Learning Forex Trading - The Eight Steps To Get You On Your Way

Learning forex trading can certainly be a daunting process if you have no idea where to start. Although forex is less complex than some other methods of trading because it only deals with one specific commodity, it can still be a chore to get to grips with. There is so much involved when learning forex trading, especially if you want to be successful, but by following the tips below, you can soon obtain the knowledge and know how that you need.

1. Research forex trading You can never walk into any kind of investment without first investigating the possibilities and weighing up the advantages and disadvantages, and learning forex trading is no different. You should at least know what it is and how the concept of forex trading works before committing yourself to attempting to profit from it.

2. Learn all about currencies Most individuals know a little about the dollar, pound and euro, but it is essential to learn about all currencies and their histories whilst learning forex trading. Without having basic knowledge of the fundamentals of currency, you cannot hope to do well at forex trading.

3. Assess the odds The odds of success and failure are part and parcel of learning forex trading because you need to be able to recognise trends, analyse profit margins and recognise potential.

4. Learn the key terms Every investment opportunity has some form of jargon attached to it. Ensure that you have a full understanding of the jargon associated with learning forex trading before progressing to the next possible step.

5. Watch the market As with anything in life, always watch the market to get the feel of it before progressing to participation. Learning forex trading is all about understanding before participating, and the only way for you to do that is to watch other before attempting it yourself

6. Use software to trade for free Some softwares enable the learning forex trading before you actually invest. You can trade imaginary amounts via simulators to give you practice and give a greater understanding of the system. You can analyse your mistakes and rectify them before actually investing your own money!

7. Set a budget Always work out what you can afford to trade whilst you are learning forex trading. It is easy for an individual to get in over his or head and end up losing far more than he or she can afford, so make sure that you are not one of those people!

8. You are ready to begin for real Your learning forex trading crash course is complete so as soon as you feel confident, go for it!

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Demystifying Private Equity

For all of the attention that the financial press has bestowed upon the private equity industry, it seems that none of these media outlets have explained what this private equity phenomenon is and how it may relate to everyday leaders of small or midsize businesses. Moreover, these reports often fail to describe what makes private equity a dynamic and growing part of today's economy for businesses large and small.

In spite of what the headlines may lead us to believe, there is far more private equity capital invested in small and midsize enterprises than the handful of massive transactions that are chronicled in the pages of business publications. The private equity market has become an increasingly important source of funds for start-up enterprises, private businesses, firms in financial distress and, more recently, public firms seeking privatization.

This is the first of a series of articles in Winning Workplaces' e-newsletter designed to demystify private equity along with other alternative capital markets, and to provide a roadmap to navigate the financial paths that can be foreign to many of us. Through future articles we will also illustrate how better-informed financial decision making can result in improved work environments and stronger organizational cultures.

Before delving further into the subtleties of capital markets, it is best to start by asking the most basic question: What is private equity? "Private equity" is a term most commonly used to describe the entire universe of venture capital investing, buyout transactions and mezzanine/subordinated debt placements. One may also add that private equity is broad nomenclature for any type of equity or debt investment in which the securities are not freely tradable on a public market.

While this type of capital is not a new concept, the categorization and institutionalization of it are new. Entrepreneurs have turned to friends and family members to secure funds to buy a company or start a new business for as long as there have been corporations. This informal source of capital, the original "private equity," is still believed to be the largest source of private equity to corporate America.

Only in the last 30 years has capital been widely organized into private funds where general partners find, structure and oversee investments on behalf of institutional limited partners. Pension funds, endowments, foundations, insurance companies, wealthy families and other private equity fund investors have recognized that the long-term nature of business growth is not always compatible with the short-term horizons of stock analysts and public investors. Additionally, investors have realized that many of the most exciting and rapidly growing businesses are outside of the public equity markets.

As a result of strong returns to early private equity investors, pools of capital have continued to be organized at a rapid pace with the goal of seeking out long-term investments in companies of all sizes that are in need of capital. There are now hundreds, perhaps thousands, of private investment vehicles that have been formed for this purpose, and some have further specialized to focus exclusively on specific industries, certain stages of companies (ie, start-ups or distressed businesses), particular strips of a company's capital structure (ie, mezzanine debt) or even ownership structure (ie, non-controlling positions or women-owned businesses).

Now that you are armed with a brief background on private equity, you may be asking, "When is institutional private equity the right capital for my company?" Of course, there are numerous factors that one should consider before taking on a private equity partner beyond the financial ones, but putting those issues aside which we will address in future articles let's first focus on the cost of capital. Most forms of private equity and debt will be more expensive than what your local bank can provide. Thus, firms that raise private equity tend to be those that may have difficulty seeking funding from conventional financing sources.

For example, firms may be unable to get bank credit to fund rapid growth; or a bank won't fund the buyout of an existing shareholder; or a business is experiencing an industry down cycle or the establishment of a new initiative; or perhaps a company needs a bridge loan through financial distress. These are all situations where private equity capital may on the surface seem expensive. Yet, it is likely a lot cheaper than the alternatives, such as not growing, staying wedded to an unhappy shareholder, not paying bills or even going out of business.

Private equity comes in all shapes and sizes. In future articles, we will address how to position your company to access capital from these types of outside sources, including private equity, and how capital and the sources of capital can play a significant role in workplace culture.

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Samsung the Elephant

Samsung dominates life in its home country like no other company in the world. But the slogan "what is good for Samsung is good for South Korea" is open for debate.

The South Korean economy is a paradox. It has become the third largest economy in Asia after Japan and China. Its 48 million citizens have in one generation enjoyed a sizable jump in their standard of living and no country has benefited more than South Korea from the rise of China which has become a vital export market. Its sovereign credit rating was recently upgraded due to reduced tensions with North Korea and it enjoys foreign exchange reserves of over $200 billion. The Korean people should be full of satisfaction for a job well done but instead are rather a discontented lot.

Its per capita income is about one third that of the OECD average. Economic growth is expected in the 3-4% range closer to a mature economy than an Asian tiger. Unemployment is becoming an issue and a stronger currency and relatively high wage levels are crimping exports which account for 40% of its economy. Exports are up only 7% this year after a 31% jump last year. After a credit card binge, average net consumer borrowing is equal to 100% of disposable income and the bank of Korea recently bumped up its benchmark rate for the first time in three years.

What is going on here? Somewhat surprisingly, South Korea is experiencing many of the same outsourcing issues that Americans complain about. It was the largest investor in China last year with over $6 billion in fixed investments. Its largest steel maker POSCO announced its intention to invest $12 billion in a steel plant in India where it already runs 24 steel companies. Hyundai manufactures 600,000 autos in China and its affiliate Kia makes 150,000 more.

Meanwhile Samsung Electronics has become Asias largest technology company by market cap (larger than Sony), and its largest maker of memory chips and flat panel screens and mobile phones. Samsung enjoys a credit rating higher than South Koreas sovereign rating. With 62 affiliates, the Samsung group dominates life in Korea like no other company in history. It represents 15% of the nations total economic activity, 25% of the capitalization of the KOSPI stock market and the taxes it pays represent almost 10% of total government income!

Samsung, up 25% so far this year, is still attractive at about 11 times consensus 2006 earnings estimates and its operating profit was up 29% in the third quarter. Despite third quarter net income declining 30%, a strong fourth quarter is expected. There is a shortage of LCD television panels and its flash memory chip global market share exceeds 60%. As prices have come down flash chip sales have gone up 40%.

But the company is not a terrific play on the South Korean economy. Rather it is a global play on its three key markets and the expected payoff from its extraordinary commitment to R&D. The South Koreans are discontented because the five largest companies are growing outside the country more than in it and at a stage of development where it should be more competitive manufacturing onshore. The challenge is the low cost manufacturing platform with huge economies of scale just next door the issue is China. Samsung already has already has 29 plants and 50,000 workers in China.

Since China is already starting to manufacture stuff like machine tools that the South Koreans were busily exporting in 2003 and 2004, South Korean planners believe it must quickly transform itself into a finance, communications and transportation hub akin to the role of Singapore or Switzerland. The question then becomes do they have the right companies, the right skills and what is its competitive advantage?

Together, Samsung, POSCO, KEPCO (Korea Electric Power) and SK Telecom account for almost 50% of South Korean stock markets market capitalization. To use a basketball analogy, the South Korean starting five are strong but its bench is a bit thin and its team has lost the home court advantage. The problem is not Samsung but rather that they need about ten more Samsungs.

The top four companies also make up 40% of the South Korea iShare (EWY) ETF which is up 29% so far this year. Samsung alone accounts for 23% of this ETF and buying the iShare gives you more exposure to the top ten South Korean companies. I am trimming our position in the South Korea iShare to take some profits off the table and with the expectation that the stronger won and higher interest rates will lead to a slowdown in exports. Together with the likely re-emergence of the North Korean problem, this may very well undermine investor confidence.

Bottom line: buy Samsung based on valuation and top notch global reach and R&D but expect tougher going for the South Korean economy as China turns from robust export market to direct competitor.

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Commodities Futures The Best Contracts to Trade

Here we look at the best contracts to trade, for long-term trend followers - and how to blend these commodities and futures contracts, to obtain good diversification - and great profit potential. We also reveal the one commodity contract, which any trader should be looking to trade.

One of the great advantages of commodity futures trading is the wide variety of un-correlated groups that you can trade.

The main trading groups are:

. Currencies
. Interest Rates
. Stock Indices
. Grains
. Meats
. Energies
. Metals
. Food and Fibre

The big moves only come a few times a year - and of course, in futures and commodities, its the big moves that make the big profits.

Single Groups or Diversification?

In futures, and commodity trading, this depends on the risk / reward you want - and the amount of capital you have.

If you trade just one or two groups, then your commodity and futures trading risk / reward in will be higher

The Best Contracts to Trade

We have outlined the best futures and commodities contracts below - based upon the following criteria:

. Liquidity, and investor participation
. Long term trends, over the last 30 years.

Currencies

A great market for long-term trend followers - all currencies exhibit long-term trends - as they reflect the underlying health of the economy.

A good place to start is the Dollar Index, which can be less volatile than the individual currencies - and is suited to long term position traders.

Interest Rates

Another great group - interest rates - considered boring, by many commodity futures traders - but theyre not! They have great long-term trends - with the best contracts being the T Bond and T Notes.

Stock Indices

The S & P is the one, most commodity & futures traders look at - but there are plenty of others. Good markets to trade include the DAX, NASDAQ and Dow Jones.

Energies

Energies are the biggest physical commodity group in the world - in terms of volume. The energies group exhibits good, long-term trends all the time.

All traders should start with Crude Oil, but for traders who really want to taste some action, check out Natural Gas when trends come here, theyre huge! A word of caution on this market - its only for futures commodity traders with deep pockets - and strong nerves.

Adding Diversity

The above commodity futures are all suitable for trading as individual groups - however with the contracts listed below, wed only trade as part of a diversified portfolio - due to lower liquidity, and limit moves.

Metals

The main focus for speculators is on, Copper, Gold and Silver - however the White Metals of Platinum, and Palladium, have produced some of the best trends of recent years.

These rare metals are precious metals - but double up as industrial metals as well. Although trading volumes are thin, volatility and limit moves are frequent - for traders with deep pockets, these metals offer outstanding long-term trends.

Grains and Meats

Grains and Meats were big contracts for speculators in years gone by - but they have lost some of their shine. Speculators now trade more financials - however, Pork Bellies, Live Hogs, Feeder Cattle, and Live Cattle, still offer commodity futures traders great trends.

The grains are similar and the Soybean complex - Wheat, and Corn, are the markets to look at.

Food and Fibre

The markets to look at are Orange Juice, Coffee, Cocoa and Cotton. Cotton is probably the best market for long-term trend followers - but this is very much a personal choice.

Successfully Blending a Portfolio

Today, many traders simply focus on the financials (and currencies are the best group to trade) - however as you can see from the above, that commodity futures traders, have plenty of contracts from which to choose.

With the global economy expanding fast, theres one contract that looks a great long-term buy - the contract to buy, and hold, for huge gains. Its the CRB index - which is a basket of commodities - and it looks set to soar because, commodities go up, based upon the huge demand from countries, such as India and China - check it out!

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Investment Strategy: Contrarian Investing 101

Have you ever wondered why some people are able to invest in any financial instrument or property at a low price and why you have always missed the boat? This article explains the importance of understanding why contrarian investing works and how having such a mindset can help you make more money as part of a larger investment strategy.

1.Value Investing mindset

Before one can profess to be a contrarian investor, you must have an understanding of the underlying value of the thing you are buying and decide that it is undervalued and historically and the market will rebound within a good period. A good book to start reading on value investing in the stock market is The Intelligent Investor, by Benjamin Graham who was Warren Buffets Professor in Columbia University and helped shape his investment strategy. So because you know the usual market value of something, you can purchase it on the cheap when prices drop , not unlike shopping for discounts at a supermarket.

2.Look out for downturns

Another key indicator is to understand your market well and then pay a careful attention to downturns in the economy or freak incidents like September 11. Some investments do down in value due to macro economic factors that may have nothing to do with your particular investment. A contrarian investor would spend time looking for ominous signs in the papers which may lead to a downturn so as to purchase stocks, shares at a discount to the average price.

Downturns that can prove profitable include:
Natural Disasters that have nothing to do with the underlying stock.
Cross Border Disputes affecting a particular Companys price which has nothing to do with its main operations.
Wars and Hostilities that can affect the competitors of your current favourite stock.

3.Look out for excessive exuberance

Contrarian Investors know that downturns can also be profitable if you use Put options which pay you when the underlying stock declines in price? The best way to predict such a downturn would be to look for in the words of the former Chief of the Federal Reserve Allen Greenspan, excessive exuberance. This means basically that while prices are still rising furiously, the number of buyers would start decreasing and a market correction might follow.

Some indicators of such excessive exuberance include:

When you see financial analysts being very rosy on highly speculative stocks.
When the stock market indexes start rising close to record highs.
When you notice that trading volume diverges with the price, meaning that while prices are rising, the trading volume is dropping.

Contrarian investing is thus a mindset where the individual looks for trading opportunities which can yield profits. A contrarian investor thus looks out for economic, political and other factors which can cause a large market movement in the particular financial instrument that he is trading in and can make a large capital gain from his investment. This form of investing can be part of a larger investment strategy and one should consider contrarian investing as part of his online investing warchest today.

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Currency Trading Why It's Harder Today than It Ever Has Been Part 1

Currency trading looks deceptively easy, yet only a small number of traders succeed.

This may sound an odd statement after all the communications and information available is more advanced than ever before, but this is not help it can actually hinder your quest for currency trading success Heres why.

Speed of information

Today, all participants in the market can get vast amounts of news in seconds via the internet and this creates volatility.

Of course, we all know volatility is needed to make money from any financial market -If there is no movement there is no profit potential.

Volatility and price spikes

However today, price spikes are a hindrance to currency trading success for a vast amount of traders.

How many times has this happened to you?

You take a position and it moves your way then suddenly, it recoils back hits your stop and your out of the market.

Then to really depress you, the market goes back up in the direction you had thought it would to make huge profits!

If thats happened to you dont worry your not alone, it has happened to most traders.

Information is discounted quickly and price moves and spikes are more volatile within the major trends than they have ever been.

So how do you combat these problems?

The best way is to avoid these common errors

Avoid Day Trading

The biggest myth is that to achieve currency trading success you need to day trade.

On the contrary, its a guaranteed way to lose.

You cant predict short term moves so dont try.

Also, your inevitable losses will never be covered by your profits as you dont run them. Add in transaction costs and you will lose.

You need to trade longer term and limited youre trading only to the best opportunities and you also need to accept risk.

Here is what you should do.

- Trade the longer term trends only.

- Be highly selective in your entries Dont trade for the sake of trading.

-Accept more risk!

Dont put your stop where everyone else does.

If you are confident in your trade give your position a wide stop.

This doesnt mean being rash but if you believe in a trade you are going to have to take risk.

- Dont diversify too much only trade the trades that you believe will make big gains and risk more on them.

-Dont move your stop to quickly leave it behind to cope with volatility.

-Have a profit target and once reached get out or then you can tighten up your stop

You need to be able to mentally accept big gains!

Traders who trade for small profits or day trade are doomed in the majority of cases to fail, as are the ones who cant accept huge profits.

This may sound an odd statement, but its true.

It takes a lot of courage to sit on a position thats making thousands of dollars and watching short term volatility eat into them.

If you believe in your method you should stick with the trade and keep in mind that many currency trades last several months or years.

These are the trades that will make your currency trading a success so focus on them, hold them and risk as much as you can, so you dont get knocked out the trend.

In part 2 we will look at specifically how to do this and how you can catch the big moves and make big profits.

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Forex Trend Following - The Basics For Making Big Profits

Forex trend following can be very lucrative as for the technical trader forex markets offer some great long term trends and profits for those who trend follow correctly.

Lets look at the basics of forex trend following.

Trend following means longer term

Before we start we are going to look at long term trend following and this means catching trends that last for weeks or months.

Were not interested in day trading here, the odds are against you doing this and short term moves are random so dont try it you will lose your money.

Spotting the trend

For forex trend following start with the weekly chart this will give you the big picture and you can spot trends that last for weeks months or years here.

Next move to the daily chart and try and spot support and resistance that is on both charts. The weekly chart gives you the big picture and the daily gives you entry levels.

Methods for trend following

Perhaps the best place to start is with a breakout method.

Its a fact that most major currency moves start from new highs and the advantage of a breakout method is that you can trade with confirmation of a trend in motion.

We have written about breakout methods in other articles simply look them up, there is not enough room here to explain in detail.

You can use just charts but we like to use a couple of timing indicators to judge the strength of the breakout and for this look no further than the stochastic indicator which is the ultimate timing indicator in our view.

Its available free on internet charting services and is easy to understand and apply.

Be very selective

Dont trade just for the sake of trading.

In forex trend following the big moves only come a few times a year so wait for them.

Its these trades that make the big profits, so be patient.

Money management.

A breakout method makes money management fairly easy.

Breakouts are either false and fail quickly, or you get a strong trending move.

When setting stops in long term trend following, dont trail it to quickly to lock in profits.

Your looking to hold these trades for weeks or even months, so be prepared to suffer the emotions of seeing large dips in open equity and keep the bigger picture in mind.

If you are new to trading long term forex trend following is a good way to start.

If you get it right you can make some really big profits and that after all is the aim of all forex traders.

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Seven Deadly Trading Mistakes - Part Five

By now you might be thinking that this trading business requires somewhat more effort than you first thought. And you would be right! In fact, that's the subject of todays lesson.

Mistake Number Five - Not Putting In The Required Effort

It's a strange phenomenon that seems almost unique to the field of internet trading; people believe that they can read a book, open an brokerage account, and start making huge amounts of cash just like that.

I used the analogy of an airline pilot in the last article, so lets continue with that theme here. Not many people would expect to decide on Monday that they wanted to fly long-haul airliners, buy and read a book on the principals of flight on Tuesday, and start work as a Captain on Wednesday. But with trading, such a short learning curve appears to many to be perfectly expected.

Whilst I certainly agree that, proportionally in relation to other activites day trading can provide much greater returns for much less effort, it nonetheless does require some effort to get going.

Trading, like any other skill, takes time and commitment to learn and become proficient. However, unlike many other skills, that time to become sufficiently adept need not be costly, or at the expense of existing obligations. In other words, a novice trader can learn the markets and practise their trading whilst continuing in their day-job, and without significant outlay.

Indeed I would advise any would-be trader to have a steady source of income when they start out. The absolute need to generate a profit can have a hugely detrimental effect on trading decisions.

A problem a lot of student traders I work with have is that they start out with a healthy dose of motivation, but when the going gets tough they start to lose interest. Suddenly it becomes too much like hard work. The first losing trades make for a powerful reality check. Motivation goes out the window, and plans to quit the day job are quietly forgotton about. Part of this problem is down to unrealistic expectations at the outset, and part is due to a lack of accountability. In a regular job, we're normally answerable to someone. If something doesn't get done, there's usually someone higher up the food chain ready to kick our butts.

When we're trading our own account, that concept no longer exists. We're only accoubtable to ourselves. For many people that's a first. The solution is to get back to that written trading plan. If the plan has been well thought out, it will include the all important mission statement, and perhaps a set of attainable goals. Re-reading these every day will help reinforce self-accountabilty and motivation.

Trading isn't difficult (something I'll talk more about in the next article), but neither is it an instant source of riches there for the taking. Like anything worthwhile, you get back what you put in. The difference between trading and other activities is that once you have mastered the skill, relative to the amount of time you spend "working" you will get back much more more than you ever put in!

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A Sneaky Way to Steal Someone Else's Forex Trading System

Anyone who is serious about trading needs to have a Forex Trading System that is tailored to them, but there is no reason to start constructing your Forex trading system from scratch.

Why try and reinvent the wheel when you can benefit from other traders years of experience and borrow your trading systems ideas and concepts?

Its easy to do, and there are some pretty good Forex trading systems out there for you to work with. Some of them are free and some are very expensive, but the price tags dont always reflect the actual value of the Forex trading systems. But, many of these systems wont work for you, and I am not talking about out-right dishonesty here, which can be a big problem when trading. What I am talking about is your ability to effectively trade with the system that you may be considering using or buying.

You need to use a system that matches your life style and personality. If you have a day job (not trading), a Forex Trading System that requires you to stare at a screen all day wouldnt be appropriate. You would be distracted at work and miss the opportunities to make money, or even worse, you will not close a trade effectively and could lose money.

Some Forex trading systems have a potential to lose 20, 30 or 40% of your money before they are profitable. Can you handle a system that can drop your trading capital to half before making money? Or, are you prepared to have a string of 8 to 10 loses in a row before you have a winning trade? Some of the best traders in the world lose money on more than 50% of their trades. These are all important points to consider when you are creating your Forex Trading System. Choose aspects of the different systems that are out there that fit your trading style best, and then build your Forex trading system.

An excellent trading method, which was made famous by Richard Dennis and William Eckhardt and is sometimes referred to as Turtle Trading, is one of the best Forex trading systems that I know of. They get returns in excess of 20 to 100% per year using this system. But, could most traders trade their system? Not a chance! Dennis and Eckhardt also loose on over 60% of their trades.

Once you know what sort of Forex Trading System will work best for you, look at the components that make it work. Face it; if you are a new, or even a fairly serious, trader how likely are you to come up with a totally new concept? There are some very smart and wealthy traders out there. Why not use their ideas. Consider Dennis and Eckhardts turtle trading, their system is based on a breakout method. I know most traders could not trade using their exact method, but they could take parts of it, such as the breakouts, to confirm a trend.

You can also use other Forex trading systems to give you an outline of what parts a system has to have for it to make money. All great Forex trading systems have these three basics:

1. Entry Rules,
2. Money Management Rules and
3. Exit Rules.

Study and learn from the Forex trading systems out there, borrow their concepts, and steal their ideas. It will put you on the track to the system that will make you a successful trader.

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General Money Management

Trade Limit
For any given trade, the trader will not lose more than $X. If your last trade losses are greater than this preset amount, then you should determine what course of actions you will take. These actions will likely force you to stop trading for the rest of the day. This means that you should shut down your trading platform FOR THE DAY. You then should determine how the free time well be spent. You might want to re-evaluate the strategy that lead to your loss and make any changes if necessary, and then paper trade until you are certain that the strategy continues to work.

Weekly Limit
For any given trading week, you will not lose more than $X. If your weekly cumulative losses plus your last trade losses are greater than this predetermined amount, then you should decide what course of actions you will take. These actions should probably include terminating the rest of your trading for the trading day and the trading week. Again, you will shut down your trading platform FOR THE DAY and refrain from trading the REST OF THE WEEK. You should then decide on how the free time should be spent. Suggestions might be to re-evaluate the strategy, incorporate any changes if necessary, and paper trade until you are confident that the strategy continues to show a consistent profit.

Monthly Limit
For any given trading month, you will not lose more than $X. If your cumulative monthly losses plus your last trade losses are greater than this predetermined amount, then you should decide what course of actions you will take. These actions should probably include terminating the rest of your trading for the trading day and the trading week and the remainder of the month. You will shut down your trading platform FOR THE DAY, FOR THE WEEK, and FOR THE REST OF THE MONTH. You should then decide on how the free time should be spent. Suggestions might be to re-evaluate the strategy, incorporate any changes if necessary, and paper trade until you are confident that the strategy continues to show a consistent profit.

How Will You Handle Large Losses and Profits?

Your trading capital must be money that you can afford to lose. You need to determine at what point you will bring in more money in the event of a large loss. In addition youll need to define when you will take money out of your account as your profits increase.

How Will You Determine Your Position Size?

The size of your position should never exceed the limitations listed in your risk management rules. Something you might want to consider is that some strategies might have a high probability of success (e.g. trend continuation strategies) which enable you to adopt a more aggressive position size at entry. Other strategies might have a lower probability of success (e.g. reversal strategies) and your risk management rules may only allow for a more conservative position size at entry. However, once the trade and the new trend are established, you might want to think about adding to the position at predetermined continuation signals. This potentially allows you to increase your position size while at the same time maintaining a very low exposure to risk

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Forex Trading - The 3 Keys to a Winning Trader's Mindset

Forex trading is simple to learn, and anyone can acquire the skills - so, why is it that 95% of traders lose money? Many traders lose money because they have poor methods, though some have sound methods but still lose - because they lack the right mindset to succeed.

Here well look at the three keys for getting the mindset of the millionaire traders.

1. Desire and Passion

If you want success in anything - including forex trading, then you must desire success. If you have the desire, then youll do whats required to succeed. If you look at any of the legendary traders, they all had desire - and they loved what they did with a passion.

You must also have desire and passion for what you do. However, thats not enough - you must also avoid worrying about risk and setbacks. Currency trading success doesnt come easily so, if you cant build up the strong desire and passion required for successful trading, then you should find something else to do - as youll lose your money trading in the currency markets.

If however, you accept that its not any easy road - and youre prepared to put in the effort, then forex trading can earn you an income that most people can only dream of.

2. Confidence

You hear traders talk a lot about discipline when forex trading - but you dont hear them talk much about confidence. However, confidence is a vital component of your forex trading strategy - confidence in yourself not in some mentor, or guru youre following.

If you want to succeed in currency trading, then you have to have rock solid confidence that your currency trading system this will lead you to currency trading success. You must retain your confidence, even when youre losing money - and therell be periods when you lose money, for weeks, or months on end.

If you dont have unshakeable confidence that youll ultimately succeed, then currency trading will break you and youll throw in the towel before you become a winner.

To have confidence, you need to understand exactly how, and why your forex trading strategy works. This will give you a trading edge - and ultimately, success. If you dont know what your trading edge is, then youll be joining the majority of traders - the ones who lose money!

3. Discipline

Youve probably heard that discipline is vital to trading success - and if you think that following a system with discipline is easy then, think again.

Lets look at an example of just how hard currency trading with discipline really is: In the eighties, legendary trader Richard Dennis taught a group of traders with no previous experience, how to trade - and he gave them a method they could all use. In 14 days, these traders were given trading accounts - and collectively, they quickly made over $100 million.

They were all successful traders - yet there was a huge variation between the results of the individual traders. In Curtis M. Faiths great book The Way of the Turtle, he discusses this in depth and the lesson is: Learning a successful trading system is not enough! You need the correct mindset to execute the system correctly and nothing can prepare you for this. You simply have to experience it yourself - and its tough trying to stick with a currency trading system, when the pressure is on - and youre losing money. Money is on the line and emotions are involved.

Many forex traders try to prepare for trading, with demo accounts - and making big percentage wins. However, theres no pressure - its practice, and its easy try doing it for real, with real money thats when if becomes difficult!

Now you have them - the three keys to adopting the right mindset, in order to achieve currency-trading success. Its not easy to achieve the winning traders mindset - but when the rewards are as great as they are in FX trading, you wouldnt expect them to be.

If you can adopt the right mindset, the world of currency trading will give you immense rewards for your effort. Good Luck!

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Moving Average Convergence-Divergence - The Trading signal

Moving Average convergence/Divergence (MACD) was developed by Gerald Appel, it is one of the simplest and most reliable trend-following indicator. It shows the difference between a fast and slow exponential moving average of the closing price, the result are then plot to forms a line that oscillates above and below zero, without any upper or lower limits.

The fast line called the MACD line and is the difference between two smoothed exponential moving averages of closing prices (usually 12 and 26-days). The slower line called the signal line and is usually a 9-days smoothed exponential moving average of the MACD line.

MACD Formula
The following are the steps to calculate MACD

1. Calculate the 12-days EMA of closing price
2. Calculate the 26-days EMA of closing price
3. MACD = 12-days EMA - 26-days EMA
4. Signal Line = 9-days EMA of MACD

Formula for EMA

EMA = (SC X (CP - PE)) + PE

SC = Smoothing Constant (Number of days)
CP = Current Price
PE = Previous EMA
* A SMA is used for first period's calculation

Trading signals
MACD crossing Signal line
There are 2 types of cross over between MACD and Signal line.

MACD falls below Signal line
It is a bearish sign which indicates as a sell signal and the price of the underlying stock is likely to experience downward momentum.

MACD rises above Signal line
It is a bullish signal which indicates as a buy signal and the price of the underlying stock is likely to experience upward momentum.

MACD line crossing Zero MACD can cross above or below the Zero line. A crossing of the MACD line above Zero interpreted as a bullish sign and the stock likely to go upward. On the other hand, a crossing of MACD line below the Zero line interpreted as a bearish sign and the stock is likely to go downward.

The Zero line is often acts as an support or resistance for MACD.

Overbought / Oversold
MACD values can also fluctuate above and below the Zero line. When it rises dramatically and is too far above the Zero line, it indicate as an overbought condition. When MACD falls dramatically and is too far below from the Zero line, it indicates as an oversold condition.

When either one of the condition above occurs, the shorter moving average pulls away from the longer term moving average. The stock is extremely overbought or oversold under these conditions and will soon return to normal levels.

Divergences
Divergences appear between the trend of the MACD lines and the stock price. There are two types of divergences: Bearish divergence and Bullish divergence.

Bullish divergence occurs when MACD line is below the Zero line and start to show strength while prices continue to move downward. This is always a signal that underlying stock has reached bottom.

Bearish divergence occurs when MACD line is above the Zero line and start to weaken while prices continue to raise or trend higher. This is a warning where the underlying stock has reached the Top.

Both of these divergences are most significant when they occur at relatively high or low levels.


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Types of Retirement Accounts

We all need to save more for our retirement years. The biggest issue and deciding factor of how much you have at retirement is twofold.

First, how early you begin to save has a significant impact on the end result. Second, the type of retirement account can mean the difference between retiring rich and retiring "comfortably".

You should know before making one of the most important decisions of your financial life that there are a vast variety of different retirement plans for us to choose from, and seeking professional advice may be the best way to figure out what fits you best.

The retirement plan we are probably all the most familiar with is the 401K plan. This plan is sponsored by our place of employment. The employee makes his or her specified contribution per paycheck.

Not every employer offers a 401k, but most bigger corporations offer it as an incentive for their employees to take advantage of.

The contributions to a 401 are made pretax, and are withdrawn directly from the individual's paycheck. Whatever an individual earns on these contributions may compound and remains tax-free until the employee has it distributed upon retirement.

The next retirement plan, and perhaps the second most well-known and commonly utilized for it's tax benefits at the opposite end is the IRA.

With the IRA, or individual retirement account, the amount a person can contribute pretax is connected to the amount earned in wages.

Using an IRA makes sense if your contributions are fully deductible or your contributions are partially deductible and you won't need the money before age 59 1/2, or if you're already maxing out your 401K.

Within the category of IRA's, there are many different types. The Keogh Plan is designed for a self employed person or a partnership.

For small businesses to set up retirement plans, there is the simplified employee pension or SEP plan. With the Roth IRA, the contributions made are not tax deductible, however, the returns will be distributed tax-free.

When contributing to a Roth IRA, your plan would be that you'll pay less in taxes now than the rate you'd pay in retirement.

You would also want to confirm with your financial advisor any tax benefits you may receive now for making contributions to your IRA, if any, as this can significantly reduce your taxable income in some cases.

A rollover IRA is meant for people who are retiring and receiving money from a 401K or for people who are leaving a job.

There are more variations to investing for retirement and far more detail to each kind of retirement account.

Review your own personal financial situation, your age (big rule of thumb, the earlier the better), your income and other variables to determine which investment option is best for you so you can retire with peace of mind.

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Money Transfer Services Have Increased The Business Connectivity Worldwide

Conducting a business means you have to send invoices to your clients to make payments. The extent of your business determines how far you need to send invoices. For example, for a businessperson in China having a clientele in the USA means that he needs to send have a set of options whereby sending and receiving invoice would be seamless, fast, and reliable. This was a difficulty earlier, a reason why business hesitated setting the seas.

Online money transfer services have come as a boon to these problems. With the advent of online money transfer, today business can send invoice to its worldwide customers instantly and reliably, making it easy for business to maintain profitability. Sending invoice to another part of the world is easy. You can choose from a variety of online invoice forms from the Internet. Whatever form you choose, you should ensure that it consists of detailed information about the goods or service price, current contact information, quantity of product, freight and transport charges, validity, terms of payment etc. You can also opt for software programs for generating the invoice.

Once your invoice is ready, you can start generating them online. a number of online money transfer service providers offer invoice sending facilities. Epay has a whole lot of features for sending invoices through email and also mobile. Recipients need to click on the invoice and make payments. The advantage of this feature is quickness and reliability of payments. An email can travel around the world in seconds and so can the payments. Hence, if you are choosing to set up a worldwide business, make sure that you have access to such online money transfer services that let you make send invoices and accept payments to the invoices fast, easy, and secured.

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Estate- How To Lower The Price of Gas

Gas prices seem near all-time highs and the summer driving season hasnt even started yet! A recent email presented a simple solution that will force gas prices back to the $1.25 a gallon range. Read on for details and to learn basic principals that may make investing more profitable.

Have you ever received one of those chain emailsthe kind where you are supposed to forward it to 10 of your friends? My wife received one this morning. The email contained the simple solution to the gas crisis. Supposedly, the solution was created by a high-level executive at a major U.S. corporation and an engineer that worked for an oil services firm. These guys should know their stuff, right? Wrong.

The solution proposed was that we should all decide to stop buying gas from ExxonMobil. If we stopped buying gas from them then they would be forced to lower gasoline prices to tempt us to buy from them again. The email said that we consumers need to teach the Big Boys that we are in charge, not them.

The Laws of Supply and Demand, the basis for capitalism, are taught in Economics 101. The law says that the market price of a good or service will be determined based on how much of it is available and how much buyers are willing to spend for it. This principle is one of the underlying reasons that bond, real estate and stock prices move up and down.

Lets look at salt as an example. In centuries past, salt was hard to come by and many people needed it. At one time it was so valuable, it was worth its weight in gold.

Thats not the case nowadays. Salt is very inexpensive. The container its sold in probably cost more than the salt inside it. Why? Because the supply of salt is high and the demand for it is low. Salt is easily mined in vast quantities. Also, refrigeration and the use of other preservatives drastically cut demand.

This supply and demand law is the reason the simple solution to reducing the price of gasoline cant work. First, gasoline is a commodity product with a limited supply. If you only switch the outlet from which you purchase gasoline, you arent reducing the demand. The same amount of gasoline will be sold, keeping demand, and therefore the market price, level. It may hurt ExxonMobil but will help someone else.

Reducing the price of gasoline by decreasing demand will require that people use less gasoline. That means we need to carpool, ride bicycles, walk or drive more fuel-efficient vehicles. In the last year or so weve seen that demand remains strong even when prices rise by a dollar or more. So demand probably wont change until prices are much higher than they are today.

Second, the simple demand solution doesnt take into account the fact that there is a global market for oil. Gasoline is produced by refining oil. ExxonMobil doesnt set the price of oil, the market does. Even if demand is reduced in America, the demand elsewhere continues to increase. The demand in China and India is growing so rapidly that prices will go up even if we cut back here in America.

Third, the supply of oil must be factored into the equation. There hasnt been a discovery of a major oil-field in decades. The amount of oil pumped from an oil-field doesnt stay the same. It will naturally decrease over time. There have been improvements made in getting the oil out of the ground, but overall, the number of barrels a day pumped is declining. For instance, did you know that the production of OPEC is lower today than it was in 2005?

So this simple solution obviously wont work. I believe that there is little we can do in the United States to significantly lower the price of oil. There simply isnt enough oil to meet the needs of the world economy. Understanding that affects how I manage my clients portfolios.

As an investor, understanding the Laws of Supply and Demand will help you select where you should invest. Avoiding industries where supply is increasing faster than demand will reduce your losses. Investing in industries where demand is growing faster than supply can increase your profits.

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10 Proven Tips for Stock Market Trading

The internet is jam packed with so-called independent experts who claim that they made a fortune trading stocks. They are only too willing to share those tips with you for a price. Maybe you recognize the name of the expert, maybe you dont. Which expert is right? Here are 10 tips common to the best stock market trading strategies.

1.Set financial limits. Dumping all your cash into a stock hoping for fast return is not investing. You might as well put that money on a horse in the fifth race and admit to gambling. Stock market investors decide how much money to put at risk before buying.

2.Buy low sell high. Thats the tried and true formula for making money in the stock market. The problem is determining those points. No magic here, just plenty of analysis and research to achieve that simple yet elusive goal.

3.Price rules, value drools. The best research may show that a stock is undervalued or overvalued but the proof is in the price. For totally absurd reasons a stock price may rise or fall regardless of what you and the experts believe is the value. As with anything, the actual price is what people are willing to pay.

4.What goes up, comes down. Even a Cinderella stock on a wild ride to the top is headed back to the bottom when the clock strikes midnight. Online stock traders must get off with some profits before riding their pride to a crushing loss.

5.Change happens. Stocks are subject to directional swings that make no sense. The trends may show it or the change may be due to external events. Either way, smart online stock traders live with it and move on. Asking why is not as important as deciding what now.

6.Yield for Curves Ahead. Once a market move is evident, watch for the direction and duration of the trend. Generally a trend move during a bull market is more likely to be positive. A trend move during a stalled or bear market is more likely to be negative.

7.Says who? The internet is jam packed with stock market trading advice from software vendors, online trading firms, stock market newsletters, analysts and people who want to make money from you. How reliable is their advice? Keep a healthy skepticism about whose advice you use in making trading decisions.

8.Expertise is no substitute for Instinct. If technical tools alone made for success than the market would be packed with millionaires. Instinct leads the pack when analysis shows up a day late and a few dollars short.

9.The Efficient Market does not exist. The Efficient Market Hypothesis is a myth. The idea that the stock market will benevolently work itself out from peaks and valleys to a level playing field only works in textbook models of capitalism.

10.Be True to Your School. Consistently apply your trading strategy. Flipping strategies only leads to confusion. If the latest hot tip does not fit your trading strategy, its not for you.

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All About The Stock Market

Does stock trading interest you? If it does, here are a few items to consider before jumping into the stock trading arena. First and foremost, what exactly is a stock? A stock is a representation of a share in the ownership of an incorporated company, you essentially own a piece of the company. When you purchase a stock, you are given the opportunity to watch the company and stock grow or decline. This is why research is needed before you begin purchasing stocks. You should always research the company , look at the trends of the company and the industry that the company is in. If you completed your research thoroughly, you can stand to earn a profit, given the industry that you picked is growing. Always be aware, the industry could turn at any moment and you could end up losing money.

Essentially the goal of stock trading is to earn a profit, this is done by purchasing stocks when they are low and trading them when the stock grows. Here are four different ways to go about trading stocks;

Scalping - Scalping involves buying large quantities of shares in a stock, and you are just looking for a small move in the stock price.

Day trading - Day trading is similar to scalping but you are looking for bigger moves in the price, and you do not hold the stock overnight.

Swing Trading - Swing trading is when you buy a stock and hold it for a short period of time looking for a substantial move in the price.

Buy and Hold - Buy and hold is when you plan on holding on to the stock for a long time. You believe the company is going to grow in value and the price is going to go much higher.

When you enter into the stock trading arena, you need to decide which kind of stock trader you would like to be. They all have their good and bad attributes, it just depends if you are looking for short term gains or long term gains in the stock market.

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Investing Mining Stocks and Warrants

The Canadian Dollar is now one of the strongest currencies in the world and there have been many forecasts of parity with the U.S. Dollar and as of today, the Loonie is trading at 90.35 as we write this article.

The first and second charts below shows the strength of the Loonie over the last year and the third chart is of the XAU Gold Index. Observe the long term trends in all of the charts.

For investors around the world how can you best position yourselves to benefit from the rising value of the Canadian Dollar?

If you are like many of us, you are currently participating in the bull market in the commodities sector, specifically, in the precious metals, i.e., gold, silver, copper, zinc, etc. If you are not on board this rally perhaps we can enlighten you to some different ways to benefit not only from the Canadian Dollar but also from your investments.

When an investor purchases shares in the Canadian mining companies you are in essence invested in the Canadian Dollar. With the Canadian dollar increasing relative to your countrys currency, your investment is increasing. As the value of your Canadian investments increases, you win again. Thus, you gain from the increasing in the currency as well as the increase in your investments in the mining shares or perhaps, long-term warrants on the mining shares.

The point is, currently investors are experiencing the best of both worlds and we would expect this trend to continue with normal corrections along the way for at least several more years.

We, as investors ourselves, prefer to defer to the experts, Jim Dines, Doug Casey, Pam & Mary Ann Aden, James Turk and others as to the continued direction and strength of the current bull market.

Perhaps you are a conservative investor and neither you nor your investment advisor are currently aware of the bull market in the commodity sector. We believe that soon, within the next few months or within the year, you, yes, you will be investing in this sector, so the choice is yours, now or later.

Investors have many wonderful opportunities for investments from the gold and silver bullion, ETFs of gold and silver, mutual funds, mining shares and for those investors looking for additional leverage, long-term warrants on mining shares, some of which do not expire until 2011.

As the experts mentioned above believe, this bull market has strong legs and many years to run, we accordingly suggest investors position themselves and not to worry about the day to day fluctuations of the market.

The important thing for all investors is to recognize the big picture, take a position and enjoy what may be the ride of our lifetime.

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Kuala Lumpur Stock Market Outlook - Forecast for the day - 04 July 2007!

Dow rally and strength of ringgit keeps index alive. Re-enter property, construction stocks.

Technically speaking:

1. As at Tuesdays close at 1373.14 the KLCI was higher by 8.77 points or 0.64%. Gainers led losers 642 to 273. Volume traded reached 1.23 billion shares

2. Technically, many property, oil and gas and construction stocks were stopped out on Monday like EQUINE, SUNCITY, KEURO, E&O, E&O-WA, PLENITUDE, EDEN, FAVCO, SAAG, etc.

3. Some of these rebounded yesterday, but we were not wrong in calling for a buy on other property, construction and oil and gas stocks that triggered a buy.

4. Stocks like BRDB, YTLLAND and YTLLAND-PA were excellent.

5. We were also right about MRCB, BURSA, COMMERZ*, BURSA-CB, COMMERZ-CA, COMMERZ-CC*, GENTING-CB and new stock GENTING.

6. There is once again resurgence in interest in IDR stocks from the southern corridor yesterday. Stocks such as UEMWRLD, TEBRAU, EKOVEST are awakening again. So are other property stocks like MKLAND, SUNWAY, SUNWAY-WA, HUNZPTY, BRDB, FABER, etc.

7. Construction stocks like MRCB, GAMUDA, UEMBLDR, etc are also attracting buying interest.

8. In short see a resurgence of buying interest in many stocks, triggering buy signals in many of them. If we were stopped out of some of them, a chartist would re-enter buy.

9. GENTING was once a sell, but now its a buy again, and we would not hesitate to go with the flow to buy GENTING and its warrant. So is COMMERZ, AMMB, BURSA, MRCB, TEBRAU, UEMWRLD, UEBLDR.

10. In short these are the stocks to watch for today: GAMUDA, GCORP, MRCB*, RANHILL, SUNWAY, UEMBLDR, UEMWRLD, AMMB, BURSA, SCOMI, SUCCESS, CEPAT, DBHD, ENCORP, HUNZPTY, MKLAND, TEBRAU, GENTING*, FABER, PETRA, RCECAP, TWSCORP, BURSA-CB, BURSA-CC, GENTING-CB, MKLAND-WA, SUNWAY-WB, YTLLAND-PA, COMINTL, TAMCORP.

11. Also, we would want to mention here that we expect the positive Dow to keep the KLCI strong. Hence longer-term investors would like to hold onto stocks, as we see the Dow hitting 14,400 and our KLCI hitting 1494.

12. The ringgit closed slightly lower yesterday, from 3.4320 to 3.4440 or 120 pips, but news of the Malaysian government determined to keep the ringgit strong, and CNN News advocating to buy the ringgit vs the U.S. dollar should help Malaysian stocks.

13. As the KLCI closed at 1373.14, higher by 8.77 points, the short-term buy signal is intact. CONCLUSION: We expect as a recovering Dow to rub off onto the Asian and Malaysian market this week. So far we are correct.

The KLCI stopped exactly at the lower Bollinger band support of 1348 and rebounded to close above it, at 1373.14. A breakout of the upper band at 1379 or higher today would be a good sign of a possible explosive rally.

Long-term Upside Targets:1492 (Target amended on 15/6/07).

Immediate downside targets: 1348/1319/1291/1222

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The Benefits Of A Mechanical Forex Trading System

Most everyone knows that a lot of money can be made in a short amount of time and with a relatively small amount of money (a few hundred to a few thousand dollars). Some people make a tremendous amount of money regularly in the forex market. But you need to have a proven system or systems. And, especially for new traders, the system or systems used should be easy to understand and easy to use. They should also be mechanical.

Why is it good to use one or more mechanical trading systems when trading forex? Because a lot of emotions can come into play, especially greed and fear, that can destroy even an experienced discretionary trader. To make money consistently you need mechanical systems that keep emotions out of the equation. Like Mr. Spock on Star Trek.

It is that emotionless, logical trading with mechanical systems that have been proven to work over months of testing that will make even the new forex trader a winner almost immediately. Emotion free trading is the way to go. You can be one of the best forex traders anywhere when using proven mechanical forex trading systems. You want systems that are easy to understand and use, and require only an hour or two of work a day to give you the freedom and time you need to enjoy the other activities of your life. Emotion free mechanical trading is essential for success!

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