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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Forex Trading Strategies That Work

By Fred Todle

The forex trading business has become one of the most sought-after home-based businesses. There are however, some misconceptions regarding what it is and how it worked. It is possible for some to view trading in forex the same way they view stock trading. There are a few similarities but by and large they are very different and diverse from each other. Forex trading is the trade in currencies and involves exchanging one currency with another.

The concept behind forex is pitting currencies against one another with the hope that their price will fluctuate enough to make a profit. In the forex trading business, one currency is purchased with the hope that it will go up in value in comparison the one we are selling. Forex trading has become one of the best ways to make money for both large and small corporate entities including individuals.

Forex trading used to be conducted mostly by banks and large financial corporations trading across the globe. Regular people were more or less excluded from this because of the high initial amounts required to get into the business. The forex trading industry moves over $4 trillion dollars every single day and is therefore one of the most lucrative financial ventures one can ever get into. But nowadays,it is not uncommon to see ordinary people trading in forex. This is because of expert tutorials, forex training and the utilization of various forex strategies to make it easy for anyone to trade.

Because of the sheer volume of currency traded daily, only large multinational banks and enterprises were involved in trading. These employed sophisticated tactics of reading forex signals to predict current events and how they would weigh in on the price of forex. Their skill was so sharp when it comes to predicting that major banks practically set the price for forex trading.

Ordinary people like you and me are now profiting in forex trading. This is largely because there is a lot of free information online and offline pertaining to forex strategies. Special software has also emerged that has drastically reduced the learning curve and has also facilitated expert trades. The risks has also been severely reduced to the extent that one can start trading with only $50 dollars.

With special software, it is now possible to participate in expert trades regardless of your level of expertise. This is because the software actually guides one. Perhaps one of the best advantages of forex trading software is the fact that it can also work in autopilot. This means trades can be placed with a click of a button even when the trader is not actually next to the computer. One downside is that sometimes because of lack of knowledge the person can end up spending a lot of time next to their computer. There is also the potential for losses especially if one has not become acquainted with the intricacies of predicting. Forex signals are the ability to translate signs and interprete them in regards to the price of forex. - 23305

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Is FAP Turbo On The Level?

By Sean Chandler

So, you might have heard all about FAP Turbo, but you still dont have a clue of what is all about. Well, its basically a forex EA (otherwise known as an Epert Advisor). This is the kind of software which requires no intervention from the user. The software knows exactly when to buy or sell automatically. The only thing that you need is a Metatrader chart, which is available with most brokers.

The system and software was created by experienced Forex investors which know the market inside and out, and have a long history of profitability. To come up with the system, they used very expensive and advanced algorithms, which study the trends of the market, so they can see which are the most potentially profitable.

I know that there are a lot of other forex eas on the market (actually more than ever). Some even claim that they make more money than FAP Turbo, but if you look at the fine print, you realize its been through back testing, not live testing.

I know that FAP Turbo claims that you can double your money every month, but while this may be possible, I wouldnt count on it. But that doesnt mean you have no chance making a lot of money with this system.

You have to know something. The forex market is more volatile than hardly any other time in history. Price swings are at record highs and lows. So, essentially while the rewards are higher than ever, so are the risks.

What separates FAP Turbo from the others is that it only trades the euro/chf, which is quite frankly the safest currency pair around.

Also, the creator of the course wants to make sure that you grasp all the intracies of the EA, so he made a lot of videos, so you wont have any doubts about what to do.

All I ask is that you dont expect to double your money every month. Almost nobody does this. But you can expect to have a solid, long term income. - 23305

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Power of the Forex Market To Make Money

By Frank M. Rivera

One of the most popular trading venues for investors is the Foreign Exchange or Forex market. This market works from the principle that currencies have an exchange rate that varies from day to day - even hour by hour. Buying currencies and working the trades (whether a short-sell or a buy-and hold position) can turn a nice profit. The forex markets are worth roughly three trillion dollars of action each day.

First of all, the main thing about the forex market is accessibility. Anyone and everyone can trade the forex market at anytime. You don't have to go through a high priced broker to place your trades. You can simply download a trading platform directly to your computer and make whatever trades you want from the comfort of home.

Forex markets happen the world over, not in some fixed location; you're trading online (like the major brokerage houses do). An order gets put in and gets consolidated at the broker's desk with all of their other clients. From there, it goes on to the market, and that means you can run from the start of business on Monday in London to the close of business on Friday in Hong Kong, 24 hours a day, for almost six days a week including the time zone adjustments.

In addition to that, you get to control large sums of money without having to actually have that much money in your account. Some brokers allow you to use 500:1 leverage on your trades. This means that for every dollar of your money you're trading, you are actually trading 500 actual dollars in the markets. Using other people's money is how people can create massive wealth for themselves.

Forex trading can be lucrative, if you're willing to be wired in to be a constantly shifting day trader. You're playing the swings in volatility, and with leverage, even shifts of a thousandth of a unit of currency can create (or lose) large sums of money quickly. With forex trading, it's very unlikely that your investment will become utterly worthless - it's still currency at the end of the day.

Like any investment, there is an element of risk. Especially when playing with large amounts of leveraged capital, you run the risk of big losses. Be careful, start out slow, and used strict money management techniques while you figure out if this is a job you like.

Forex has a lot of strategies beyond day trading. One of the saner ones, for people who don't want to be glued to the Internet for 100 hours a week, is position trading. There are longer term trends in forex trading and this is a lot less stressful (and time intensive) than trying to run the volatile day by day swings.

Forex trading is appealing because of its accessibility and lure of 'fast profits'. Just remember that a gold rush mentality doesn't change the reality that it's a job, and one that requires constant attention to do well - and anyone who has a system that could actually beat the markets sure as hell wouldn't be selling it for $99 on the Internet. Go into this with your eyes open and you'll have a good paying job that works from home. - 23305

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Start Your Savings One Step At A Time

By Dennis Snyder

It is very important in this day and age to start your savings plan right away. Do not let the news media and all the news about our lousy economy get you down. With the high cost of things today I know that it can be hard to save but it can be done. You can get control of your money.

Most financial people tell us that we need to have 3 to 6 months of living expenses in an emergency fund and I would whole heartily agree with them and in fact I have raised my belief that now is a time to have at least 8 months worth socked aside. Unfortunately, if you are not independently wealthy, even a couple of thousand in an emergency fund is not to impossible let alone 3 to 8 months of living expenses. However, rest assured that the situation is not hopeless and never has been hopeless. Let me give you a few simple ways to jump start your savings account.

The first way to start your savings is to stop talking about it and doing it. Yes, I said get off your behind and start saving. It does not take a lot to get started even $5 each week is better than nothing each week. And it will begin to add up after a few weeks. Every little bit helps the key is to start your savings today and don't wait.

You have probably heard this second way to start your savings a hundred times but that is because it is so true. Pay yourself first! Set up your own bill payment to yourself and deposit it into your savings account every payday. It is much easier if you can get your employer to direct deposit this into your savings account or money market. After just a short time you will never miss what is taken out of your check each week.

Still another simple way to jump start your savings is to stop eating out and spending extra money on fancy drinks like cappuccinos and energy drinks at $4 a pop. Then put what you save into your savings account every week. Add it up and you will see yourself socking quite a bit away.

Every payday I set aside a grocery allowance for my wife to use for food and household supplies. She in turn is very careful in what she buys. She will clip coupons and buy what is on sale in order to cut the costs then she stashes the extra in a secret place until she has a couple of hundred and we put it into our emergency fund. We like the food she buys so if she tries something that is cheaper and we do not like it then she goes back to the more expensive stuff. Remember sometimes cheaper is not always cheaper.

Men, empty the change from your pockets every night into a special container. Ladies, clean out your purse of the change laying around in it every couple of days and put it into that special container. Not only will that build up your savings but ladies your bag will not be so heavy and men no boatload of pennies and nickles jangling. This can add up to $10 to $20 every month or $120 to $240 every year. I know not much but combine that with the other tips above and it adds up to a sizable amount.

Every little bit helps. The key is to start your savings today and don't wait. No sense talking about it and not doing it get started today, don't delay your financial freedom is worth the effort. You will be glad yo did when that financial emergency hits and it will they always do. But when you have some money socked away for it they seem to come less often. - 23305

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Dollar Guru (Part I)

By Ahmad Hassam

You want to become a currency trader. The most important question that you will ask is which currency pairs are the best for trading? You should focus on the four major currency pairs EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/CHF and USD/JPY in the beginning. You should consider becoming a specialist in US Dollar. Yes, its true; you should become a specialist in understanding and trading the greenback.

Each currency pair actually is a combination of two currencies. So if you are short in GBP/USD then you are in fact selling the GBP and buying the USD. In each of the four major currency pairs, USD is part of each currency pair.

This means that if you study and understand the fundamentals of US Dollar, the US economy and the workings of the Federal Reserve System, then you have done your homework needed to trade any one of the four major currency pairs.

These four major currency pairs are the most liquid pairs in the forex markets. They involve the vast majority of the currency trading. You should think like this. Majors are the most heavily traded pairs and US Dollar is half of each major pair. So if you can understand what drives the USD, it will have a huge impact on your trading plans.

What do you think; USD will weaken or strengthen in the near and medium term. The only thing you need to determine is your bias for USD before each trade. Off course develop a system that guides you in forming an educated bias. Then apply that bias to the major currency pairs.

Just to remind you, suppose you buy a currency pair. You are buying the first currency and selling the second currency in the pair! Suppose your form a bias that USD is going to strengthen. With this bias, you can go long on USD/CHF and USD/JPY. Similarly, you can go short on GBP/USD and EUR/USD.

One bias, four trades! But each currency pair will react differently to USD. For example, if Euro is also strengthening. The currency pair EUR/USD will move less with USD also strengthening as compared to USD/JPY if JPY is weakening.

Lets say you can only afford to trade one standard lot. You have a bearish bias for USD. You can consider going long on either GBP/USD or EUR/USD. What pair you should trade? Which one!

Take a look at British Pound (GBP) and the Euro (EUR) both at the same time. You should trade the stronger currency. Find out which of the two currencies is getting stronger. You can find that by taking a look at the EUR/GBP cross charts. If the EUR/GBP cross chart is going down, it means EUR is weakening and GBP is getting stronger. You should choose GBP/USD pair for entering a trade!

You should always include an evaluation of the currency correlations for the major currency pairs in every trading plan that you create. The correlations between the currency pairs are dynamic and can change any time. So you need to calculate the correlations at least on weekly basis to give you a fair idea. Correlation is determined by what is known as the correlation coefficient. Correlation coefficient always ranges between +1 and -1. - 23305

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