If you have any experience of forex trading, you will probably have discovered very early on that it is very hard to make money, but very easy to lose money. Furthermore it is often really difficult to bank really big profits from a trade because the temptation is always there to take profits as soon as they present themselves, whilst it is always hard to cut losing trades early and therefore they can accumulate really quickly.
That's why money management is vitally important. If you don't apply sound money management principles, then the reality is that you are unlikely to become a profitable trader in the long run.
The best traders cut their losing trades early and let their winning trades run for as long as possible, and this is something that you should strive to do as well. There is no point having lots of winning trades of say 10 pips, when one losing trade could cost you 200 pips and wipe out all your previous gains.
Another important aspect of money management is knowing how much risk to take per trade. The worst thing you can do is vary your stake every time you trade depending on how confident you are because this will probably result in losses being made at some point.
It is better to develop a profitable system first of all, and then risk a certain percentage of your current capital on each trade. That way your account will grow nicely if you are successful as your stake will rise in accordance with your account balance.
Expert professionals often recommend that you should risk no more than around 3% on any one trade. If you risk more than this, say 10% for example, then you only need a few losing trades to make a big dent in your account. So 2-3% is just about ideal because it will still enable you to grow your account nicely in the long run due to the effects of compounding.
Anyway the point is that capital preservation is an important aspect of forex trading, because you need to stay in the game in order to generate long term returns. If you are risking too much per trade, or are using large stop losses whilst targeting smaller gains per trade, then I'm afraid you are unlikely to be successful in the long run and will probably end up losing most of your capital at some point.
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Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Thursday, 18 August 2011
Day Trading - When Should You Trade Forex Breakouts?
Day trading is very popular with a lot of forex traders because you can bank profits in a short space of time, and you do not have any sleepless nights because all of your trades are closed out before the end of the day. One of the most popular ways of generating these profits is by trading forex breakouts. So in this post I want to discuss the best time of the day to trade these breakouts.
The fact is that if you are based in the US or certain other countries, you may well find that the markets have already moved an awful lot before the US market has even opened. So a lot of time it will not be possible to trade any breakouts if that is the case.
If you are based in Europe, however, it is a lot easier to profit from these breakouts because many of them occur during the first few hours of the European trading session. You often have a quiet overnight period when the major pairs such as the GBP/USD and the EUR/USD barely move, and then a surge in volatility when the European markets open.
This is when you often get the big price moves that set the tone for the rest of the day. So the key to profiting from these breakouts is to wait until you get an overnight trading range that is very low, and then enter a position as soon as the price breaks out of this range. This will nearly always be after the London and European markets open, and you can often bank an easy 20 or 30 points.
Of course you may not be able to do this on every major pair every single day because sometimes the price will have moved a lot overnight. So any subsequent breakout that occurs may not move that much and you may have to take a loss.
Anyway the point is that with all things being considered, the best time of the day to trade intraday forex breakouts is generally during the first few hours of the European trading session. If you are not available to trade during this time, then you will probably want to abandon the idea of trading breakouts and concentrate on finding another type of trading strategy instead.
The fact is that if you are based in the US or certain other countries, you may well find that the markets have already moved an awful lot before the US market has even opened. So a lot of time it will not be possible to trade any breakouts if that is the case.
If you are based in Europe, however, it is a lot easier to profit from these breakouts because many of them occur during the first few hours of the European trading session. You often have a quiet overnight period when the major pairs such as the GBP/USD and the EUR/USD barely move, and then a surge in volatility when the European markets open.
This is when you often get the big price moves that set the tone for the rest of the day. So the key to profiting from these breakouts is to wait until you get an overnight trading range that is very low, and then enter a position as soon as the price breaks out of this range. This will nearly always be after the London and European markets open, and you can often bank an easy 20 or 30 points.
Of course you may not be able to do this on every major pair every single day because sometimes the price will have moved a lot overnight. So any subsequent breakout that occurs may not move that much and you may have to take a loss.
Anyway the point is that with all things being considered, the best time of the day to trade intraday forex breakouts is generally during the first few hours of the European trading session. If you are not available to trade during this time, then you will probably want to abandon the idea of trading breakouts and concentrate on finding another type of trading strategy instead.
Saturday, 21 March 2009
Why Do A Lot Of Forex Systems Ultimately Fail?
There are many reasons why the majority of forex systems simply do not work, as I'm about to discuss.
Firstly you will often find that many forex systems you come across online are incomplete. They will go into great depth describing the basics of forex trading but when it comes down to the finer details of how to trade the system in question, it will very often leave the trader wondering how they actually trade the system.
Another reason why a lot of systems fail is because they completely disregard risk management. This is just stupid because it's no good outlining a system if you don't mention when you should admit defeat and cut your losses. No system is perfect and they will always generate some losses, so they should always mention how you can keep these losses as small as possible.
A third reason why a lot of systems fail is because they are based on trading important news events. By that I mean things like interest rate decisions and important economic data releases which have such a major impact on the major currency pairs. These systems are based on trading highly volatile markets which often means increased spreads as well, so it is very hard to actually make money trading this way on a consistent basis.
The final reason is simply because they are short-term trading systems. Consistently making profits from day trading the forex markets is extremely difficult, and although a lot of systems may make profits in the short-term, in the long run the vast majority of these systems will end up losing money.
So if you are looking for a profitable forex trading system, you should ideally look for ones that use the longer term charts such as the daily charts. The systems included in the Forex Profit Accelerator course are examples of such systems but there are lots of others out there as well.
Firstly you will often find that many forex systems you come across online are incomplete. They will go into great depth describing the basics of forex trading but when it comes down to the finer details of how to trade the system in question, it will very often leave the trader wondering how they actually trade the system.
Another reason why a lot of systems fail is because they completely disregard risk management. This is just stupid because it's no good outlining a system if you don't mention when you should admit defeat and cut your losses. No system is perfect and they will always generate some losses, so they should always mention how you can keep these losses as small as possible.
A third reason why a lot of systems fail is because they are based on trading important news events. By that I mean things like interest rate decisions and important economic data releases which have such a major impact on the major currency pairs. These systems are based on trading highly volatile markets which often means increased spreads as well, so it is very hard to actually make money trading this way on a consistent basis.
The final reason is simply because they are short-term trading systems. Consistently making profits from day trading the forex markets is extremely difficult, and although a lot of systems may make profits in the short-term, in the long run the vast majority of these systems will end up losing money.
So if you are looking for a profitable forex trading system, you should ideally look for ones that use the longer term charts such as the daily charts. The systems included in the Forex Profit Accelerator course are examples of such systems but there are lots of others out there as well.
Tuesday, 12 August 2008
What Makes Forex Trading So Appealing?
Forex trading is now quite an acceptable occupation for private individuals. It used to be only available to top financial institutions, but the internet has enabled everyone, even people with a low starting capital, to trade the forex markets. So what makes forex trading so attractive?
Well the most obvious attraction is the earning potential. The amount of money you can make from forex trading is unlimited. The sky really is the limit. If you have a consistently profitable strategy, then you can use leverage to multiply your earnings. For example, if a forex broker offers 1:100 leverage, this means you can trade a $100,000 position with just $1000 and a $10,000 position with just $100.
This means that if you are successful your earnings will grow rapidly. Compare this with traditional share trading where if you wanted to buy $100,000 worth of shares, then you would have to have $100,000 in capital.
Another huge draw is the fact that the forex markets are open 24 hours a day during the week. So you can therefore trade during the hours that suit you. Plus there's the fact that liquidity is always high as currencies are traded in countries all around the world, which means that you will generally not have any trouble getting a large position filled at any time of the day.
Another advantage of forex trading is that it is very easy to open an account with a broker and start trading shortly afterwards. There are many top forex brokers nowadays and a lot of them have excellent trading platforms as well as top of the range charting software that you can use to make your trading decisions.
Charts are one of the key tools for any trader as they are invaluable in helping you to find possible trades. They are useful when trading any financial instrument, but they are particularly useful when trading forex because the price, particularly of the major currency pairs, generally conforms extremely well to technical analysis.
So overall there any many reasons why forex trading is becoming so popular. Of course it's very easy to start trading forex, but it's a lot harder to actually make money consistently from forex trading. This is why I recommend starting off by using a free demo account as this will enable you to become familiar with trading, without risking any of your own money. There is a steep learning curve and it's always best to come up with some form of trading system before trading for real.
James Woolley runs a forex blog where you will find free forex tips and strategies and a review of Zulu Trade, the revolutionary forex signals service.
Well the most obvious attraction is the earning potential. The amount of money you can make from forex trading is unlimited. The sky really is the limit. If you have a consistently profitable strategy, then you can use leverage to multiply your earnings. For example, if a forex broker offers 1:100 leverage, this means you can trade a $100,000 position with just $1000 and a $10,000 position with just $100.
This means that if you are successful your earnings will grow rapidly. Compare this with traditional share trading where if you wanted to buy $100,000 worth of shares, then you would have to have $100,000 in capital.
Another huge draw is the fact that the forex markets are open 24 hours a day during the week. So you can therefore trade during the hours that suit you. Plus there's the fact that liquidity is always high as currencies are traded in countries all around the world, which means that you will generally not have any trouble getting a large position filled at any time of the day.
Another advantage of forex trading is that it is very easy to open an account with a broker and start trading shortly afterwards. There are many top forex brokers nowadays and a lot of them have excellent trading platforms as well as top of the range charting software that you can use to make your trading decisions.
Charts are one of the key tools for any trader as they are invaluable in helping you to find possible trades. They are useful when trading any financial instrument, but they are particularly useful when trading forex because the price, particularly of the major currency pairs, generally conforms extremely well to technical analysis.
So overall there any many reasons why forex trading is becoming so popular. Of course it's very easy to start trading forex, but it's a lot harder to actually make money consistently from forex trading. This is why I recommend starting off by using a free demo account as this will enable you to become familiar with trading, without risking any of your own money. There is a steep learning curve and it's always best to come up with some form of trading system before trading for real.
James Woolley runs a forex blog where you will find free forex tips and strategies and a review of Zulu Trade, the revolutionary forex signals service.
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Becoming A Top Forex Trader - 3 Shortcuts To Success
Forex trading is extremely popular nowadays with many people being attracted by the huge sums of money that can be made, but most successful forex traders are only profitable because they've gone through a long and steep learning curve. There are, however, ways in which you can become a successful forex trader a lot quicker.
The first way is by subscribing to some kind of forex signals service. It should be noted that the vast majority of these subscription services are a big waste of time where you will nearly always lose money in the long run. However, there are a few good signal providers out there. The best ones are run by professional traders who actually trade their own signals.
So how does joining one of these top forex signals companies help you become a better trader?
Well apart from blindly following the service provider's signals, you can often learn an awful lot about successful trading by just watching and interacting with the pro trader who is creating the signals. Many of these premium signal providers will have live chat rooms where you can not only interact with the pro trader and ask them any questions, but also chat and exchange ideas with the other traders in the chat room.
The other way you can become a successful forex trader a lot quicker is by following an already successful forex trading system. So in other words rather than spending hours on end poring over charts looking to devise your own profitable system, why not use a system that's already out there and producing profits?
You can find a lot of successful trading systems just by visiting some of the top forex forums. Many top traders are prepared to share their successful systems because not only does it boost their ego, but it makes no difference to their bottom line how many other traders are trading their system as well.
Finally if you really want to become successful, then my best advice would be to find a mentor, ie an experienced trader, who has been profitable for several years, who can teach you how to trade successfully. Of course not everyone is lucky enough to know a successful trader in real-life but you can always search around online, even if it's just on forex forums, for successful traders. Then you can approach them for advice and offer to pay them for some one-on-one coaching if necessary.
So to sum up, if you want to become a consistently profitable forex trader, you can either go it alone and try and find your own profitable system, or you can use other traders to help you to become successful. So, for instance, you can use an existing forex trading system that's currently being used by other traders or you can gain advice either from a top forex signal provider who trades their own signals or an experienced trader who can mentor you and teach you how to trade.
Click here to read a review of Zulu Trade, the revolutionary forex signals service, and to discover why Zulu Trade is arguably the best forex signals service.
The first way is by subscribing to some kind of forex signals service. It should be noted that the vast majority of these subscription services are a big waste of time where you will nearly always lose money in the long run. However, there are a few good signal providers out there. The best ones are run by professional traders who actually trade their own signals.
So how does joining one of these top forex signals companies help you become a better trader?
Well apart from blindly following the service provider's signals, you can often learn an awful lot about successful trading by just watching and interacting with the pro trader who is creating the signals. Many of these premium signal providers will have live chat rooms where you can not only interact with the pro trader and ask them any questions, but also chat and exchange ideas with the other traders in the chat room.
The other way you can become a successful forex trader a lot quicker is by following an already successful forex trading system. So in other words rather than spending hours on end poring over charts looking to devise your own profitable system, why not use a system that's already out there and producing profits?
You can find a lot of successful trading systems just by visiting some of the top forex forums. Many top traders are prepared to share their successful systems because not only does it boost their ego, but it makes no difference to their bottom line how many other traders are trading their system as well.
Finally if you really want to become successful, then my best advice would be to find a mentor, ie an experienced trader, who has been profitable for several years, who can teach you how to trade successfully. Of course not everyone is lucky enough to know a successful trader in real-life but you can always search around online, even if it's just on forex forums, for successful traders. Then you can approach them for advice and offer to pay them for some one-on-one coaching if necessary.
So to sum up, if you want to become a consistently profitable forex trader, you can either go it alone and try and find your own profitable system, or you can use other traders to help you to become successful. So, for instance, you can use an existing forex trading system that's currently being used by other traders or you can gain advice either from a top forex signal provider who trades their own signals or an experienced trader who can mentor you and teach you how to trade.
Click here to read a review of Zulu Trade, the revolutionary forex signals service, and to discover why Zulu Trade is arguably the best forex signals service.
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Trading Forex Using 1 Minute And 5 Minute Charts
Many forex traders attempt to trade using the very short term 1 minute and 5 minute charts, but most of these traders will inevitably end up losing money. So why is this, and why is short-term trading so difficult to make consistent profits from?
Well forex trading overall is quite difficult, but I've personally always found short-term trading using 1 minute and 5 minute charts to be even more difficult. The trouble you have is that you can have the best system in place that will find a perfect high probability trade for you, but then the pair may only move 5-10 points in your favour at most before reversing again.
So you can make a winning call a lot of the time, but because you're trading over such a short time frame, the movements will often be very small. You also have the spread to contend with because with a spread of 3 or 4 points on a lot of pairs, you need a decent sized move just to break even, let alone make a profit. Plus there's also the fact that a lot of forex brokers do not like scalpers and will often ban traders who do this.
If, however, you use a longer time frame you could use the very same system to trade the 1 hour or 4 hour charts, for example, to make a lot more points profit because the moves would be a lot bigger.
It's also of course a lot less stressful trading the longer time frames because you have more time to analyze the markets and plan your entries and exits. If you're trading lots of intraday positions it can be very stressful because you have very little time to think and react to situations. You also have instances of requotes and broker downtime which can destroy an intraday position, whereas these things won't have as big an impact if you are trading the longer term charts.
Of course there are traders who make money from very short-term trading, but they are few and far between. The majority will eventually be wiped out not matter how effective a particular trading system may initially appear.
In my opinion you're better off looking at 1 hour charts at the very least because the longer time frame you use for your charts, the more reliable your chosen technical indicators will prove to be in general. You can still be a profitable daytrader trading several times a day using 1 hour and 4 hour charts, and the moves will generally be a lot bigger as well, so there really is little point, in my opinion, in basing your main forex trading strategy on the 1 minute and 5 minute charts.
Click here to read James Woolley's review of Zulu Trade and to discover all the latest forex tips and strategies.
Well forex trading overall is quite difficult, but I've personally always found short-term trading using 1 minute and 5 minute charts to be even more difficult. The trouble you have is that you can have the best system in place that will find a perfect high probability trade for you, but then the pair may only move 5-10 points in your favour at most before reversing again.
So you can make a winning call a lot of the time, but because you're trading over such a short time frame, the movements will often be very small. You also have the spread to contend with because with a spread of 3 or 4 points on a lot of pairs, you need a decent sized move just to break even, let alone make a profit. Plus there's also the fact that a lot of forex brokers do not like scalpers and will often ban traders who do this.
If, however, you use a longer time frame you could use the very same system to trade the 1 hour or 4 hour charts, for example, to make a lot more points profit because the moves would be a lot bigger.
It's also of course a lot less stressful trading the longer time frames because you have more time to analyze the markets and plan your entries and exits. If you're trading lots of intraday positions it can be very stressful because you have very little time to think and react to situations. You also have instances of requotes and broker downtime which can destroy an intraday position, whereas these things won't have as big an impact if you are trading the longer term charts.
Of course there are traders who make money from very short-term trading, but they are few and far between. The majority will eventually be wiped out not matter how effective a particular trading system may initially appear.
In my opinion you're better off looking at 1 hour charts at the very least because the longer time frame you use for your charts, the more reliable your chosen technical indicators will prove to be in general. You can still be a profitable daytrader trading several times a day using 1 hour and 4 hour charts, and the moves will generally be a lot bigger as well, so there really is little point, in my opinion, in basing your main forex trading strategy on the 1 minute and 5 minute charts.
Click here to read James Woolley's review of Zulu Trade and to discover all the latest forex tips and strategies.
Wednesday, 30 April 2008
Can Part-Time Forex Trading Be Profitable?
Forex trading can be difficult at the best of times. Even if you're doing it full-time and sitting at a computer screen all day closely monitoring your positions, it can be really tough going. So can you really make money from forex trading on a part-time basis?
Well I am a profitable forex trader overall and although I do sit at my screen for most of the day, most of this time is spent working on my various websites. The actual time spent staring at charts is minimal in comparison.
My relaxed attitude to forex trading is down to the fact that my main trading method is based on the 4 hour charts of the major currency pairs. As well as using a number of technical indicators for guidance, one of my most tried and trusted methods is to wait for crossovers in short-term EMAs (Exponential Moving Averages). This generally only requires me to glance at my charts every so often to see if a crossover is imminent.
Admittedly, however, this isn't really a true definition of part-time trading. I still have to be at my monitor for most of the day either looking for new positions or keeping an eye on any open positions.
Part-time trading really means only trading forex for a portion of the day, for example only during certain hours, or taking a hands off approach and setting entry and exit orders (including stop losses and limit orders) that will be triggered automatically if a certain price is achieved some time in the future when you are away from your computer.
This sounds even more difficult but it is actually quite possible to make profits this way. For example if you are only going to trade for a portion of the day and take a shorter-term approach, you could do a lot worse than only trading during the opening hour or two of the London session, ie 8.00-9.00 UK time. I often trade the 5 minute charts during this time and make decent profits because prices of the major currencies, particularly the GBP/USD and the EUR/USD trend strongly during this busy opening hour.
Another method of trading is to only trade the daily charts. For example, if you are working full-time your best bet would probably be to devise a strategy that monitors daily support and resistance levels and looks for possible breakouts the following day. This way you could set your orders the night before and they will be triggered if a certain price is met.
So to sum up, it is most definitely possible to trade the markets on a part-time basis. In fact you will often find that traders who only trade during certain busy periods of the day do just as well, if not better, than traders who trade all day long.
James Woolley runs a forex blog which includes trading tips and strategies, a review of FXcast and a Forex Club review.
Well I am a profitable forex trader overall and although I do sit at my screen for most of the day, most of this time is spent working on my various websites. The actual time spent staring at charts is minimal in comparison.
My relaxed attitude to forex trading is down to the fact that my main trading method is based on the 4 hour charts of the major currency pairs. As well as using a number of technical indicators for guidance, one of my most tried and trusted methods is to wait for crossovers in short-term EMAs (Exponential Moving Averages). This generally only requires me to glance at my charts every so often to see if a crossover is imminent.
Admittedly, however, this isn't really a true definition of part-time trading. I still have to be at my monitor for most of the day either looking for new positions or keeping an eye on any open positions.
Part-time trading really means only trading forex for a portion of the day, for example only during certain hours, or taking a hands off approach and setting entry and exit orders (including stop losses and limit orders) that will be triggered automatically if a certain price is achieved some time in the future when you are away from your computer.
This sounds even more difficult but it is actually quite possible to make profits this way. For example if you are only going to trade for a portion of the day and take a shorter-term approach, you could do a lot worse than only trading during the opening hour or two of the London session, ie 8.00-9.00 UK time. I often trade the 5 minute charts during this time and make decent profits because prices of the major currencies, particularly the GBP/USD and the EUR/USD trend strongly during this busy opening hour.
Another method of trading is to only trade the daily charts. For example, if you are working full-time your best bet would probably be to devise a strategy that monitors daily support and resistance levels and looks for possible breakouts the following day. This way you could set your orders the night before and they will be triggered if a certain price is met.
So to sum up, it is most definitely possible to trade the markets on a part-time basis. In fact you will often find that traders who only trade during certain busy periods of the day do just as well, if not better, than traders who trade all day long.
James Woolley runs a forex blog which includes trading tips and strategies, a review of FXcast and a Forex Club review.
Saturday, 12 April 2008
Understanding The Various Types Of Currency
Having sufficient currency is the only way to survive in this big world. Even the smallest tribes in Africa use some form of money to ensure their survival.
It may not be the usual paper money that we are used to using, but they still use something in order to purchase or trade items. Living in this world depends on having money. Learning all about money can make a person smarter and more knowledgeable about the inner workings of the foreign markets around the world.
One type of currency that is prevalent in more than one country is the euro. The euro is used as the main form of money in over fifteen nations in Europe and became a reality in early 1999. When it took over, it replaced items such as the franc and the deutschmark.
The euro was created for several different reasons and one can learn all about this unique monetary form at "Ec Europa". The part of the website that is dedicated to the euro is very informative.
To find out more about global forms of money, a visit to "Fact Monster" will be informative. This site is mainly intended for children to do research for their classes, but one can learn much information from this site. For example, a person can learn that Poland uses zloty as their main form of money and Russia has the ruble. Also available on this website are links to more detailed information about the countries listed.
Currency fluctuations can affect the foreign markets around the world. However, if one does not understand the various types of money that are in existence around the world, then they can become lost in the world markets.
If one is looking to make money in the markets, then the internet is the place to begin educating one self. By understanding all one can about the world markets, the foreign exchange and how the foreign exchange rate works, then perhaps one can dabble in some currency trading.
Learn more about the types of currency at Mike Selvon portal. While you are there leave is a comment at our currency rates blog, and receive your FREE gift.
It may not be the usual paper money that we are used to using, but they still use something in order to purchase or trade items. Living in this world depends on having money. Learning all about money can make a person smarter and more knowledgeable about the inner workings of the foreign markets around the world.
One type of currency that is prevalent in more than one country is the euro. The euro is used as the main form of money in over fifteen nations in Europe and became a reality in early 1999. When it took over, it replaced items such as the franc and the deutschmark.
The euro was created for several different reasons and one can learn all about this unique monetary form at "Ec Europa". The part of the website that is dedicated to the euro is very informative.
To find out more about global forms of money, a visit to "Fact Monster" will be informative. This site is mainly intended for children to do research for their classes, but one can learn much information from this site. For example, a person can learn that Poland uses zloty as their main form of money and Russia has the ruble. Also available on this website are links to more detailed information about the countries listed.
Currency fluctuations can affect the foreign markets around the world. However, if one does not understand the various types of money that are in existence around the world, then they can become lost in the world markets.
If one is looking to make money in the markets, then the internet is the place to begin educating one self. By understanding all one can about the world markets, the foreign exchange and how the foreign exchange rate works, then perhaps one can dabble in some currency trading.
Learn more about the types of currency at Mike Selvon portal. While you are there leave is a comment at our currency rates blog, and receive your FREE gift.
Friday, 11 April 2008
Forex Trading - Advantage of Forex Trading Over Stock and Commodity Markets
The Foreign Exchange Market is better known as Forex trading. The question often arises of whether there is an advantage of Forex trading over stock and commodity markets. There are indeed advantages of investment in financial trading on the Forex market over the stock and commodity markets, and I will address those advantages in this commentary.
The Forex market offers so many advantages over stock and commodity markets that it is not hard to understand its popularity. The Forex market has centers located around the world so financial trading can be completed 24 hours a day. The Forex market is a truly worldwide market, and so when the doors close in one trading center another financial trading center is opening.
The second advantage of Forex trading involves the mind-set of the investors. While the Forex market indeed fluctuates with trends and cycles; it does not have the Bull and Bear market mentality of the stock and commodity markets.
The third advantage of Forex trading is that the Forex market involves financial trading of money. If the value of one currency falls on hard times, it gives potential for a profit in another currency. The Forex market is not negatively affected by rising interest rates. When a nation raises its interest rates the currency is generally strengthened, but raising interest rates has a tendency to depress the stock market.
The fourth advantage of Forex trading relates to the number of possible trades as related to the stock and commodity markets. The NYSE and NASDAQ markets have a combined total of about 8000 different stocks. It is very time consuming to stay on top of even a small portion of them. On the other hand, the Forex market has only four major currencies and just about 34 secondary currencies to consider.
The fifth advantage of Forex trading is associated with brokerage firms, because you do not have to pay commission fees when you participate in financial trading. Additionally, Forex market analysts tend to actually examine the currency market rather than dictate or manage the rise and fall of it, as the case often is in the and commodity market.
When the Forex market and the stock and commodity market are put toe-to-toe, the Forex market appears to be a better investment choice.
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The Forex market offers so many advantages over stock and commodity markets that it is not hard to understand its popularity. The Forex market has centers located around the world so financial trading can be completed 24 hours a day. The Forex market is a truly worldwide market, and so when the doors close in one trading center another financial trading center is opening.
The second advantage of Forex trading involves the mind-set of the investors. While the Forex market indeed fluctuates with trends and cycles; it does not have the Bull and Bear market mentality of the stock and commodity markets.
The third advantage of Forex trading is that the Forex market involves financial trading of money. If the value of one currency falls on hard times, it gives potential for a profit in another currency. The Forex market is not negatively affected by rising interest rates. When a nation raises its interest rates the currency is generally strengthened, but raising interest rates has a tendency to depress the stock market.
The fourth advantage of Forex trading relates to the number of possible trades as related to the stock and commodity markets. The NYSE and NASDAQ markets have a combined total of about 8000 different stocks. It is very time consuming to stay on top of even a small portion of them. On the other hand, the Forex market has only four major currencies and just about 34 secondary currencies to consider.
The fifth advantage of Forex trading is associated with brokerage firms, because you do not have to pay commission fees when you participate in financial trading. Additionally, Forex market analysts tend to actually examine the currency market rather than dictate or manage the rise and fall of it, as the case often is in the and commodity market.
When the Forex market and the stock and commodity market are put toe-to-toe, the Forex market appears to be a better investment choice.
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Thursday, 10 April 2008
Trader Tricks So You Won't Lose in the Forex Market
The forex market or the foreign exchange market has become a central and important business center. $2 trillion trades a day are made in this enormous market that is becoming more and more popular. You can make a lot of money but you can also lose a lot of money if your not careful here are some tips for success.
You begin with making yourself a trading plan one that can fit into your life. Make yourself a proper schedule at what times will you be doing your forex trading. Then check out what money you can put into the Market and build a proper budget so you can see the inflows and outflows. Take time and study the forex market you will have your ups and downs but you must stick to your plans so you will see profits on the long run. Then you must make sure that you have money that you can lose. It's a fact that in the forex market you need money to lose. There is no way to make money without losing some so make sure before you begin you have a sum that can be used for this purpose.
At least until you know what your doing go with the flow. Begin by trading the most popular currencies that are: United States dollar, USD, the Japanese yen, JPY, the European Euro, EUR, the United Kingdom pound, GBP, the Australian dollar, AUD, the Swiss franc, CHF, and the Canadian dollar, CAD. The majority usually chooses these pairs: GBP/USD, EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, and USD/CAD. To make sure that your money will be well used is by keeping to your plan. Don't change your plan because you have a feeling. Make decisions cold minded and teach yourself to exit when the signs show you should.
The trends in the forex market are quite safe. The currencies can shift a bit in different directions but they usually stay quite steadily in a certain direction. So to follow the trends is usually a good idea. If you want success in the forex market be patient it pays off. Expect to have small losses without them you won't win either. The small losses are part of your plan to make big sums of money don't let them bother you. even great traders lose some to gain some.
You should be very careful of forex scams - companies that offer you services that can only pull you down. You must get away from them as quickly as possible. Build your own strategy with forex experts and trade by yourself or by licensed brokers. Make sure that you are using forex strategies that you understand and that all the information you have comes from forex guides, tutorials or professional forex signals providers. Be sure that you now what you are doing. Teach yourself to exit before you are in too deep. Keep inside your money limits and don't allow yourself to go over board. Leave when it's time, don't wait for the fall!
Mauro Sciaccaluga
You begin with making yourself a trading plan one that can fit into your life. Make yourself a proper schedule at what times will you be doing your forex trading. Then check out what money you can put into the Market and build a proper budget so you can see the inflows and outflows. Take time and study the forex market you will have your ups and downs but you must stick to your plans so you will see profits on the long run. Then you must make sure that you have money that you can lose. It's a fact that in the forex market you need money to lose. There is no way to make money without losing some so make sure before you begin you have a sum that can be used for this purpose.
At least until you know what your doing go with the flow. Begin by trading the most popular currencies that are: United States dollar, USD, the Japanese yen, JPY, the European Euro, EUR, the United Kingdom pound, GBP, the Australian dollar, AUD, the Swiss franc, CHF, and the Canadian dollar, CAD. The majority usually chooses these pairs: GBP/USD, EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, and USD/CAD. To make sure that your money will be well used is by keeping to your plan. Don't change your plan because you have a feeling. Make decisions cold minded and teach yourself to exit when the signs show you should.
The trends in the forex market are quite safe. The currencies can shift a bit in different directions but they usually stay quite steadily in a certain direction. So to follow the trends is usually a good idea. If you want success in the forex market be patient it pays off. Expect to have small losses without them you won't win either. The small losses are part of your plan to make big sums of money don't let them bother you. even great traders lose some to gain some.
You should be very careful of forex scams - companies that offer you services that can only pull you down. You must get away from them as quickly as possible. Build your own strategy with forex experts and trade by yourself or by licensed brokers. Make sure that you are using forex strategies that you understand and that all the information you have comes from forex guides, tutorials or professional forex signals providers. Be sure that you now what you are doing. Teach yourself to exit before you are in too deep. Keep inside your money limits and don't allow yourself to go over board. Leave when it's time, don't wait for the fall!
Mauro Sciaccaluga
Wednesday, 9 April 2008
Beginner Forex Trading - What Every Beginner Should Know About Currency Trading
Forex trading is a very appealing way to make money online. Trillions of dollars exchange hands every day, and entire fortunes are made and lost literally overnight.
Part of the attractiveness of the Forex market is the ability for retail traders to trade on margin. Margin trading essentially involves the ability to trade a large sum of currency using only a fraction of your own money.
For example, when trading on a margin of 1:100, you can control $10,000 worth of currency using only $100 of your own money. This is what lures many amateur traders to take part in this multi-trillion dollar market - the potential to make a lot of money, by risking only a little of your own.
Understanding The Risks Of Margin Trading
Although margin trading is indeed a great way to make big bucks, beginner traders would do well do remember that it's actually a double-edged sword - it's just as easy to lose money as it is to win. So even though one can make potentially $300 in an hour, it's also equally likely for that person to lose the same amount within an hour (or even in a shorter time period!).
There Is No Central Governing Authority
The next thing beginner traders should know is that there is no official governing authority in the Forex trading industry. What this means is that unlike other financial trading exchanges where there is centralized control (such as the SEC for the stock market), the currency exchange market is not regulated by any organization at all.
This poses an extra risk for retail traders as it leaves the potential for scam ‘brokers' to set up shop, take your money and basically run away with it.
That's why retail traders will have to be extra careful when choosing a broker to work with. Where possible, do try to find reputable brokers such as big banks or other well-established trading houses.
You definitely wouldn't want to risk having your money cheated by scammers who are looking to make a quick buck at your expense.
Harold Hsu is currently giving away a free 26-page report on how to trade Forex profitably, and you can get it now at http://www.ForexSystemProfits.com. Harold is the owner of http://www.ForexSystemProfits.com where he provides premium Forex trading information and resources.
Part of the attractiveness of the Forex market is the ability for retail traders to trade on margin. Margin trading essentially involves the ability to trade a large sum of currency using only a fraction of your own money.
For example, when trading on a margin of 1:100, you can control $10,000 worth of currency using only $100 of your own money. This is what lures many amateur traders to take part in this multi-trillion dollar market - the potential to make a lot of money, by risking only a little of your own.
Understanding The Risks Of Margin Trading
Although margin trading is indeed a great way to make big bucks, beginner traders would do well do remember that it's actually a double-edged sword - it's just as easy to lose money as it is to win. So even though one can make potentially $300 in an hour, it's also equally likely for that person to lose the same amount within an hour (or even in a shorter time period!).
There Is No Central Governing Authority
The next thing beginner traders should know is that there is no official governing authority in the Forex trading industry. What this means is that unlike other financial trading exchanges where there is centralized control (such as the SEC for the stock market), the currency exchange market is not regulated by any organization at all.
This poses an extra risk for retail traders as it leaves the potential for scam ‘brokers' to set up shop, take your money and basically run away with it.
That's why retail traders will have to be extra careful when choosing a broker to work with. Where possible, do try to find reputable brokers such as big banks or other well-established trading houses.
You definitely wouldn't want to risk having your money cheated by scammers who are looking to make a quick buck at your expense.
Harold Hsu is currently giving away a free 26-page report on how to trade Forex profitably, and you can get it now at http://www.ForexSystemProfits.com. Harold is the owner of http://www.ForexSystemProfits.com where he provides premium Forex trading information and resources.
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
The Mindset of The Successful Currency Trader
Let me begin by saying that if you want to get into forex or currency trading online, DO NOT begin by buying a guide or a training course.
Too many low-life's out there pander to the uninformed by selling them overpriced guides and manuals, sometimes for a few thousand dollars each.
A forex mentoring course can be a good option once you know the basics of forex and want to hone your skills, but there is just so much good information available on the internet for free that you could literally become an all-star trader without paying anything for education.
Today we are going to talk about the way you need to think if you want to be a profitable forex trader.
I consider myself to be pretty profitable when it comes to forex trading, and my first banking internship on the Foreign Exchange floor was when I was 16! (I was the youngest intern they ever had!) I got hooked on trading, and have been doing it ever since.
One thing that is really necessary to your success is to READ. Alot! The more you know about forex trading, the easier (and more profitable) it will be.
You want to know the mechanics of the forex markets from the inside-out. I'm not going to spend time discussing the practical aspects of the forex market, as you can and should discover this though your own reading.
When you begin to get comfortable with your knowledge of what this market is, how it works, and how to place successful trades, you are in a position where you can feel confident in your trading abilities.
The most important thing that the successful currency trader possess is the ability to separate his emotions from his trading. Confidence in your trading abilities is one important aspect to being emotionally detached from your trades, and the other aspect has to do with the way you fund your live trading account.
Make sure that when you put money into your live forex account, it is extra money that you do not need to survive and could afford to lose. If you are trading with the money that you need to pay your car insurance, your trading will be highly emotional and likely to fail.
In a way, this is kind of ironic, because I'm sure you've heard the saying that 9 out of 10 of new traders fail. Well, traders that CARE and are highly emotional about growing their forex account are the ones that lose their shirts, when the traders that DON'T CARE and have no emotional attachment to their trading make most of the profit.
That's the irony: The less you care about making money in the forex market, the more money you tend to make!
But also realize that you are not 'not caring' out of negligence (pardon the double negative), but rather because you are so confident in your trading abilities that you KNOW that in the long run you will always win.
To the successful currency trader, trading is not so much about making money as it is about collecting pips in their trading account!
Profitable forex trader's also tend to develop and follow their own trading systems. Finding or creating a certain system and trading within it is also important to successful trading.
My personal trading strategy that I have developed is something that I call Forex Surfing, and you can read more about it on my site, http://TheForexSurfer.com
There is also a large collection of free forex ebooks and trading resources at my site as well, just click 'free reports' or 'free resources' at the top!
Too many low-life's out there pander to the uninformed by selling them overpriced guides and manuals, sometimes for a few thousand dollars each.
A forex mentoring course can be a good option once you know the basics of forex and want to hone your skills, but there is just so much good information available on the internet for free that you could literally become an all-star trader without paying anything for education.
Today we are going to talk about the way you need to think if you want to be a profitable forex trader.
I consider myself to be pretty profitable when it comes to forex trading, and my first banking internship on the Foreign Exchange floor was when I was 16! (I was the youngest intern they ever had!) I got hooked on trading, and have been doing it ever since.
One thing that is really necessary to your success is to READ. Alot! The more you know about forex trading, the easier (and more profitable) it will be.
You want to know the mechanics of the forex markets from the inside-out. I'm not going to spend time discussing the practical aspects of the forex market, as you can and should discover this though your own reading.
When you begin to get comfortable with your knowledge of what this market is, how it works, and how to place successful trades, you are in a position where you can feel confident in your trading abilities.
The most important thing that the successful currency trader possess is the ability to separate his emotions from his trading. Confidence in your trading abilities is one important aspect to being emotionally detached from your trades, and the other aspect has to do with the way you fund your live trading account.
Make sure that when you put money into your live forex account, it is extra money that you do not need to survive and could afford to lose. If you are trading with the money that you need to pay your car insurance, your trading will be highly emotional and likely to fail.
In a way, this is kind of ironic, because I'm sure you've heard the saying that 9 out of 10 of new traders fail. Well, traders that CARE and are highly emotional about growing their forex account are the ones that lose their shirts, when the traders that DON'T CARE and have no emotional attachment to their trading make most of the profit.
That's the irony: The less you care about making money in the forex market, the more money you tend to make!
But also realize that you are not 'not caring' out of negligence (pardon the double negative), but rather because you are so confident in your trading abilities that you KNOW that in the long run you will always win.
To the successful currency trader, trading is not so much about making money as it is about collecting pips in their trading account!
Profitable forex trader's also tend to develop and follow their own trading systems. Finding or creating a certain system and trading within it is also important to successful trading.
My personal trading strategy that I have developed is something that I call Forex Surfing, and you can read more about it on my site, http://TheForexSurfer.com
There is also a large collection of free forex ebooks and trading resources at my site as well, just click 'free reports' or 'free resources' at the top!
Monday, 5 November 2007
Forex Trading - Why It's NOT Easy To Win - Do You Have What It Takes?
I am an experienced forex trader and have been trading for 25 years and it amazes me the amount of copy I see that tells me it's easy! Its not and you wouldn't expect it to be with the rewards that are on offer. Do you have what it takes to be a successful forex trader? Read on.
The first point to make is:
You Are Responsible!
Yes you! Not the guy who sells you a forex trading system, e-book, or your broker -You are in charge of your own destiny and anyone who wins and makes money in anything accepts this.
If you are the type of person who can't accept responsibility, save your money and do something else forex trading is not for you.
Learning the Right Education
You don't have to work hard to win - you have to work smart and ignore a lot of so called wisdom you will see on the spouted by gurus and self proclaimed experts.
Here are some common forex myths, believe ANY of them and you will lose.
- Day trading makes money.
- A hypothetical simulated track record from a vendor is a good indication of profit potential.
- Markets move to a scientific theory.
- Predicting in advance is good way to make money.
- A complicated trading system has more chance of winning than a simple one.
- The More I trade the greater my chances of success.
- My risk to reward is my profit target - my stop.
- I trade news stories to generate trades.
If you believe ANY of the above statements you will lose.
If you want to win you need to learn the right forex education and that means not just taking charge of your destiny - but developing a simple robust forex trading system you can apply with discipline. This is one you understand the logic of and have the confidence, to apply with discipline.
95% of forex traders lose what makes you think you will win?
This is your trading edge and a trading edge is vital to succeed - you must know what it is and have confidence in it, to take you through inevitable losing periods to long term currency trading success.
Trading is based on not just a sound method but the ability to keep applying it even when you're losing and that's tough.
You will read a lot about how easy forex trading is and if you buy this or that system, you will enjoy success but life's not that simple.
Most of the vendors and trading systems sold are junk and have never been traded and the vendor is not a trader but a marketing person.
They only ever have simulated in hindsight track records, but in the real world you don't have the benefit of hindsight!
Naive and lazy traders think they will make huge profits with them. They don't of course; they simply learn a painful lesson in the reality of life and forex trading.
The Good News!
If you like a challenge, have the desire to succeed and learn forex trading the right way, you can win - anyone can, as everything about forex trading can be specifically learned.
The rewards can be life changing - all you need to do work smart not hard and have an understanding of the markets, your systems logic and the confidence to apply it all with discipline.
If you are up for the challenge, the forex markets will give it to you. Approach them in the right way and you could soon be enjoying currency trading success that could change your life forever.
PROFESSIONAL FOREX TRADING COURSE AND FREE ESSENTIAL INFO
For free 2 x trading Pdf's with 90 of pages of essential info and an exclusive Forex Trading Course visit our website at: http://www.learncurrencytradingonline.com/index.html
The first point to make is:
You Are Responsible!
Yes you! Not the guy who sells you a forex trading system, e-book, or your broker -You are in charge of your own destiny and anyone who wins and makes money in anything accepts this.
If you are the type of person who can't accept responsibility, save your money and do something else forex trading is not for you.
Learning the Right Education
You don't have to work hard to win - you have to work smart and ignore a lot of so called wisdom you will see on the spouted by gurus and self proclaimed experts.
Here are some common forex myths, believe ANY of them and you will lose.
- Day trading makes money.
- A hypothetical simulated track record from a vendor is a good indication of profit potential.
- Markets move to a scientific theory.
- Predicting in advance is good way to make money.
- A complicated trading system has more chance of winning than a simple one.
- The More I trade the greater my chances of success.
- My risk to reward is my profit target - my stop.
- I trade news stories to generate trades.
If you believe ANY of the above statements you will lose.
If you want to win you need to learn the right forex education and that means not just taking charge of your destiny - but developing a simple robust forex trading system you can apply with discipline. This is one you understand the logic of and have the confidence, to apply with discipline.
95% of forex traders lose what makes you think you will win?
This is your trading edge and a trading edge is vital to succeed - you must know what it is and have confidence in it, to take you through inevitable losing periods to long term currency trading success.
Trading is based on not just a sound method but the ability to keep applying it even when you're losing and that's tough.
You will read a lot about how easy forex trading is and if you buy this or that system, you will enjoy success but life's not that simple.
Most of the vendors and trading systems sold are junk and have never been traded and the vendor is not a trader but a marketing person.
They only ever have simulated in hindsight track records, but in the real world you don't have the benefit of hindsight!
Naive and lazy traders think they will make huge profits with them. They don't of course; they simply learn a painful lesson in the reality of life and forex trading.
The Good News!
If you like a challenge, have the desire to succeed and learn forex trading the right way, you can win - anyone can, as everything about forex trading can be specifically learned.
The rewards can be life changing - all you need to do work smart not hard and have an understanding of the markets, your systems logic and the confidence to apply it all with discipline.
If you are up for the challenge, the forex markets will give it to you. Approach them in the right way and you could soon be enjoying currency trading success that could change your life forever.
PROFESSIONAL FOREX TRADING COURSE AND FREE ESSENTIAL INFO
For free 2 x trading Pdf's with 90 of pages of essential info and an exclusive Forex Trading Course visit our website at: http://www.learncurrencytradingonline.com/index.html
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
The First Lesson I Learned As A Forex Trader
I started trading forex a few years ago now after having previously traded the FTSE 100 index and specific shares. Just as in these other markets there is one big lesson to be learned from trading forex and that is as follows.
If you want to become a successful forex trader you have to learn to cut your losses early and let your winning trades run for as long as possible.
When I first started out I used to make a lot of mistakes, but it was all part of the learning experience and I've come out of it a consistently profitable trader.
The biggest mistake I made initially was not having any stop losses at all, so any relatively small losses I incurred used to mount up and become big losses.
It's very easy to believe that you will ultimately be proved right and stick with a trade, which is what I did quite a lot initially, but this can be very expensive and to be honest I quickly learned that's it's best just to accept you were wrong, take a small loss, and move on to the next trade.
On the opposite side, when it comes to winners you should either have a set target price and profit you are looking to achieve and stick to it, or ideally you should let your profits run as long as possible.
Any target profit should be higher than the stop loss you are setting. For example, if your stop loss is 10 points away from the entry price, then your limit price should be more than 10 otherwise you will need a fairly high win ratio of 50% just to break even.
Make sure you stick to this target as it is very easy to see a profit and grab it before the price has reached your target price.
Another approach is to close part of your trade at the same number of points away from the entry price as the stop loss so you guarantee yourself a profit, and let the remaining portion run as long as possible to squeeze out as much profit as you can. You can move your stop loss to break even so this remaining portion left open doesn't turn into a loss, and the worst that can happen is you break even.
Alternatively you could just let your profits run as long as possible and use technical indicators to decide when a trade has run it's course. For example, if a trade goes into profit, you could move the stop loss to break even straight away and let it run.
All of these methods are used to some extent by all profitable traders, but the key lesson is to make full use of stop losses. You want to make your trading pot grow over time, and the best way of doing this is by cutting your losses early and letting your winners run. This way you don't need a high percentage of your trades to be winning ones, you just need a small percentage of winning trades which are allowed to accumulate.
James Woolley has been trading currencies for around five years and also runs a blog dedicated to offering free forex tips and strategies. Click on the following link for more information:
http://theforexarticles.com
If you want to become a successful forex trader you have to learn to cut your losses early and let your winning trades run for as long as possible.
When I first started out I used to make a lot of mistakes, but it was all part of the learning experience and I've come out of it a consistently profitable trader.
The biggest mistake I made initially was not having any stop losses at all, so any relatively small losses I incurred used to mount up and become big losses.
It's very easy to believe that you will ultimately be proved right and stick with a trade, which is what I did quite a lot initially, but this can be very expensive and to be honest I quickly learned that's it's best just to accept you were wrong, take a small loss, and move on to the next trade.
On the opposite side, when it comes to winners you should either have a set target price and profit you are looking to achieve and stick to it, or ideally you should let your profits run as long as possible.
Any target profit should be higher than the stop loss you are setting. For example, if your stop loss is 10 points away from the entry price, then your limit price should be more than 10 otherwise you will need a fairly high win ratio of 50% just to break even.
Make sure you stick to this target as it is very easy to see a profit and grab it before the price has reached your target price.
Another approach is to close part of your trade at the same number of points away from the entry price as the stop loss so you guarantee yourself a profit, and let the remaining portion run as long as possible to squeeze out as much profit as you can. You can move your stop loss to break even so this remaining portion left open doesn't turn into a loss, and the worst that can happen is you break even.
Alternatively you could just let your profits run as long as possible and use technical indicators to decide when a trade has run it's course. For example, if a trade goes into profit, you could move the stop loss to break even straight away and let it run.
All of these methods are used to some extent by all profitable traders, but the key lesson is to make full use of stop losses. You want to make your trading pot grow over time, and the best way of doing this is by cutting your losses early and letting your winners run. This way you don't need a high percentage of your trades to be winning ones, you just need a small percentage of winning trades which are allowed to accumulate.
James Woolley has been trading currencies for around five years and also runs a blog dedicated to offering free forex tips and strategies. Click on the following link for more information:
http://theforexarticles.com
Friday, 19 October 2007
What Are The Best Currencies To Trade?
When you're first starting out it can be fairly difficult to decide which currencies are the best ones to trade. Do you watch all of them or only concentrate on one or two?
Well in truth there's no right and wrong answer. If you have a rigid trading system which produces consistent profits whatever the currency pair, then you may want to open a window for each pair, ideally on a multiple monitor set-up, so you can watch for your entry criteria to be met for any of these pairs.
So for example, let's say your trading criteria is a MACD crossover, a Supertrend change of colour, and RSI in overbought/oversold territory.
In this instance, you would simply create graphs containing this data for every major currency pair, and wait for a suitable entry for any of them.
That's one approach. Another approach, and one favoured by myself, is to only concentrate on the major pairs. This is because they are the most traded, and therefore charting patterns and technical indicators are generally more reliable and tradeable.
Another reason why I take this approach is because these pairs have the tightest spreads. This is extremely important because you really don't want to be trading pairs that have wide spreads simply because it limits your profits more and puts added pressure on you to make correct calls.
Over time these wider spreads can really eat into your profits, so I generally stick to three of the four major currency pairs – GBP/USD, EUR/USD and USD/JPY (USD/CHF is the other but that has a spread of 4 points with the broker I use).
I can easily watch these three pairs at once and watch for any entry points, but if you're just starting out, another approach could be to just concentrate on one pair. You will find that although most pairs follow technical indicators very well, each pair has it's own personality and so by concentrating on just one pair, and learning how it behaves, you may find this is the most profitable approach to take.
Another factor is your location and the time at which you are available to trade. For example, the GBP/USD is most active between around 8.00 GMT and 20.00 GMT, so if you're based in Australia, for example, you would miss most of the action if you wanted to trade in the daytime where you are.
So to conclude, there aren't really any best currencies to trade, each pair is potentially very profitable. However, the major pairs generally have the tightest spreads and are the most actively traded, and generally conform very well to technical analysis, so these are the currencies I would recommend trading.
James Woolley has been trading currencies for around five years and also runs a blog dedicated to offering free forex tips and strategies. Click on the following link for more information:
http://theforexarticles.com
Well in truth there's no right and wrong answer. If you have a rigid trading system which produces consistent profits whatever the currency pair, then you may want to open a window for each pair, ideally on a multiple monitor set-up, so you can watch for your entry criteria to be met for any of these pairs.
So for example, let's say your trading criteria is a MACD crossover, a Supertrend change of colour, and RSI in overbought/oversold territory.
In this instance, you would simply create graphs containing this data for every major currency pair, and wait for a suitable entry for any of them.
That's one approach. Another approach, and one favoured by myself, is to only concentrate on the major pairs. This is because they are the most traded, and therefore charting patterns and technical indicators are generally more reliable and tradeable.
Another reason why I take this approach is because these pairs have the tightest spreads. This is extremely important because you really don't want to be trading pairs that have wide spreads simply because it limits your profits more and puts added pressure on you to make correct calls.
Over time these wider spreads can really eat into your profits, so I generally stick to three of the four major currency pairs – GBP/USD, EUR/USD and USD/JPY (USD/CHF is the other but that has a spread of 4 points with the broker I use).
I can easily watch these three pairs at once and watch for any entry points, but if you're just starting out, another approach could be to just concentrate on one pair. You will find that although most pairs follow technical indicators very well, each pair has it's own personality and so by concentrating on just one pair, and learning how it behaves, you may find this is the most profitable approach to take.
Another factor is your location and the time at which you are available to trade. For example, the GBP/USD is most active between around 8.00 GMT and 20.00 GMT, so if you're based in Australia, for example, you would miss most of the action if you wanted to trade in the daytime where you are.
So to conclude, there aren't really any best currencies to trade, each pair is potentially very profitable. However, the major pairs generally have the tightest spreads and are the most actively traded, and generally conform very well to technical analysis, so these are the currencies I would recommend trading.
James Woolley has been trading currencies for around five years and also runs a blog dedicated to offering free forex tips and strategies. Click on the following link for more information:
http://theforexarticles.com
Thursday, 18 October 2007
Professional Forex Trader - Live the Dream in 4 Simple Steps
Becoming a professional forex trader is the dream of many and for most it remains just that - but if you follow the simple tips enclosed, you could change your financial future forever and be making big consistent gains, in just an hour or so a day.
FACT:
95% of traders lose all their money, yet everything about forex trading can be learned, it’s just the majority of traders don’t get the right forex education, or have the wrong mindset to apply what they have learned.
Anyone one can become a successful forex trader from home however you need to do the opposite of the majority, it’s not hard to do and do your homework.
1. Adopt the Mindset For Success
Most traders are lazy or naive or both.
They read about how easy it is to make money and think someone else can give them success.
Most of the information sold on the net is junk and wont help you win and even if you do find some good education, you cant follow it blindly, you need to understand it.
If you don’t understand how and why your system works, you wont have confidence to apply it with discipline and you will lose.
Keep in mind if you don’t have the confidence and discipline to follow your system you don’t have one!
If you like to blame others and don’t like responsibility don’t trade forex, it’s as simple as that.
2. Work Smart Not Hard
You don’t need to work hard you need to work smart and this means only learning what is relevant.
Many traders think the more knowledge they have the better but you don’t get rewarded for effort in forex trading, you only get rewarded for being right.
In 1983 legendary trader Richard Dennis proved this point in spectacular fashion. He took a group of people who had never traded before and taught them to trade in 14 days – the result?
They made him a $100 million dollars and went on to become some of the most successful traders of all time.
Working smart means working on a forex trading strategy that will get the odds on your side and that’s what we will look at next.
3. A Forex Trading System for Success
I am amazed at how many traders simply base their systems on logic that doesn’t work, for example:
Most novice traders try day trading yet all short term volatility is random so they can’t win, yet they don’t stop to think how dumb day trading is.
Or
They believe in scientific theories that tell them they can predict the market in advance and don’t stop to think that predicting is impossible.
If it were possible, we would all know the price in advance and their would be no market!
The best you can do is trade with the odds on your side.
Of course, you will lose but your profits should be bigger than your losses and you can pile up big gains over time.
You can build your own forex trading system easily, just educate yourself on.
- Support and resistance and breakouts
- Time your trades with momentum oscillators
- Keep it simple trend lines and 2 -3 confirming indicators max
If you build a system based upon the above it will be simple to understand, simple to apply and will be robust.
Don’t try and be too clever and cram too much into your system. If you do, it will have too many elements and break in the real world of trading.
If you do the above, you will have a simple robust system that you can apply in an hour a day or less.
One other point, I constantly read writers tell you to educate yourself all the time, study your profits and losses etc– Rubbish! If you have a system you believe in leave it alone.
You will have winners and losers but if it’s soundly based then you simply should just apply it.
4. Building Long Term Gains
What is a realistic amount to aim for?
If you made 100% per annum you will be up there with the top traders in the world and you don’t need to do many trades – keep your trading focused on high odds trades only.
So there you have it, a simple plan to live the dream of becoming a professional forex trader from home.
It’s a challenge but one anyone can take up and anyone can win – if they want to.
Are you up for the challenge?
If so, welcome to the worlds most exciting and lucrative business.
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FACT:
95% of traders lose all their money, yet everything about forex trading can be learned, it’s just the majority of traders don’t get the right forex education, or have the wrong mindset to apply what they have learned.
Anyone one can become a successful forex trader from home however you need to do the opposite of the majority, it’s not hard to do and do your homework.
1. Adopt the Mindset For Success
Most traders are lazy or naive or both.
They read about how easy it is to make money and think someone else can give them success.
Most of the information sold on the net is junk and wont help you win and even if you do find some good education, you cant follow it blindly, you need to understand it.
If you don’t understand how and why your system works, you wont have confidence to apply it with discipline and you will lose.
Keep in mind if you don’t have the confidence and discipline to follow your system you don’t have one!
If you like to blame others and don’t like responsibility don’t trade forex, it’s as simple as that.
2. Work Smart Not Hard
You don’t need to work hard you need to work smart and this means only learning what is relevant.
Many traders think the more knowledge they have the better but you don’t get rewarded for effort in forex trading, you only get rewarded for being right.
In 1983 legendary trader Richard Dennis proved this point in spectacular fashion. He took a group of people who had never traded before and taught them to trade in 14 days – the result?
They made him a $100 million dollars and went on to become some of the most successful traders of all time.
Working smart means working on a forex trading strategy that will get the odds on your side and that’s what we will look at next.
3. A Forex Trading System for Success
I am amazed at how many traders simply base their systems on logic that doesn’t work, for example:
Most novice traders try day trading yet all short term volatility is random so they can’t win, yet they don’t stop to think how dumb day trading is.
Or
They believe in scientific theories that tell them they can predict the market in advance and don’t stop to think that predicting is impossible.
If it were possible, we would all know the price in advance and their would be no market!
The best you can do is trade with the odds on your side.
Of course, you will lose but your profits should be bigger than your losses and you can pile up big gains over time.
You can build your own forex trading system easily, just educate yourself on.
- Support and resistance and breakouts
- Time your trades with momentum oscillators
- Keep it simple trend lines and 2 -3 confirming indicators max
If you build a system based upon the above it will be simple to understand, simple to apply and will be robust.
Don’t try and be too clever and cram too much into your system. If you do, it will have too many elements and break in the real world of trading.
If you do the above, you will have a simple robust system that you can apply in an hour a day or less.
One other point, I constantly read writers tell you to educate yourself all the time, study your profits and losses etc– Rubbish! If you have a system you believe in leave it alone.
You will have winners and losers but if it’s soundly based then you simply should just apply it.
4. Building Long Term Gains
What is a realistic amount to aim for?
If you made 100% per annum you will be up there with the top traders in the world and you don’t need to do many trades – keep your trading focused on high odds trades only.
So there you have it, a simple plan to live the dream of becoming a professional forex trader from home.
It’s a challenge but one anyone can take up and anyone can win – if they want to.
Are you up for the challenge?
If so, welcome to the worlds most exciting and lucrative business.
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Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Forex Trading For Novices - Learn This System In Under an Hour and Target 100%!
Forex trading for novices can seem confusing so here I am going to give you a system you can learn in under an hour and immediately target 100% gains or more – its simple and it’s effective so, let’s reveal it.
The first point to make is, although I write articles, I am a trader and have been for 25 years.
I am not a self proclaimed expert, so here what I say, as I walk the walk, rather than just talk the talk.
I have tried lots of ways of trading and this is the simplest method I use and probably one of the most effective.
I am going to call it Fundo-Tech trading and that’s exactly what it is.
If you read much of the information on the net, you will hear lots of stories how you can predict currency prices with scientific accuracy, all for a few hundred bucks! Well, call me a sceptic (or a realist) but they don’t work and never will and if they did, people wouldn’t sell them to you; they would be to busy making money.
So what is Fundo-Tech trading?
Exactly what it sounds like, a blend of fundamentals and technical inputs. The first for defining strong currencies, the second for timing entry.
Currencies move to the long term fundamentals, we all know that but their hard to trade, as humans see the facts, they’re there for all to see but you, me and millions of others, draw our own conclusions from what we see.
In simple terms we have this equation:
Fundamentals + Human Perception = Price direction.
That’s not too difficult to understand is it?
Now let’s take economies with strong currencies – this is the fundamental bit.
Currencies that rise tend to have good interest rate earnings, strong economies, and budget surpluses and export more than they import.
Let’s take the US dollar first – The American economy is swimming in debt (and so is the population) and the budget deficit is huge and finally, it has to import raw materials that are rising in price.
Now let’s take a strong currency - the Canadian dollar.
Canada has huge amounts of commodities including oil it sells, has a huge budget surplus and has good interest rate earnings.
The Canadian dollar therefore should rise against the US Dollar and it has.
In fact if you check out my other articles I stated this months ago and I made some great gains.
Now you may be saying - that sounds simple!
Well yes and no.
Picking the direction is easy, entering the trade with good risk reward is a different matter however this is not to complicated either, lets look at how to enter correctly and another great currency trading opportunity.
Resistance forms and simply means supply and demand are in equilibrium below the resistance and when prices break to a new high supply and demand are out of synch.
Notice here, we are looking to buy new highs NOT lows – this is called breakout trading and it’s a fact that most of the biggest moves come from new highs not lows, so forget all the buy low sell high is a great way to trade - its not. If you always want to buy low and sell high you will miss the biggest and best trends waiting for pullbacks that never come - when prices break they accelerate away from the breakout point quickly.
A few weeks ago when we saw the Canadian dollar break important resistance - we bought it and enjoyed the ride!
Now let’s look at another opportunity shaping up right now and it involves buying the dollar and our victim is the Japanese Yen.
Why?
Because the yen has interest rates at just 0.5%, a sluggish economy and is a bigger importer of commodities than America.
Last week we saw the dollar consolidate above significant resistance at 117.00 and were targeting 119.00 and maybe as high as 130.00.
We will now just sit back and wait as we did with the Canadian dollar.
We have lined up the technical with the long term fundamentals and timed our entry as the dollar has broken up outside of a trading range. If were wrong, our stop is tight under the recently broken resistance which is now support.
Does this method sound simple?
Yes it is, but that doesnt mean it doesnt make money - it worked in the Canadian dollar and you follow the yen for yourself.
Currency trading is simpler than many people believe.
Currencies do reflect the fundamentals, you just have to careful of your timing but that’s easy enough -use support, resistance and a few momentum indicators to time your entry and you’re all set.
You don’t need to trade often either, these trades tend to last for weeks or months, we did well in the Canadian Dollar now lets see how this one goes.
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The first point to make is, although I write articles, I am a trader and have been for 25 years.
I am not a self proclaimed expert, so here what I say, as I walk the walk, rather than just talk the talk.
I have tried lots of ways of trading and this is the simplest method I use and probably one of the most effective.
I am going to call it Fundo-Tech trading and that’s exactly what it is.
If you read much of the information on the net, you will hear lots of stories how you can predict currency prices with scientific accuracy, all for a few hundred bucks! Well, call me a sceptic (or a realist) but they don’t work and never will and if they did, people wouldn’t sell them to you; they would be to busy making money.
So what is Fundo-Tech trading?
Exactly what it sounds like, a blend of fundamentals and technical inputs. The first for defining strong currencies, the second for timing entry.
Currencies move to the long term fundamentals, we all know that but their hard to trade, as humans see the facts, they’re there for all to see but you, me and millions of others, draw our own conclusions from what we see.
In simple terms we have this equation:
Fundamentals + Human Perception = Price direction.
That’s not too difficult to understand is it?
Now let’s take economies with strong currencies – this is the fundamental bit.
Currencies that rise tend to have good interest rate earnings, strong economies, and budget surpluses and export more than they import.
Let’s take the US dollar first – The American economy is swimming in debt (and so is the population) and the budget deficit is huge and finally, it has to import raw materials that are rising in price.
Now let’s take a strong currency - the Canadian dollar.
Canada has huge amounts of commodities including oil it sells, has a huge budget surplus and has good interest rate earnings.
The Canadian dollar therefore should rise against the US Dollar and it has.
In fact if you check out my other articles I stated this months ago and I made some great gains.
Now you may be saying - that sounds simple!
Well yes and no.
Picking the direction is easy, entering the trade with good risk reward is a different matter however this is not to complicated either, lets look at how to enter correctly and another great currency trading opportunity.
Resistance forms and simply means supply and demand are in equilibrium below the resistance and when prices break to a new high supply and demand are out of synch.
Notice here, we are looking to buy new highs NOT lows – this is called breakout trading and it’s a fact that most of the biggest moves come from new highs not lows, so forget all the buy low sell high is a great way to trade - its not. If you always want to buy low and sell high you will miss the biggest and best trends waiting for pullbacks that never come - when prices break they accelerate away from the breakout point quickly.
A few weeks ago when we saw the Canadian dollar break important resistance - we bought it and enjoyed the ride!
Now let’s look at another opportunity shaping up right now and it involves buying the dollar and our victim is the Japanese Yen.
Why?
Because the yen has interest rates at just 0.5%, a sluggish economy and is a bigger importer of commodities than America.
Last week we saw the dollar consolidate above significant resistance at 117.00 and were targeting 119.00 and maybe as high as 130.00.
We will now just sit back and wait as we did with the Canadian dollar.
We have lined up the technical with the long term fundamentals and timed our entry as the dollar has broken up outside of a trading range. If were wrong, our stop is tight under the recently broken resistance which is now support.
Does this method sound simple?
Yes it is, but that doesnt mean it doesnt make money - it worked in the Canadian dollar and you follow the yen for yourself.
Currency trading is simpler than many people believe.
Currencies do reflect the fundamentals, you just have to careful of your timing but that’s easy enough -use support, resistance and a few momentum indicators to time your entry and you’re all set.
You don’t need to trade often either, these trades tend to last for weeks or months, we did well in the Canadian Dollar now lets see how this one goes.
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Thursday, 4 October 2007
Learn The No B.S Method To Successfully Trading Forex Part 1
There is no secret to trading forex, well I say no secret, whatever you don't know is a secret. All you really need to succeed in forex is some hard work and everything contained in each part of this article.
Lets start by creating a business plan. Forex is like any other business It requires a lot of planning and preparation. You must know your daily/weekly/monthly and yearly goals.
Your business plan can be altered to fit your situation however I know many people using the one I am about to explain.
My goal in forex is to make a comfortable living (not a fortune) I do this by setting small goal that are easily reached daily with minimal risk in the market.
My daily goal is 5 pips, now I know for a fact that there will be many people reading this who have been focusing on 100's of pips a week but you simply do not need to be in the market for so long in order to make a lot of money.
This business plan starts with an account of $5000. The risk per trade is never more than 5% and the stop is always 20 pips. I would like to quickly point out that the stop is for emergencies only it should never get hit as I manually close trades before they ever get into double digit pips.
What you need to understand is compounding is very powerful and you best friend when it comes to making money in the forex market.
Using my small target of 5 pips a day risking 5% on a 20 pip stop a $5000 account would grow into almost $100,000 in 12 months!
This is the easiest way to make money in the forex market, minimal exposure and the pips are normally bagged before breakfast.
In Part 2 of "Learn The No B.S Method To Successfully Trading Forex" we will be looking at trading systems to grab your 5 pips a day.
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Lets start by creating a business plan. Forex is like any other business It requires a lot of planning and preparation. You must know your daily/weekly/monthly and yearly goals.
Your business plan can be altered to fit your situation however I know many people using the one I am about to explain.
My goal in forex is to make a comfortable living (not a fortune) I do this by setting small goal that are easily reached daily with minimal risk in the market.
My daily goal is 5 pips, now I know for a fact that there will be many people reading this who have been focusing on 100's of pips a week but you simply do not need to be in the market for so long in order to make a lot of money.
This business plan starts with an account of $5000. The risk per trade is never more than 5% and the stop is always 20 pips. I would like to quickly point out that the stop is for emergencies only it should never get hit as I manually close trades before they ever get into double digit pips.
What you need to understand is compounding is very powerful and you best friend when it comes to making money in the forex market.
Using my small target of 5 pips a day risking 5% on a 20 pip stop a $5000 account would grow into almost $100,000 in 12 months!
This is the easiest way to make money in the forex market, minimal exposure and the pips are normally bagged before breakfast.
In Part 2 of "Learn The No B.S Method To Successfully Trading Forex" we will be looking at trading systems to grab your 5 pips a day.
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Monday, 13 August 2007
Forex Trading Fact - If You Try and Predict In forex Trading You Will Lose
(by Monica Hendrix)
Most forex traders think they have to predict where currencies will go next to win but this relies on hope and guessing and the market will kill you – most novice forex traders make this mistake and lose. There is another way and it will make you money so let’s look at it.
The Myth of Market Prediction
There are many people on the net that claim you can predict markets in advance and their Wrong and the facts confirm this:
1. If you could predict prices in advance with scientific theory then we would all know the price and there would be no market – that’s common sense! A market is market because it’s unpredictable and moves because people hold different opinions.
Now you get a lot of scientific theories the king being Elliot wave but that never made Elliot any money and is not scientific its all subjective judgment – if its subjective its not a scientific predictive theory!
You also get Fibonacci numbers prices are supposed to retrace to exact levels but they don’t – try it and lose. This theory is nothing to do with financial markets and was actually devised to solve a problem based on the copulation of rabbits! And has nothing to do with finance.
So if you can’t predict how can you win?
You trade the odds and trade on confirmation and this means simply following price momentum.
For example if prices dip towards a level of support you don’t assume it is going to hold - you WAIT and get confirmation and that means prices testing support and then turning up. You then trade with price momentum.
You are not guessing or hoping you are trading the reality of price.
If you don’t use momentum indicators now is the time to learn. There are many indicators to choose from, but two of the best are the:
Relative Strength Index and Stochastic
Why the odds are in your favour?
You are trading the odds.
Forex is an odds game you will lose trades but if you trade with the odds, you will have more winners than losers and pile up big money over time.
So when you trade forex don’t predict and rely on hope trade the reality, trade the odds and make money – losing forex traders think they need to predict to win but as we have just shown, you this is a myth and will simply see you lose.
Trade the smart way on confirmation and get the odds in your favour for big forex profits
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Most forex traders think they have to predict where currencies will go next to win but this relies on hope and guessing and the market will kill you – most novice forex traders make this mistake and lose. There is another way and it will make you money so let’s look at it.
The Myth of Market Prediction
There are many people on the net that claim you can predict markets in advance and their Wrong and the facts confirm this:
1. If you could predict prices in advance with scientific theory then we would all know the price and there would be no market – that’s common sense! A market is market because it’s unpredictable and moves because people hold different opinions.
Now you get a lot of scientific theories the king being Elliot wave but that never made Elliot any money and is not scientific its all subjective judgment – if its subjective its not a scientific predictive theory!
You also get Fibonacci numbers prices are supposed to retrace to exact levels but they don’t – try it and lose. This theory is nothing to do with financial markets and was actually devised to solve a problem based on the copulation of rabbits! And has nothing to do with finance.
So if you can’t predict how can you win?
You trade the odds and trade on confirmation and this means simply following price momentum.
For example if prices dip towards a level of support you don’t assume it is going to hold - you WAIT and get confirmation and that means prices testing support and then turning up. You then trade with price momentum.
You are not guessing or hoping you are trading the reality of price.
If you don’t use momentum indicators now is the time to learn. There are many indicators to choose from, but two of the best are the:
Relative Strength Index and Stochastic
Why the odds are in your favour?
You are trading the odds.
Forex is an odds game you will lose trades but if you trade with the odds, you will have more winners than losers and pile up big money over time.
So when you trade forex don’t predict and rely on hope trade the reality, trade the odds and make money – losing forex traders think they need to predict to win but as we have just shown, you this is a myth and will simply see you lose.
Trade the smart way on confirmation and get the odds in your favour for big forex profits
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Monday, 14 May 2007
FOREX Trading System - Building One for Big Profits in 3 Simple Steps
(by Sacha Tarkovsky)
Here we are going to show you how to build your own profitable FOREX trading system in simple steps.
You can build one easily by utilizing free information on the web.
We are going to look at choosing a methodology, structuring the system and implementing it for profit – It will give you big profit potential and won’t cost you a cent.
The methodology below is the basis for all my trading systems and its very simple. I have traded for over 23 years and tried just about ever system out there and the fact is:
When trading FOREX, simple systems beat complicated ones, as they are more robust in the face of ever changing market conditions.
The methodology below works and will continue to work, so let’s take a look at it.
1. Methodology
Look at any FOREX chart and what do you see?
Long term trends that last for weeks or months – These are the trends you need to target.
To target these trends all you need to understand is the concept of support and resistance and price momentum.
Now we need a methodology, let’s take one that has stood the test of time and will continue to work – trading breakouts.
Breakouts from significant support and resistance are one of the most effective ways of catching the big profitable moves.
FACT: Most major currency moves start from new market highs NOT market lows.
You can read all about the above concepts free on the web and in some shape or form most of the worlds top traders use breakouts.
In conclusion, we are going to look for long term trends from support and resistance - now let’s look at how to put this into practice.
2. Structuring a System
Now you need to organize the above and enter some trades – Here is a simple way of trading the above:
• Look at the weekly chart
Look for well established support and resistance that has been tested several times preferably at least 4 times and several weeks apart
• Look at the daily charts
Now look for tests that coincide with the weekly levels that have again been tested several times.
NOTE:
If you start with the weekly chart you will get the big picture and well established support and resistance can be seen - that if broken will give you high odds of the break continuing.
3. Timing the trade
Here we need to look at price momentum and trade with confirmation that the odds are in our favor.
Trading with price strength on a break is an essential element of any successful FOREX trading system and you need indicators that will help you spot it.
Pull up a free chart service such as futuresource.com
Look at the stochastic indicator and Relative Strength Index ( RSI), both these are fantastic confirming indicators.
We don’t have time to write about them in detail here but they are covered in our other articles so look them up.
If a break occurs you can go with the break providing your momentum indicators confirm it.
If you are only trading strong support and resistance that the market recognizes as significant then the odds of the break continuing as stops are unwound and trend followers come in is higher.
Stops should be below the breakout point on daily close basis only (US hours) you can also wait till the end of the session to enter your trades.
This system won't give you many trades each year, but the ones it will give you will have high odds of success and fantastic profit potential.
The FOREX Trading system above can be adapted, but its an excellent base to start from and is perfect for novice FOREX traders.
Take a look at this FOREX trading system because:
Its simple to understand, simple to apply, takes less than 30 minutes a day and can yield triple digit gains
Even better it costs you nothing, but could make you significant long term capital gains.
Don’t spend money on worthless e-books selling systems they have plucked from free information on the net build your own.
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