Archive for 'Forex Market'
Translating Rising Oil Prices to Profitable Currency Moves
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
Equity investors already know that higher oil prices negatively impact the stock prices of companies that are highly dependent on oil such as airlines, since more expensive oil means higher expenses and lower profits for those companies.
In much the same way, a country’s dependency on oil determines how its currency will be impacted by a [...]
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Capitalize on Rising Gold Prices with Currencies
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
It’s not hard to understand why we’ve experienced a run-up in gold prices lately. In the US, we’re dealing with the threat of inflation and a lot of geo-political tension. Historically, gold is a country-neutral alternative to the U.S. dollar. So given the inverse relationship between gold and the U.S. Dollar, currency traders can take [...]
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How Interest Rate Increases Drive Currency Spikes
Posted on05. Apr, 2007 by admin.
A common way to think about U.S. interest rates is how much it’s going to cost to borrow money, whether for our mortgages or how much we’ll earn on our bond and money market investments. Currency traders think bigger. Interest rate policy is actually a key driver of currency prices and a great starter strategy [...]
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Introduction To Fundamental Analysis: Forex
Posted on02. Apr, 2007 by admin.
FOREX traders almost always rely on analysis to make plan their trading strategies. There are two basic types of FOREX analysis – technical analysis and fundamental analysis. This article will look at fundamental analysis and how it used in FOREX trading.
Fundamental analysis refers to political and economic conditions that may affect currency prices. FOREX traders [...]
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Option Arbitrage in the Forex Market
Posted on30. Mar, 2007 by admin.
by: John Nobile
What is arbitrage? Arbitrage is the simultaneous buying and selling of identical financial instruments taking advantage of price discrepancies between different brokers, exchanges, clearing firms, etc. and thus looking in a profit. On paper, arbitrage is a risk-less trading strategy. In the real world however, risks abound.
So why trade arbitrage? Well, if the [...]
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FOREX Trading Strategies
Posted on29. Mar, 2007 by admin.
The world of trading and investment can be as frustrating as it can be rewarding! And FOREX (Foreign Exchange) is no exception – often described as risky, profitable and complicated.
Forex is the largest trading market in the world.
Forex is the worldwide market for buying and selling currencies. These markets were developed to cater for the [...]
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Successful day traders stay neutral
Posted on29. Mar, 2007 by admin.
Neutral to gains and losses
You probably know guys for whom the world sucks if they take a loss of $100 and if they make $1000 they are on top of the world. They are definitely not neutral.
If you are like that, then your day trading will almost certainly be driven by fear and greed; if [...]
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80 Forex Trading Secrets For Success in Currency Market
Posted on29. Mar, 2007 by admin.
Trading Strategy Number One:
When you are just starting out, strive to carve out 20 pips per session, and that’s it. Then, turn it off, and study some more. When you get really good at it, you can [...]
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Be In Harmony with the Market
Posted on26. Mar, 2007 by admin.
We make money trading when we are in harmony with the market. We are long when the market is going up, and short (or out of) the market when it is going down. If we bring an opinion with us while trading, we will end up fighting the market. We keep trying to go long [...]
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Volatility Makes for Good Short-Term Trading
Posted on22. Mar, 2007 by admin.
The more volatility an individual market has, the better suited it is for short-term trading. To assess which stocks are better day trading vehicles, one way to calculate volatility is simply to divide its price by its average daily range. The lower this number, the more important it is for a trader to hold positions [...]
