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Forex and Stock Markets

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01Forex market and stock market (stock and securities market) are two independent markets with no relation to each other. They differ in trade instruments: currencies are traded on Forex market, and shares, on a stock market. Stock markets are often located at the stock exchanges. The largest stock exchanges are situated in New York, London and Tokyo. Another difference between Forex and stock market is the amount of money Continue reading →

Old man walking to the Stage

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old-man1Old man walking to the Stage

I was attending a Motivation Seminar conducted by a well-known Insurance Company. There was one part where they called upon a veteran who has already retired to give a testimonial. He was sitting in the audience somewhere in the back. After his name was called, he stood up amidst the applause, made his way to the front. The auditorium was slanted forward and so there were steps along the side where he walked. Somewhere near the front seats, he toppled and felled. There was a huge commotion of shock from the audience but when they saw him get up and carried on walking, there was a smaller commotion of relief. Continue reading →

Old man walking to the Stage

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old-man1Old man walking to the Stage

I was attending a Motivation Seminar conducted by a well-known Insurance Company. There was one part where they called upon a veteran who has already retired to give a testimonial. He was sitting in the audience somewhere in the back. After his name was called, he stood up amidst the applause, made his way to the front. The auditorium was slanted forward and so there were steps along the side where he walked. Somewhere near the front seats, he toppled and felled. There was a huge commotion of shock from the audience but when they saw him get up and carried on walking, there was a smaller commotion of relief. Continue reading →

List of keyboard shortcuts for Metatrader Platform

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imagesNumpad 5 — restoring of automatic chart vertical scale after its being changed. If the scale was defined, this hot key will return the chart into the visible range;

Page Up — fast chart scrolling to the left;

Page Down — fast chart scrolling to the right;

Home — move the chart to the start point;

End — move the chart to the end point;

“-” — chart zoom out;

“+” — chart zoom in; Continue reading →

List of keyboard shortcuts for Metatrader Platform

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imagesNumpad 5 — restoring of automatic chart vertical scale after its being changed. If the scale was defined, this hot key will return the chart into the visible range;

Page Up — fast chart scrolling to the left;

Page Down — fast chart scrolling to the right;

Home — move the chart to the start point;

End — move the chart to the end point;

“-” — chart zoom out;

“+” — chart zoom in;

Delete — delete all selected graphical objects;

Backspace — delete the latest objects imposed into the chart window;

Enter — open/close fast navigation window;

Esc — close the dialog window;

F1 — open this “Userguide”;

F2 — open the “History Center” window;

F3 — open the “Global Variables” window;

F4 — download MetaEditor;

F5 — switch to the next profile;

F6 — call the “Tester” window for testing the expert attached to the chart window;

F7 — call the properties window of the expert attached to their chart window in order to change settings;

F8 — call the chart setup window;

F9 — call the “New Order” window;

F10 — open the “Popup prices” window;

F11 — enable/disable the full screen mode;

F12 — move the chart by one bar to the left;

Shift+F12 — move the chart by one bar to the right;

Shift+F5 — switch to the previous profile;

Alt+1 — display the chart as a sequence of bars (transform into bar chart);

Alt+2 — display the chart as a sequence of candlesticks (transform into candlesticks);

Alt+3 — display the chart as a broken line (transform into line chart);

Alt+A — copy all test/optimization results into the clipboard;

Alt+W — call the chart managing window;

Alt+F4 — close the client terminal;

Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+Z — undo object deletion;

Ctrl+A — arrange all indicator windows heights by default;

Ctrl+B — call the “Objects List” window;

Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert — copy to the clipboard;

Ctrl+E — enable/disable expert advisor;

Ctrl+F — enable “Crosshair”;

Ctrl+G — show/hide grid;

Ctrl+H — show/hide OHLC line;

Ctrl+I — call the “Indicators List” window;

Ctrl+L — show/hide volumes;

Ctrl+P — print the chart;

Ctrl+S — save the chart in a file having extensions: “CSV”, “PRN”, “HTM”;

Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 — close the chart window;

Ctrl+Y— show/hide period separators;

Ctrl+Z or Alt+Backspace — undo the object deletion;

Ctrl+D — open/close the “Data Window”;

Ctrl+M — open/close the “Market Watch” window;

Ctrl+N — open/close the “Navigator” window;

Ctrl+O — open the “Setup” window;

Ctrl+R — open/close the “Tester” window;

Ctrl+T — open/close the “Terminal” window;

Ctrl+F6 — activate the next chart window;

Ctrl+F9 — open the “Terminal — Trade” window and switch the focus into it. After this, the trading activities can be managed with keyboard.

Online Forex Trading

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imagesDo you know what Forex trading is? Some people have heard of this type of trading, others have not. If you haven’t, it might be something you are interested in trying. Forex trading stands for foreign exchange trading. What it consists of is the buying and selling of different currencies. This is done simultaneously, and there are people who make a lot of money with this kind of trading. This is apparent by the 1.9 million dollar turnover in this market that happens every day. Also a lot of it is done online. Online Forex trading is very popular. Continue reading →

Futures Versus Forex (Foreign Exchange Market)

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imagesTodays current futures market is quite unlike the futures of the 19th century. Todays future market is a worldwide one that includes manufactured goods, financial currencies and treasury bonds, and agricultural products.

When you speculate on futures it is not the actual good that is speculated upon rather it is the contract for the goods that is traded as value. Every futures contract includes a buyer and a seller. The following is an example of a futures speculation: A farmer agrees to deliver 1000 bushels of corn to a baker at a price of $5.00 a bushel. If the daily price of corn futures falls to $4.00 a bushel, the farmer’s account is credited with $1000 ($5.00 — $4.00 X 1000 bushels) and the baker’s account is debited by the same amount. Futures accounts are settled every day. Continue reading →

FOREX: What Is It And How Does It Work?

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imagesThe Foreign Exchange market, also referred to as the “Forex” is the biggest and largest financial market in the world. It has a daily average turnover of US$1.9 trillion- just imagine that amount of money! Don’t you want to join this trillion-dollar industry?

Forex is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. Currencies are traded in pairs, for example Euro/US Dollar (EUR/USD) or US Dollar/Japanese Yen (USD/JPY). So basically, Forex is trading. Continue reading →

Interested in FOREX Trading?

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imagesThe Foreign Exchange Market (Forex) has no central exchange location yet it is the largest financial market in the world. It is over 3x’s the size of the stock and futures markets combined and operates via an electronic network of a banks, corporations and investors.

Foreign exchange consists of a simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. Currency is traded in pairs, in other words, one currency is traded for another. The major currencies are:
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