Forex Pairs

By Paul Bryan

The Foreign Exchange traders buy one and sell another currency simultaneously. This leads to expressing the Forex quotes in currency pairs. EUR/USD, USD/CHF, GBP/USD and USD/JPY are the four most important currency pairs. The former currency in the pair is called the base currency whereas the latter is called the quote (or counter) currency.

A Euro is said to be getting Stronger than a Dollar, if for example the quotation moves from EUR/USD 1.3500 to say EUR/USD 1.3510. The reverse happens when the quote EUR/USD moves from 1.3400 to 1.3390. This is the case with regard to any Currency Pair. The Trader makes a profit when there is an increase in the Currency Pair price, provided he is with a long position (buying the 1st currency against the 2nd one) and he suffers from a loss if he is with the short position (selling the 1st currency against the 2nd currency).

The Percentage In Point (PIP) is the smallest measure of price move made by the exchange rate in the Forex trading. The USD/JPY is an exception with regard to each PIP being 0.01, which in other cases one PIP, equals 0.0001.

The price at which a Broker is ready to sell a currency pair is the same as the price at which the Trader is ready to pay for the same, is called the ask price. The bid price is the one for which the Broker will buy and the Trader will sell the currency pair.

When the Bid price is subtracted from the Ask price, the result obtained is called a Spread. The pip is used to express a spread. When the USD or EUR is not included in the currency pair it forms a Cross Rate. Euro Crosses are pairs that include Euro Crosses.

A Trader needs to deposit a certain amount during any kind of transaction. Leverage is the ratio between contract value and deposit. The initial investment, called Margin, covers the credit risk of the broker, while opening a position. The percentage margin requirement equals the inverse of the leverage value.

The Majors, defined as the most liquid and internationally traded currency pair, are an integral part of the Forex Trading, accounting for its 90%. The most important currency pairs are the EUR/USD ranking 1st, USD/JPY ranking 2nd, GBP/USD ranking 3rd and lastly EUR/JPY ranking 4th among all the actively traded currency pairs.

The Forex and Contract for Difference Trading involves a high level of risk to your capital investments. This makes it possible for you to lose out on money and hence prove to be unsuitable for certain traders. You should thus seek advice from people who are already into this and carefully go through all Risk Warning Notices. - 23196

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Forex Trading Software: Automated Trading System Increases Trade Volumes

By Todd Joyner

The concept of automated Forex trading system is mind-boggling.
The exchange-traded futures market was the first to switch on automation. Then, the traders on the Interbank spot Forex market decided to catch up with the latest trend and moved to to the new automatated system.

Automated Forex trading system enables traders to execute their trade on spot Forex market automatically and anytime of the day, based on existing technical indicators and custom trading rules. There are various features included in the automated trading system, such as: Account equity management; Stop and/or limit orders; Discretionary market orders; and
Various technical analysis indicators within your discretion for enabling trend-following systems.

Automated Forex trading systems supports most of the following indicators (the technical support will depend on the technology used as well as the available features of the system):

Weighted moving average, exponential moving average, simple moving average, variable moving average, triangular moving average, time series moving average, wilder average true range, vertical horizontal filter, Standard deviation, Trailing stops, Mass index, Fixed limits and stops, and others.

The success of the automation process to the Forex market is attributed to several factors, such as the following:

1)Its ability to perform or execute trades in real time. Because of the automation, a trader can close trades within a few milliseconds. It is impossible in manual systems, as previous trades are normally closed after several hours. In addition, there are also instances wherein a trader incurs several losses in a row that prevents him from making any fresh transactions. Thus, with automated Forex trading system, this problem could be avoided.

2)The ability to greater diversification. With automated trading system now in place, a trader can trade in various local as well as international markets within varying time zones. In other words, you can place trade or close deals with different traders from various markets around the world even at the middle of the night.

3)The ability to analyze short-term data. This feature is not available in manual trading system. Thus, traders using automated system have the bigger advantage since they can predict market trends in less than an hour.

4)If you will consolidate the features as well as the benefits of automated Forex trading system, it will give you a solid conclusion: with the Forex trading market on automation, you will be able to place more trades on a single day, thus increasing the average volume trades daily.

5)To further clarify the conclusion. Let us take the following scenario: If you are trading using the manual system, you will notice that it takes time before a trader confirms if he will accept your deal or not. He will look on the market condition first as well as the exchange rate of the currencies that you are trading with. Thus, if it takes time before a transaction will be finalized; there would be fewer trade volumes.

6)Now, if you are using the automated Forex trading system, the evaluation of exchange rates and market conditions could be done within a few minutes, since Forex data are now updated in real time. Probably after less than an hour, you will be able to take your position whether you will push through the deal or not. If a Forex transaction per trader is averaging within an hour, a single trader can place as much as 8 trades within the regular trading hours (if he is following the day trading schedule) and additional trades beyond the regular trading hours. There are thousands of traders in just a single market who can place such average number of trade per day. Combining it with the number of Forex markets around the world, the figure is just huge enough.

7)In addition, the technology is changing continuously, thus there is a tendency that the average number of trades per day will increase, thus a possibility of increased trade volumes on daily basis. With faster trade execution, that is a certain possibility.

The Forex trading market is now at the helm of automation. Transactions are now faster, and earning money through Forex trading is now easier. - 23196

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Want to find out more about Forex Automated Systems, then visit Todd Joyner's site on how to choose the best Forex Automatic System for your needs.

Selecting Trading Window Frames (Part II)

By Ahmad Hassam

What matters most to a trader or an investor is how to create a positive cash flow. It all depends on your trading strategies. The first step is to identify the type of trade into which we will enter.

It all depends on the profit targets that you want to achieve. Once we acknowledge what our goals and objective are than we can narrow our expectations. Is it a day trade? Is it a swing trade or is it a long term positions trade? Day trading has a different profit potential than swing trading. Both are different trading styles. Day trading requires a lot of active participation on your part. In swing trading, when you set up your trade, you can monitor it once a day.

Suppose I am a day trader. My expectations are for X amount of a given range. I will expect that if I miss 20% of the bottom and 20% of the top then I can expect to capture 60% of the average daily range. I will generally be able to identify what the average range for the day is.

So how do I start? First I will have to structure my computer and charts to a format that is conducive to day trading. How many pips you want to make in a specific time frame like eight to six bars from entry? 30 pips or 40 pips!

In day trading you should use two time frames; 5 minutes and 15 minutes time frames to look at the market! Use the 5 minute time frame to exit a position in day trading. Use the 5 minute time frame as a shorter time frame trigger to go with the 15 minute signal. Use the 15 minute time frame for the dominant trend if you trade Euro, Yen or Pound, then for day trading.

The key to remember is when the 15 minute time period is in the buy mode, take the 5 minute buy signals. Similarly when the 15 minute time period is in sell mode, take the 5 minute sell signals.

As a day trader you can watch the 60 minute time period, but if you are in a trade based on the 15 minute and the 5 minute time, these are the time frames you need to monitor for that specific trade.

Keep in mind your profit targets and where you are in the range. Keeping an eye on the 60 minute time period will help you identify the current trend and a potential change in the trend if a moving average crossover occurs.

Suppose you are trading EUR/USD currency pair. Suppose the Euro is already down 50 pips when a sell signal is triggered, the odds are that your profit potential is in the range of suppose 30 pips or less if the average true range (ATR) is 80 pips based on the past 14 trading days. How do you calculate these things?

Using good forex charting software will help you automatically calculate all the daily, weekly, monthly pivot points as well as the daily range, support and resistance, S-1, R-1 and other stuff.

For day trading use the 60 minute time period for calculating the monthly pivot points, 15 minutes time frame for calculating the weekly pivot points and the 5 minute time frame for calculating the daily pivot points. - 23196

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Mr. Ahmad Hassam has done Masters from Harvard University. He is interested in day trading stocks and currencies. Try Strignano's Forex Signals free. Discover a revolutionary Forex Robot Trading System!

IvyBot Is The Most Professional Forex Robot

By Todd Manter

IvyBot has arrived! So you have heard of these Automated Forex Systems referred to as Robots or EA's right? Well we have been fascinated with this "Automated" idea, I mean who wouldn't want to make money whether you were sitting on your couch at home or drinking lemonade by the pool? Don't get me wrong creating an automated trading system in the Forex markets that can consistently make you money is very difficult. This is where IvyBot comes into play.

It is estimated that only 5% of retail forex traders have consistently profitable currency trading system. It is usually based on deep understanding of economy (fundamental analysis), awareness of the patterns of market reaction on specific economic events (technical analysis), and proprietary set of "tools and instruments". Clearly, you want to jump in to get your feet wet in forex trading, but what if your toolbox is almost empty. One way to start is to follow professional trader guidance. It does not break your wallet to subscribe to quality forex trading signals (for instance, I offer them free), then test their consistency on your training account and finally apply these alerts for live trades. Read on as we introduce you to IvyBot.

Economy news that people watch on TV just to have something to chat with their friends later apparently aren't of great value. The very same news disturb currency market, providing possibilities to make money on the market movements and therefore become remarkably tangible. Training and experience is required to interpret news into the trading terms and the final product of such interpretation is called Forex Trading Alert or Signal. Now read below for what makes IvyBot the #1 FX Trading System.

4 Robot for the price of 1. Each Robot attacks different currency pairs. The creators constantly update the software as the markets change. The members areas is filled with Instructional Videos making it easy for anyone to setup. They have "Real" bonuses that are better than most products by themselves. "Real" support via Email tickets, answered in 24 business hours.

Forget all the hyped up systems that promise results, but don't have any "Real" Forex Pro's behind them. This is the only system that is created by Forex Pros and will consistently be updated by them to ensure ongoing profitability! Take a look for yourself: IvyBot Forex Income - 23196

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Want to find out more about Ivybot, then visit Todd Manter's site on how to choose the best Forex Trading Software for your needs.

Automated Forex Trading

By Bob Thatcher

Emerging as one of the most dynamic investment opportunities on the planet is none other than the forex market. With just over two trillion dollars (not a typo) moving through the market daily, its no wonder why it's so amazing. Simply said, you can make a lot of money in just a short amount of time. But you must know what your doing. For many years forex trading was only available to governments and banks, those who had millions to invest. But just recently forex brokers have become available to anyone. Now your regular Joe can trade with little start up money. Automated forex trading has made this possible and is changing the game.

Even though there is a ton of money to be had here, you can lose a lot too if you do not know what you are doing. This market moves super fast and if your caught off guard and or new to the game you can lose your clothes. Knowing this market can take many years of studying and practice to master. Which for most of us means losing money and making mistakes along the way. Luckily there is a shorter path from newbie to profits in the forex world and that is where automated forex trading comes in.

So what are we talking about here with automated forex trading and how does it help you? Automated forex trading is done with the help of an expert advisor or robot. There are a ton of these programs out there on the internet that you can buy to help you succeed in your trading.

Veterans in the forex market have years of knowledge and strategies for succeeding and scoring profits. They take their blueprint and program it into a piece of software that anyone can reuse and replicate the results.

So imagine a forex robot that trades automatically for you. Now you get the knowledge of a seasoned forex vet without spending all the money to learn their techniques. You don't waste your time or hard earned money because the robot is programmed to profit for you. Just purchase an expert advisor and plug it into your trading system and watch it trade for you. Now you get to take in the profits quickly without all of the failure.

With so many automated forex trading programs out there, it's hard to know which ones work and which ones don't. One of the most popular forex robots out there is Ivybot. Ivybot has been tested over the last decade by some of the most successful traders in the world. They developed the robot to give ordinary people a chance to become wealthy.

You will notice how powerful Ivybot is immediately. This product is actually 4 in 1. That's right, it is programmed to trade 4 different currencies using 4 different strategies. This is what we call diversification and allows you to maximize your profits.

Automated forex trading couldn't be easier with Ivybot. All of the research, hard work, and testing has been done for you. Just grab Ivybot and plug it into your Metatrader platform. It will take care of the rest. From there, just see how much money you make on a daily basis. - 23196

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For more info and and reviews on automated forex trading robots I always check Jim Sullivan's blog for updates. He covers it all including forex signals