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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forex market overview
- "FX" is an abbreviation of "forex" or "foreign exchange." Foreign exchange is the largest and most liquid market in the world trading approximately $2 trillion every day (that's over 30 times the daily volume of NASDAQ and NYSE combined). The forex market is a cash interbank/interdealer market. In simplest terms, this means the foreign currencies traded in the forex market are traded directly betw...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Types of foreign currency hedging vehicles
- The following are some of the most common types of foreign currency hedging vehicles used in today's markets as a foreign currency hedge. While retail forex traders typically use foreign currency options as a hedging vehicle. Banks and commercials are more likely to use options, swaps, swaptions and other more complex derivatives to meet their specific hedging needs.Spot Contracts - A forei...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why hedge foreign currency risk?
- International commerce has rapidly increased as the internet has provided a new and more transparent marketplace for individuals and entities alike to conduct international business and trading activities. Significant changes in the international economic and political landscape have led to uncertainty regarding the direction of foreign exchange rates. This uncertainty leads to volatility and the ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forex options market overview
- The forex options market started as an over-the-counter (OTC) financial vehicle for large banks, financial institutions and large international corporations to hedge against foreign currency exposure. Like the forex spot market, the forex options market is considered an "interbank" market. However, with the plethora of real-time financial data and forex option trading software available to most in...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Advantages of trading forex over stocks and commodities
- There are many advantages to Trading FOREX as your main income generator. Let's start by something that may be worrying you already."Do I need a Diploma or some kind of Certification to trade FOREX?" The answer is this:When attempting to make more profit than losses on the fluctuation of exchange rates between major currencies (i.e., Trading the FOREX), nobody is going to a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - An evaluation of the devaluation
- A Minister of Finance is morally right to lie about a forthcoming devaluation and a woman has the right to lie about her age. This is the common wisdom.Rumours about a devaluation of the Macedonian Denar versus the major currencies were in the air during the last few weeks. Still, no government official had to lie. The market just did not believe it. The unofficial exchange rate stayed put ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How do other countries devalue their currencies?
- Countries devalue their currencies only when they have no other way to correct past economic mistakes - whether their own or mistakes committed by their predecessors.The ills of a devaluation are still at least equal to its advantages.True, it does encourage exports and discourage imports to some extents and for a limited period of time. As the devaluation is manifested in a higher i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Hedging foreign exchange risks
- The exchange rate of the Macedonian Denar against the major hard currencies of the world has remained stable in the last few years. Because of the IMF restrictions, the local Narodna (Central) Bank does not print money and there are no physical Denars in the economy and in the local banks.Thus, even if people want to buy Foreign Exchange in the black market, or directly from the banks - the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trading tips no 1: learn how to trade the moment of truth
- So you have learned how to trade the markets by mastering a few trading tools like Moving Averages, Channels, Stochastics, MACD, or RSI - that is a great accomplishment achieved by only a few. However, having the tools and rules to trade markets successfully, year in and year out, is only half of the challenge. The other half is far more daunting and achieved by even fewer investors - I am talking...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Be a smarter forex currency trader: three basic principles
- Below I will describe three basic principles that may come in handy for currency traders. They are very easy to implement and potentially take advantage of as you will see.Principle 1Some currency traders find that it is useful to always trade a given currency pair at the very same time every day. The reasoning for this is that most of the other traders buying or selling that currenc...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Trading profitably on the foreign exchange market
- You may be asking yourself "how does one begin to trade profitably as a currency trader?".First, it is important to closely monitor foreign equity markets to attempt to predict or model how their respective currencies will perform against other currencies, ideally, currencies that are not very closely related, nor proportional, to the former currency.For example, Mexico's economy is ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Factors influencing a currency pair exchange rate
- IntroductionThe exchange rate refers to the value of the US dollar against the values of currencies of other countries. Such a rate helps determine how much we pay for imported goods and services and how much we receive for what we export, among other things. When the value of the US dollar drops, imports become more expensive, and we tend to reduce the volume of our imports. Simultaneously...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Financial crises, global capital flows and the international financial architecture
- The recent upheavals in the world financial markets were quelled by the immediate intervention of both international financial institutions such as the IMF and of domestic ones in the developed countries, such as the Federal Reserve in the USA. The danger seems to have passed, though recent tremors in South Korea, Brazil and Taiwan do not augur well. We may face yet another crisis of the same or a...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forex2u forex strategy on successful forex trading
- The essence of the FX2u Forex strategy is that it does not have any Forex trading system but could forecast the market trend accurately.Every set of Forex trading system available has its disadvantages. The market trend could not be forecasted. If the market could be forecasted, by depending on the RSI, PAR, MOM analysis techniques and some other theories, Forex traders could easily make a ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - A short introduction to forex
- FOREX is the world's largest and most liquid trading market. Many consider FOREX as the best home business you can ever venture in. Even though regular people have had the opportunity to take part in trading foreign currencies for profit (in the same way banks and large corporations do) since 1998, it is just now becoming the cool, hip, new "thing" to talk about at parties, business events, and ot...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Option arbitrage in the forex market
- What is arbitrage? Arbitrage is the simultaneous buying and selling of identical financial instruments taking advantage of price discrepancies between different brokers, exchanges, clearing firms, etc. and thus locking in a profit. On paper, arbitrage is a risk-less trading strategy. In the real world however, risks abound.So why trade arbitrage? Well, if the risks can be managed, arbitrage...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is the u.s. dollar about to reverse course?
- For the first time in several years the U.S. dollar has managed to gain value against the world's other major currencies. During the first three months of 2005, the U.S. dollar is up approximately five percent against both the yen and the euro. The gains for the dollar should be considered significant when considering the United States still faces a growing trade imbalance. So far this year, curre...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why demo account performance is often better than real account performance
- Over the past several years, the popularity of online currency trading has grown substantially. Each day, online FX brokerage firms attract new investors - each of them lining up with a glint in their eye, lured in by promises of easy money. Most of these companies allow you to sign up for a free demo account which lets you place mock trades using their trading platform to get a feel for the excit...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forex 101: make money with currency trading
- For those unfamiliar with the term, FOREX (FOReign EXchange market), refers to an international exchange market where currencies are bought and sold. The Foreign Exchange Market that we see today began in the 1970's, when free exchange rates and floating currencies were introduced. In such an environment only participants in the market determine the price of one currency against another, based upo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Online forex
- Q1: When you consider that the foreign exchange market has become the world's largest financial market, with over $1.5 trillion USD traded daily, where does it go from here?A1:The FX market is unique, in the UK there is no central exchange, we trade via the inter bank market. With more and more private individuals taking up margin trading and new forex brokers setting up, I can only see the...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Assessing the opportunities presented by the new iraqi currency
- Could it be possible that you are staring right into the most spectacular financial opportunity of the century? Operation: Iraqi Freedom will undoubtedly be a war marked in history for loss and tragedy, American victory, and the rise of a nation with a new democratic government. But could it also be a war historically remembered for the financial opportunity it created for the sharp investors who ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Choosing a forex broker
- With currency trading becoming ever more popular, the number of brokers is growing at a rapid rate. What should one look at when deciding which broker to open an account with? These are the important points to consider.SpreadBecause currencies, unlike futures and stocks, are not traded through a central exchange, the spread can be different depending on the broker you use, so it's we...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Forex signal, forex signals advice
- There are lot's of Forex signals providers out there. New Forex traders might be thinking of looking for a reliable Forex signals provider. Is there any reliable Forex signals providers available?Personally, I will say do not pay for Forex signals. Think about it - if a Forex signals provider sells Forex signals for living, you can doubt their Forex trading skills? Or else if they are prett...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Why forex traders plan to fail before they even place their first trade & how you can know it & ...
- Have you heard the wise saying that a trader who fails to plan, plans to fail? I have, and I was once that trader! However, did you know that even though traders who have constructed a plan, which incorporates their trading stategy (their "edge"), they have a plan that is likely to fail?If we look at all traders who participate in the market: we have one group that fails to plan and therefo...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The secrets of the super-traders
- The first and perhaps most important "secret" is to realize that your methodology or approach (no matter how good) is only part of being a highly successful trader. This applies to any trading style including, day trading, swing trading or position trading.The simple fact is that a bad trader can screw up a fantastic trading system. Conversely a talented trader can take a mediocre...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Internet and computer systems in the forex business
- With every passing year the interest in electronic trading is bigger, more especially trading shares and currency through Internet. A new profession came forward ? this of the currency dealer. The appearance of this profession was caused by the full force of development of Internet, which enabled the exchange business to be carried over at home or at the office. The electronic platforms offered by...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to handle a string of losses
- Everybody hates to lose and unfortunately no one is blessed with the ability of foresight, therefore losses are an unavoidable part of trading. When we enter a trade we will either be right, or wrong, and even if we broke-even we'd still be classed as being wrong - as nobody enters into a trade just to break-even! When unsuccessful traders encounter a string of losses they begin to engage in self-...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 5 questions you need to have answered before you back-test your forex system
- As 90-95% of new forex traders lose money within the first 3-6 months this article helps to guide new forex traders by asking 5 questions that the forex trader needs to know prior to back-testing their forex system.Let us jump right in...1. What data type are you using (or going to use)?I know this sounds strange, especially if you have experience from another market such as s...
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- 2007-03-29 17:37:28 - Your fortune is in your follow-up ...
- ? 1998-2004 Thom Reece All Rights Reserved
No matter what you sell--products, services, or causes--one of the key ingredients to your success will be the attention you give your sales lead follow-up system.
Notice that I used the word *system* to describe your follow-up program. It's an important conceptual word. If you do not have a well planned, step-by-step system ...
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- 2007-03-29 17:37:28 - Winning the traffic exchange game
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Copyright 2004 by Shannon Herod
Winning the traffic exchange game can be done. I was just starting out online and had no money so I was looking for a free way to drive traffic to my site. That is when I first found traffic exchanges. I found the concept to be great and signed up for everyone I found and started clicking and clicking and clicking. After countl...
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