| A Fool's Game by Malcolm Robinson | | I received an email this week with a question (below) which caused me to think about the wisdom of pursuing trading as a career. Regardless of your trading time span, the skills and concerns of active short-term trading are relevant to all market particpipants. Question: "There are a lot of... Full Article | | Views: 172; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 467; Article Characters Count: 2610 |
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| Adaptation to the Realities of the Market by Joe Ross | | Do you think adaptation to the realities of the market is the most important thing? Many times in the past I've written about the need to adapt, the need to be able to change your behavior relative to the market because the markets are ever changing.
I've stated that mechanical systems may... Full Article | | Views: 514; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 958; Article Characters Count: 5652 |
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| Advantages of Trading FOREX Over Stocks and Commodities by Omar Vargas | | There are many advantages to Trading FOREX as your main income generator. Let's start by something that may be worrying you already. "Do I need a Diploma or some kind of Certification to trade FOREX?" The answer is this: When attempting to make more profit than losses on the
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| Day Trading - Moving Averages vs Support and Resistance by Mike Reed | | When day trading the SP and Nasdaq futures, do you rely on your moving averages more than your support & resistant areas? During the first hour of trading, the support and resistance zones on the SP and Nasdaq futures are the most important things to watch. The moving averages have not yet ... Full Article | | Views: 167; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 328; Article Characters Count: 1799 |
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| Day Trading the Index Futures - How to Judge Good Entries by Mike Reed | | QUESTION: If the SP futures fall through support and go straight down for another two points, and I want to get short, should I a.)enter immediately, b.) two points below support, or c.)should I wait for a pullback and then try to get short? You've got to be patient enough to wait for ... Full Article | | Views: 441; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 450; Article Characters Count: 2391 |
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| Experience by Joe Ross | | Throughout our course on futures trading, we have tried to point out to you that there is a great difference between having an investor attitude and being a trader. There are also many similarities. In one sense, a trader is someone who invests in his own trading ability. Therefore, in that ... Full Article | | Views: 392; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 1864; Article Characters Count: 10851 |
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| Forex Trading by Alvin Han | | Foreign exchange market, or better known as FOREX, is the world's largest and most prolific financial exchange market originated on 1973. Bearing the status of largest and most prolific currency exchange market, FOREX is the center stage where a vast majority of the currency trading or FOREX ... Full Article | | Views: 289; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 269; Article Characters Count: 1603 |
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| Forex Trading Online - 7 Reasons Why You Should. by Keith Thompson | | Forex trading online is a fast way to use your investment
capital to it's fullest. The Forex markets offer distinct
advantages to the small and large traders alike, making
Forex currency trading in many ways preferable to other
markets such as stocks, options or traditional futures. Here
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| Momentum Trading: A Practical Day Trading Strategy to Get Profits from Hot Stocks by Daniel Sheldon | | Momentum day trading can be extremely profitable when done correctly... Day trading momentum stocks can be a very risky adventure. You can lose a lot of money when you pick the wrong opportunities. The stockmarket can present you with a lot of hot stocks every day. Some of them are ... Full Article | | Views: 402; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 793; Article Characters Count: 4487 |
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| The Nature of the Trading Business by Joe Ross | | Consider the following: As a trader you are in a business. Your strongest opponent has plenty of capital. He follows a program and he does it without emotion. He is totally aware of the fact that no one knows where the next tick will fall. Whereas he usually has good insights regarding the major ... Full Article | | Views: 398; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 253; Article Characters Count: 1405 |
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| The Seven Most Traded Currencies in FOREX. by Omar Vargas | | Currencies are traded in dollar amounts called "lots." One
lot is equal to $1,000, which controls $100,000 in currency.
This is what is known as the "margin." You can control $100,000
worth of currency for only 1,000 dollars. This is what is called "High Leverage." Currencies are always ... Full Article | | Views: 213; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 691; Article Characters Count: 3672 |
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| The Yin and the Yang of Markets by Malcolm Robinson | | I am reading a fantastic book on trading, first published in 1924, by Richard D. Wyckoff, titled "How I Trade and Invest in Stocks & Bonds." Although most of the examples in the book pertain to stocks, the insights into the nature of trading are relevant no matter what instrument you choose to ... Full Article | | Views: 260; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 354; Article Characters Count: 1968 |
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| Two Timeless Rules in FOREX Investing by Omar Vargas | | RULE #1) ~ Cut your losers; let your winners ride. One important thing that every new trader must know before entering this highly profitable business is that life is not perfect, even in FOREX land, and you should always know one fact: YOU WILL HAVE LOSING TRADES. Every FOREX trader ... Full Article | | Views: 384; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 346; Article Characters Count: 1891 |
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| Ways to Acquire Discipline in Trading by Joe Ross | | One way to acquire discipline in trading... "Hey Joe! When you were teaching us at our Forex office in Florida, you stressed discipline. Our head trader stresses discipline. What I want to know is if discipline can be acquired or is it just something you are born with? I'm having trouble ... Full Article | | Views: 123; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 467; Article Characters Count: 2645 |
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| What I Learnt Losing £60,000 My First Year as a Full-time Trader by Malcolm Robinson | | During my first year as a local (independent trader) on the floor of LIFFE, I bought and sold 8804 FTSE futures contracts, about 40 contracts per day on average. The result was a loss of 61,620 or - 267 per trading day. I was profitable on 55% of days with an average gain of 1009, my average ... Full Article | | Views: 388; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 1533; Article Characters Count: 7934 |
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| 5 Questions You Need To Have Answered Before You Back-Test Your Forex System by Ryan Sheehy | | As 90-95% of new forex traders lose money within the first 3-6 months this article helps to guide new forex traders by asking 5 questions that the forex trader needs to know prior to back-testing their forex system. Let us jump right in... 1. What data type are you using (or going to ... Full Article | | Views: 508; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 1073; Article Characters Count: 5643 |
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| Assessing the Opportunities Presented by the New Iraqi Currency by Sakina Walsh | | Could it be possible that you are staring right into the most spectacular financial opportunity of the century? Operation: Iraqi Freedom will undoubtedly be a war marked in history for loss and tragedy, American victory, and the rise of a nation with a new democratic government. But could it also... Full Article | | Views: 447; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 642; Article Characters Count: 3723 |
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| Financial Crises, Global Capital Flows and the International Financial Architecture by Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. | | The recent upheavals in the world financial markets were quelled by the immediate intervention of both international financial institutions such as the IMF and of domestic ones in the developed countries, such as the Federal Reserve in the USA. The danger seems to have passed, though recent ... Full Article | | Views: 110; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 869; Article Characters Count: 5430 |
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| FOREX 101: Make Money with Currency Trading by Rich McIver | | For those unfamiliar with the term, FOREX (FOReign EXchange market), refers to an international exchange market where currencies are bought and sold. The Foreign Exchange Market that we see today began in the 1970's, when free exchange rates and floating currencies were introduced. In such an ... Full Article | | Views: 165; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 1200; Article Characters Count: 7146 |
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| Forex2u Forex Strategy On Successful Forex Trading by Alvin Han | | The essence of the FX2u Forex strategy is that it does not have any Forex trading system but could forecast the market trend accurately. Every set of Forex trading system available has its disadvantages. The market trend could not be forecasted. If the market could be forecasted, by ... Full Article | | Views: 159; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 416; Article Characters Count: 2374 |
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| Internet and Computer Systems in the FOREX Business by Eric Cooper | | With every passing year the interest in electronic trading is bigger, more especially trading shares and currency through Internet. A new profession came forward this of the currency dealer. The appearance of this profession was caused by the full force of development of Internet, which enabled... Full Article | | Views: 174; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 496; Article Characters Count: 3013 |
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| Is The U.S. Dollar About To Reverse Course? by Mike Fitzpatrick | | For the first time in several years the U.S. dollar has managed to gain value against the world's other major currencies. During the first three months of 2005, the U.S. dollar is up approximately five percent against both the yen and the euro. The gains for the dollar should be considered ... Full Article | | Views: 293; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 410; Article Characters Count: 2419 |
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| Online Forex by Rafik Patel | | Q1: When you consider that the foreign exchange market has become the world's largest financial market, with over $1.5 trillion USD traded daily, where does it go from here? A1:The FX market is unique, in the UK there is no central exchange, we trade via the inter bank market. With more and... Full Article | | Views: 495; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 977; Article Characters Count: 5654 |
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| Option Arbitrage in the Forex Market 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 ... Full Article | | Views: 436; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 550; Article Characters Count: 3313 |
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| The Secrets of the Super-Traders by Jeff Wilde | | The first and perhaps most important "secret" is to realize that your methodology or approach (no matter how good) is only part of being a highly successful trader. This applies to any trading style including, day trading, swing trading or position trading. The simple fact is that a bad ... Full Article | | Views: 282; Rating: N/A; Article Word Count: 661; Article Characters Count: 3654 |
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