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Tuesday, December 30, 2014

What You Should Do If You Are Daytrader?


Day trading refers to buying then selling or selling short then buying the same security on the same day. If you’ve ever thought about trying your own luck with day trading on the stock market, here are some important things you should know and do first:

1. Most day traders don’t make any money
It’s true: academic studies like this one show how hard it is to make a profit through day trading. As the study notes, 8 out of 10 day traders lose money – and while heavy day traders earn gross profits, that money is not enough to cover transaction costs.

2. You’re irrational
No matter how level-headed you think you are, when it comes to money, we have inherent behavioral biases that are nearly impossible to overcome. Academic studies have covered these at length – hindsight bias, loss aversion and plain old greed can lead us to make bad decisions when it comes to managing our money and buying and selling stocks.

3. You need to have money to burn
Or, at least you need to have enough money so that any losses won’t financially destroy you. The same goes for your emergency fund. And borrowing money to day trade is also pretty risky business.

4. You don’t get to keep all the money
As the academic paper referenced earlier found, most heavy traders don’t earn enough to cover their transaction costs. That’s because every time you buy or sell a security, you’re paying for the privilege. Transaction costs can vary depending on what platform you use.

5. You can’t predict the future
Day trading is essentially market timing. You make money when you anticipate what others are going to do and act first. Hit the buy or sell button too late and you can lose more money. The thing is, nobody can predict the future – you need to be able to handle the uncertainty and to stay calm in the meantime.

6. Avoid trading during the first 15 minutes of the market open
Those first 15 minutes of market action are often panic trades or market orders placed the night before. Novice day traders should avoid this time period while also looking for reversals. If you’re looking to make quick profits, it’s best to wait a while until you’re able to spot rewarding opportunities. Even many pros avoid the market open.

7. Have a selling plan
Many rookies spend most of their time thinking about stocks they want to buy without considering when to sell. Before you enter the market, you need to know in advance when to exit, hopefully with a profit. “Playing it by ear” is not a selling strategy, nor is hope. As a day trader, you’ll set a price target as well as a time target.

8. Keep a journal of all your trades
Many pros swear by their journal, where they keep records of all their winning and losing trades. Writing down what you did right, or wrong, will help you improve as a trader, which is your primary goal. Not surprisingly, you’ll probably learn more from your losers than your winners.

9. Practice day trading in a paper-trading account
Although not everyone agrees that practice trading is important, it can be beneficial to some traders. If you do open a practice account, be sure to trade with a realistic amount of money. It’s not helpful to practice trade with a million dollars if the most you have in your account is $30,000. Also, if you do practice trade, think of it as an educational exercise, not a game.

10. Never act on tips from uninformed sources
Most pros know that buy or sell signal based on tips from uninformed acquaintances will almost always lead to bad trades. Knowing what stocks to buy is not enough. You also have to know when to sell, and by then the tipster is long gone.

Sunday, December 28, 2014

Why Do Many Forex Traders Always Lose Their Money? Part 2

Why Do Many Forex Traders Always Lose Their Money? Part 2

13. Not learning to trade the daily charts first
Be a huge proponent of focusing one’s market analysis efforts on the daily charts. I believe lower time frames have a lot of random price “noise” and give a much more difficult to interpret picture of the overall market structure than the daily charts do. I see no problem in trading the 4hr or 1hr charts, but I recommend all traders learn to master the daily charts first.

14. Thinking the Market is "Wrong"
The market, however, is never right or wrong – it simply is. If a trader is losing money trading a particular currency or stock, then that trader is wrong, not the market.

15. Expecting to get rich quick
This point sort of encompasses the others in that if you are over-trading, risking too much, or doing any of the other things discussed here, you are simply being greedy and trying to make as much money as fast as you can. Well, the fact of trading is that the “harder” you try to make money and the more you feel a need to make money in the markets, the worse you are probably going to do. FOREX Trading successfully requires a clear and relaxed mindset, one that does not care whether you win, lose or draw, because you know that over a given period of time you will make money if you trade in a discipline and controlled manner.
16. Incorrectly managing trades
Most traders mess up AFTER they enter their trades by meddling with their targets and stops or adding to positions unnecessarily. One of my core trading philosophies is to just “set and forget” your trades, because you are always going to be the most objective and clear-minded BEFORE you enter a trade rather than when the trade is live.

17. Gambling instead of trading
By gambling I mean trading without a proven high-probability trading edge. Many traders complain of losing money and yet they don’t even really have a definable trading strategy. Simply put, if you don’t know EXACTLY what you are looking for in the market you are never going to make money consistently, or at all.

18. Random Decisions/No Consistency
The market is either going to move up and down, so if you take an educated guess you should be able to make money. Well for those who have tried this will have no doubt discovered that lack of consistency in trading is not lucrative. Sure the market can only move in one direction, but for how long before it reverses. You get plenty of days where the market will move up, down, back up then down again. How many times would your stop have been triggered chasing price around like this? It would be super frustrating. Most people find Forex trading very attractive because it give a person complete control, breaking free of all the rules from their day to day life. Unfortunately the Forex market requires rules, structure and consistency at an even more intense level than your daily life does. So if you’re looking to operate “rule free”, then trading is probably not for you.

 

19. Trading Under Emotion

We already spoke about trading being the ultimate psychological challenge of life. A lot of the market participants are human aside from all the trading algorithms, so the market is one giant psychological machine. If you display emotional weakness, the market will exploit your emotions and use them against you, taking your hard earned money. A lot of traders take on Forex trading because they want to use it to fix some underlying financial problem in their life, or just want to generate fast money. Trading for the wrong reasons will make you vulnerable to emotional fueled mistakes because you’ve got “too much at stake”.

20. No Experience

Like any other profession, Forex is something that takes time. You can’t expect to walk into a job, inexperienced, and expect to be promoted to the manager the next day. Forex trading requires a learning phase essential to conditioning yourself, and to build a compatible mind-set for the markets. Trading is probably unlike anything you’ve ever experienced. Your day to day life does not prepare you for it. The logic learned from the outside world can’t be applied successfully to the markets, the two just don’t mix. Before throwing in large amounts of your savings into the markets, make sure you’ve had a good dose of experience first.

21. Trying to Understand too Many Things/Over Complication

If you make your trading complicated then you will end up becoming a vegetable. There is a huge amount of trading systems out there, and most of them are just too intense. Too many of these systems bring in all these extra external variables onto the charts. Things like indicators, expert advisors, economic figures or other “magic” trading tools. All the extra data on your chart makes the system confusing, overwhelming and frustrating. Multiple variables often conflicting with one another, so the more you bring in, the harder chart analysis becomes.

22. Not accepting that losing is part of winning

Many traders seem to have an innate ability to not want to accept that losing is part of the game of trading. They tend to place blame on the market, on their broker, on not having enough money in their accounts, or any number of other reasons. The simple fact of the matter is that you are going to lose trades no matter what you do. So, you better learn to accept this early on, embrace it, and figure out a way to incorporate losing into your trading plan. You can lose “successfully” by learning to take small losses relative to your rewards, never move your stop further from your entry, and always trade with a stop loss. There is usually no need to meddle with your trades. If you have pre-defined your risk then you should be OK with losing that amount of money, let the trade play out to either hit your pre-defined stop loss or move into profit. You need to do your work before you enter the market, not after.

Conclusions

Sadly, this list covers only a fraction of the multitude of mistakes made by forex traders. We hope this list is useful to you, and we look forward to working with you for a long time to come.

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Why Do Many Forex Traders Always Lose Their Money? Part 1

Why Do Many Forex Traders Always Lose Their Money? Part 1

It's commonly known that most forex traders fail. In fact, it's estimated that 96 percent of forex traders lose money and end up quitting. To help you to be in that elusive 4 percent of winning traders, I have compiled a list of the most common reasons why forex traders lose money. Let’s study and learn all the reason listed here.

1. Low start up capital
You must have some money to make some money. It's possible for you to generate outstanding returns on limited capital in the short term. However, with only a small amount of capital and outsized risk, you will find yourself being emotional with each swing of the market and jumping in and out and the worst times possible.

2. Failure to manage risk
Risk management is a key to survival. You can be a very skilled trader and still be wiped out by poor risk management. Your number one job is not to make a profit, but rather to protect what you have. As your capital gets depleted, your ability to make a profit is lost.

3. Greed
Some traders are greedy. They feel that they need to squeeze every last pip out of a move because there is money to be made every day. Trying to grab every last pip before a currency pair turns can set you up to lose the profitable trade that you are sitting on.

4. Indecisive Trading
Sometimes you might find yourself suffering from trading remorse. This happens when a trade that you open isn't immediately profitable, and you start saying to yourself that you picked the wrong direction, and then you close your trade and reverse it, only to see the market go back in the initial direction that you chose.

5. Trying to pick tops or bottoms
Many new traders try to pick turning points in currency pairs. They will place a trade on a pair, and as it keeps going in the wrong direction, they continue to add to their position being sure that it is about to turn around this time. If you trade this way, in the end you end up with much more exposure than you planned, and a terribly negative trade.

6. Refusing to be wrong
Some trades just don't work out. It's human nature to want to be right, but sometimes we just aren't. As a trader, sometimes you have to just be wrong and move on, instead of clinging to the idea of being right and ending up with a blown account.

7. Buying a System
There are many "forex trading systems" for sale on the internet. Some traders are out there looking for the ever elusive "100 percent accurate forex trading system". They keep buying systems and trying them until finally giving up deciding that there is no way to win.

8. Over-trading
This one is pretty self-explanatory, but it’s also probably the number one reason why so many Forex traders fail to make money in the markets. If you are trading too often, you are going to deplete your trading account very fast. You need to only enter high-probability trade setups and have the patience to wait for them.

9. Failing to Consider All 3 Elements of a Trade
The Elements of a Trade
There are three equally essential elements to every trade, each equally important to the long-term success of a trader. Unfortunately, most new and unsuccessful traders only pay attention to one, or at most two of these elements. The three elements to every trade are as follows: (1) entry (the price at which the trade is entered), (2) stop (the price at which the trade is exited for a loss) and (3) target (the price at which the trade is exited for profit). All three are equally important to the success of the trader, but most new traders only pay attention to the entry, and maybe the stop.

10. Moving Your Stops
Now that we’ve discussed what stops are, and how they should be placed, we need to discuss another major mistake made by new traders when it comes to their stops. Nobody likes to be wrong, and nobody likes losing, but unfortunately, both being wrong and losing are a major part of being a forex trader. The problem that new traders (and even some more experienced traders) often encounter is that they let their aversion to being wrong and losing interfere with their trade setups. If a trader sets their stop correctly, at the invalidation level of their trade setup, there should never be any reason to move the stop.

11. Risking too much per trade
This one is also pretty self-explanatory. But, time and time again traders blow out their trading accounts because they “loaded up” on a trade that they were “sure” about. The truth is that you NEVER know for sure which trades will win and which trades will lose, even if you have a high-probability trading strategy and follow it religiously. For this reason, it is critical that you effectively manage your risk on EVERY single trade you take. Eventually, if you are managing your risk effectively on each trade and using a high-probability trading strategy, you will make money over time.

12. Not Having/Not Following a Trading Plan

A trading plan is essential for all traders, new and old. A trading plan should lay out not only the setups the trader will look to trade, but also the risk management strategy of the trader. For example, a trading plan should include weekly, monthly and quarterly pip targets, the maximum amount of capital a trader is willing to lose in a given week, month or quarter, the pairs a trader will be trading, the maximum number of trades a trader will take at one time, what he or she is looking for, how much they are willing to risk, and how much they are looking to make. and anything else that may be important to the success of the trader. Trading plans don’t need to be overly complicated, but they do need to be created and followed. 

Sunday, December 21, 2014

7 Warren Buffet Quotes that Could Revolutionize Your Trading

1. “Beware of geeks bearing formulas.”

This is a great quote. For the past few years, more and more coders and programmers have flooded into the Forex market. With little to no actual trading experience, they code trading robots and indicators. All these formulas and code usually (or always) amount to nothing, when used live.
Geeks and their formulas don’t meld well with Forex, or other financial markets, especially when the person bearing the formula is not an experienced, professional trader.

2. “If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.”

This one is obvious to experienced traders. What happened last week, month or year or a decade ago will not necessarily repeat itself in Forex.
If you look to the past, for ideas on trading in the future, you won’t be successful. This is why I am a proponent of price action trading. Price action is all about the here and now.

3. “Chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken.”

This obviously does not apply only to Forex. However, one of the biggest issues that hurt new traders are bad habits. These come from many different sources. You can have bad personal habits that do not meld well with Forex. If you’re easily stressed, or quick to anger, in day to day life and carry that through to your trading it will hurt you. This is why you should have a strategy in place to nip bad habits in the bud.
Demo accounts are also a major cause of bad habits. Traders who spend a long time trading demo accounts tend to become too open to risk.

4. “Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.”

I love this quote. There are so many failed Forex traders out there who turn to selling products, because they cannot trade. These guys are marketers not traders. They may be smart people, in general, but when it comes to trading they are idiots. So let the idiots read what the idiots wrote.

5. “Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.”

This one is self-explanatory. Even though it makes perfect sense it is hard to put into practice. That should not stop you from trying though.

6. “Risk comes from not knowing what you’re doing.”

This says it all and it is a huge problem in the Forex market. So many people come into Forex with absolutely no clue what they are doing. Yet they jump into the market and they get batted around, like a cat playing with a little bitty mouse.
Check out this post in the forum. This guy entered a trade minutes before the release of the NFP, last Friday. That is a massive risk and it is no wonder he lost the trade. The guy simply did not know what he was doing and it cost him.

7. “When you combine ignorance and leverage, you get some pretty interesting results.”

Even though the CFTC has limited leverage for US traders, outside of the US people can still get leverage as high as 500:1. Leverage can be a great aid if you know what you’re doing. However, when you combine a newbie with leverage it almost certainly spells disaster.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

Trading Psychology Forex Trader

Every market participant has his or her own set of reasons and rationales for placing an order today. Although many reasons to sell exist — to pay taxes, generate cash for college tuition, or meet a pension obligation, among many others — there’s only one reason to buy: You think the security is going up in price.

For that reason alone, traders often pay more attention to what is happening to buy orders than to sell orders. To get a sense of who is projecting a profit, traders look at the number of buy orders coming in, how large they are, and at what price.

Because there are so many good reasons to sell but only one good reason to buy, the market can take a long time to recognize bearish (pessimistic) sentiment indicators. Even if you see that prices should start to go down in the near future, you have to consider that the market today can be very different from what you see coming up. And as a day trader, you only have today.

The psychological aspect of trading is extremely important, and the reason for that is fairly simple: A trader is often darting in and out of trade on short notice, and is forced to make quick decisions. To accomplish this, they need a certain presence of mind. They also, by extension, need discipline, so that they stick with previously established trading plans and know when to book profits and losses. Emotions simply can't get in the way.

Traders need to understand what fear is - simply a natural reaction to what they perceive as a threat (in this case perhaps to their profit or money-making potential). Quantifying the fear might help. Or that they may be able to better deal with fear by pondering what they are afraid of, and why they are afraid of it.

The best traders are able to figure out the psychology of the market almost by instinct. They can’t necessarily explain what they do — which makes it hard for those trying to learn from them.

But they can tell you this much: If you can rationally determine why the person on the other side of the trade is trading, you can be in a better position to make money and avoid the big mistakes brought on by hope, fear, and greed.

Thursday, December 18, 2014

SAKIT JANTUNG? KOLESTROL TINGGI? DARAH TINGGI?

SAKIT JANTUNG?
KOLESTROL TINGGI?
DARAH TINGGI? 
Adakah anda tersiksa dengan Sakit Jantung? Atau anda telah d nasihatkan untuk menjalani pembedahan Angiography atau Bypass?
Tunggu dulu…..Sebelum anda menjalani pembedahan Angiography atau Bypass, anda hendaklah mencuba dengan yakin ramuan ini.
In sya Allah, anda akan sembuh. In sha Allah.
Pada18 April '13, saya d kehendaki untuk pergi ke Sahiwaal(Pakistan) dari UK untuk menghadiri majlis tahunan Khatme-e-Nabuwat (jemaah tabligh). Sebelum itu, saya telah mengalami sakit yg amat sangat di dada kiri di bahagian jantung dn kesakitan ini berterusan buat beberapa waktu. Saya kemudianya bertemu di Pakistan dengan Hazrat Moulana Bashir Ahmed Usmani Sahib dan memaklumkan kpd nya bahawa doktor telah mengesan 3 saluran injap darah tersumbat semasa melakukan Angiography keatas saya, dan memaklumkan tarikh pembedahan Bypass keatas saya yg akan dijalankan dlm masa sebulan. Dalam pada itu, seorang sahabat jemaah, Encik Hakim telah menurunkan ramuan saperti dibawah yang saya amalkan selama sebulan.
Sehari sebelum pembedahan Bypass akan d jlnkan saya tiba di Cardiology Hospital, Lahore (Pakistan) dan membayar deposit Rs. 225,000.00 bagi menjalani pembedahan ini nanti. Selepas memeriksa keputusan sebelum dan semasa saluran injap jantung saya, Doktor doktor yg memeriksa saya bertanya samada saya ada mengambil apa apa perubatan selepas kali terakhir ujian saluran yg telah saya jalani.  Saya katakan kpd nya bahawa En. Hakim Sahebs telah memberi ramuan ini. Doktor doktor merasa terkejut dgn keputusan semasa saluran injap saya dan memaklumkan bahawa keputusan lapuran terkini, kesemua saluran injap telah terbuka dan berfungsi secara normal dan tiada pembedahan perlu d jalankan. Wang deposit saya di kembalikan dan saya disuruh pulang.
En Hakim Hazrat Moulana Bashir Ahmed Usmani Saheb sendiri, telah menyediakan ubatan ini untuk ku dan juga memberitahu saya ramuan ramuan nya serta cara penyediaannya sapertimana di bawah:
1 cawan jus lemon (1 Cup Fresh      Lemon Juice)
1 cawan jus halia (1 Cup Fresh Ginger Juice)
1 cawan jus bawang putih (1 Cup Fresh Garlic Juice)
1 cawan Cuka epal (1 Cup Apple Cider Vinegar)
3 cawan madu (3 Cups Honey)
Bancuh kesemua ramuan tadi -jus lemon +jus halia+jus bawang putih+cuka epal (kecuali madu) dan jerang (panaskan) perlahan lahan selama setengah jam sehingga kirakira 1cawan kandungan campuran tadi telah terwap keluar (evaporate) dan hanya tinggal 3 cawan sahaja. Selepas itu, biarkan ianya sejuk dan masukkn 3 cawan madu ke tiga tiga cawan tadi. Isikan ke dalam balang bersih dan minumlah sebanyak 3 sudu teh ketika perut kosong setiap pagi.  In sha Allah, dengan izin Allah anda akan sembuh.
(Dari Mufti Mohammed Kantharvi. London UK)
Diedarkan oleh AYP (Azaadville) untuk berkhidmat buat semua insan. Semoga khidmat kecil ini diterima Allah.
Mohon dibuat salinan dan di edarkan kpd warga tua dan kepada mereka yg tiada talian perkhidmatan email
Andai hanya seorang sahaja yang dapat manfaat nya, anda akan di anugerah Allah setinggi tingginya. Anda tidak akan tahu, berapa ramai yang akan dapat manfaat dan faedah dari ramuan perubatan ini.
Mohon dipnjangkn pesanan ini ke seramai insan yang boleh. Terima kasih.
Diterjemahkan oleh:
ismailchedin, melaka. Oktober 2014.

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Forex Education - Prerequisite for Beginners Before Trading

Forex education is always a prerequisite for anyone who is interested to start Forex Trading. Forex Trading may look simple on its skin, but when you look deep into its body it is often a complicated one. If you want to succeed as a Good Professional, then it is wise to have some Basic knowledge on Forex Trading. basically requires 3 attributes in you. These are Courage, Analytical Mind and Knowledge. Anyone who wants to do and in case does not posses these attributes by default, he can gain these attributes during his training and education. Before stepping in the real forex world, it is imperative to go through the forex demo, which will help the individuals in understanding the mechanism of trading at the Forex Market.
Online forex courses:
Many Forex Trading Courses are available online. But before enrolling yourself for a Course, it is necessary to know the Overview of the Course. A good Course is the one which teaches you right from the Definition, Introduction and Working of. The course should also cover basic concepts like Market Trends, Money Management, Forex Indicators, and Data Analysis etc. From Online Courses you will be able to learn how to minimize risks and develop a good Trading Strategy. Online Courses provides you Flexibility over time. Hence many Forex Trading Beginners opt for these online Courses. In order to get an insight into, you can read Books by Specialists. They will act as a guide in your Voyage of Forex Trading. There are plenty of such books available which are written by Forex Trading Specialists.
Demo account:
Once you have required knowledge to put your feet on, it is not necessary for you to directly enter into the Forex Trading World at once. You can always test your knowledge and expertise in through forex demo. This Demo account will enable you to practice Forex Trading Virtually. You need to invest by using your Virtual Money. Demo Account brings you a step closer to the Environment. By using a Demo account you can get familiar with the Trading platform. Next you can learn how to execute a trade, have a feel of profit and loss scenarios on a real time basis.
You can apply all the knowledge you have acquired during forex education and see if the trading strategy proves fruitful. The Demo account also has its own set of disadvantages. But these disadvantages are over come by the fact that the Demo Account provides you basic practical Knowledge in Forex Trading which is valuable for any beginner. Hence, all the beginners who look out for trading at the forex exchange must opt for training and education so that they are well aware of the fundamentals and mechanisms of trading.
Miwa Bell is an experienced foreign exchange broker and works for YouTradeFX that offers the best forex education, platforms and tools for online currency trading. Create a forex demo or live account here to learn all the tricks and execute a profitable deal. Visit today!


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Forex Education - Fundamental Vs Technical

Analysis in forex trading can be categorised into two areas, fundamental and technical. Fundamental analysis is concerned with the economy of the country. So for instance, if the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), is positive and increasing then the country is growing and its populous (at least the majority of them) will be feeling richer and eager to spend on non-essential items. Businesses too are also likely to go on a spending spree as they nurture a growing balance sheet.
For Policy Makers in the Country's Central Bank, this is a sure sign that inflation will soon rip. As people shop more, the value of the goods are bound to rise as factories in the country and overseas find it difficult to keep up with supplying the goods. As the prices increase so will inflation, especially if businesses also give their employees a pay rise that is in excess of the level of inflation. If this situation is unchecked then the country could get into an ever increasing level of inflation leading to a ghastly era of hyperinflation. History has grave warnings for any country with hyperinflation.
In such circumstances and for obvious reasons, the Central Banks will stamp down hard and early on inflation in the only sure way they know which is by raising their interest rate. The main reason for doing this is to 'mop-up' the excess liquidity in the economy which has other profound consequences such as the resulting rise in the value of the currency. This is a fundamental event in currency trading.
Traders eagerly look out for clues in the numerous economic reports that come out every month for indication as to which way the economy is headed. If the numbers start to point to an improvement in the next GDP figure then they are likely to start speculating on the rise in interest rate at the next policy meeting of the Central Bank and begin purchasing the local currency in anticipation.
Conversely, if the economic indicators are pointing towards contraction in the economy, the Central Bank is likely to loosen their monetary policy by lowering their interest rate. This is done so as to encourage spending in the economy in order to drive the country out of its doldrums but with the consequence of lowering the value of its currency. Once again this is a fundamental event in forex trading.
Technical analysis is concerned with price action on a chart. It is essentially a study on the herd mentality of traders who have a position on that particular currency pair (remember, currencies are traded in pairs for instance EUR/USD). By using indicators on the chart, a trader can gain valuable clues as to where the currency pair is headed next.
Technical traders normally trade on lower time frames for instance anything from 1 minute to 4 hours whereas fundamental traders pick 4 hours and upwards. For the technical trader, the economic news, commentary by government officials and policy makers pose a serious risk of reversing their trades. It is a constant minefield they have to negotiate with their positions.
For the fundamental trader, the technical aspects of the trade are less of a concern and hindrance. Because they are looking at a longer horizon, the technical reversals in price are mere blips on their way to their ultimate goal. Fundamental trading is also known as Position trading and it also usually involves trading at a low or the lowest possible margin.
A notable Position trader is George Soros who in 1992 took a fundamental stance against the British pound and gained a cool 1 billion USD. He speculated that the Bank of England would not be able to keep the British Pound above a certain threshold in which he was proven right and rewarded extremely well for his correct speculation.
Whether trading using the Fundamental or Technical principle, currency trading should be deemed risky and traded cautiously.
Knowledge and preparation are the key to successful forex trading and could contribute significantly to your online income.
To your forex trading success!
Hanif Somani, Ph.D is an Internet Marketer and Forex Trader. Hanif obtained his Ph.D. from University of London in a scientific discipline and is passionate about conveying complex ideas to his audience in a simple but not simpler way. Hanif believes that anyone can succeed in their endeavors if they first obtain the knowledge and then apply it correctly in an incremental way. Knowledge is the key to success and this is what Hanif is happy to convey and share. I write regularly on all aspects of Online Income Sources which you can find on my blog at Making Money Online.
I have written a book on Forex Market and Forex Trading called "Forex Tamed" which you can purchase here: Forex.


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Best Forex Strategies

The forex market provides a stream of opportunities that individual traders can learn to profit from on a consistent basis if they implement a forex strategy that works. There really is a big difference between trading strategies that actually allow you to maintain a clear trading mindset while still providing you with a high probability edge in the market, and those that do not. Those forex strategies that provide you with the tools you need to profit consistently in the forex market will typically be centered on core market data instead of secondary indicators or trading software programs.
When trying to find a forex trading strategy that is based on core market data and not on secondary indicators you can run into great difficulty if you do not know what to look for, largely because there is a mass amount of misinformation and scams in the realm of forex trading information. As a result, many beginning traders make the mistake of committing themselves to a trading strategy that is both ineffective and overly complicated at the same time, setting themselves up for failure at the very beginning of their trading career. This is why it is critical that you learn about the best forex strategies as soon as you can by seeking out those strategies that possess the following the characteristics:
• Avoid those forex trading methods that are essentially nothing more than a forex system of rigid trading rules.
• Look for forex trading methods that consist of a more flexible forex trading strategy that will allow you to adapt your method to all time frames and all market conditions; most rigid trading "systems" simply do not meet this requirement.
• The best forex strategies are typically those that are based on time tested chart reading skills; things like trading support and resistance levels, trend trading strategies, simple breakout strategies, Fibonacci retracements, and simple candlestick pattern analysis are examples of such strategies.
• A forex strategy that is worth pursuing need not be extremely expensive or so complicated that you get a head ache while learning it. It should be simple to implement, effective, and make logical sense to you immediately.
When learning to trade the forex markets, getting started on the right track will positively influence all aspects of your trading career. It is critical that you try your hardest to avoid the pitfalls that many beginning forex traders fall into by pursuing forex strategies that have proven themselves over time and are not just another forex scam. It is a good rule of thumb to compare and contrast one forex strategy against another before you commit to one in particular. Also, remember to demo trade the particular forex trading strategy you decide to use before you attempt to trade with real money, successful demo trading is necessary to success on a live trading account.
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Forex Strategy to Analyze Market Successfully

What is Forex strategy? "Forex" is a currency exchange market and "Strategy" is a skill to make a plan to achieve goal. So Forex strategy is a plan of action to achieve goal in foreign exchange market. Plans are required because forex market is very risky and tricky market.
As foreign exchange market is the market of currencies, so the traders buy and sell currencies in order to make profit. This business of currencies requires a lot of patience and money as well. It might take many years to become a successful trader in this market so there should be a Forex strategy in order to become a successful trader. There are different types of traders, they may be short-term, medium term, and long-term. Short term traders are also known as scalper. Usually, most of the traders focus on medium term strategy which requires less investment.
The forex strategies could be basic, complex, simple or advance. A basic Forex strategy is helpful for beginners. In basic strategies, there are some rules defined for the beginners about How to trade? Simple forex strategies are not for experienced traders, it is for skilled beginners. Simple Forex strategies define the techniques of trading. Also, other strategies like complex, advance etc guide traders about trading. Before start trading, one should first practice with forex trading software. These softwares are helpful for the beginners and give them idea of market as well as idea of business. Also, it is good for the beginners to enhance their skills by "Mini forex trading".
Traders use Forex strategy in order to make wiser investment decisions. These strategies educate traders. While developing strategies one should must kept one thing in mind and thing is "risk" about the business as forex is a risky business.
Types of forex trading strategies:
There is still no golden rule for a strategy to be 100% accurate all the time. Along with Forex strategy practice and hard work is also required. In order to survive, forex market needs long-term investors, people who have greater economy and banks. In trading, forex strategies consist of two constituents: Technical analysis and Fundamental analysis.
1. Technical analysis:
It is based on analysis of charts. It is also helpful if we are to analyze the boom and depression region of the market. Mathematical formulas are used to analyze the movement of market.
2. Fundamental analysis:
In fundamental analyses, the economics of the countries are analyzed, as each day new figures are disseminated around the world.
Both above types of trading strategies are essential in making successful and profitable trades. If one of them is missing, it will not be help in successful trading. When we associate Forex Strategy with technical analysis then we are able to deal with price. When we talk about fundamental analysis or when Forex strategy is associated with fundamental analyses then we are able to deal with economic factors. So in order to become a successful trader, it is important that besides following forex strategies trader must show positive attitude towards his work. Also, it requires patience because earning money is not quick it takes time as well as hard work.
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Scalping Forex - Fast Money Maker Strategy!

And you know this... trading many times a day to take many small profits, that's the job of scalping Forex... but do it correctly to make it profitable, is the job of professional trader.

Actually, this expert activity to make fast money isn't easy (but fast) and is reserved to veteran trader because you have to be really concentrated and involved in your Forex day trading. That's the pros and cons of scalping Forex.

But once again, Internet has changed everything and the scalping method is not anymore reserved to veteran trader. You can place your trade at the right moment many times a day without being in front of your computer 24/24 hour and more important making more winning trades than losing trades.

Believe it or not, I can actively trade 24/24 hour, without missing any single opportunities in my currency pairs during the day but and that's the catch: I still have lots of free time.

Oh... and I'm working at home with full control of my scalping weapon "money machine' strategy without any kind of illegal things. To give you some of my result, when I've started to implement successfully this scalping Forex tactic, I've double my deposit in less than one month.

Is it interesting for your financial freedom? Make profitable scalping Forex 24/24 hours with full of free time to enjoy your family, your hobbies, your travels or your friends.

Of course, that's my personal point of view but maybe you prefer doing it like a top-notch and serious veteran trader who has no social life.

Reading every words of my article, you're realizing right now why scalping Forex is a fast money maker strategy.

How do I do it?

Some months ago, you will have to invest between $500 to $800 to buy any automated Forex trading system that do this scalping strategy correctly. But due to the popularity of the Forex marketplace, many Forex software were and are still developed and distributed today.

But I warn you only a few are really profitable and again, only a few have the scalping Forex strategy built-in.

The good part: it's much cheaper and much efficient than a $800 automated Forex trading system provided by big corporations. The worst part: it will be difficult for you to detect and identify then test every Forex software you've found on the internet.


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Three Important Things before you get involved in world of Forex.

Probability of earning on Foreign Exchange Currency is based on the fact that every national currency is a good, as well as wheat or sugar, and a medium of exchange, as gold or silver. As the world is changing so fast, economic conditions of every country (production, inflation, unemployment etc) are getting more and more dependent on each other, as a result, the rate of a currency changes against other currencies. This is the main reason of the process of rate fluctuations.

There are 3 thing that newbies or the freshman in the world of forex to excellent in this fragile industry:

  1. First thing first, you must have a great teacher or more specific successful mentor. To guide you, to train you every time you get lost in direction and he will be there for you to take you be in the right pathway. Many traders and fall because there are doing this dangerous job by himself or by herself. Please, I am begging you. Find the mentor and ready to yourself to be coached and pay maximum effort. Don’t think about money first, Money will come later when you are excellent in this job.
  2. Secondly, please gain the maximum knowledge about this industry as much as you can. Why? Because the market are not as you expect, the market are always changing, day by day, every second, they never be the same, same as while you at sea. You are never come out at the same spot where you get in the sea. More you know, more u will success in this arena. Follow the global news of your favorites country currency because the bidder and asker are the human and they always affect by the news and the emotion. So you are.
  3. And the most important part. Choose the right system and stick with your system and never get lack of it. Many successful person use the one system and stick to the system. How to create the system? As usual trader will be playing around with demo account. Use it maximally to find your system. There many system out there. But there were no perfect system yet. Don’t play with your emotion. As many traders always said. Plan your trade and trade your plan.

May God Bless us all.

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Fundamental Forex For Newbies

Foreign Exchange market, abbreviated FOREX or FX, is the largest financial market in the world. Forex traders include many financial institutions, such as large banks or central banks, as well as governments, currency speculators, and multinational corporations. The average daily trade currently exceeds $3 trillion.


Although Foreign exchange trading can be confusing for newbie's, the market still lures many people in because it has numerous advantages when compared to other markets like stocks or commodities. Forex trading is somewhat different from stock exchange markets and there are opportunities for those who take part in it. Do not be tempted to jump into trading forex before you have a clear understanding of how the market works.
So how does the forex market work? Here are the key features of forex that differentiate it from other trading markets:


(1) Forex trading does not happen at one location but through use of the telephone and networks, although there some main trading centers in major cities all over the world. Foreign exchange brokers conduct business from their office via a microphone that is connected directly to a phone line. The brokers voice is continuously being transmitted to dealing banks' speakers. To have a better feel for how this is done, visit www.forexvoice.com and you will hear brokers calling the bid/ask prices. Currencies are quoted in pairs, for example EUR/USD. A trade in forex is equivalent to buying one currency while at the same time selling another. The sell quote is displayed on the left and is the price at which you can sell the base currency. The sell quote is also referred to as the market maker's bid price.


(2) Forex is extremely liquidity. The large number of traders on the forex market and their diversity makes forex unique. The exchange rates, which represent the basis of the forex market, can be influenced by a great variety of factors, hence the opportunity for speculations that exists on this market more than on any other financial market. Although the forex market has low margins of profit by comparison to other fixed income markets, its large trading volumes allow for profits to be considerably high.


(3) Forex trading hours and the geographical dispersion are unique. Forex trades virtually for 24 hours each day from 5pm EST on Sunday until 4pm EST Friday. A trader can choose to trade whenever it is convenient for him or her. You even have the possibility of using auto-trading on many trading platforms.


(4) Another characteristic specific to the forex market is that it lacks a central regulatory agency. There are some countries that regulate their dealers. You should only do business with regulated dealers. Otherwise, you may wake up one day and find out that your dealer has gone under taking your account with it!


(5) Forex provides the opportunity to trade with leverage, hence higher profit or loss. In the stock market, you could use margin to achieve a leverage of 2:1, while in forex market leverage of 100:1 or 500:1 are available.


(6) You can open an account with as little as $25 to start trading with. With most brokers/dealers, you can open a demo account and practice for as long as you like without paying a dime.


(7) There are free real time quotes and sophisticated charting programs for forex. An excellent example is Metatrader that you can download for free with tons of technical analysis and expert advisors to show you how to trade forex.


Just as in any other market, trading forex along with its exclusively high profit potential, carries a high risk that must be understood. It is possible to gain success only after good training including a familiarization with the structure and kinds of forex, the principles of currencies price formation, the factors affecting prices alterations, trading risks levels, and money management. You also need sources of information necessary to account for all these factors. You need techniques to analyze or predict market movements as well as trading tools and rules. In future articles we will discuss some of the pitfalls beginners should look out for before starting forex trading.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Basic Knowledge of Expert Advisor Metatrader

Hey, are you looking for the best expert advisor metatrader for your MetaTrading platform? Whether you use MetaTrader Client Terminal, Mobile and Smartphone, or the MetaTrader MultiTerminal, you can maximize your profits by using a Forex EA robot. The forex market is exciting, fast and very liquid. There is no other market that offers such opportunities as trading forex online.

The expert advisor metatrader robot is more admired than its ever been with 30% of all traders presently using one as the integral part of their trading and as time goes on we'll likely see them become more the standard amongst traders. If you're fresh to the forex market, don't have the time to dedicate to it fully, or simply aren't making the money that you'd like from it, here are reasons to use a forex robot to see some real automated profits no matter who you are.

When a trader opens and closes his or her trades at lightning speed, expert advisor metatrader has a chance of making money very rapidly; this technique is called scalping. The small movement in price gives the scalper luminous profits. If the trader is quick enough to go in and out to seize the chance before the market slows down, the trader will make a lot of money. Although scalping is risky, bold traders who are brave enough to challenge the market will be rewarded with enormous profits.

While it may be obvious that you should get an expert advisor metatrader, you may be wonder which one is the best. A quick Internet search will return abundant products all shows potential to make you rich. While it is very potential to become rich from using one of these products, you have to make sure you choose the right one. Regrettably, there are scams and unproductive products hovering around. But if you put your potential purchase up to the litmus test, and it passes, you can rest certain that you are making a legit life-changing purchase.

No Emotions - If you're new and inexperienced in the forex market then you don't have the discipline which experienced traders possess and you can only tie together over time. It can be very difficult to know when to exit a trade and oftentimes many traders will still in longer than they should before getting out of a once long money-making trade which has overturned while they hold out hoping for another reversal. This generally isn't how it works, and most traders won't let themselves get out while they continue to hemorrhage profits. The trading is out of your hands when using a expert advisor metatrader robot.