Forex Market Trends - The Secret To Making Big Money With Forex Trading
If you talk to a day trader about Forex market trends, he will shrug and tell you there is no such thing. Swing traders and long term traders know better. They will explain to you that there is a fortune to be made in "trading with the trend". What is the truth? Or are both groups wrong, or perhaps both are right?
If you are a day trader, you are of course not concerned with whether there is something like a ten year up and down trend in a particular currency market. For you the long term is between breakfast and lunch - late afternoon is a distant horizon that doesn't concern you at all. Many day traders do large numbers of trades during a single day, making or losing small amounts of money all the time.
Another type of trader is the so called swing trader. Swing traders do not trade as often as day traders. They wait for a medium term trend in the market, and then either go long or short on a particular currency. They will stay in the trade for as long as the trend lasts, and try to get out just before it reverses. This of course is more of an art than a science, since there is nobody that can actually predict when the market will turn around. External factors can cause it to turn around within a matter of hours.
The third category of trader is the long term trader. They are not really traders at all, but should actually be called investors. They would only buy a currency if underlying economic factors (fundamental factors) indicate that the currency is on a long term upward trend. If the reverse is true, they would sell it (or go short in trading lingo). They do use technical indicators from time to time, but then over a much longer time frame than either day traders or swing traders.
Swing traders often use both technical analysis and what is called 'fundamental analysis' to make buying or selling decisions. Fundamental analysis looks at all the underlying economic factors that influence the movement of a currency. One example is inflation. When inflation of one country is higher than that of another, the currency of the first country will depreciate to adjust for this - all other things being equal!
Swing traders very often use technical indicators to decide when to buy or sell a currency. Many of them use fundamental analysis as well. This is a trading philosophy that looks at fundamental factors, like inflation, interest rates and economic growth to try and get a picture of where the market is headed. For example, if a country's exports are climbing steadily, there is a strong demand for its currency, and it's reasonable to assume that all other things being equal, the exchange rate of that currency will increase.
There are a number of different chart types being used by traders. The simplest is the line chart, which basically just connects the closing prices to each other. A favorite of many traders is the so-called 'candlestick' charts. A candlestick chart shows both the opening and closing prices, and the highest and lowest prices for the day in a colorful bar type chart. Bar charts only shows the lowest and highest prices of the day.
Forex market trends is the subject of many debates, numerous studies, and a lot of conjecture. - 23196
If you are a day trader, you are of course not concerned with whether there is something like a ten year up and down trend in a particular currency market. For you the long term is between breakfast and lunch - late afternoon is a distant horizon that doesn't concern you at all. Many day traders do large numbers of trades during a single day, making or losing small amounts of money all the time.
Another type of trader is the so called swing trader. Swing traders do not trade as often as day traders. They wait for a medium term trend in the market, and then either go long or short on a particular currency. They will stay in the trade for as long as the trend lasts, and try to get out just before it reverses. This of course is more of an art than a science, since there is nobody that can actually predict when the market will turn around. External factors can cause it to turn around within a matter of hours.
The third category of trader is the long term trader. They are not really traders at all, but should actually be called investors. They would only buy a currency if underlying economic factors (fundamental factors) indicate that the currency is on a long term upward trend. If the reverse is true, they would sell it (or go short in trading lingo). They do use technical indicators from time to time, but then over a much longer time frame than either day traders or swing traders.
Swing traders often use both technical analysis and what is called 'fundamental analysis' to make buying or selling decisions. Fundamental analysis looks at all the underlying economic factors that influence the movement of a currency. One example is inflation. When inflation of one country is higher than that of another, the currency of the first country will depreciate to adjust for this - all other things being equal!
Swing traders very often use technical indicators to decide when to buy or sell a currency. Many of them use fundamental analysis as well. This is a trading philosophy that looks at fundamental factors, like inflation, interest rates and economic growth to try and get a picture of where the market is headed. For example, if a country's exports are climbing steadily, there is a strong demand for its currency, and it's reasonable to assume that all other things being equal, the exchange rate of that currency will increase.
There are a number of different chart types being used by traders. The simplest is the line chart, which basically just connects the closing prices to each other. A favorite of many traders is the so-called 'candlestick' charts. A candlestick chart shows both the opening and closing prices, and the highest and lowest prices for the day in a colorful bar type chart. Bar charts only shows the lowest and highest prices of the day.
Forex market trends is the subject of many debates, numerous studies, and a lot of conjecture. - 23196
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