Why Trade Forex?

Forex Trading Advantages
One of the benefits of forex trading is that the small investors has opportunities that may not be available in other markets, or other forms of investment.

High Yield Forex Trading
FX trading is one of the few businesses where a trader can realise a large fortune starting with a small initial investment. This is because FX trading is highly leveraged, so a small margin can control a large position.
FX markets can show significant price movements, so there is a potential for large profits and losses.

This leverage and price volatility gives you an opportunity to make a high return on your money, or conversely make significant losses. Other pages on this site help you to develop a strategy to maximise profits and to close out losses quickly while they are still manageable.

Reality of online forex trading
The Reality of forex trading is obtaining the fortune mentioned above requires a lot of hard work and it is far from easy, but it can certainly by done by most people who have a passion for trading and are prepared to work hard.

Forex Liquidity
The global FX market is very liquid due to its huge size and turnover. This means that you can easily enter or exit trading positions at the current market price whenever the market is open. The actions of a trader are unlikely to cause any significant impact on such a huge market and there will always be a buyer or seller at the market price.
In an illiquid market, such as low turnover shares, taking or exiting a position may move change market prices. In addition, a counterparty (another buyer or seller) may not be available to allow you to transact.

Openess and transparency
The FX market is also transparent. This means that any information that affects the market prices is available to all market participants. Small FX traders have access to the same information that large institututional traders use. This can again be contrasted with the stock market, where insiders may have access to price sensitive information such as unreleased sales figures not available to other stockholders.

The sheer size of the FX market (turnover of over $1 trillion per day) also means that it can’t be manipulated easily. Whilst large institutional traders or governments can cause small short term price movements, the market is too large and has too many participants for medium or long term prices to be manipulated.

Opportunity to trade long term trends
The FX markets often show long term trends. This means that when trading the forex market, the trader can take positions in the market over longer periods of time and take advantage of large long term movements which can represent significant profits. This is because currency prices movements reflect long term economic conditions. Prices move in trends as traders come to a consensus and buy or sell currencies over a period of months as prices move from one equilibrium point to another. This is certainly a big advantage of currency trading.

Forex Swing Trading
FX Trading offers the opportunity for swing trading. This is where positions are held overnight but generally not for the long term.

FX Day Trading
Trading can also be intraday. FX Intraday trading is where positions are opened and closed on the same day and are not held overnight.
Minor capital requirements
One of the great principles of forex trading is the fact that a trader can open an account with less than $1,000. Since your position is leveraged (that is you transact on margin), you can trade a position of up to $100,000 for every $1,000 of your own money. Some brokers also offer mini-contracts which have a margin of only $100 which allows you to trade a position of $10,000.
This is usually a lot less than the amount required for other investments. We recommend that you invest more than the minimum required as this will allow you to absorb any initial losses.

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Wall Street Courier Index

The Wall Street Courier Index gives you a longer term picture of the stock market. Readings below 40 indicate a heavily oversold market which is ripe for an upturn. Readings above 50 flash a warning signal and you should use trailing stop-loss orders to protect your profits.

This index serves longer-term oriented position traders very well. It is also a contrarian indicator and once again we would like to remind you that charts usually look most bullish at tops and most bearish at bottoms.This indicator has an excellent track record as you can see.

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ForexGen.com is an online trading service provider supplying a unique and individualized service to Forex traders worldwide. We are dedicated to absolutely provide the best online trading services in the Forex market.

ForexGen provides a unique online trading experience based on our intelligent online Forex trading package, the ForexGen Trading Station, including the best online trading system.

Analysis stages in Forex

It will not be wrong if we say that Forex traders lead their lives, living on the edge. You never know what’s going to happen the next moment. In this currency world of speculations, instincts, calculations and uncertainties, the market experiences one moment of total harmony, and the next one of absolute commotion.
Amidst such high degrees of speculation and large amount of money at stake, can we precisely foretell the trend this market is going to follow each time? And furthermore, can we bet high capital on it?

For all this, we first need to be clear with the basics. The basics which tell us exactly what causes the market to move in the direction it does? What makes it follow the trend it does? Why are different traders trading with same currency using different strategies? Answers to all these questions can be a little tricky especially knowing that every trader senses different set of indications and warnings each time the market moves.

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ForexGen.com is an online trading service provider supplying a unique and individualized service to Forex traders worldwide. We are dedicated to absolutely provide the best online trading services in the Forex market.

ForexGen provides a unique online trading experience based on our intelligent online Forex trading package, the ForexGen Trading Station, including the best online trading system.

Spreads In Forex

What is a spread?

In margin forex trading, there are two prices for each currency pair, a "bid" (or sell) price and an "ask" (or buy) price. The bid price is the rate at which traders can sell to the executing firm, while the ask price is the rate at which traders can buy from the executing firm.

For example, when you see the price quote of EUR/USD is 1.2881/1.2884 as in the above picture, the bid is 1.2881 whereas the ask is 1.2884. That means traders looking to sell must do so at 1.2881, those looking to buy must do so at 1.2884.

The difference between the bid and ask price is the spread, which constitutes the cost of the trade. In fact, all traded instruments - stocks, futures, currencies, bonds, etc. - have spread. If a trader buys at 1.2884 and then sells immediately, there is a 3-point loss incurred. The trader will need to wait for the market to move 3 points in favour of his/her position in order to break even. If the market moves 4 points in your favour, he/she starts to profit.

Many online trading firms like to promote margin forex trading as an almost cost-free instrument - commission free, no service charge, no hidden cost, etc. Traders should know that spread is the cost of trading, and in fact, it also represents the main source of revenue for the market maker, i.e. the forex trading company. The spread may appear to be a minuscule expense, but once you add up the cost of all of the trades, you will find it can eat away quite a portion of your account or your profit. If you check the price tag of a T-shirt before you buy it, do the same thing when you trade forex, look into the spread before you decide to trade. Your trade needs to surmount the spread (the cost) before it profits.

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The quickest, easiest and secure way to open a ForexGen trading account is online.
Complete and submit your application online in just a few minutes.

ForexGen.com is an online trading service provider supplying a unique and individualized service to Forex traders worldwide. We are dedicated to absolutely provide the best online trading services in the Forex market.

ForexGen provides a unique online trading experience based on our intelligent online Forex trading package, the ForexGen Trading Station, including the best online trading system.

In The World of Currency Today

In the world of currency today the only word associated with the Euro or Pound was Buy Buy Buy!

Traders spent today Buying Euros, Buying Pound, Buying Australian Dollars and Buying anything else that wasn’t the US Dollar, as poor US Data suggested that Subprime and Housing Market are pushing the US into a recession. GBPUSD was back above 1-9600, EURUSD 1.4800 and the Australian Dollar 0-9195.

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The quickest, easiest and secure way to open a ForexGen trading account is online.
Complete and submit your application online in just a few minutes.

ForexGen.com is an online trading service provider supplying a unique and individualized service to Forex traders worldwide. We are dedicated to absolutely provide the best online trading services in the Forex market.

ForexGen provides a unique online trading experience based on our intelligent online Forex trading package, the ForexGen Trading Station, including the best online trading system.

Knowing the Ins and Outs of Chandelier Exit

Have you ever heard of a stop placement strategy that trails stop based on previous 'high' points? It is called Chandelier exit as it hangs down from the high point or the ceiling of our trade, just as a chandelier hangs from a room ceiling. The distance, which is usually calculated from the high point to the trailing stop; could also be calculated in dollars or in contract based points. However, the value of this trailing stop moves upward very promptly as higher highs is reached.

The Chandelier Exit, which has a trailing stop from either the highest high of the trade or the highest close of the trade, is best measured in units of Average True Range (ATR). One of the many factors leading to use ATR for measuring the distance from the high to our stop is that, it is pertinent across markets and is adaptive to changes in unpredictability.

The essence of this calculative measure is that, even on expansion and contraction of trading ranges, our stop will automatically adjust and move to the apt level, thereby, constantly staying in tune with changing market conditions. Chandelier Exit is one of the most tried exit methodology used across a varied portfolio of futures markets to generate profitable test results.

It is imperative that the changes in unpredictability can curtail or stretch the distance to the actual stop, since the highs used to hang the Chandelier move only upward. However, in order to witness less fluctuation in the stop distance, you can use a longer moving average to calculate Average True Range. In other ways, shorter moving average is required, in case you want the stop placement to be more adaptive to fluctuating market conditions.


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The quickest, easiest and secure way to open a ForexGen trading account is online.
Complete and submit your application online in just a few minutes.

ForexGen.com is an online trading service provider supplying a unique and individualized service to Forex traders worldwide. We are dedicated to absolutely provide the best online trading services in the Forex market.

ForexGen provides a unique online trading experience based on our intelligent online Forex trading package, the ForexGen Trading Station, including the best online trading system.

US Dollar: Will Consumer Confidence Disappoint on Tuesday?

Euro Trades in 300 Point Range vs. US Dollar as Liquidity Returns, Swiss Franc Gains as Safe Haven of Choice

British Pound Reaches New Record Low Against Euro on Bleak UK Economic, Interest Rate Outlook

Japanese Yen Ends Monday Mixed, GBP/JPY Hits Fresh 13-Year Lows

US Dollar: Will Consumer Confidence Disappoint on Tuesday?

The US dollar ended the day up slightly against the euro and British pound, reversing sharp declines during the Asian and European trading session. However, the greenback ultimately ended the day down versus the Swiss franc, Japanese yen, and commodity dollars. Fundamentally, there was no news to speak of, but event risk will pick up on Tuesday, leaving potential for volatility to pick up a bit. At 9:00 ET, the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index for the month of October is anticipated to fall by a record 17.8 percent from a year earlier, highlighting the extent of the collapse in the US housing sector. At 10:00 ET, the Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index for the month of December is expected to edge up to 45.5 from 44.9. This would mark the second improvement in a row, but it’s necessary to keep these figures in perspective, as the record low of 38.8 going back to 1967 was just realized in October, down significantly from the index’s average of more than 100 throughout 2006 and 2007. Indeed, the outlook for consumption remains bleak

Euro Trades in 300 Point Range vs. US Dollar as Liquidity Returns, Swiss Franc Gains as Safe Haven of Choice
The euro spent the majority of last week consolidating versus the US dollar between 1.3915 and 1.4125, but the pair’s break higher on Sunday coincided with a surge in volatility. Indeed, EUR/USD traded within a more than 300 point range after rallying to 1.4365 and reversing to break below 1.40 at the end of the day. On the other hand, the Swiss franc gained across the majors on safe-haven flows amidst escalating conflicts in the Middle East. The euro and Swissie did have one thing in common today: they both reached fresh record highs against the British pound. While retracements may be due for EUR/GBP and GBP/CHF on Tuesday, the trend remains clear for the pairs. There will be little in the way of event risk for the euro and Swiss franc through the end of the week. Tomorrow, the Purchasing Managers’ Index results for the Euro-zone’s retail sector are anticipated to reflect the worst conditions on record while the UBS Swiss Consumption Indicator could slump to a three-year low. Nevertheless, netiher of these releases tend to be market-moving, making technical analysis far more useful this week.

British Pound Reaches New Record Low Against Euro on Bleak UK Economic, Interest Rate Outlook
The British pound remains exceptionally weak as the currency reach new record lows against the euro and tested the May 2002 low of 1.4460 versus the US dollar. Conditions in the UK remain dismal, as evidenced by the release of disappointing UK GDP revisions last week, which signaled that the economy actually contracted 0.6 percent during Q3 compared to initial estimates of a 0.5 percent contraction. The GDP figures confirmed that the UK fell into recession for the first time since 1990-1991 as a result of the sharpest drop in consumer spending since 1995 and a decline in investment as the financial crisis took its toll. In a similar vein, the Bank of England’s measure of housing equity withdrawals fell for the second straight quarter during Q3 by 5.7 billion pounds, adding to indications that credit is not readily available nor wanted, which leaves consumption growth likely to fade further. The BOE has already cut rates to 2.00 percent, the lowest since 1951, but this data only adds to speculation that they will reduce the Bank Rate by another 50bps in January.

Japanese Yen Ends Monday Mixed, GBP/JPY Hits Fresh 13-Year Lows
The Japanese yen ended Monday mixed across the majors, as the currency fell versus the Swiss franc but gained against the euro, British pound, and US dollar. These moves were less the result of Japanese yen price action and instead were dependant on euro and British pound flows. Nevertheless, with GBP/JPY trading near 13-year lows, the resumption of a the yen’s bull trend may add to lingering concerns that Japan will attempt to intervene in the currency markets at some point. If there is a good time for the country to step in to physically drive the currency down, this may be it given the lower volumes we’re seeing in the markets due to the holidays, but if the Japanese yen continues to ease back against most of the major currencies, such action may be unnecessary.

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[Opening an Account Online]

The quickest, easiest and secure way to open a ForexGen trading account is online.
Complete and submit your application online in just a few minutes.

ForexGen.com is an online trading service provider supplying a unique and individualized service to Forex traders worldwide. We are dedicated to absolutely provide the best online trading services in the Forex market.

ForexGen provides a unique online trading experience based on our intelligent online Forex trading package, the ForexGen Trading Station, including the best online trading system.