site and by email. This site is a division of RDC Bancorp, Inc., a foreign exchange services company.
  4. Forex Signals — FinoTek provides signals and trends with charts. Check out their archived signals to determine credibility.
  5. Investica Ltd. — Online information and free e-newsletters filled with signals and forecasts.
  6. Open Forex — Daily forecasts in real trade and analytical articles on forex basic currency pairs.

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Forums and Communities

  1. Forex Factory — You'll find a Forex Beginner Q&A section as well as topics that focus on specific strategies and techniques.
  2. Forex TSD — Go ahead and lurk in this forum until you feel comfortable. Then register for free to access the forum and a calendar. The paid "elite" subscription offers detailed statements of currently more than 20 trading systems.
  3. Global View Forums — Another free forum that's been around since 1996.
  4. MoneyTec — With over 33,000 members, this traders' forum offers a format to discuss trading ideas, share, learn, and build new trading techniques and strategies.

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Fundamental Research

The following list contains comprehensive information about economic fundamentals for your research:

  1. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) — Get the straight stuff from the US Department of Commerce like the pros. Everyone from the White House staff to US Trade Commission employees to trade policy officials who want to negotiate international trade agreements use the measurements contained on the BEA Web site.
  2. Consumer Price Index (CPI) — The US Department of Labor offers a ton of information just on this page alone through their links.
  3. Forex Daily Fundamentals — XpressTrade offers a daily focus on forex fundamentals.
  4. The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - An international organization which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks. As such, this organization offers valuable information through their publications and research as well as through many other resources offered on this site. They also maintain a list of Central Bank Web sites.
  5. The Fundamentals of Forex — Forex TV brings you the lowdown on what type of news would affect forex from a fundamental standpoint. You can use the information on this list to conduct further research.

Glossaries

  1. Forex Glossary — The only drawback to this glossary is that the "A-Z" tab doesn't include a total listing of all the terms under the single-letter tabs. Comprehensive.
  2. Forex.com Glossary — An at-a-glance glossary contained on one page.
  3. Glossary of Forex Terms [PDF] — This printable file, offered by FX International Group, contains all the basics.

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Government Regulation

  1. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) — The ASIC's regulatory coverage includes the forex market. Use their search box to learn more about their reach and responsibility.
  2. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) — The CFTC operates along the same lines as the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), except this government organization focuses on protecting market users and the public from fraud in the futures and option markets. So keep this site handy to stay on top of any forex scams through their Consumer Advisory on Forex Fraud. You can learn quickly what to avoid in your learning curve through a detailed forex advisory that offers information about other resources as well.
  3. Financial Services Authority (FSA) — An independent non-governmental body located in the UK, given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000. Use their search box to locate information about the UK forex market and regulations.
  4. National Futures Association (NFA) — The NFA is "the premier independent provider of efficient and innovative regulatory programs that safeguard the integrity of the derivatives markets," which basically means that this organization regulates any market that depends upon future cash flows. The "investor information" section contains materials about how to find a broker and basic lessons in forex trading. Plus, they publish forex warnings, news, and they offer a place for investor disputes and complaints.

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Market Reports

  1. KBC [PDF] — A Comprehensive "Morning Report" from this Belgian foreign exchange bank (in English).
  2. Mellon — FX Daily report from Mellon Financial Corporation, with links to American and European editions and past issues.
  3. SaxoBank — Daily market update from this foreign exchange service in London.
  4. Scotia Capital [PDF] — Daily report with corresponding links for further reading from this Canadian foreign exchange bank.
  5. UBS — Daily summary for forex markets sponsored by this Swiss foreign exchange bank.

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Nonprofit Associations

  1. Australian Technical Analysts Association (ATAA) — A non-profit association of both professional technical analysts and anyone who uses technical analysis for private investing, trading or advising.
  2. International Compliance Association (ICA) — The ICA is a professional organization dedicated to the furtherance of best compliance and anti money laundering practice in the financial services sector.
  3. The Financial Markets Association (ACI) — ACI has the largest membership of any of the international associations in the wholesale financial markets. The Head Office is based in Paris.

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Practice

Some of the best demonstration tools are owned by forex brokerages. The following were chosen for their reliability and popularity. Be aware that some brokerages will request your permission to be contacted by mail, phone, or email. In some cases you might want this contact, as they will provide support for your training. In all cases you can walk away if their training and trading platforms don't turn you on.

  1. CMS Forex — Customize your practice with unlimited funds on CMS Forex's VT Trader 1.8.5.1, a program that includes an API so that you can customize your solution. This software offers a point-and-click open and close positions directly on the chart. Access over 100 indicators, Reuters Forex related news and market analytics, and an "autopilot" feature. You can reach their customer support team by phone, live chat, or e-mail.
  2. Forex Trading USA — Free 30-day demo with a Mini ($2,000 virtual cash, 200:1 leverage, 10k lot size) or Standard ($25,000 virtual cash, 100:1 leverage, 100k lot size). Their free education is a nice plus.
  3. FXSolutions — Use $10,000 in practice funds with full access to FXSol's new charting solution, FX AccuCharts. Backed by 24/7 customer service.
  4. Global Forex Trading — Download their DealBook 360 to practice forex trading with live, dealable prices, real-time data, and free real-time breaking world and financial news. The software features forex charts, more than 85 technical indicators (for standard size GFT trading accounts) and the ability to build your own indicators. You have a choice about the amount of beginning funds, from $2,500 to $50,000.

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Real-Time Quotes

  1. ACM — Pick pairs and watch the quotes. ACM includes a manual [PDF] that explains in detail how to manipulate the chart to your liking. Must have Java plugin.
  2. Forex Trading Charts — Real-time forex quotes. This site also contains real-time forex charting tools with editable indicators.
  3. FXQuote — Scroll down the page, as the real-time quotes are located at bottom left. Based upon ET.
  4. Live Forex Quotes — You might recognize the GFT logo behind the rates, but don't let that distract you from the constantly changing figures. If you're addicted to live feeds, you'll be mesmerized by the constantly changing currency rates on this chart.
  5. SaxoBank — Scroll down the page a bit, as the quotes are located at the bottom left on this page, based upon GMT.

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Technical Indicators

The following three resources offer the most succinct information about technical overlays and indicators. You can find many more resources at some of the sites previously listed under the Beginner's section, under many of the Blogs & News resources, and at various brokerages.

  1. Forex-Business Technical Indicators — Where the other two sites offer great technical indicator explanations, this site offers 10 charts that illustrate some of those terms.
  2. IQ Chart — This company offers a list of technical overlays and indicators with short and easy-to-understand explanations. Take a look at their chart patterns while at this site, as this company is a provider of stock charting software to individual investors and technical analysts.
  3. Technical Indicators — Definitions provided by MetaQuotes Software.

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X-Tras

  1. IFXTAG — The International Forex Traders Affinity Group provides individual investors access to products and services that are evaluated by top professionals and their members. IFXTAG is committed to harnessing the potential to make electronic trading work for their global community of subscribers. Membership is free, but the resources are not. Members, however, do receive free trials and discounts to various services.
  2. Secret Forex Society — A 'closed' forum and educational site where members ask you to join or you can ask to be placed on a waiting list. Go ahead and trust them. Get on the waiting list so you can access some interesting information.
  3. Traders Press, Inc. — An online bookstore specifically for traders.

FOREX 101

For those unfamiliar with the term, FOREX (FOReign EXchange market), refers to an international exchange market where currencies are bought and sold. The Foreign Exchange Market that we see today began in the 1970's, when free exchange rates and floating currencies were introduced. In such an environment only participants in the market determine the price of one currency against another, based upon supply and demand for that currency.

FOREX is a somewhat unique market for a number of reasons. Firstly, it is one of the few markets in which it can be said with very few qualifications that it is free of external controls and that it cannot be manipulated. It is also the largest liquid financial market, with trade reaching between 1 and 1.5 trillion US dollars a day. With this much money moving this fast, it is clear why a single investor would find it near impossible to significantly affect the price of a major currency. Furthermore, the liquidity of the market means that unlike some rarely traded stock, traders are able to open and close positions within a few seconds as there are always willing buyers and sellers.

Another somewhat unique characteristic of the FOREX money market is the variance of its participants. Investors find a number of reasons for entering the market, some as longer term hedge investors, while others utilize massive credit lines to seek large short term gains. Interestingly, unlike blue-chip stocks, which are usually most attractive only to the long term investor, the combination of rather constant but small daily fluctuations in currency prices, create an environment which attracts investors with a broad range of strategies.

How FOREX Works

Transactions in foreign currencies are not centralized on an exchange, unlike say the NYSE, and thus take place all over the world via telecommunications. Trade is open 24 hours a day from Sunday afternoon until Friday afternoon (00:00 GMT on Monday to 10:00 pm GMT on Friday). In almost every time zone around the world, there are dealers who will quote all major currencies. After deciding what currency the investor would like to purchase, he or she does so via one of these dealers (some of which can be found online). It is quite common practice for investors to speculate on currency prices by getting a credit line (which are available to those with capital as small as $500), and vastly increase their potential gains and losses. This is called marginal trading.

Marginal Trading

Marginal trading is simply the term used for trading with borrowed capital. It is appealing because of the fact that in FOREX investments can be made without a real money supply. This allows investors to invest much more money with fewer money transfer costs, and open bigger positions with a much smaller amount of actual capital. Thus, one can conduct relatively large transactions, very quickly and cheaply, with a small amount of initial capital. Marginal trading in an exchange market is quantified in lots. The term "lot" refers to approximately $100,000, an amount which can be obtained by putting up as little as 0.5% or $500.

EXAMPLE: You believe that signals in the market are indicating that the British Pound will go up against the US Dollar. You open 1 lot for buying the Pound with a 1% margin at the price of 1.49889 and wait for the exchange rate to climb. At some point in the future, your predictions come true and you decide to sell. You close the position at 1.5050 and earn 61 pips or about $405. Thus, on an initial capital investment of $1,000, you have made over 40% in profits. (Just as an example of how exchange rates change in the course of a day, an average daily change of the Euro (in Dollars) is about 70 to 100 pips.)

When you decide to close a position, the deposit sum that you originally made is returned to you and a calculation of your profits or losses is done. This profit or loss is then credited to your account.

Investment Strategies: Technical Analysis and Fundamental Analysis

The two fundamental strategies in investing in FOREX are Technical Analysis or Fundamental Analysis. Most small and medium sized investors in financial markets use Technical Analysis. This technique stems from the assumption that all information about the market and a particular currency's future fluctuations is found in the price chain. That is to say, that all factors which have an effect on the price have already been considered by the market and are thus reflected in the price. Essentially then, what this type of investor does is base his/her investments upon three fundamental suppositions. These are: that the movement of the market considers all factors, that the movement of prices is purposeful and directly tied to these events, and that history repeats itself. Someone utilizing technical analysis looks at the highest and lowest prices of a currency, the prices of opening and closing, and the volume of transactions. This investor does not try to outsmart the market, or even predict major long term trends, but simply looks at what has happened to that currency in the recent past, and predicts that the small fluctuations will generally continue just as they have before.

A Fundamental Analysis is one which analyzes the current situations in the country of the currency, including such things as its economy, its political situation, and other related rumors. By the numbers, a country's economy depends on a number of quantifiable measurements such as its Central Bank's interest rate, the national unemployment level, tax policy and the rate of inflation. An investor can also anticipate that less quantifiable occurrences, such as political unrest or transition will also have an effect on the market. Before basing all predictions on the factors alone, however, it is important to remember that investors must also keep in mind the expectations and anticipations of market participants. For just as in any stock market, the value of a currency is also based in large part on perceptions of and anticipations about that currency, not solely on its reality.

Make Money with Currency Trading on FOREX

FOREX investing is one of the most potentially rewarding types of investments available. While certainly the risk is great, the ability to conduct marginal trading on FOREX means that potential profits are enormous relative to initial capital investments. Another benefit of FOREX is that its size prevents almost all attempts by others to influence the market for their own gain. So that when investing in foreign currency markets one can feel quite confident that the investment he or she is making has the same opportunity for profit as other investors throughout the world. While investing in FOREX short term requires a certain degree of diligence, investors who utilize a technical analysis can feel relatively confident that their own ability to read the daily fluctuations of the currency market are sufficiently adequate to give them the knowledge necessary to make informed investments.

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Forex Market Offers Opportunity And Information

The forex market is what is called an international exchange currency market, where currencies are exchanged on a daily basis. There are five forex market centers around the world – New York, London, Tokyo, Frankfurt and Zurich. One does not need to be on the trading floor, so to speak to be involved in the forex market. Today, forex trading can be done from home on a computer.

The forex market itself is basically a worldwide connection of traders, who make investment moves based on the price of currencies, or their values relative to other currencies. These traders constantly negotiate prices with other traders resulting in the fluctuation or movement of a currency’s value. The value of a currency on the forex market also corresponds with supply. If there is greater demand for the Euro, let’s say, then there will be less supply of it on the forex market, which means, in time, it will make a Euro more valuable compared to let’s say the dollar. In short, in this forex market situation, one Euro would yield more dollars, subsequently weakening the dollar as well. Analyzing the forex market’s fluctuations allows investors to make predictions on how a currency will move in relation to another currency. They then can make predictions and buy and sell currency accordingly.

While some people view the forex market as a place to see what their exchange rate will be when they travel abroad, others view it as an opportunity to make great gains in their financial planning and future.

Forex Day Trading: How To Create Massive Wealth From Forex Day Trading

Until now, you may have never known how easy it is to make fast money from forex day trading, because nobody has ever given you the correct information, as I will in this article.

Most people from middle class make their money from investments in real estate, stock trading, bond trading, mutual funds, CDs, auction programs and various internet programs and other small businesses.

They may have never heard about day forex trading, which is where multi-millionaires and billionaires make their money.

Forex day trading is the most profitable and attractive investment opportunity because you can do it from home or office and from any country in the world.

In forex day trading, you don’t need to do any marketing or selling or internet promotion to succeed.

In forex day trading, you don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to do any internet promotion.

In forex day trading, you don’t need any stocks or warehousing.

In forex day trading , all that you’ve to do is open an account with one of the brokers with as little as $300 or $2000.

Then follow simple instructions to buy and sell the currencies.

When the price of the currency is low, you buy.

In a few seconds or minutes, the price will go up, and you sell it and make a profit.

By so doing , in a day, you can easily make $500-$1000 by just buying, selling and trading these foreign currencies for about 3 or 4 hrs!

The more money you put in your forex day trading account, the more money you can make.

You can use $1 to control $200 investment in foreign currencies.
$200 to control $50,000 investment.
And $1000 to control $200,000 cash.

And get this:

You don’t even have to be stuck sitting behind your computer buying and selling these foreign currencies.

You can enter all your buy trades and specify the sell prices you desire and then log off.

Whenever the values of these foreign currencies rise and your selling prices reach, the currencies will be automatically sold for you and you make money!

If you put $300 in your LIVE "Forex day trading", you can generate a minimum of "$10 in 10 mins." or about "$50" minimum daily, 6 days/wk!

If you put $1000 in your LIVE "Forex day trading", you can generate "$100 in 10 mins." or about "$400" minimum daily, 6 days/wk!!

If you put $10,000 in your LIVE "Forex day trading", you can generate "$300 in 10 mins." or "$1000" minimum daily, 6 days/wk"!!!

If you are very ambitious build your live account to $50,000-$100,000 account, you may possibly rake in $1,000,000 in 1 year!

You can do forex day trading and at the same time keep your day job, because in forex day trading, there is no work to do.

In the future when you have made hundreds of thousands of dollars, you may then quit your job and just keep doing forex day trading forever and go on permanent vacation!

To understand the beauty of forex day trading Picture this:

In the morning, you get up from sleep at 6 am.

You go to your bathroom and have your shower.

At 7am, you hurry and eat your breakfast.

At 7.20 am, you login into your forex day trading account on the internet and spend 10 minutes to buy about 3 or 4 different currencies, [for example British Pound, Euro, CHF (Swiss Currency) and Yen (Japanese currency).]

You can specify the price at which you wish to sell each currency.

Then you can log off.

By 9 am, you’re at work in your office or business place.

You do your job as usual and by 5 pm, you’re finished and heading home.

When you get back home around 6.30 pm, you login into your forex day trading account to see how much money you’ve made.

Holy Molly, there in your account it says you have made $750!

“Is this for real?”, you wonder…

Yes, it is. (Your eyes are not deceiving you…)

$750 in a day for just clicking your mouse twice and doing no work?

(Whereas at your job, you work 8 hrs, but make only probably $150..)

This is how easy it is to make money from forex day trading.

But before you use real money to open a live forex day trading account, you have to open a free trial (demo) forex day trading account and practice first, to understand how it works and to acquire the right skills.

This free demo (trial) forex day trading account (forex simulation trading) will help you to reduce a lot of risks that can lead to loss.

In forex day trading, you can choose how much money to invest, how much money to make and when to make it.

You can make money daily, 365 days all year from forex day trading.

Your computer can be transformed into a personal, home “ATM” machine that cranks out cash for you daily (without large investment or hassles) from forex day trading.

In forex day trading, you can choose what type of risk you can manage, when to invest and when not to invest.

In forex day trading, you’re the boss. You may do as you please.

When forex day trading is compared to other investment programs such as stock trading, bond trading, mutual funds, real estate and regular business, it is evident that forex day trading is the fastest and greatest way to make money in the world.

Forex day trading is a 2.5 trillion dollars daily business and it is larger than all the stock trading in the world combined.

These are some of the reasons why I believe that forex trading is the fastest and best way to create fantastic wealth.

Perhaps from reading this article you’ll now come to know why forex day trading is the secret behind the greatest wealth on earth and why it has been kept hidden from the average people of the world and therefore little known to the masses.

May these forex day trading insights open your eyes to the possibility of infinite wealth and success that can be yours from forex day trading.

Please feel free to print or publish this article anywhere and read and also send to your friends and well wishers and please preserve the author’s resource box below.

Friday, May 25, 2007

Reality of Online Forex Trading

Foreign exchange trading is the trading of currencies. Most currencies can be traded. Huge amounts of currencies are traded 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. On average $1.9 trillion is traded a day. The most traded are United States Dollar, Japanese Yen, Euro, Canadian Dollar, British Pound Sterling, Australian Dollar and Swiss Franc.

Many brokers will let you open an account with a starting balance of just $250. Though that may seem small, remember you will be trading on margin. Your $250 investment may let you control $25,000. As with all investments there are risks so make sure you take the time to study the markets and your exposure before making your first trades. I highly recommend that you do some paper trades first to make sure you have understood how the markets work. No risk training, just write down the trades you would have done for real and chart the prices. Buy and sell and see if you have the right strategy before making real trades.

A fast internet connection will allow you to do forex trading online. Your broker will give you many online tools to allow you to study the markets: Real time quotes, news feeds…

Visit different broker’s websites and compare the services they offer. Some brokers give you the possibility to open demo accounts. Do so, to test their software and find the one you like best.

Before you start trading make sure that you have learnt the terminology: Market Order, Limit Order, Stop Order. You may find the definitions of these terms and more information at http://www.forex.value-guides.com/calc-forex.html Calculating Forex Profits And Losses.

All currencies have standard identifying code used worldwide, some examples are: EUR (European euros), GBP (United Kingdom pounds), AUD (Australian dollars). Of course you don’t have to know them all but it may be good to be able to recognize all the major currencies codes so that you will be able to make quick decisions.

To make sound evaluations, you need information. Follow carefully the world’s current events, economic and political news. You will be surprised to see how, what may seem to you as insignificant will cause the currencies markets to fluctuate wildly.

Forex Trading: Investment Secret Of The Rich And Powerful

If you search on the internet you’ll find millions of investment programs such as real estate, stock trading, bond trading, mutual funds, CDs, auction programs and various internet programs.

I have not done many internet income opportunities or programs or affiliate programs because I had been lucky to discover a very easy way to make money through forex trading, (Foreign currency trading) safely on the internet.

Perhaps you know about only stock trading or bond trading which are common, but not forex trading.

Forex trading is the most profitable and attractive internet income opportunity because you can do it from home or office and from any country in the world.

In forex trading, you don’t need to do any marketing or selling or internet promotion to succeed.

In currency forex trading, you don’t need to spend thousands of dollars to do any internet promotion.

In forex online trading, you don’t need any stocks or warehousing.

In forex online trading , all that you’ve to do is open an account with one of the brokers with as little as $300 or $2000.

Then follow simple instructions to buy and sell the currencies.

When the price of the currency is low, you buy.

In a few seconds or minutes, the price will go up, and you sell it and make a profit.

By so doing , in a day, you can easily make $500-$1000 by just buying, selling and trading these foreign currencies for about 3 or 4 hrs!

And get this:

You don’t even have to be stuck sitting behind your computer buying and selling these foreign currencies.

You can enter all your buy trades and specify the sell prices you desire and then log off.

Whenever the values of these foreign currencies rise and your selling prices reach, the currencies will be automatically sold for you and you make money!

You can do currency forex trading and at the same time keep your day job, because in forex online trading, there is no work to do.

In the future when you have made hundreds of thousands of dollars, you may then quit your job and just keep doing currency forex trading forever and go on permanent vacation!

To understand the beauty of forex online trading Picture this:

In the morning, you get up from sleep at 6 am.

You go to your bathroom and have your shower.

At 7am, you hurry and eat your breakfast.

At 7.20 am, you login into your day forex trading account on the internet and spend 10 minutes to buy about 3 or 4 different currencies, [for example British Pound, Euro, CHF (Swiss Currency) and Yen (Japanese currency).]

You can specify the price at which you wish to sell each currency.

Then you can log off.

By 9 am, you’re at work in your office or business place.

You do your job as usual and by 5 pm, you’re finished and heading home.

When you get back home around 6.30 pm, you login into your day forex trading account to see how much money you’ve made.

Holy Molly, there in your account it says you have made $750!

“Is this for real?”, you wonder…

Yes, it is. (Your eyes are not deceiving you…)

$750 in a day for just clicking your mouse twice and doing no work?

(Whereas at your job, you work 8 hrs, but make only probably $150..)

This is how easy it is to make money from day forex trading.

But before you use real money to open a live forex system trading account, you have to open a free trial (demo) account (forex simulation trading) and practice first, to understand how it works and to acquire the right skills.

This free demo (trial) forex system trading account (forex simulation trading) will help you to reduce a lot of risks that can lead to loss.

In forex system trading, you can choose how much money to invest, how much money to make and when to make it.

You can make money daily, 365 days all year from forex trading.

Your computer can be transformed into an “ATM” machine that cranks out cash for you daily (without large investment or hassles) from forex trading.

In day forex trading, you can choose what type of risk you can manage, when to invest and when not to invest.

In Currency forex trading, you’re the boss. You may do as you please.

When day forex trading is compared to other investment programs such as stock trading, bond trading, mutual funds, real estate and regular business, it is evident that forex online trading is the fastest and greatest way to make money in the world.

Forex system trading is a 2.5 trillion dollars daily business and it is larger than all the stock trading in the world combined.

These are some of the reasons why I believe that forex system trading is the best internet income opportunity.

Perhaps from reading this article you’ll now come to know why currency forex trading is the secret behind the greatest wealth on earth and why it has been kept hidden from the average people of the world and therefore little known to the masses.

May these forex trading insights open your eyes to the possibility of infinite wealth and success that can be yours from day forex trading.

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