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Introduction
Forex trading is one of the most viable options for someone who’s
looking at bigger possibilities, bigger profit and greater ease in trading
and business. Because of it’s high liquidity and speedy transactions,
forex trading is becoming a popular game among players in the field of
business and marketing. While it’s traditionally for companies and
corporations with big capital and experience in the field, it has also
proven itself to be a good venture for a neophyte though what one calls
a Mini Forex account or mini forex trading.
Mini Forex trading is good for people who have just started in the forex
market and with not enough funds to open a regular account. It requires
a smaller capital compared to regular forex accounts, a minimum of
$300. With mini forex trading, you can control a $10,000 currency
position.
The key here is leverage. Because of leverage, a trader can trade
in a commodity more than the money available in his account.
Say with a $250 deposit, one could trade a maximum of 5 mini
lots. This kind of leverage is greater than stocks or day trading.
Of course, it is recommended to start with a manageable
leverage that allows greater flexibility in transactions.
What are the perks of mini forex trading? With just a small stake
involved, you get to enjoy free trading platform and benefits that
regular forex traders get to enjoy. These would include state-ofthe
art trading software, charts and resources. With a leverage of
200:1, the trader can trade in a commodity regardless of the
amount of money available to him.
Mini forex trading also allows for lesser losses as the contract size
is only 1/10th the size of a standard forex account. There is also
greater flexibility with regards to customizing trades and
minimizing risks. Ideal for those with smaller capital, the trader
has a chance of investing in more areas of the market with lesser
risk as there is lesser capital to be lost. He need not be hesitant
with his transactions as there is lesser capital involved.
With the same freedom enjoyed by regular forex traders, a mini
forex trader can trade as many lots as he likes. Although the
standard trade size is 10,000 units, you are free to trade as much
as 50,000 units or more. In this way, the trader also builds up his
confidence in his trading skills at the same time slowly increase his
profit and trading position in the market. He gets to manage his money
before going for the higher stakes in regular forex trading.
and the practice builds up the trader’s trading gameplan for future
explorations in regular, higher stakes forex trading.
An Example
Trading Hours
The forex market hours stretch from Monday morning in Sydney,
Australia to Friday afternoon in New York. During that time the
market is open somewhere around the globe at all hours of the
day or night.
However it is not a 24/7 market because it does shut down on
weekends. 24/5 would be more accurate.
If you need to know the exact times that the markets open and close,
you have to take time zones into consideration. It is very simple when
expressed in UTC. This is Universal Coordinated Time, formerly
known as Greenwich Mean Time. This is the standard (winter) time in
Greenwich, London which is the point of zero longitude on the globe.
So, the normal forex market hours are 22.00 Sunday UTC to 22.00
Friday UTC. This is 10 pm in the UK in winter time.
New York is 5 hours behind the UK so the global forex market opens
and closes at 5 pm Sunday/Friday in New York, 2 pm on the US west
coast, 11 pm in Germany, 8 am Monday/Saturday in Sydney.
Things get a little complicated when you start to try to take
summer time daylight saving into account. This makes one hour
difference in countries that observe it. But daylight saving
operates in a different way in the southern hemisphere countries
such as Australia which have summer time from September to
March instead of March to September.
Sydney: 10 pm to 7 am UTC
London: 8 am to 5 pm UTC
Tokyo: 7 pm to 4 am EST
However, this does not necessarily mean that trading will be good at all
of these times. Just after a major market opens, the prices can be very
volatile and unpredictable. Many traders will stay out of the forex
market for up to an hour four times a day when the financial markets
are waking up in these major cities.
The US dollar is the most traded currency by a long way, involved in 2.5
times as many trades as its nearest rival the euro. This means
that events in the USA have a greater impact on the financial
markets than events in other countries. The New York market tends
to slow down around 3 pm local time (8 pm UTC) and if you are
involved in a US dollar pair, this can be a good time to stop trading
for the day.
The reason for that, is that was designed based on the most
powerful trading methods like trend following and wave
trading.
At the same time, the system was meant to be very simple. You
don’t have to be an experienced trader to be able to use it. In
fact, even if you have no trading experience at all you would still
make a lot of money from it just like pro traders.
There are many people that sign up to trade Forex that don’t
understand or take the time to learn how and why to trade
Forex. There are many risks involved in trading any kind of
asset, whether it is stocks, bonds or currencies. If you are
interested in trading, make sure you understand Forex risks.
Example 2 ...
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Example..
The same is correct with all signals. Once all indicators provide
the same signal ( buy/sell ) then you’re ready to open a trade.
Targets:
Example…
Stoploss for BUY Signals, 10 pips BELOW entry Arrow.
Example...
You can close the trade when price hits target level OR when you
get opposite signal.
90% of the time, you won’t get opposite signal. But that could
happen especially with important news releases that wo uld
cause trend reversals. That’s why it’s recommended that you
avoid trading during important news release!
The system works with all pairs and all time frames. You can also
use it to trade other markets – not only Forex – like stocks and
metals for example.
Multi time frame ADX Indicator
This is indicator’s signals are not part of the system’s rules, but it’s
very helpful and allows you to check the “big picture” while you’re
trading anytime frame.
Forex Trading Brokers
• A Forex broker can give you advice regarding on real time quotes.
• A Forex broker can also give you advice on what to buy or sell by
basing it on news feeds.
• A Forex broker can trade your funded account basing solely on his
or her decision if you want them to.
• A Forex broker can also provide you with software data to help you
with your trading decisions.
Searching for a good Forex broker can prove to be a very tedious task.
Since there are a lot of advertising in the internet about Forex brokers,
Forex traders get confused on which Forex broker they should hire. With
all the Forex brokers out there that offers great Forex trading income
and quotations, you will find it hard to choose a good and reputable
Forex broker.
With a little research, you can find the right Forex broker who can
be trusted. If you lack referrals for Forex brokers, you can try and
do a little research of your own. The first thing you need to find
out about a particular Forex broker with the amount of clients they
serve. The more clients they serve the more chances that these
brokers are trusted. You should also know the amount of trades
these brokers are conducting.
Look for the features you want in a trading platform in order for you to
know what to expect if you trade with them. If you are comfortable
with a trading platform, you should consider trading with them, and if
you are not, scratch them off your list. This is a great way to test their
trading platform and not risk your money.
must tell you that there are certain risks involved when trading in
the
Forex market. Avoid hiring a Forex broker who says that trading in
Forex is easy and a very good money making market with very low
risks.
These are the things you should consider when you look for a
Forex broker. If you find that right broker, you can be sure that
you can really earn money.