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05/05/2009
Correlation in the Forex Market
Statistically speaking, correlation is the measured relationship between two units over a series of time. Correlation is measured on a range of -1 (perfect negative correlation) to 1 (perfect positive correlation). A positive correlation implies that the two units move in similar directions, the higher the correlation the closer and...
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04/16/2009
The Art of Contrarian Trading: Volume, Consolidation, Distribution, Headlines
Traders are at a stage in the market cycle that is one of the most frustrating to deal with, and where the most money gets squandered trying to work things out. This stage is when we go through a phase of consolidation, moving sideways consolidating the recent moves made, while...
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04/16/2009
Understanding How and Why OTC Forex Markets Work
Trading the OTC (over the counter) currency markets offers an opportunity to hedge stock and bond investing, but really is more of a traded market following the ebbs and flows of global commerce than it is an investment arena to plan retirement from. Getting to know six major currency pairs...
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04/15/2009
How to Search for the Ideal Metatrader EA
With thousands of Metatrader EAs out there, it can be tough to cut through the noise and find one suitable for your trading style and risk tolerance. To help you in this search, I've compiled the statistics that many traders find to be very beneficial when analyzing any Metatrader EA.
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12/20/2008
Evidence Based Trading
In this past Friday's day trading session in our chat room many subscribers asked me to explain in detail my approach to short term trading. So I could think of nothing better for an end of the year column then sharing with you my evidence based approach to the markets....
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12/19/2008
Quantitative Easing 101
Quantitative Easing (QE) are the latest buzz words in the financial markets. It is important to become intimately comfortable with these words because they will be the catch phrase of 2009 thanks to the latest interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan.
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12/01/2008
All Good Things Come to an End: The Fall of the Carry Trade
One of the most popular currency trading strategies in recent history, the carry trade has been successfully used by traders for years. With recent market conditions, this very popular strategy is beginning to look like a losing proposition. Traders find themselves wondering is this strategy ever going to be back...
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11/27/2008
5 Tips for Trading During Volatile Markets
Increased volatility leads many traders to seeing an increase in trading opportunities. The huge market swings trigger thoughts of monumental upside, but also for potential loss especially if traders do not take the necessary precautions. During times of volatility, traders need to adjust their strategy to compensate for erratic market....
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11/23/2008
Three Simple Rules Of Winning Traders
About two weeks I went on CNBC and predicted that range will rule the currency markets for the foreseeable future. The price of EURUSD at the time of broadcast? 1.2630. The price of EURUSD at close of trade today? 1.2590. So range reigns in the currency market as every rally...
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11/14/2008
Trade Less Win More
I love to trade. 10, 20, 30, 40 round turns per day - the more the merrier! After all anyone who is really honest with themselves will admit that we trade not only for money, but for excitement. For a trader there is nothing sweeter than having the market go...
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10/24/2008
How To Trust Your Setup
One of the great ironies of life is that as traders we often trust ourselves least of all. Most traders (myself included) approach the whole enterprise with deadly combination of overweening sense of arrogance in our ability and underwhelming sense of confidence in our trade setups. When it comes trading...
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09/29/2008
Trading the Cad
The Cad has a unique trading style, moving only one third of the trading day, during the U.S. session. For the rest of the time, the pair tends to hover around a price level, be it the neutral pivot point, a moving average or a support/resistance level. Lately, however, the...
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09/24/2008
Looking at the Inter-banking Liquidity
Usually, when a bank wants to make a loan for liquidity needs it has two options: either borrow money from the central-bank, through the open market operations, or call another bank to lend money at the LIBOR rate. The London Inter-bank Offered Rate or LIBOR is the reference rate at...
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09/02/2008
Getting To Know The Majors
The U.S. economy is now in the Trough phase of the business cycle, after it experienced a steep decline in the last quarter of 2007 and in the first quarter of 2008. The economy was helped in finding a bottom in the second quarter of 2008 by the rebate checks...
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08/28/2008
Central Banking: The Forex Influence and How to Read it
Central banks are at the heart of the financial system of any given country in that they are the authorities controlling the supply of money, and therefore control how a regions economy functions. They evolved from the lack of stability in financial market that ruined a lot of economies during...
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08/23/2008
An Introduction to Bonds - Their Impact on the Dollar Index
There have been a lot of headlines recently in regard to Treasury debt and how it will be financed over the coming years. The Federal Reserve has a mandate of full employment and inflation control, and they use Treasury notes as their tool to deliver that mandate. In this article...
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10/29/2007
Buy the Strongest, Sell the Weakest
One of the best technical tools we can use in our analysis is the status other currency pairs. If you are of the opinion that because of fundamental reasons the US Dollar will weaken, your next step would be to find the currency pair that gives you the best chance...
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10/28/2007
Stop Loss?? I Don't Want To Use It
Last week I was reviewing a website which has a trading signal program for those investors who prefer to not being involved in confusing market analysis and I respect them because such services normally will bring them more time to do other important things in their daily life. But the...
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08/23/2007
Canadian Dollar: End of Month Trading Anomaly
Did you know that the Canadian dollar has a very unique trading characteristic at the end of every month? According to our statistical analysis, we found that over the past 10 years, USD/CAD tends to fall in the last week of the month with a 95 percent confidence level. A...
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08/20/2007
Central Banks Interventions in the New Millennia
The universe of foreign exchange has expanded dramatically since entering the new millennium and its future remains golden. Fresh from the pruning dictated by the introduction of the euro, the wave of banks mergers, and the emerging market crisis of 1998, currency trading benefited greatly from the equity crisis in...
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