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!
Wednesday, 7 November 2007
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, 31 October 2007
Economic Data Releases - Can You Successfully Trade Them?
Economic data releases occur almost every day and can have a dramatic effect on the forex markets, and indeed all major markets. They can cause wild swings and increased volatility which is great for traders, but can you successfully profit from them as a forex trader?
Before I address that question, let me start off by talking about data releases in more detail. As a trader the first thing you should do every day is consult an economic calendar to see what releases are scheduled for the forthcoming day. This will allow you to determine when you should be out of a trade if you don't want to trade through them, or when to turn your computer on and be ready to trade if you do wish to trade them.
The best economic calendar in my opinion is at Forex Factory as this tells you not only what releases are scheduled for the day, but also the predicted and actual figures for each release, plus the importance of each one and the effect that they may have on specific currency pairs.
Different data releases affect currencies in different ways. For example, interest rate decisions and non-farm payrolls have a major impact on dollar currencies whereas other less significant data releases will hardly have an effect at all and will remain little changed.
So it's best to arm yourself with all this information and be fully prepared for any scheduled releases, but can you profit from them?
Well in my opinion I don't think you can consistently make profits trading the news as soon as it's released simply because it's extremely difficult to predict how the market will react to any given news.
For example, sometimes you will get seemingly bullish figures and expect the currency to go up, but it will do the complete opposite. Other times it will go up initially and then reverse as analysts and traders digest the news.
It really is an extremely difficult way to trade the markets, particularly for the individual trader working alone. Trying to second guess the market is a very dangerous game.
In my opinion there are far easier ways to trade the forex markets using solid technical analysis methods. You don't need to trade during those times when market-moving figures are announced because all they will do is distort any technical analysis and make it very difficult to enter a trade with confidence.
Furthermore I always believe it's best to exit trades in advance of economic data releases simply because prices can move very fast and your stop losses may not get filled at the price you requested.
I'm sure there are people who can make profits from news releases, but in my experience it's extremely difficult and akin to gambling in some instances.
James Woolley has been trading currencies for around five years and also runs a forex trading blog dedicated to offering free forex tips and strategies. Click on the following link for more information:
http://theforexarticles.com
Before I address that question, let me start off by talking about data releases in more detail. As a trader the first thing you should do every day is consult an economic calendar to see what releases are scheduled for the forthcoming day. This will allow you to determine when you should be out of a trade if you don't want to trade through them, or when to turn your computer on and be ready to trade if you do wish to trade them.
The best economic calendar in my opinion is at Forex Factory as this tells you not only what releases are scheduled for the day, but also the predicted and actual figures for each release, plus the importance of each one and the effect that they may have on specific currency pairs.
Different data releases affect currencies in different ways. For example, interest rate decisions and non-farm payrolls have a major impact on dollar currencies whereas other less significant data releases will hardly have an effect at all and will remain little changed.
So it's best to arm yourself with all this information and be fully prepared for any scheduled releases, but can you profit from them?
Well in my opinion I don't think you can consistently make profits trading the news as soon as it's released simply because it's extremely difficult to predict how the market will react to any given news.
For example, sometimes you will get seemingly bullish figures and expect the currency to go up, but it will do the complete opposite. Other times it will go up initially and then reverse as analysts and traders digest the news.
It really is an extremely difficult way to trade the markets, particularly for the individual trader working alone. Trying to second guess the market is a very dangerous game.
In my opinion there are far easier ways to trade the forex markets using solid technical analysis methods. You don't need to trade during those times when market-moving figures are announced because all they will do is distort any technical analysis and make it very difficult to enter a trade with confidence.
Furthermore I always believe it's best to exit trades in advance of economic data releases simply because prices can move very fast and your stop losses may not get filled at the price you requested.
I'm sure there are people who can make profits from news releases, but in my experience it's extremely difficult and akin to gambling in some instances.
James Woolley has been trading currencies for around five years and also runs a forex trading blog dedicated to offering free forex tips and strategies. Click on the following link for more information:
http://theforexarticles.com
Tuesday, 30 October 2007
How to Trade With Accurate Forex Forecast Signals
Serious forex traders around the world need accurate forex signals beside technical and fundamental analysis for a disciplined and rewarding trading. With accurate forex signals based on research and market study, forex traders should be ready to apply their analysis, and experience for maximizing the return on investment.
Accurate forex trading signals are indicators of trends in the forex market. Indicators like breakouts, support and resistance levels, envelope patterns, currency pairs near moving averages, oscillators, Fibonacci levels, help the forex traders to decide on a profitable entry into the market.
Accurate forex signals are selling and buying recommendations, which you can receive from independent service providers for a small subscription. Your forex broker can offer the signals for free as an add on service.
Accurate forex signals comprise of signals, tips, and trends and in most of the cases offered daily. Accurate forex signals are entirely based on fundamental and technical analysis of the market and not on speculations or rumors.
Accurate forex signals are free from the traders' emotion. Signals follow certain patterns following the market trends and various forces of demand and supply of currencies and therefore mechanical in nature.
They are best for traders who cannot watch the market round the clock. As the accurate forex signal services monitor and analyze the market and send their findings directly to you, either by email or sms, you can take action the moment you receive a signal.
Using a variety of technical studies the accurate forex signals are generated. For example, SMA or Simple Moving Average and MACD or Moving Average Convergence Divergence studies indicate buy signals when currency prices rise over the average line.
Accordingly, sell signals occur when the price falls below the moving average line. Some accurate forex signal services offer volume indicators that can determine market interest. For example, Bollinger Bands indicate sharp price changes in the market.
The best and accurate forex signal service will be the one that uses more than one indicator to form the signal. Many such indicators together will form a reliable source of information. But it must be remembered, the signals can never be 100% accurate.
They work as very good advice guiding the trader on currencies to trade, but can never guarantee the return it predicted. You must always ask for the track record to show the past performances of a forex signal service.
Accurate forex trade signals software application sends alerts in real time. It generates entry and exit points for major currency pairs on the basis of market parameters. This works as a perfect tool and ideal solution for traders to strengthen their. These signals are easy to understand and use.
To start trading automatically check out Accurate Forex Signals
Accurate forex trading signals are indicators of trends in the forex market. Indicators like breakouts, support and resistance levels, envelope patterns, currency pairs near moving averages, oscillators, Fibonacci levels, help the forex traders to decide on a profitable entry into the market.
Accurate forex signals are selling and buying recommendations, which you can receive from independent service providers for a small subscription. Your forex broker can offer the signals for free as an add on service.
Accurate forex signals comprise of signals, tips, and trends and in most of the cases offered daily. Accurate forex signals are entirely based on fundamental and technical analysis of the market and not on speculations or rumors.
Accurate forex signals are free from the traders' emotion. Signals follow certain patterns following the market trends and various forces of demand and supply of currencies and therefore mechanical in nature.
They are best for traders who cannot watch the market round the clock. As the accurate forex signal services monitor and analyze the market and send their findings directly to you, either by email or sms, you can take action the moment you receive a signal.
Using a variety of technical studies the accurate forex signals are generated. For example, SMA or Simple Moving Average and MACD or Moving Average Convergence Divergence studies indicate buy signals when currency prices rise over the average line.
Accordingly, sell signals occur when the price falls below the moving average line. Some accurate forex signal services offer volume indicators that can determine market interest. For example, Bollinger Bands indicate sharp price changes in the market.
The best and accurate forex signal service will be the one that uses more than one indicator to form the signal. Many such indicators together will form a reliable source of information. But it must be remembered, the signals can never be 100% accurate.
They work as very good advice guiding the trader on currencies to trade, but can never guarantee the return it predicted. You must always ask for the track record to show the past performances of a forex signal service.
Accurate forex trade signals software application sends alerts in real time. It generates entry and exit points for major currency pairs on the basis of market parameters. This works as a perfect tool and ideal solution for traders to strengthen their. These signals are easy to understand and use.
To start trading automatically check out Accurate Forex Signals
Monday, 29 October 2007
Using Percent R Indicator to Trade - Get Precise System
In his original work, Williams' method focused on 10 trading days to determine a market's trading range. Once the 10-day trading range was determined, he calculated where the current day's closing price fell within that range.
The %R study is similar to the Stochastic indicator, except that the Stochastic has internal smoothing and that the %R is plotted on an upside-down scale, with 0 at the top and 100 at the bottom. The %R oscillates between 0 and 100%. A value of 0% shows that the closing price is the same as the period high. Conversely, a value of 100% shows that the closing price is identical to the period low. The Williams indicator is designed to show the difference between the period high and today's closing price with the trading range of the specified period. The indicator therefore shows the relative situation of the closing price within the observation period.
The trading rules are simple. You sell when %R reaches 20% or lower (the market is overbought) and buy when it reaches 80% or higher (the market is oversold). However, as with all overbought/oversold indicators, it is wise to wait for the indicator price to change direction before initiating any trade.
Larry Williams defines the following trading rules for his %R: Buy when this percent reaches 100%, and five trading days have passed since 100% was last reached, and after which it again falls below 85/95%. Sell when %R reaches 0%, and five trading days have passed since 0% was last reached, and after which the Williams %R again rises to about 15/5%.
Visit his site at http://www.profitguideforex.com
The %R study is similar to the Stochastic indicator, except that the Stochastic has internal smoothing and that the %R is plotted on an upside-down scale, with 0 at the top and 100 at the bottom. The %R oscillates between 0 and 100%. A value of 0% shows that the closing price is the same as the period high. Conversely, a value of 100% shows that the closing price is identical to the period low. The Williams indicator is designed to show the difference between the period high and today's closing price with the trading range of the specified period. The indicator therefore shows the relative situation of the closing price within the observation period.
The trading rules are simple. You sell when %R reaches 20% or lower (the market is overbought) and buy when it reaches 80% or higher (the market is oversold). However, as with all overbought/oversold indicators, it is wise to wait for the indicator price to change direction before initiating any trade.
Larry Williams defines the following trading rules for his %R: Buy when this percent reaches 100%, and five trading days have passed since 100% was last reached, and after which it again falls below 85/95%. Sell when %R reaches 0%, and five trading days have passed since 0% was last reached, and after which the Williams %R again rises to about 15/5%.
Visit his site at http://www.profitguideforex.com
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