Online Forex Trading Tips

timthumb.phpIf you are actively trading in the New York Stock Exchange, one of the most active exchanges in the world, you should be very thankful. Its total daily transactions are averaging approximately at U.S. $50 billion, making it the largest stock exchange in the United States in terms of dollar volume. There are many individuals who want to get their feet wet on the ground of this New York City-based stock exchange.

Yet, you are luckier if you are actively involved in trading foreign currencies, or commonly known as Forex trading, which is considered to be the largest market on the world. Its average daily trading turnover is approximately U.S. $2 trillion, exceeding the combined magnitude of all other equity markets, including the New York Stock Exchange. Thus, you are luckier since you have the opportunity of getting more profits out of that $2 trillion traded everyday. Continue reading

Forex Trading Strategies

timthumb.phpForex trading has a big appeal among the people due to the possibility of creating instant wealth. If forex trading is equipped with a good strategy, preferably a unique one will be of great help in achieving success. Forex trading strategies reduce the risk irrespective of the person’s participation in position trading, or day trading, or swing trading provided they are disciplined enough to stick to the strategy adopted. The best forex trading strategies are adopted by forex traders who are blessed with keen market sense and also who are able to privy to get inside information. On the basis of that information they develop forex investment strategies. The forex trading strategies which are devised after observing the market for quite sometime gain profits by rising above the odds. The forex traders who are best in their profession do not enter a trade without devising an exit strategy. They are the people who know very well when to minimize their losses and when to maximize their profits. They are very disciplined in doing both. Continue reading

Forex Trading Tips

Trading TipsThe retail forex markets are certainly in a boom time. Forex dealers are popping up like rabbits. Hundreds of thousands of people like you and me are trading the markets for a nice profit everyday. Brokers are making a killing from their spreads in these deals. Forex markets are volatile and hence present great profit opportunities as well as great risks to your capital. And if you aren’t careful your capital will quickly be lost by the markets. So what is the key? What is the secret to trading the forex markets successfully? We look at some forex trading tips in the following series of reports.

Some of the facts and measures we go through may be simple to some but may be new concepts altogether for other people. All in all every piece of information is critical to your understanding and succeeding in the forex markets, and hopefully our articles about forex trading tips will help you on your way. Continue reading

Forex Technical Analysis for Week 01/28–02/01

January 26th, 2013
Floor Pivot Points
Pair 3rd Sup 2nd Sup 1st Sup Pivot 1st Res 2nd Res 3rd Res
EUR/USD 1.3107 1.3185 1.3322 1.3400 1.3537 1.3615 1.3752
GBP/USD 1.5590 1.5667 1.5738 1.5815 1.5886 1.5963 1.6033
USD/JPY 85.78 86.92 88.92 90.05 92.05 93.18 95.18
EUR/JPY 112.94 114.98 118.67 120.71 124.40 126.44 130.13
GBP/JPY 135.58 137.41 140.57 142.40 145.56 147.39 150.55
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EUR/USD Down for the First Day in Three

EURUSD_2013-01-28EUR/USD retreated today after the two-day rally. The faster-than-expected growth of US durable goods orders increased traders’ confidence in the economy and the currency of the United States. At the same time, economists are worried that the report later this week may show an increase of the eurozone unemployment rate to the record 11.9%. Such worries weakened the euro.

Durable goods orders grew as much as 4.6% in December, beating the analysts’ forecast of 1.8%. The November growth was 0.8%. (Event A on the chart.)

Pending home sales dropped 4.3% in December from November, when they went up 1.6%. Experts have promised an increase by 0.5%. Still, the sales remained in an uptrend on an annual basis. (Event B on the chart.)

On Friday, a report on new home sales was released, showing that the sales were at the seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369k, below the forecast value of 387k and the November rate of 398k (revised from 377k). (Not show on the chart.)

What is FOREX (Foreign Exchange)?

What-is-Forex-Trading-All-AboutThe simple sense of Forex (Forex currency exchange, Foreign Exchange) is simultaneous purchase and sale of the currency or the exchange of one country’s currency for the one of another country. The world currencies do not have a fixed exchange rate and are always fluctuating, since each are traded in the currency pairs like Euro/Dollar, Dollar/Yen and others. 85% of daily trades are taken by major currencies trading.

Investments usually deal with 4 major pairs: Euro against US dollar, US dollar against Japanese yen, British pound against US dollar, and US dollar against Swiss franc or EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP/USD, and USD/CHF used to sign these pairs accordingly. These major pairs are considered as the Forex market’s “blue chips.� You will not receive any dividends on the currencies. Well known “buy low – sell high” gives the profit for currency trades. Continue reading