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Forex Bid/Offer
Normally when you look at your charts you only see one price and that price is the bid price. Some types of charting software are capable of displaying the offer price but most commonly the price you see is the bid price.
Forex Basics: Relative Strength Index
Relative Strength Index was developed by J.Welles Wilder Jr. and introduced in his book 'New Concepts In Technical Trading Systems'. It is one of the most popular technical tools around.
Forex Basic: What's a Spread?
Very simply, a spread is a position in which options are bought and other options are sold. Having said that, there are dozens of ways to combine options to create simple or exotic trading positions.
Forex Basic: Two Period Reversal Pattern
The two period reversal is originally taken from the 2-day reversal pattern and as the name implies this particular pattern consists of two periods. I use two periods and I apply this pattern to all securities and time frames.
Forex Basic: Symmetrical Triangles
Symmetrical chart patterns can be found in almost any market and any time frame. They normally signify some indecision in the market and as the pattern develops it is common to see a decrease in volume.
Forex Basic: Outside Days
Outside days can occur frequently on daily charts. The secret of the outside day is the bigger the better and it has more meaning if found at the end of a trend.
Forex Basic: MACD
Moving Average Convergence-Divergence (MACD) was originally constructed by Gerald Appel an analyst in New York. Originally designed for analysis of stock trends, it is now widely used in many markets.
Forex 101
For those unfamiliar with the term, Forex (Foreign Exchange market), refers to an international exchange market where currencies are bought and sold.
Foreign Exchange Day Trader
I received an email from a prospective buyer of my online trading course. His question (below) caused me to think about the wisdom of pursuing trading as a worthy venture.
Exiting a Losing Trade
A market that is trending up should have higher peaks and higher valleys. The majority of bars should also have higher highs and higher lows. In a down trend the market should have lower valleys and lower peaks and the majority of bars should have lower lows and lower highs.
Easy Way to Cut Losses
I have successfully given up two unhelpful behaviors, one was smoking which I stopped 10 years ago; and the other was drinking alcohol, which I gave up last year. Most people these days agree that smoking is a bad habit, but equally most people still consider drinking to be perfectly healthy in moderation.
Developing Forex Trading Skills
At some point, if they last long enough, all traders discover that successful trading is not the inevitable result of a good trading strategy or system. If all we needed was a good system or indicator we would all be successful traders. Yet clearly we are not, far from it, there are very few traders making their living consistently from the markets.
Day-Trading: Not What You Think
The day-trader is a cross between an extrovert and an introvert with both characteristics in balance. The introvert aspect is depicted by the disciplined workaholic with a reclusive concentration. The extrovert aspect is depicted by an aggressive, competitive, self-motivated individual striving to be the best in a selective profession.
Day Trading Strategy
A market that is trending up should have higher peaks and higher valleys. The majority of bars should also have higher highs and higher lows. In a down trend the market should have lower valleys and lower peaks and the majority of bars should have lower lows and lower highs.
Cynthia Kase Relies on Proprietary Technical Indicators
Trader and consultant Cynthia Kase relies on a series of proprietary technical indicators that has developed for her trading signals. Kase makes her trading decisions strictly based on these technical indicators and doesn't rely on fundamental analysis at all.
Confidence Is Money
There is no greater asset for an entrepreneur than an absolute conviction that you know what you're doing. If you don't feel sure of yourself, why should anyone else trust you?
Choosing a Trading System That Actually Works
I believe a good trading system should be considered for inclusion in one's portfolio in order to potentially enjoy superior returns. Finding a good trading system, however, can be a very difficult process.
Choosing a Business Identity
A rose by any other name may still be a rose, but what you name your business will affect how the market perceives you. A business name that may seem catchy or cute can often translate into something misleading or ineffective.
Change Over Days - Day Trading
I read somewhere that when Michael Jordan was making an advert that required him to miss the basketball hoop a number of times; he just couldn't do it, he couldn't not get the ball in the hoop.
Buying and Selling Options
Now, let's consider stock and stock options for a moment. Consider the ubiquitous XYZ Corp., currently trading at $95 per share on 2/1/03. If you pay $4 per share for a March call on 100 shares of XYZ at the $100 strike price, you have acquired the right to buy 100 shares of XYZ for $100 per share, any time before the third Friday in March.
Buying and Selling Currencies
Trading opportunities in the forex market deserve serious consideration as a diversification strategy for your portfolio.
Building a Forex Trading System
About two weeks ago I got an email from a trader explaining his trading method and asking me for some advice on how to improve on it. On the surface of it, there wasn't much to his approach but he had been trading profitably for a few years and that got me interested.
Bollinger Bands Revealed
Bollinger bands are an integral part of just about every charting system I have ever seen but many traders are unfamiliar with how to use them. In this lesson we will cover the basics of Bollinger bands and one particular technique which I have found to be very reliable.
Ben Warwick's "Event Trading" Keys in on News
While many traders focus either on technicals or fundamentals as they develop their trading strategies, trader Ben Warwick focuses on a market's reaction to news. Warwick has developed his own method of trading, which he calls it "event trading."
Being a Technical Analyst
Trading is not an exact science. You can't do X and get Y every time. It is as much an art as it is anything else. There is no magic formula. Trading is all about probability. It is the art of correctly applying a set of carefully thought out rules and allocating the probability of that event to result in success.
Beginners Trading Guidelines
Successful Forex trading is a long term investment which can produce excellent returns if traded with control, discipline, patience and consistency. Your target should be to make substancial profits over the course of anything over 3 months.
Avoiding Mistakes in Forex Trading
A difficult challenge facing a trader, and particularly those trading e-forex, is finding perspective. Achieving that in markets with regular hours is hard enough, but with forex, where prices are moving 24 hours a day, seven days a week, it is exceptionally laborious.
Arthur Hill on Goals, Style and Strategy
Before investing or trading, it is important to develop a strategy or game plan that is consistent with your goals and style. The ultimate goal is to make money (win), but there are many different methods to go about it.
Anticipating the Market and Execution
I divide trading skills into two distinct elements: anticipating the market and execution. The anticipating part is reading the market, whether through charts, systems, technical indicators or intuition. Anticipating/reading the market is the trading skill that most of us focus all our energy on, and it is the subject covered by most trading books and seminars.
Angelo Reynolds Scalps in the Eurodollar Pit
As a trader in the Eurodollar futures pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Angelo Reynolds cites mental toughness and courage as two of the necessary factors to successful pit trading. "I knew I always wanted to be involved in the markets," Reynolds said.
A Different Type of Moving Average Cross
Virtually every trader has dabbled with or experimented with some sort of moving average. What I want to introduce you to in this lesson is a different sort of moving average cross method, which I have found to be very good at identifying short term trend changes.
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