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A TRADER'S TOOLS
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Sunday, September 12, 2010
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A TRADER'S TOOLS
A mechanic has many tools. Each tools with its own usage and purpose. It is only down to intelligence and creativity that separates a good mechanic and a bad one.
Like a mechanic, a trader has many tools as well. Each indicator is a tool for the trader and a combination set of tools with rules is a trading system. A good trader has not 1 but many system. Each system has different purpose. It is down to knowledge and creativity that separates a good trader and a bad one apart from portfolio.
The best time frame to trade is the lower time frame but due to noise and spikes it is difficult to trade using lower time frame. It is the reason why most trades fail in short time frame.
EurUsd has been ranging for the past few days and due to it, has hit my stop loss twice. Being a trend trader myself, I just cannot trade during these ranging period. So I stopped trading and try to make a new trading system using lower time frame to catch these ranging market.
It seems with a new set of tools (not new actually, had not used them for a while), I have manage to create an almost perfect trading system for all time frame but with the target of 15m chart. The only thing that this new system doesn't show is when not to trade which i made up with a new set of rules.
FOREX IS AN ART
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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
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FOREX IS AN ART
When you say trading, people will say trading is an art. Look at all the books that has been published on the subject. They will say the art of trading forex.
In that sense, we must take forex as an art and not a science. I know, some people may not agree with me and all the post that is in this blog. I don't blame them coz I was actually in the same place as they were when I started trading. Trying to find the answer to forex using every logical explanation.
This is the answer that you have been looking for. I am going to give it to you straight away. Let see if your mind can accept it.
Forex is not a science. There is not a single mathematical equation that can explain it. Do not forecast, do not predict, do not anticipate. All you need to do to make profit is to follow the market. If the price is going up, you buy. If the price is going down, u sell. You may not win all the time but if you follow the market, in the end you will be in profit. Make profit and build up your capital up to a point where a few winning trades per month will bring huge profit.
Can you accept it? Can you mind admit it? Is your logical mind challenged? Do you feel helpless? Welcome to the real world .
Forex Trading Tips
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
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Forex Trading Tips
Tip 1. Gamblers go to casino. All unproved, spontaneous actions in Forex trading — are a part of pure gambling.
Any attempt to trade without analysis and studying the market is equal to a game. Games are fun except when you lose real money...
Tip 2. Never invest money into a real Forex account until you practice on a Forex Demo account!
Allow at least 2 months for demo trading. Consider this: 90% of beginners fail to succeed in the real money market due to lack of knowledge, practice and discipline. Those remaining 10% of successful traders had been sharpening and shaping their skills on demo accounts for years before entering the real market.
A good demo account to start practicing with could be, for example, FXGame from Oanda.
Tip 3. Go with the trend!
Trend is your friend. Trade with the trend to maximize your chances to succeed. Trading against the trend won't "kill" a trader, but will definitely require more attention, nerves and sharp skills to rich trading goals.
| When a trend is up you don't want to be selling. |  | When a trend is down, you don't want to be buying. |  |
It gives the bigger picture of market price movements and thus helps to clearly define the trend. For example, when trading with 15 minute time frame, take a look at 1 hour charts.
In the same way: trading with 1 hour charts would require obtaining a picture of daily, weekly price movements.
If a trend in Forex is hard to spot — choose a bigger time frame. Up and down market patterns are always present. Make sure you know the dominant trend, unless you are a scalper. Scalpers have no need to spend their time studying large trends, instead what's happening in the market here and now (on 1-5 minute time frame) is their main concern.
Tip 5. Never risk more than 2-3% of the total trading account.
One important difference between a successful and an unsuccessful trader is that the first is able to survive under unfavorable market conditions, while an unsuccessful trader will lose his account after 10-15 unprofitable trades in a row.
Even with the same trading system 2 traders can get opposite results in the long run. The difference will be again in the money management approach A quick fact to get your mind thinking about money management: losing just 50% of you account balance requires making 100% return only to restore the original balance.
Tip 6. Put emotions down. Trade calm.
Don't try to revenge after losing a trade. Don't be greedy by adding lots of positions when winning.
Overreaction blocks clear thinking and as a result will cost you money. Overtrading can shake your money management and dramatically increase trading risks.
Tip 7. Choose the time frame that is right for you.
Choosing wisely means that you are comfortable and have enough time to analyze the market, place and close orders etc. Some people can't wait for hours for the price to make a move, they like action and therefore prefer smaller time frames. On the contrary, for others 10-15 minutes is a hustle to be able to make the right decision.
Forex Trading in Nigeria, Learn The Tech To Earn Money
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Forex Trading in Nigeria,
Learn The Tech To Earn Money
I have discussed over forex trading with so many of my friend traders plus the new comers who are joining forex trading to become a milliners fortnightly, during the year 2009 I have many time perceived to write on forex trading in Nigeria but refused coz at least people get into it and be experienced initially which is very necessary for learning and than earning. I have got to know that we are in hurry to be wealthy at the earliest and sticking over the crumbs moving towards forex trading like lambs.
Some out of us are playing with platforms when saw the candles are becoming downward we started selling and when seems that its moving upward we couldn’t stop us to buy spots. Hey.. this is purely a new trader mentality not in Nigeria only all over the world, these new comers have no room in forex trading coz they are 99% looser.
Although things are almost we need to workout over the sentiments, greed factor, fear of loss, but the way adopted is not appropriate. I have somewhere seen people to invest thousands of dollars in learning forex, finding institutes in Nigeria, Let me elaborate here what will you learn in forex institutes nothing but the basic syntax the way how to trade.
Forex Trading in UAE is an option in crises.
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Forex Trading in UAE is an option in crises.
Forex Trading in UAE is grooming day by day, I remember before 4 years when I was searching for a forex broker it was a tiring job to find any reliable one in UAE but during last 2 years I have seen several brokerage companies from America, Europe and Russia came in action in UAE with unbeatable features. It’s definitely due to the interest of UAE investors in Forex Trading.
Having these consequences I kept my eyes on other ways and opportunities for investors of Dubai, although being well convinced over Forex Market in UAE my concentration was focused over rest opportunities for investors like property, trading, metal, It was good to know that trading Gold, Silver and commodities in UAE is establishing day by day and people are having trend into the communities to share tips and tricks of trading. They have sentiment to move in sharp waves of the market and they are happy to take advantage on edges of the moves. It was also disclosed to me that I had a wrong perception because people have less interest in Forex Trading as compare to Gold, Metal and commodities, Oil.
Top 10 Forex Trading Tricks: You Won’t Lose
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Top 10 Forex Trading Tricks: You Won’t Lose
The foreign exchange market or forex is the largest and most liquid markets in the world. Its growing popularity can be seen by the whooping $2 trillion trades a day. While the forex can be an extremely lucrative market, it can also be somewhat complicated. These ten tricks will help insure trading success in the foreign exchange market.
First, make sure you implement a trading plan. You should develop a foreign exchange trading system that you can stick with. Having a decent strategy is not enough you need a well-developed system to effectively implement your strategies. You should start by creating a schedule of when you will do your Forex trading. Next create on organized budget to keep track of the inflow and outflow of your money. It’s important to understand that Forex trading, like any business venture, will have its peaks and slumps. You should be prepared to stick to your system despite these fluctuations to maximize profits in the long run.
Second, make plans to trade within your means. Quite simply, if you cannot afford to lose, then you really cannot afford to win either. All traders hope that the will be profitable in their investments, but losing at some point is inevitable. For this reason it is important that you invest only money that you could stand to lose. Try setting aside some saving that you can dedicate just to trading.
Another helpful hint is to trade along side the majorities. This means trading mainly on the most common currency pairs. The most common currencies are the 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 most common pairs of currency are referred to as majors and are GBP/USD, EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, and USD/CAD.
Another way to insure success is to avoid emotional trading. Stick to you trading strategy and do not deviate because of gut feelings or hunches. Learn to exit the market when signals indicate that the market is about to swing in an unfavorable direction.
Learning to trust the trends is another important trick. Although currencies will always fluctuate slightly, they generally move steadily in one direction. If you are not sure on where to position yourself in the forex, following a trend is usually a safe bet.
Next, you should anticipate small losses. Know matter how well you know the market or how long you have been a trader you will probably encounter small losses. You need to expect and accept these losses as small components of a larger plan. Be ready for these small losses and put them aside in anticipation of acquiring greater returns in the future. The key to long-term success in the Forex market is patience.
Another helpful hint for traders is to avoid Forex strategies that you do not understand. You should do your research ahead of time and draw on the information from useful Forex guides and tutorials. It is important to be cautious of Forex scams. There are numerous scams popping up where companies offer to do your trading for you, these are the ones you should avoid. You should develop your Forex methods with an expert and only make trades on your own or through a licensed broker. The bottom line is making sure that you are fully aware of all aspects of your strategy and are comfortable with the risks and benefits.
Next, make sure you have an exit strategy planned out. Though you should expect small losses, you need to be able to recognize when you are in to deep. Before you jump into the Forex market you should set yourself limits on how much you plan to invest. One you determine the amount that you plan devote to your Forex trading do don’t surpass you limit. Be able to cut you losses once you realize the situation will not get better.
Forex Success Key Points And 7 Reasons of Forex Trading
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Saturday, January 2, 2010
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Forex Success Key Points And 7 Reasons of Forex Trading
3 Primary Reasons to Trade with Asia Kapitalindo
1. Asia Kapitalindo is a very respectable broker.
Aside from being registered to all three Indonesian futures associations: Bappebti, BBJ and KBI, there is no bad word-of-mouth nor bad review from the internet about Asia Kapitalindo. News spread really fast on the internet and yet there has NEVER been any bad mouthing of Asia; that's pretty impressive we must say.
2. Asia Kapitalindo provides a fixed spread of 5 pips.
There are many international brokers that claim to provide low pips as low as 1-2 pips but widen the spread to tens of pips during certain times. Asia Kapitalindo's spread might be relatively larger than the
Forex Faculty thinks that forex trading is the ultimate way to take you to your financial freedom. But why? What are the reasons? Are they good? Also as importantly, are they valid?
There are a lot of people that have reached their financial freedom state. Take Bill Gates as an example. We bet a hundred bucks that he's financially free now. Did he get there by forex trading? Maybe, we don't know him personally but we're pretty sure it was most likely due to his business in developing the "Windows" platform.
Besides Bill Gates, there are a lot of other people that do not have to worry about their financial state but they have never been involved in currency trading before. So why does Forex Faculty make this controversial claim?
We want to persuade you that there is a very strong reason to start forex trading. This is one of the financial foundations toward a successful forex trading. You must realize the potential of forex trading before you can have the right mindset, attitude, and confidence while trading. And as you have probably known, having those 3 components are crucial in to make the appropriate decision during forex trading.
So first of all, let's be clear about the state of being "financially free". We should list the criteria of being financial freedom. We believe that achieving financial freedom should have the followings characteristics:
1. having sufficient income to cover the current "wants"
2. #1 should not be bounded by location, that is, having sufficient money anywhere
3. #1 should not be bounded by time, that is, having sufficient money anytime
4. #1 should be fast paced, that is, sufficient income should come at a rapid pace
5. #1 should be based on a safe environment, that is, can get income safely without worrying about scam, fraud, and the likes
6. there has to be a LOT of opportunity for #1. That is, when 1 opportunity is gone, another one is already at hand to be operated on
7. attaining #1 should be simple enough, that it does not require tremendous hardwork.
These are the Key Success Factor in attaining financial freedom. That means, if your curent job has a very strong similarty to those characteristics, then you are pursuing your financial freedom in the most effective way possible. And this is exactly the case with Forex Trading.
Forex Trading:
1. if successful, is one of the best source of income to cover all your "needs" and "wants". That is because it promises an unlimited return while at the same time you can significantly minimize the risk.
2. is not bounded by location. You can trade currencies anywhere there is an internet connection
3. is not bounded by time. You can trade currencies anytime as long as you are connected to the internet
4. is happening in a very fast pace fluctuating market. That means, you can earn a lot of money at a very rapid rate.
5. is very safe. As long as you are trading with a registered, trustable and respectable broker, your money is basically sitting there, untouched, for your trading convinience
6. involves 2 vertical dimensions and typically more than 5 horizontal dimensions. Whether the market is going down or up, you can earn money. And when a market of a specific currency is not presenting good opportunity, you can always switch to another market.
7. And lastly, forex trading is one of the simplest forms of investments.
Forex Trading Moving Averages
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Forex Trading Moving Averages
Forex Trading Moving Averages is a technical analysis indicator that lets you see the average value of a currency over a period of time. In order to calculate moving averages for the past 20 days you add the last 20 currency prices and divide the addition by 20. Because days continue to advance, the sum you'll get through Forex trading will change on a daily basis, and this is why it is called moving averages.
The most commonly used Forex trading moving averages timeframes are 20, 30, 50, 100 and 200 days. Each timeframe can give you a different view and perspective on the future of the currency, and this is why all of these figures are used periodically. Using these different timeframes you can increase your profits and also protect you lots from unnecessary losses, so use it wisely, and frequently.
If the Forex trading timeframe is shorter, price changes will affect it more. If the timeframe is longer, the moving average will be smoother and less sporadic. Moving averages are used in order to recognize a certain trend the Forex trading currency is following, and also to view a clearer and straighter graph, without any added "noise".
Forex trading moving averages are the most popular indicator to be used for various Forex trading strategies and technical analysis
Forex Trading Psychology
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Forex Trading Psychology
While learning a lot about market analysis and money management is an obvious and necessary step to be a successful Forex traders, you also need to master your emotions to keep your trading performance under strict control of mind and intuition. Controlling your emotions in Forex trading is often a balancing between greed and cautiousness. Almost any known psychology practices and techniques can work for Forex traders to help them keep to their trading strategies rather to their spontaneous emotions. Problems you'll have to deal while being aprofessional Forex trader: These are very professional books on psychology written specially for financial traders:
Forex Technical Analysis
Technical analysis is the process of market analysis that relies only on market data numbers - quotes, charts, simple and complex indicators, volume of supply and demand, past market data, etc. The main idea behind Forex technical analysis is the postulate of functional dependence of the future market technical data on the past market technical data. As well as with fundamental analysis, technical analysis is believed to be self-sufficient and you can use only it to successfully trade Forex. In practice, both analysis methods are used. Recommended e-books on Forex fundamental analysis are:
Forex Trading Currency Useful Information
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Forex Trading Currency Useful Information
When you trade in the forex exchange, you are working with foreign stocks, money and corresponding kinds of products. The monetary value of one nation’s money is set against the same from a different nation to figure the value. The entire value is counted when buying and selling stocks on the forex markets. Most nations have control over the entire worth of their country with respects to monies. Those who are frequently engaged in the FX markets include banking institutions, large business enterprises, international administrations and finance companies.
So what makes the forex market dissimilar from their US counter parts? A forex market transaction is a trade between two countries, and occurs all over the world. The two countries must be 1, the country of the investor of the funds and 2, the country where the finances are being given. Most all transactions taking place in the forex market are going to be qualified through an experienced broker such as a bank.
What is involved in the forex stock exchange? The overseas market is comprised of a mixture of financial exchanges amongst nations. For those invested in the forex exchange are trading in large volumes and huge amounts of money. Those who are involved in the forex market probably have financial businesses or in the trade of very liquid assets that you can sell and buy fast. The market is large, very large and it would not be wrong to imagine the forex stock market as even more immense than an individual market exchange in any one country.
Forex traders 365 days per year, twenty-four hours a day is completed on the weekend, but not all weekends.
You might be surprised at the great number of investors who issue trades on the forex exchange. In the year 2004, almost two trillion dollars was the median forex exchange trading volume. This is an immense number of trades with regards to the amount of daily dealings at a time. If you imagine how much a trillion dollars amounts to and multiply that by two, and this figure is the money that is changing hands every day!
The forex exchange has been around for thirty years, but with computers coming into play and the global web, the forex exchange is growing exponentially as growing numbers of investors start to understand the power of the forex market. The forex exchange accounts for only 10% of the sum of all trades between two countries but as its popularity grows so will its number of transactions.
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