The ForexGrail Simple Trading System This is going to be too easy to believe but you can make profitable

foreign exchange trades using just two simple moving averages and a software program called the FX meter. (Included with this eBook)
We make money buying one currency going up in value, using another currency going down in value. The charts you look at in forex are not like stock charts at all. The price of a stock is fixed against one currency. Forex trading involves two variables measured against each other. The difference between two currencies is called the spread. Forex charts are spread charts.

Your objective is to purchase a currency that will be strengthening (going up in price) and purchase it with a currency that is expected to weaken. The currency meter allows a foreign exchange trader to see strengths and weakness. The meter allows a trader to have more confidence.
This is the link for downloading the software to install the currency meter. Save the file to your desktop and only launch after enabling the DDE from your choice of MetaTrader broker. I know you are probably excited to get going but keep reading before installing it. You will need to download the free MetaTrader platform in order to provide the ForexGrail software with data. How to install the ForexGrail software movie. Download zip file on installation. Here is the help page linked inside the software.
CamPlayer for AVI if your media player cant handle AVI. Type.

Introduction to the ForexGrail trading system.

This is the software version of the currency strength meter. Its a new way of seeing what we are doing. This picture shows all the currencies at the same time. Un-checking the currencies you dont need will allow you to see just the pairs you are interested in.

As currency traders, our mission is to make money trading the difference in strength between currencies. The ForexGrail will show you which currencies are trending over time by displaying weakness or strength in line form.
You can adjust the snapshot timing from 1 second to 30. Just use the defaults at first. The chart will let you adjust the timeline and display the individual currencies one at a time or in combination.

In Vista, you need to run the program as administrator.

With vista, you can run programs on different security levels by right clicking on the icon as the image on the support page shows and selecting to run as administrator. Normal double clicking on the icon brings up a response error. Also, if thats not it, try uninstalling and I can send you another file from the one I am currently running on my desktop.

Before sending me a support email; Make sure to check that the MIG MT4 platform is running and you have enabled the DDE on the servers tab inside options from the Tools on your MT4 menu. (explained below) The meter does not like to be minimized on the taskbar. You must have it open and running or a message will pop up telling you it shouldnt be reduced. Other programs can go over top while it runs. The parameters for adjusting timing is important. Once you reach a limit, it will produce a pop up message. Keep under the limits and there will be no problems with that error message. Most times, when people get an error, it is because they are not used to VISTA and its ability to run security levels for programs. It has to be run as an administrator or you will get an error message. MT should be running as well with DDE enabled. 3

There was a finite availability of color selections and although grey is poor but readable it would have had to be a trade off with another currency. The yen is traded less than others since some traders are shocked at the perceived price. Sometimes you may need to uninstall. Make sure to use the correct uninstall method and not just delete the folder. This could cause an error message when trying to re-install again. Use the proper uninstall method/

Currency strength is everything when trading foreign exchange prices. MetaTrader is one of the most popular free charting package platforms available. There are many brokers who provide their services through it. The simplest one to download is the MetaQuotes version from their website at http://metaquotes.net or you can sign up for a demo through one of the many brokers carrying it. All we need is the free DDE included with each MetaTrader charting package. In order for the FXMeter to have something to read, the MT must be installed and running properly before we can depend on the data feed driving the meter. When MT is running correctly, the little green/red box should indicate KB transfers like the image below shows.

I am using the MIG broker version. It has the most pairs I can find and if you run into problems setting up, it is good that we are on the same page. MIG doesnt have to be your live trading or even demo trading platform. It feeds the meter. You do not need to have a MIG live trading account to use their free DDE. Most brokers of MT offer free DDE feeds. I have never heard anything bad about them so they could be a good choice, but it makes no difference in this situation. http://www.migfx.ch/ The feed from the MT broker is independent from any charts or live trading broker you have. They can all be run at the same time. The meter needs the platform of the MT4 open and enabled DDE in order to begin broadcasting the signal to the meter.

There are lots of brokers using MetaTrader so finding one that fits should be easy. You do not have to have a live account. The meter measures strength trends, so tick by tick data isn't crucial. As long as the feed is generally in the area of other Forex brokers.

On the top tabs select "tools" and options".

The FX Meter program needs the DDE to be enabled on an MT4 platform. This way, the Dynamic Data Exchange or DDE, can feed the meter the data it needs to make its calculations. The image below shows the tab selector box from the "tools" "options" in MT.

The box above indicates your feed from MT4 is missing. Make sure to launch the MetaTrader platform and have the DDE enabled before starting the Currency meter.

The essence of what we do as foreign exchange traders is expressed in a particular currencies strength or weakness against another. Tom Yeomans The value of the US dollar cant be compared to just one currency. It has to be looked at in comparison to how it has been performing against other world currencies. As foreign exchange traders, we watch a chart showing the difference in value of two currencies. The difference in price between the two currencies is shown on what is commonly called a spread chart. Forex uses spread charts. They are not the same in theory or operation as a stock or commodities chart. Thats why technical analysis doesnt work very well in forex. In order to trade the forex market correctly, determining the strength of an individual currency is vital. If you think in terms of strengths and weakness, and apply it to an individual currency, you are thinking like a bank trader. When foreign exchange trading opened the door for the retail investor less than ten years ago, people began jumping into the high leveraged community automatically assuming that technical analysis would convert as well. On the surface you would think so. Traders from other markets look at one instrument fixed to the US dollar. Forex charts look at two completely different entities. Throughout the day all currencies are changing in value as perception, news, politics, and economics plays out in their respective countries. One currency may be going up in value due to a piece of great economic news, while another is losing its value from a political scandal indicating future uncertainty. This interplay is what we are seeing when looking at a forex chart. However, using only one chart tells us only part of the story. Forex charts track the changes made by two individual currencies. Only by observing interaction among many currencies can we determine how a particular currency will most likely perform in the future. For example: A EURUSD chart shows only the value of the US dollar against the Euro. If the line goes up, is the euro really gaining strength overall ? Or is it reflecting weakness of the US dollar? We dont know until we can see several other charts containing the EURO and the US dollar and note their weakness or strength in that pair combination. The value of world currencies are always changing. One interesting concept that is known by all world market traders, is that each currency will go through a period of trending. This means it will continue to become stronger or weaker until something

happens to change things. Being able to electronically measure and weigh each currency as it interacts with others is the secret to trading forex.

Your trading decision should have 3 parts to it. 1. Pick a pair of currencies that are moving toward strength or weakness using the currency strength meter. Watch the lines form for at least a half hour prior to beginning. 2.. Find an entry place using the 50 period simple moving average crossing with price line plus six pips. 3.. Determine your exit by using the assistance of the 7 period simple moving average Our job, as day traders is not to predict the direction of world currencies for days or weeks. We shouldnt care. Our trading decisions should only be based on what is most likely to happen to a particular spread for the amount of time we happen to be involved in the trade. PRICE LINE ONLY. ( No candles or bars) Use the line chart. No bars or candle views. When I talk about a crossing of lines, I am referring to the price line crossing the moving average line. Not the crossing of moving averages themselves. Sometimes, coincidentally, all three lines may cross.

5 MINUTE CHART The meter runs on its own DDE feed so there is no need to have the same trading broker as the one you feed the meter with. You should select whatever broker gives you a wide variety of pairs. The five minute line chart should give you about two days view of the action. My examples have the charts from Oanda, E-Signal, and MetaTrader.

50 SMA (Simple moving average on close price) All charts will have the ability to place a line called a simple moving average. Later you may want to fine tune with other settings but for now, use the simple close price line and color it blue. 7 SMA ( Simple moving average on close price) The simple moving average smoothes out the price history line so we can see the average prices during whatever period you select. I like 7.

Various currency setups happen several times a day on various pairs. Not all crossings have potential. You must have confirmed strength meter readings to go with this simple entry system of 2 moving averages. Find a few potential strong and weak candidates. Keep your eye on them for an hour or more. You will begin for feel the various trends developing. Dont stare at charts all day. Just keep the meter going while you go about your business. When the conditions begin to show themselves you will be read. Some days the setups are seen more often than others. Most mornings I usually see two or three. Evenings here in North America I can expect at least one good setup.

You must get used to observing all the various pairs for this to work. Do not just wait to see if one or two of your favorites will work. You cant have favorites in this business. It is important you select the correct pair of currencies for the trade. Some time periods result in more profit than others.

What moves the forex market We are in the worlds most competitive trading environment. The foreign exchange market has the best in the world trading against us most of the time. I will assume that everybody knows the basic terms in forex, such as pip and currency pairs. If not, you can refer to your brokers manual to get the mechanics of operating a particular platform. Do not play with scared money! This means that you should never trade with rent or food money. If you cant afford to lose it, dont risk it. Either go to a demo or get the heck out of a business you obviously cant afford to be in. Start, if you must, with a nickel and dime forex only broker, then move up to the regulated firms as soon as you can. If you have ten thousand dollars or more and you have established credit, use a proper broker. There is a huge difference between forex only brokers, and regulated brokers who offer foreign exchange products. A forex-only broker is not accountable to anyone regardless of their affiliation with volunteer organizations they may join. Using a reputable broker that has been operating for many years and qualified to carry most of the regulated market instruments, should be your first priority.(Separate from derivatives only brokers) Trust and reputation will become very important as you begin making money. Your goal must 10

be to accumulate enough money and get your credit up as possible to open a proper trading account with a regulated and reputable brokerage.

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Use a 50 SMA and 7 SMA on a 5 minute line chart.

Two moving averages on a five minute chart gives us potential entry and exit points. I suggest not messing around with the settings until you have mastered a consistent profit. Dont try to reinvent the wheel. They work fine, so leave them alone. A five minute line chart should easily display 2 days worth of data. Thats enough for day trading. The objective is to trade with your eyes ahead, not backward. What the chart did prior to you opening a trade has no significance. The past is past. We are trading the future. The market will show you a variety of patterns in hindsight, but base your decision on what it is most likely to do in the minutes ahead. It doesnt matter where it has been or where it may be going tomorrow. We are day traders. Get in and out with a profit. Always keep the 50 and 7 SMA on a five minute chart as a rule for finding trend direction. You need consistency to succeed long term. Predicting the future market direction of one world currency is enough of a task. We only need to know which currency is moving toward or away from trend. It shouldnt matter which currencies you trade. Only that you see a clear trending direction developing. Messing with one indicator after another, brings nothing consistent into your day. You need habits. Good ones of course. When you can take a look at a 11

chart and say to yourself, Hmm. I have seen this before. I know what to do. You will be on your way to making a living in this exciting industry. In the beginning, we experiment with every technical the charts or boards are talking about. It is important for a beginner to trading to try it all and see for themselves that technical analysis methods that work for the stock market doesnt work in foreign exchange. Everyone is looking for that edge. Thats fine and dandy. As long as all this playing and learning is taking place with demos and not your own money. Once you begin to realize the market goes where the market goes, and you wither can control your emotions or not, that is when you have to do one of two things. Quit or settle down jumping in and out on whims and instinct.

The heart of the ForexGrail system is really you. If it was the system itself, I could automate it and the massive money would be in leasing it to banks. A system is only as good as the person following it. It is going to be you that makes this work. Watch the currency meter for a few days in your chosen time period. Get used to seeing trends develop over several hours and even days. The individual trader is responsible for their own success and must be able to control emotion when trading. Forex is speculative trading of derivatives at high leverages.
All trading involves risk. You may lose several trades in a row sometimes so you need enough money to ride it out. No system is capable of 10 out of 10 wins consistently. It is you who will make any system work.

Lets get back to the moving averages; Used on their own, two SMAs (simple moving averages) on a cross will give you a certain ratio of winners to losers according to whats going on in the market. Its a gamble. The essential ingredient in this system is the currency strength meter but another important element is the use of a price line instead of candles. We are watching (with meter confirmation) for the cross of the price line and the SMA.

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The ForexGrail system specifies; 50 SMA for finding entry when the price line crosses it. Exit when the 7 SMA is crossed with the price line. The fifty period slow moving average tells me the trend for the morning. It tells me what way the market is trending. (At least for the time period I am interested in) Basically, what I want from the fifty line is to know what the average price has been during fifty, five minute sessions. The trending direction. The 50 SMA below tells us at a glance what that spread has been doing. Wait until price line has crossed the fifty to enter a position in the same direction as the trending 50. I like to wait for at least 6 pips above or below just to make sure its not a fake out.

Think of the moving average in terms of price, not position. See it in a different light by observing it without the price line at all. Do this on your charts. Make your chart all black except for the one 50 period moving average. Look at the price. You are seeing the actual market direction without noise. Candles, bars. Indicators, colors, are all noise. Just the ups and downs of trend.

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The reason I use 50 and 7 SMAs are the same reason I look at the five minute charts. Im used to them. Theyre comfortable. Theyre familiar. This is very important in working any system. Get comfortable with it. I have come to depend on the five minute chart as my way of seeing differences or consistencies. At the same time, I have developed a few tools to help me determine what I am seeing. Set your charts to line mode. All charts allow you to view price as a line instead of a bar or candle. The forex grail system requires lines to show price as a line. The crossing of the price line against the simple moving average line. Not the two moving average lines. By the time the two moving averages cross, the move is over. These are lagging indicators so I dont want entry or exits based on crossing of the averages. With the currency meter confirming an entry, we get a jump on the other traders waiting for the cross between the two moving averages. Ha. I dont use bars or candles. I am only interested in the averages and current price. Learn to see the market in terms of averages. The only way to do that properly is by viewing a line chart. It filters noise and price peaks you wouldnt have gotten filled at anyway. It displays at a glance the true average direction a currency is going.
This picture was taken about 20 minutes after the signal to enter was given by the 50. The price line is white.

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Although this system is easy to follow, there are going to be lots of demons like emotion and lack of patience. You must be strong. Make the determination now, before going any further, that you will follow the ForexGrail trading system with the numbers I give you before trying to make changes. Do not make this out to be any harder than it is. It doesnt matter what charts you use. They are all pretty well the same. Five minute price line with two moving averages on close. Dont use bars or candles for this system. They will shake you out of a trade too early and cause you to make decisions on emotional triggers. When applying the ForexGrail system, use the price line. Just use a simple line and get used to seeing it. Keeping you focused on the line and its impartially (pointing down or pointing up) will let you make better trading decisions. Enter at least 6 pips after the crossing of the 50 line and price. This makes sure its not just noise. The 50 is showing direction and the 7 will be marking an exit. The picture below shows my entry after meter confirmations on the morning I am writing this.

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THESE SETUPS OCCUR ALL THE TIME WITH VARIOUS CURRENCY PAIRS. I have often said that the candle was a conspiracy to keep beginners from seeing true market action. They sometimes turn green too early and red too late. Almost like someone is programming them..hmmm. Seeing a candle turn green while in a short can cause you to panic. They are probably useful to longer term traders. These fancy things just clutter up what I am seeing. (I know it will be like weaning a heroin addict to get you to toss them, but you must not use candles or bars for this system to work properly.) If I am observing other markets and long time periods I may use a bar, but the ForexGrail system demands a price line in order to work correctly. Keep this as simple as possible in the beginning. Make yourself stick to the rules.
The mechanics of making trades is something you will have to wade through on your own using your brokers manual. Each platform is different but they all follow the same routines. There is no particular broker this system works with. It works with all brokers. You need to contact your broker platform help section, not me.

You need to get used to making trades with your platform in demo or simulator mode. Absolutely, positively, do not start using real money until you have proven to yourself, and most importantly, the others in your life that may be affected, that the system works and you have clearly assessed and discussed the risks involved.

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Basics first. We are trading the difference in price between currencies . Charts extract the difference in price between two separate and quite distinct currencies, then display the result. The line going up on any forex chart means a rising price for the currency that has first position in the pair. EURUSD means EURO getting stronger when compared to the US dollar when the line is going up. The line going up on USDCAD, means the US dollar is strengthening against the Canadian Loonie. The line going up on the GBPUSD means the pound is getting stronger Understanding that we are buying strength or selling weakness of individual currencies, not pairs, is vital. The US dollar is gaining strength. This means the line on the EURUSD chart is going down. The EURO is gaining strength This means the line is going up on the EURUSD chart. But there is a crucial element involved in the ForexGrail trading system. In the first statement where I said the US dollar is gaining strength when the line goes down, I could have said that the Euro is losing strength. Both are correct. For all I know by watching one chart, the US could be weak or it could be strongor the Euro is weaker. I dont even know if either currency is doing anything at all without looking at other currencies that may be going strong and weak while pulling this pair along. When you give currency trading some deep thought, you have to admit that in essence, the entire market symbolizes strength and weakness. The ForexGrail system understands what makes currencies work. The currency market trends. Trending among currencies is a characteristic acknowledged by all foreign exchange experts. All currencies tend to trend. The tendency to trend by currencies is the basis of the forex grail trading system. Other trading systems ask you to find the bottom or top. This is a suckers game. If you have traded for a while, you 17

must agree that you never seem to find enough tops to make money. This is the way the market works. Little players at a hundred to one odds are the only market participants silly enough to guess at tops and bottoms. Dont play the suckers game! Just follow the ForexGrail system. Dont try to outsmart the market makers. BE CONTENT WITH TAKING A SMALL BITE OF AN EXCELLENT TREND. If you are using a small account with a derivatives only broker, this is your survival tip of the day: You must enter the market with a steady trend that the market maker must eventually follow. Make your entry following the trend of the real currency market, the same one the broker must follow or lose clients. The idea behind the ForexGrail system is to get in the habit of making a trade with the trend, not the wave within the trend. The true trend. If you follow the rules correctly, there will be times the market seems to be going against you when in fact, it didnt. You got caught on part of a wave. Do not pick a volatile time to enter. PLATFORM PRICES OFTEN VARY WITH THE CHART. Do not make the mistake of confusing your chart price with what your broker has posted in the window of the platform. Charts and platform prices often differ. Make sure to look at the prices on your trading platform before making a market order trade. It would be a ring toss trading with just two simple averages. More is needed. Lets dissect what the moving averages tell us before going on. The two moving averages tell us where to enter and where to exit trades based on a simple idea. The tool I am about to introduce you to tells you what all the other currencies are doing in relation to others. The pictures above shows the currency meter displaying what the average strengths and weaknesses are for various currencies during that instant. Although this display is crude in comparison to what investment houses use, it serves our purpose. Remember, you can get fancy later, just follow the simple system first.

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The ForexGrail system uses the currency meter to identify potential candidates for each side of a trade. It will alert you to the pairs you should be looking at in more detail. You can alternatively look at all the pair charts if you have multiple monitors but its harder. The currency meter measures all the ticks coming into it from a forex broker and sorts out the strong from the weak. Since it uses tick by tick calculations, it has to be viewed for a while before seeing the trends clearly. The system will require you to watch the trends as they develop for at least an hour after the European, Asia, or new York openings to make sure of a direction to hop onto. It is precisely the tool we need in order to determine when the time is right for making a trade using the two moving averages. The ForexGrail system, takes the work out of looking at more than twelve charts to see which currencies are weak and strong. You will need to bring up the individual charts for your currency pair choice and fine tune things.

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Lets begin a typical trade session. Remember I told you about the ring toss using just two simple moving averages on their own? They cant do much more than tell us during any particular moment in time, what trends seems to be developing among the common forex pairs. They are very good at letting us see where the trends are.. once we are able to choose which pairs to keep our eyes on. Here is how I find the best currencies to trade; You must take all emotion out of your selection of a currency. Our objective as forex traders is to extract the maximum profit from a deviation between two currencies. We trade the spread. It shouldnt matter what currency you use to make money. Sticking with a particular pair or choosing one currency over another based on familiarity is dangerous. Keep your emotional attachment to a particular currency for shopping. Lets get on to finding a pair to trade. Wanting to know how your chosen currencies are doing in their interaction with other currency pairs prior to opening a trade is just plain common sense isnt it? In the ForexGrail system, you must trade the currencies that are moving away, or apart from each other at the fast rate. This means your first objective is to find one currency that is trending towards strength, and match it with a currency that is trending towards weakness. Makes sense eh? We make our money on spread. The difference in price between currencies.

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Pick a currency that seems to be gaining or losing momentum as a faster rate than the others for the time period in which you are trading. If it is early in the euro session, you will most like see the EURO and GBP moving a little faster than the others. New York trading session will usually move the US dollar around faster than the others. If you are trading any of the time periods; (Europe, Asia or New York) Watch which ones are most active and consistent for an hour after the opening. You can do this by looking at a wide range of charts if you happen to have several monitors or want to take the time to calculate how each of the currencies involved interact with your selections. Take a look at this picture. It shows the heart of the ForexGrail system. It is just a simple tool, but it pulls everything together. It takes the work out of watching multiple screens to find strength and weakness.

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The currency strength meter is simple in operation. It looks at all pairs and uses various weighting calculations to find out how, relative to the others, a particular currency is doing. It measures individual currency strengths by making comparisons with how that currency interacts with others. Strength or weakness is not clear using one chart. In order for you to figure out if the currency is strong, you have to open other charts and see if it shows strength against other currencies. The currency meter tells you at a glance which currencies are moving and which charts you should open to take a look. The meter takes a free data feed from a typical interbank broker and shows us in real time which currency is most active. It moves all the time the market is moving. Sometimes very fast, and other times quite slowly. The meter allows us to narrow down a pair of currencies to trade.

USDCAD CHFJPY EURCAD AUDUSD EURAUD EURJPY GBPJPY CHFJPY USDJPY

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I need a lot of charts to keep my eyes on so I settle with observing one or two that contain a strengthening currency and a weakening one. Many brokers have various pairs available to trade. The quantity of pairs can be a factor in your broker selection, You should always try to find one pair containing both currencies. In this limited example I will select the CADJPY from my pair selection with Oanda. CADJPY

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The meter and the trading broker can be different. We only need a data feed (DDE) that gives us currencies on the move. Since we only want to be alerted to a strengthening currency, the individual trading price variations among brokers dont matter. The currency meter works with all brokers. It uses a Metatrader DDE which is supplied free by more than a dozen brokers. Lets apply a 50 and 7 SMA to this chart of the CADJPY and see what is happening.

This will be my first chart open after seeing the numbers on the meter. Before I do anything, I will want to have a look at the Oanda CADJPY to determine if it is a candidate for my pair. First glance tells me the trend is definitely in place but the trigger happened a few hours ago.

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Its obvious that the Yen has been strengthening against the weaker Canadian dollar for several hours. In the picture last page, the blue line is my 7 and the pink is 50 sma. Using Oanda chart. It doesnt look like the fifty and 7 will be close to each other for some time so I will look at my next candidate since this potential trade could be exhausted. I am looking for a small piece of momentum in spread just after it starts and before its exhausted.

Do not jump every time you see red and blue. These should alert you to a developing trend only. They could change. You must watch what the currencies are doing for a time to get a fix on their true strength or weakness. You are looking at the meter to provide you with some clues and save time watching all the pairs. How will you know if the strength is developing or the weakness is real? Aha.

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Look at the 7 and 50 moving average as guides. The fifty (50) SMA will show true trend and the seven (7) SMA shows where things have began to turn. I always want to make a long after a cross of the 7 if the 50 SMA is up, and a short if its below the 50 sma. I use the 7 period sma as an exit guide. It tells me that the market has begun to show signs of turning. Time to get out. I like the one hour view of the 50 SMA to be sure of the long term trend. Going back to the 5 minute view and the general trend on other currencies, I can time my entry on the upward or downward, crossing of the 50SMA.

I am simplifying this example because it doesnt show the meter which would be indicating this pair as my best choice and I would have spent some time observing and checking into any upcoming economic reports affecting the trade I may be in. I am not looking to get in as soon as the trend becomes directional. You will find that many times it isnt possible or preferable to get in on the first part of a trend. Waiting and biting your nails if necessary, until the exact moment and taking a little bite of the apple is the way to consistently make profits. 26

Give your trade some time to work. Dont set ten pip stops with the broker. My hard stops are usually more than most people are comfortable (50-100) but make yours at least three times the amount you are going to use for a mental stop. Keep stops above 20 with your demo until you get a feel for where to place them. It takes a bit of ups and down for the trade to work. Take a safe piece of the move. 10 pip stops will kill you. They are too small. Remember, a broker makes money on filling orders. Either way. A stop is an order. Keep the stops high on your demo so they can show you whats best for you when going live. I am always looking for the beginning of a trend. I dont want to trade it yet, but I am always watching for the ones that are beginning. Sometimes the lights turning red and blue on the meter during the beginning of my trading day may be showing peaks and not trends. I want to see steadily rising numbers for my strong choice. Just picking the highest number isnt the idea. You want to watch the trends developing and moving towards weakness or strength, You are trading the spread between currencies. This means you want to see as great a difference between two currencies as possible at an increasing rate of change. Thats the profit. Dont get attached to one special pair. Sure, if the signals are there fine, but look around. Experiment with how many pips you can get with other pairs and how much that translates to in your home currency.

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I want in well before the 7 begins turning around. The best way is to watch it for a while. Try shutting off your price line and noise to clearly see what the seven is telling you. The fifty shows direction of trade (long or short) and seven when to exit. (On the basis of your determination of best currencies according to the meter) Im saying that because you cant just pick any favorite for this to work correctly. Once you have identified the potential candidates for your trade, you need to get into the market as soon as possible or your increasing spread between the currencies begins to slow down. Your personal risk factor is the only thing that will determine how much money you make. The ForexGrail system can be used in any time period and under most market conditions..Even economic reports. It is you who will have to see the trend beginning and take advantage of it by selecting a good counter currency. Its not hard to do using a few simple instructions.

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To summarize; You need the currency meter in combination with the two SMAs.. I have all kinds of different meters but this one is simple to use in the beginning. On the next page, lets finish this trade. The 7 is being hit and it is time to exit.

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Risk I consider what I do the equivalent of driving a car. Sure, there is risk. But I am in complete control of the decisions I make concerning my trading money just as I am in choosing where and how to drive safely. Watching charts and trading forex is not my lifestyle. I use it to provide me with a lifestyle. I pick a time when the market is most likely to make a move, and I do some planning ahead of time to get a little piece of it. The mechanics of making trades is something you will have to wade through on your own using your brokers manual. Each platform is different but they all follow the same routines. I usually make market orders with a huge stop limit and possible take profit targets. A stop is just an order. Keep that in mind.

We are trading currencies folks. We try to extract the difference between separate and quite distinct currencies. Spread trading the forex market is something people tend to keep quiet about since their methods and techniques usually involve some indicator carried over from the other markets where there was no spread against another quite different entity. Standard charts go up and down; up means good and down means bad. In forex, we can trade both up and down. Currency is not determined by emotions the way much smaller markets like stocks and indices. Most commodities are ruled by the speculators desires and fears. Not foreign exchange. Central banks and professionals determine the price relationship of a currency. What we see on our forex platforms is a contrived market. There is no single central authority for foreign exchange prices. Professionals and specialists determine the value of a countrys currency. We have nothing to do with it. We can only hope to find an opportunity or an edge by understanding how these folks determine a currency value, which is translated into a price. We only have to find an opportunity.

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Understanding that we buy strength or sell weakness of an individual currency, not pair, is vital if you hope to become successful and last trading this type of market.

How to use the Currency meter effectively. The simple moving averages will give you a good idea of when to enter or exit. However, on their own they will not produce a high percentage of winners. You need the currency meter to tie things together. 1..The 50 shows potential entry when price crosses the line. Trade is in the direction of overall trend. Before entering, make sure the trend meter has been showing a steadily increasing (Stronger) or decreasing (Weaker) value. 2..The 7SMA basically tells us when the move is exhausted and has began to turn around. When the price line touches or comes very close to the 7 line, its time to get out and reassess the market. 3..The currency strength meter shows what is weakening, and what is strengthening.

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The ForexGrail system of trading will work well for anyone who follows the rules. Dont change them until you have a good feel for the system. Do not trade with real money until you have proven to yourself that it will work for you. Once you have things down pat, you can alter a few of the parameters and get fancy. Sit down and make a clear plan of action using the meter and grail system of entry and exits. Make yourself do it on a demo first. Apply a money management system that works for your personal situation and apply the rules diligently. It wont take long. You will begin to see how to make money in forex the first week.

Test the ForexGrail out on a demo until you have satisfied yourself it works. Always keep leverage low and give each trade time to work for you. Do not bail out too fast. All good trades move up and down. This is normal. Expect to stay in the market a while depending on the time of day. Notes: Dont just jump in right away. Watch for the steady progression of the numbers on the meter. They will change all the time but still show you strength and weakness. Be careful of upcoming economic announcements. Most economic reports will not move the market out of its prevailing trend unless there is a very big surprise. Years ago, the market would spike frequently on these reports but they rarely do now. The big ones to look out for and you are advised to take your profit and wait them out are reports like Nonfarm payrolls. Big reports can still shake things up. I wish you the very best life has to offer. Tom Yeomans tom@tradetime.ca

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Welcome to meter operation area of the ForexGrail

How to install the Forexgrail software movie.

The simple, yet powerful meaning behind this easy to follow system is the use of two simple indicators along with a powerful tool to make you win consistently. Of course, not all your trades will be perfect. However, using the ForexGrail system of entry and exit along with a little common sense, will result in a much higher percentage of winners than you have been experiencing. Everyone should follow good money management principles and never risk more than you can afford to lose. Start with a low leverage trading account and gradually increase the size of your trades.

This is the link for downloading the software currency meter.

Save this file to your desktop

Operational Guide for the currency meter

The meter will run in all versions of Windows.

Setting up the currency strength meter for operation in the ForexGrail trading System requires using a free DDE supplied by all brokers of MetaTrader. The actual prices are not important in measuring currency strength so there is no need to have an MT broker for live trading. You can use this meter with any live trading account in Forex since the data is received by the meter and doesn't interface with your live or demo trading account.

Even FXCM and FXDD offers MT as an option. There are several dozen brokers using MT4 and all have the free DDE built in. The only tweak you need to do is to activate the DDE by clicking under "tools" and select server tab, click the "enable DDE" and you are finished. The MT4 platform must be running and the DDE enabled prior to starting up the meter.

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All MT4 data feeds will work fine. (InterbankFx has been reported as faulty at times). Your computer can have several MT4 platforms installed. There are many MT4 brokers you can use but I prefer MIG. Any broker will work for now. There is one provided through MT MetaQuotes for downloading directly through link below or use one of dozens offering the MT4 trading platform with the free DDE that is used to drive the meter. http://www.metaquotes.net/downloads This is the official source website. Step 1 Start your MT4 platform with DDE enabled.

Step 2 Double click on the file FXMeter.exe or shortcut icon. You can install as many broker demos of MT as you like. It doesn't matter what broker you use for feeding this meter. There are lots around and since it depends more on strength than actual price, the differences in prices from broker to broker do not affect it. Please make sure to read everything before emailing me for support.
Go to: http://metaquotes.net http://www.gtltrading.com/ http://www.migfx.ch/

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Support page and common questions

MetaTrader is an excellent free platform. I have been using them for a long time and they have them become a standard for a growing amount of brokers. I have not seen a better charting package for Forex trading. Although my brokers do not currently use the MT4 platform, I always have someone's version running on my desktop in demo mode. The prices may vary a little from time to time but the overall strengths should measure about the same. We are using the meter as an assistant to provide us with one piece of information. Take your time and get to know the MT platform when you get the chance. For now, we only need a dde datafeed. Make up a demo using whatever name you wish. To renew in 30 days, go to the tab inside and create a new account. The information stays in so just redo amounts or whatever and it will reactivate. I can renew MT as often as I like and I can run several different versions from various brokers at once on my computer.I use http://www.gtltrading.com All we need is a demo. I have no firsthand knowledge of the company as a broker. I just use the demo. Maybe someone will let me know. It doesn't matter what MT provider you use as long as they have a reliable feed. They all mess up and restart every so often. it may be administration or just resetting the clocks. Don't worry if it happens a few times a day on ling sessions. They usually last a second or two and come back. Please don't ask me for help on the operation or maintenance of the MT platform. They handle that help with using the MetaTrader platform. The platform is also programmable and some person may come up with a way to automate. I don't know. I can't think of how you would take the human aspect out of the process and make good trades. Too mechanical and things tend to go haywire. It would scare the heck out of me. You don't need to use them as your broker. You can renew your demo as often as you wish or use a different version of MT. I haven't tried an MT based broker yet but the only complaints I get about the feed is the interbank. Get used to seeing several MT brokers and you can choose which ones you like. FXDD and FXCM have them now but I haven't heard anything about them from members yet. Renew MT4 account new account. Go to "navigator" inside MT and right click on "accounts". Create a

See all currencies and tradable instruments in MT click anywhere in the box to "show all"

Click on "Market Watch" and right

The meter used in the ForexGrail system is a simple tool I know the Yen line is very hard to see and should be corrected in future versions of the meter.

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The box above indicates your feed from MT4 is missing. Make sure to launch the MetaTrader platform and have the DDE enabled before starting the Currency meter

Common Questions FAQ

How much can you make with ForexGrail? That's a common question . You can make as much as the market will give you under the circumstances of the day. Any professional will tell you that the market will give what it gives as often as it feels like. Everyone is different. All trades are usually unique. If they weren't we would know we were going to win or lose would we? Its our unique collection of skills that will determine what you will make trading. Some people begin with a little money and others have a lot. You have to get the silly notion of making huge amounts of money in Forex when starting out. its not going to happen. The very small amount of people I know who methodically took the time to develop a good system and ran it several months proving a profit each time ended up staying in the game for years with me. They found a system, applied good money management, and didn't jump the gun whenever the market moved a bit. If you follow a demo system for a few months with good results, you should be able to carry it out live with approximately the same win/loss ratio. Take your time. This is a tough business that can pay off well. If you don't run before you learn to walk. Take conservative trades and never play with scared money. Does the meter work in VISTA? Yes. the meter works in all versions of windows now. The meter will work fine for all people except Mac or Linux without a virtual machine interface. Running Vista, use your start button to launch the FXMeter file and right click to show the menu for running as administrator.

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How often do the setups work? I can usually see at least two setups a morning. I have often seen a few more at different times of the day on various currencies. I have no way of knowing what's going to be happening. All i can say is that when the correct conditions make themselves apparent, I will be waiting, This is a waiting game folks. You wait for the right conditions or you don't make a trade. Stick to that, and you'll be fine. The idea here is to adopt a system and stick to it. Sit down and write out your rules for entry and exit. You do it for yourself. You will find that just about any good system will work if people only stuck to it. The ForexGrail is a good system. It becomes an excellent system with the meter added to it. Everyone will begin modifying and changing after a while. That's fine. As long as you do not trade with real money until you have perfected a system that works on paper trading. If you can't make it work on paper, you don't stand much of a chance with real money. If you don't have discipline, nothing, even the ForexGrail wont work for you. There could be problems with operating systems that use different numerical calculations. French, Russian, Finnish and many other language packs need to be adjusted for operation. This meter uses US system. Definitions in Windows e.g. decimal point is comma i/o full stop

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