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December 8th, 2008 by

This article is taken from the Forex Journal (November 2008 issue). The author, Sam Seiden , brings over 15 years experience of equities, Forex, options, and futures trading that began when he was on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He has traded equities, futures, interest rate markets, Forex, options, and commodities for his personal interests for years and has educated hundreds of traders and investors through seminars and daily advisory services both domestically and

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Trading Mistakes 101

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December 8th, 2008 by

This article is taken from the Forex Journal (November 2008 issue). The author, Steve DeWitt , has been involved with Forex trading for over 8 years. During his years of experience, he has won many international Forex trading contest including “The Biggest Forex Contest” ever. He has also trained over 10,000 people how to become successful at trading the Foreign Exchange markets Steve DeWitt takes a look at common mistakes made in Forex trading that cause traders to lose money. He also shares

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Finding a Broker

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December 5th, 2008 by

Finding a Broker “Hey Joe!
I need help finding a broker. I notice that discount commission rates are pretty much the same.
So how do I choose?” Commission is definitely not the most important factor in choosing
a broker. Most important in choosing a brokerage firm is the per trade
slippage, the difference between the stop order price and execution
price. Based o a study I saw some years back, ten orders were placed with
five commission houses. All orders were priced in the same market at
the

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1. What is the forex

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November 24th, 2008 by

The Forex market is the largest financial market in the world. More than $3 trillion in foreign currencies trade back and forth every day. Forex stands for the FOReign EXchange—the financial exchange on which governments, banks, international corporations, hedge funds and individual investors exchange foreign currencies. How does the forex work? When you fly to another country, one of the first things you do when you get off the plane is look for a place you can exchange your U.S. dollars for

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5. Forex Pairs - Characteristics and Qualities

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November 20th, 2008 by

Classifying the forex as an investment type If you are interested in higher yields and can tolerate high risk there are bonds and small cap stocks that fit that description neatly. If you are interested in technology companies or environmentally “green” companies there are convenient ways to find equities or private investments that fit those categories. Putting forex pairs into categories in a like manner is much more difficult. Currencies reflect the performance and policies of entire

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3. How Trading Works - Interbank and the Forex

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November 20th, 2008 by

The forex market has many players, large and small As discussed before, like most markets, the forex essentially works because many participants are buying and selling a fairly uniform product. Currency contracts at the retail level are most often denominated in 100,000 or 10,000 units of the base currency in the pair. There are many dealers who will break a lot into units smaller than that, but a full-size 100K or mini-size 10K lot is the most common. Forex dealers can be classified as

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1. What is the forex

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November 20th, 2008 by

The Forex market is the largest financial market in the world. More than $3 trillion in foreign currencies trade back and forth every day. Forex stands for the FOReign EXchange—the financial exchange on which governments, banks, international corporations, hedge funds and individual investors exchange foreign currencies. How does the forex work? When you fly to another country, one of the first things you do when you get off the plane is look for a place you can exchange your U.S. dollars for

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14. Fibonacci Analysis

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November 20th, 2008 by

No, it’s not a type of pasta Fibonacci analysis is a great way to improve your analytical skills when trying to identify support and resistance levels. Fibonacci analysis is based on the Fibonacci series of numbers. These numbers have been developed and explored by mathematicians for centuries and are named after Leonardo of Pisa (Fibonacci) who did a lot of work to popularize them in 13th century Italy. The number series starts with 0 and 0 and then is continued by summing the previous two

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12. Introduction to Charting and Technical Analysis

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November 20th, 2008 by

Don’t get overwhelmed. Stick with technicals and you’ll learn This is a subject we are quite passionate about at PFX. Charting is the core of the analysis done by a technician. Reading and analyzing charts is something that you get better at with time and experience. But if it’s not harnessed correctly, it can also become almost hypnotizing and lead to “ticker-itus,” a dangerous condition that borders on obsession as a trader spends more and more time staring at charts and indicators and less

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20. Portfolio Management - Position Sizing and Stop Losses

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November 20th, 2008 by

< Right-sized trades can be the difference between loss and gain Position sizing is the process of determining how much to invest, or risk, in any single trade. Position sizing is different for active trading, versus longer-term investing. In the case of short-term trading, it is usually a function of how much you could lose if the trade went bad. In longer-term investing strategies, position sizing is a bit more complicated and may depend on the strategy at play. In this section, we will

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