Monday, November 30, 2009

Trade Idea: GBP/USD

Cable’s retreat after intra-day rise to 1.6593 suggests consolidation with downside bias would be seen and price just tested the Tenkan-Sen (now at 1.6437) as expected, break of 1.6395 (61.8% Fibonacci retracement of 1.6272 to 1.6593) is needed to signal the rebound from 1.6272 (Friday’s low) has ended and further fall to 1.6300 and then retest of 1.6272 would follow later this week.

Dollar FOREX Market

The other two types of foreign exchange markets are the forward and futures markets. In the forward market, the buyer and seller agree on an exchange rate and a transaction date is set for a specific time in the future, at which point the trade is executed regardless of what the rates are at that time. On the futures market, futures contracts are bought and sold based upon a standard contract size and maturity date. Futures trades take place on public commodities markets.

Trade The Forex Market

Most people who want to learn to trade forex are mainly interested in the technical aspect of trading. That is, making trading decisions based on the information provided via a price chart. Where many people go wrong in technical trading is thinking that more is better, or that if they understand how more indicators work it will lead them to bigger profits. First of all, you need to understand that when it comes to technical analysis and your charts, more is not better. Professional traders and hedge fund managers are not using lagging indicators because they understand that such tools are useless and even counter productive.

Thursday, November 26, 2009

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Monday, November 23, 2009

Forex Price Dynamics

ask prices is that the ask price, by its definition, should never be lower than the bid price. In every other aspect, the two are unrelated, so the spread between the two varies according to where the open interest lies. During times of low liquidity there may be no one interested in buying above 1.2450 and no one interested in selling below 1.2550, making the spread 100+ pips. This is not necessarily the product of shady dealer practices (though at the retail level it may be), but is more likely caused my normal market mechanics – all open interest was either consumed by market orders, or withdrawn (limit orders can be cancelled before they are executed). This type of situation normally happens when important, unexpected information enters the market, such as an NFP reading that is way off the mark. In that case, open interest in one direction will be consumed by a barrage of market orders, and open interest in the other direction will be withdrawn by market participants cancelling their orders. This is equivalent to saying that liquidity is “drying up”, and that the bid price will gap down until it finds a buy limit order, and likewise, the ask price will jump up until it reaches a sell limit order. Note that no one has come in and “set” the spread. The spread is not a parameter that can be set, but is rather the result of market mechanics at their most basic level. It also should not be a surprise that, although today’s technology is lightning fast, there are delays between market order entry and execution, during which time the open interest at the desired level can be consumed

Forex Brokers Work

ECNs are generally somewhat more exclusive, requiring larger deposits to get started, but are seen as providing more direct access to the interbank market. As we will see, there are certainly advantages to this, but some disadvantages as well. Market makers, on the other hand are more often than not, the counter party to their clients’ trades, creating somewhat of a conflict of interest, whereas ECNs profit from commission fees charged directly to the clients, regardless of the result of any trade, they are seen as being completely impartial – an ECN has no incentive for a client to lose money. In fact, one could argue that an ECN stands to profit more if a client is successful, meaning that s/he will stay around longer and they will be able to collect more commission fees from them. A market maker, on the other hand, being the counterparty to a client’s trade, makes money if the client loses money, providing an incentive for some shady practices, particularly in an unregulated market. The extent to which this happens varies among individual brokers. There are also some benefits to trading with a market maker (see our ECNs vs. Market Makers article) Some brokers also provide a service that doesn’t quite fit into either category – they route different orders differently, depending on complex algorithms, or on a dealing desk, that analyze each order and attempt to fill it in the way that will be most beneficial to the broker’s bottom line. They can offset some client orders against one another, effectively creating an in-house market, they can choose to be the counterparty to a client’s trade (trade “against” the client), or they can offset their position with a hedge through a higher-tier counterparty. Note that the market maker is mainly concerned with managing its net exposure, and NOT with any single individual’s trades.

Forex Hedging

Equity – specific to a retail forex account, this word describes the “value” of the account at the present time. It is calculated by taking the total value of all open positions in the market and adding that value to the account balance. For example, if you have a $10,000 account and one open position that is currently losing $1,000, your equity is $10,000 - $1,000 = $9,000. If you have open positions, this value fluctuates every time your positions do. If you were to liquidate all your positions at current prices, your account balance would become equal to your equity.

Balance – the amount of money you have in the account as margin. This amount varies only when positions are closed, but is not a good measure of the total value of your account, as it does not account for open positions. To judge the value of an account, equity should always be used instead of balance

Monday, November 16, 2009

Interest Rates and Forex

Crucially, they decide the cost of the cheapest money available to borrowers in a nation. If the central bank decides to raise rates, borrowing will be harder, and economic activity may slow down, which might lead to the depreciation of the currency in the long term, all else being equal. The lowering of rates may boost economic activity, as more corporations and consumers can borrow at cheaper rates and invest in the buoyant economic atmosphere that emerges. Interest rates also have an important role in initiating the different phases of the credit cycle. Higher interest rates may cause many borrowers to default which can cause banks to contract credit to protect their balance sheets, and all that can lead to recessions, or an economic slowdown. All of that, of course, has important consequences for forex trends. Finally, apart from their direct consequences on trade and economic activity.

Scalping Methods

People who are expert in forex scalping methods of trading are the markets makers or specialists who are into maintaining the liquidity and order flow of a product of a market. These forex market makers can have superior execution speed as an insider. They also have a greater knowledge of trading and actual market situation due to their information gathering capacity.

Trading Tips And Resource

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

day-trading

Unlike many other securities, FOREX does not trade on a fixed exchange rate; instead, currencies are traded primarily between central banks, commercial banks, various non-banking international corporations, hedge funds, personal investors and not to forget, speculators. Previously, smaller investors were excluded from FOREX due to the huge amount of deposit involved. This was changed in 1995, and now smaller investors can trade alongside the multi-nationals. As a result, the number of traders within the FOREX market has grown rapidly, and many FOREX courses are appearing to help individual traders increase their skills.

Benefits of Forex

24 HRS: From Sunday evening to Friday Afternoon EST the Forex market never sleeps. This is very desirable for those who want to trade on a part-time basis, because you can choose when you want to trade--morning, noon or night.
FREE 'DEMO' ACCOUNTS, NEWS, CHARTS AND ANALYSIS: Most Online Forex firms offer free 'Demo' accounts to practice trading, along with breaking Forex news and charting services. These are very valuable resources for traders who would like to hone their trading skills with 'virtual' money before opening a live trading account.

Trading

The daily chart shows little signs of dollar strength, even though the dollar has posted strong gains against its European counter-parts. This suggests the pair may not have too much room to run on the upside. The 1.0500 area may be a key resistance level in the future, as it has in the past, and long orders should come after this level is broken.

Monday, November 9, 2009

Forex Trading Software

Programs designed to analyze and trade Forex orders work in real time. While a human may miss a great trading opportunity, computer software does not. The user is able to set specific criteria that the software then uses to instantly and precisely trade as soon as the proper conditions are in place. Software bases it actions on predetermined facts and therefore does not make emotional mistakes that a human might make.

Benefits Of Forex

Asking for help is very easy. You do not really have to do trading on your own. It is even recommended that you work with a forex broker if you are totally new into the market. Forex brokers have intermediate to expert knowledge when it comes to currency trading. They can also represent you during the trading, just in case you are planning to do other things on the side. They can analyze reports for you and simply provide you with summaries for easy reading. Most of all, if you need suggestions or confused with what decision to make, you can always rely on their experience and expertise.

Boost Investment

The Forex, or FX which is an abbreviated reference to the Foreign Exchange market, is the biggest money market in the planet. It's even larger than the stock market. Due to the Forex factors, which include low volatility, good liquidity and the ability to leverage, you can gain and lose money very quickly.

The fundamentals of Foreign Exchange are fairly simple. It's the simultaneous purchase of currency, such as the US dollar while selling another currency, such as the Japanese Yen. Currencies are always traded in twos and are traded electronically. The Forex market isn't in a physical place, such as the New York Stock Exchange. They're referred to as an OTC market, or "over-the-counter."

It's important when you're first starting out to identify which global currencies are most often traded. These are generally from countries with stable administrations, credible banking systems and low inflation. Those currencies include the US Dollar, Swiss Franc, Australian and Canadian Dollars and The Euro.