FOREX

Economic Releases

2009-01-07T13:26:00.000-08:00

One should probably not use technical strategies to enter trades right around important economic releases such as the employment report.

Key levels of support and resistance will still come into play, after the fundamental data has played itself out in the market - but the short term technicals will hold little relevance.
Among the advantages to the retail fx trader in trading off fundamental data is that the information is readily accessible through sources such as Bloomberg and Reuters, and that the retail trader can actually act faster than the banks and hedge funds.
The impact of major economic news can take some time before it has finished impacting the market, and the day trader can use this to their advantage - benefiting from the momentum generated by the order flow of the bigger players.

The best opportunities are created when the news comes out way off expectation and the market scrambles to correct itself. This can happen quite frequently with releases such as the nonfarm payrolls part of the employment report.
For a good exit to a trade entered based on fundamentals, the trader should look to a significant technical level.

[ForexGen Introducing Brokers]

Introducing Brokers may be individuals or institutions who gain their income from the commissions and/or rebates by introducing customers to ForexGen trading.

WHAT are the advantages of being an INTRODUCING BROKERS with ForexGen?

* Providing the most huge income sharing plan
* Providing several ways for our IB's to charge commission.
* ForexGen IB can also charge commission for each lot the traders execute.
* Moreover, ForexGen IB is able to increase the spread for all or certain clients and have ForexGen Investments rebate the difference.

In case the IB does not increase the spread or charge their clients a commission, ForexGen rebate the IB a minor predefined amount for every client's executed lot.
Commission is paid out every month.

Individualized service

[ForexGen] offers our IB's individualized service created according to the individual needs and specified business situation for each IB.
Our Introducing Broker program provides a highly organized program for individualized services and organizations in order to introduce their clients to the online foreign currency exchange market, moreover they will enjoy the benefits of being a part of the ForexGen family.

ForexGen offers 1 pip spread on 10 pairs with high trading techniques that make ForexGen
incomparable to any other rival.

Inside Day Breakouts

2009-01-07T13:22:00.000-08:00

An inside day is one where trading is contained within the trading range of the previous day.

The volatility breakout strategy entails entering a trade on a stop order above or below the range that has been previously trading - with the expectation that since a breakout has occured price will continue to move in that direction.
Volatility breakout systems are based on idea that if the market moves a certain percentage from a previous price level, the market is likely to see follow through in that direction. In this scenario you are looking for a continuation of the move based on momentum.
One should look for a series of inside days to implement this strategy, and the greater the number of inside days that transpire, the higher the probability of a breakout.
Also, the longer the timeframe used, the stronger the breakout opportunity - hourly and daily timeframes are the best to use.
This strategy is also best used with pairs that see tighter ranges - these are typically the crosses - currency pairs that do not have the USD as part of the pairing such as the EUR/GBP and the EUR/CHF.

Inevitably there will be false breakouts, as the interbank dealers try to trigger the stop orders just outside the breakout levels.
In order to avoid being caught in a false breakout situation, enter your trade with a stop order at least 10-15 pips above the breakout level - meaning the levels above or below the trading range depending on whether the market is breaking out to the upside or downside.
(In case you are not clear on this - a stop order is one that is placed above or below where the market is currently trading and becomes a market order when the market touches the price where the stop was entered. A buy stop is placed above the market and a sell stop is placed below.)

Again one can look to the ADX as an indicator to whether the market is still range bound or beginning to trend one way or another.
Stay away from inside day breakout trade if the ADX is below 20 and trending downward.
The breakout strategy is valuable in that it teaches the trader to do something that is normally counter intuitive - that is to buy the high or sell the low. Novice traders are more likely to try to pick tops and bottoms.
Often the breakout will occur in a fast moving market, making decisiveness even harder. However, if your strategy is in place and you have identified the opportunity, you will be ahead of the game.

[ForexGen Money Manager]

An individual who is responsible for the entire financial portfolio of another individual or another entity. A money manager receives payment in exchange for choosing and monitoring appropriate investments for the client.

Benefits of being a Money Manager with [ForexGen]:

* Providing three different commission sources.
* Weekly commission plan.
* Easy & fast commission withdrawals.
* Fixed percentage of the profits.
* P = k * D “P=Profit, k=Variable Parameter, D=Deposits”

The money manager gets a fixed percentage of the profit previously agreed upon with the client for managing the client funds as a bonus feature.

The most competitive trading conditions:

* 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
* Providing online trading services without maintenance margin, margin call and no automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US. The margin level have to be recognized Fridays at 23:00 CET and before public holidays.
* Leverages up to 1:200 for accounts up to $1 million US.
* Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.

Important Psychological Levels

2009-01-07T13:18:00.000-08:00

FX day traders should be able to identify price areas where large order flows will be triggered through the interbank market,

and take advantage of the moves that are created by them.
Such levels include major areas of support and resistance on the daily chart and also round numbers such as double zeros - for example EUR/USD 1.2700.
Careful placement of stop loss and profit target orders enables the trader to execute trades with a strongly positive risk/reward factor.

For example, one might place a stop loss of 15 pips from the level and a profit target of 50 pips on the other side if you are attempting to profit from a bounce at such a level.
One should note that stop loss orders are normally placed somewhat beyond the key round figure numbers and profit taking orders are normally right at the key levels.
Attempting to catch a rebound off a major level is best executed when there are other technical factors supporting the rebound. For example if the market had been trading below its 20 period Simple Moving Average (SMA) prior to reaching the key level, this would support the decision to attempt to catch a rebound at that level.

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US Dollar Index

2009-01-07T13:13:00.000-08:00

The US Dollar Index (USDX) is a futures contract offered by the New York Board of Trade.

It is a trade-weighted average of six foreign currencies against the dollar. Currently, the index includes euros (EUR), Japanese yen (JPY), British pounds (GBP), Canadian dollars (CAD), Swedish kronas (SEK) and Swiss francs (CHF).

USDX broadly reflects the dollar's standing compared to the other major currencies of the world. It is widely used to hedge risk in the currency markets or to take a position in the US Dollar without having the risk exposure of a single currency pair.
The US Dollar Index allows the fx trader a feel for what is going on in the FX market globally at a glance. If the Dollar Index is trending lower, then it is likely that a major currency that is a component of it is trading higher.

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[ForexGen online trading services] are available 24 hours a day from Sunday at 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST to support and offer the help needed by all ForexGen's clients through answering any questions they may have.
ForexGen provides full time assistances to support clients during the usage of [ForexGen platform], whenever our clients face any problems during downloading or installing the platform ForexGen experienced stuff will help to overcome it.

ForexGen provides clients with full scale demonstrations and help for the technical issues.

Dealing Rooms.

ForexGen dealing desk representatives are available during trading hours - 24/5 from Sunday 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST.

You are encouraged to contact the dealing room by phone ONLY in these situations:

* If you are not able to access the internet.
* Failing to receive a confirmation on an online order.
* Failing to connect to ForexGen server.

Forex Trading Strategies

2009-01-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

Successfully trading the forex market on an intraday basis requires precision and a very careful selection of trades.

The enormous scope of the trillion dollar, 24 hour, globe spanning fx market presents a myriad of opportunities for the short term trader - however a day trader in this market must be aware of certain inherent factors to overcome.
Firstly, the bid ask spread in the fx market, normally at least 3 pips, makes trading on the shortest timeframe - in and out within seconds - very difficult.
The daily ranges can be very wide among certain currency pairs, presenting many opportunities for the day trader - however I feel that the intraday forex trader should look for specific technical and fundamental conditions before entering trades.

Secondly, due to the fact that there is currently no centralized exchange in the forex market, traders lack data on volume and open interest (the number of active contracts for a given security over a given time period)- important sources for traders in other markets - which causes a necessary shift in focus to other technical and fundamental factors.
While interbank dealers are able to see the order book and use this to their advantage, the retail fx trader can exploit their ability to react faster, and also with the knowledge that their trades will not move the market, as the trades of the larger institutions will.

The CME and Reuters are planning to launch a trading platform for fx in Q1 2007 - using CME trade matching and clearing technology - this will address the issues mentioned above (ie the spread will be tighter, you will be able to see volume etc.) and it will be interesting to see whether they can attract the liquidity and create a successful marketplace.
While both technical and fundamental analysis are important to the forex trader, we will begin with a focus on technicals.

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Trade, Compete, and Win - Begins the 1st of Every Month!
ForexGen has the pleasure to announce the launching of its first monthly Live Accounts contest,
This is NOT a demo contest

this is a live trading [competition] open for all live mini account holders. At the beginning of each month, the slate is wiped clean and traders have a new opportunity to win the monthly prizes.

What makes this contest unique?

All prizes are CASH prizes with no restrictions on withdrawing the prize money! How Do I Enter?
You don't have to pay any fee to enter this contest, all [ForexGen] mini Accounts with a balance of "$1000" and a default leverage of 1:200 are entitled to participate in this contest upon their account holder request by sending an e-mail request on live.contest@forexgen.com

For more information about our current and future promotions, kindly contact one of our customers support agents at promotions@forexgen.com

Using Fibonacci Retracements in Forex Trading

2009-01-06T13:21:00.000-08:00

Retracement is a term used in technical analysis that refers to the likelihood that a currency's price will retrace a large portion of an original move and find support or resistance at the key Fibonacci levels before it continues in the original direction.

These levels are created by drawing a trendline between two extreme points and then dividing the vertical distance by the key Fibonacci ratios of 23.6%, 38.2%, 50%, 61.8% and 100%. Fibonacci retracement is a very popular tool used by many technical FX traders to help identify strategic places for transactions to be placed, target prices or stop losses. The notion of retracement is used in many other indicators such as the Elliott Wave theory, Tirone levels and Gartley patterns, .

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1. Lowest spreads in the market with 0-1 pip spread in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.
2. Scandinavian quality with Swiss precision, funds secured and local agents in 18+ countries.
3. ForexGen offers Forex trading in the major currency pairs and crosses.
4. Low capital start, with $250 as a minimum account size.
5. Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.
6. [ForexGen] offers a free trial Forex [demo account] that allows you to test your skills and practice without risking real money.

Risk vs Reward

2009-01-06T13:07:00.000-08:00

Clearly, there are large amounts of money to be made trading foreign exchange. The forex market is a game in which there are many experienced, well-capitalized, professional traders who do nothing else but trade currencies full time. An inexperienced retail trader has a significant information disadvantage compared to these traders. Retail traders are undercapitalized. In a fair game - one with no information advantages - between two players that continues until one trader goes broke - the player with the lower amount of capital has a highest likelihood of going broke first. Since the retail trader is effectively playing against the market as a whole - which has an almost unlimited supply of capital - he will almost certainly go broke.

The retail trader always pays the bid/ask spread making his odds of winning lower. Additional costs may include margin interest, or if a spot position is kept open for more than one day the trade must be "resettled" each day, costing the full bid/ask spread every day. Even people running the trading shops warn clients against trying to time the market.
The retail brokers encourage individual traders to trade extremely large positions by offering high leverages, sometimes as high as 200:1. This increases the trading volume cleared by the broker, therefore his profits, but increases the risk that the trader will receive a margin call or a closed account. Professional currency dealers - banks, hedge funds et al, rarely use more than 10:1 leverage.

The US government regulating body for the Foreign Exchange Market the “National Futures Association” warns traders in a Forex Training presentation of the risk in trading currency. “As stated at the beginning of this program, off-exchange foreign currency trading carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all customers. The only funds that should ever be used to speculate in foreign currency trading, or any type of highly speculative investment, are funds that represent risk capital; in other words, funds you can afford to lose without affecting your financial situation.”

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How to Start Trading Forex

2009-01-06T13:00:00.000-08:00

Starting out trading forex is a very simple proposition: sign up with an online broker,

download any software, deposit some money and you are ready to trade. Most of the reputable brokerage firms have a practice account facility where they will open an account, deposit fake money into the account and allow you to start trading in real time.

Some of these same brokers are also offering to open an account and start you trading for real using a very small deposit, say $100. Even with a 200:1 leverage applied, this amounts to only $20,000 - nowhere near enough to make a forex trade. My own feeling is that these "mini accounts," are a complete waste of time and money (see leverage) and possibly just plain dangerous. In the unlikely event that you do make money with a $100 deposit and are then tempted to place a larger one, anything you learned trading at this level will not apply to a substantially larger trade. Try a practice account with one of the larger banks instead.

N.B Trading on a practice account, regardless of how realistic it is, is not the same as trading for real. If it doesn't matter whether you win or lose, you will behave differently to the way you will act when money is at stake.

[ForexGen Introducing Brokers]

Introducing Brokers may be individuals or institutions who gain their income from the commissions and/or rebates by introducing customers to ForexGen trading.

WHAT are the advantages of being an INTRODUCING BROKERS with ForexGen?

* Providing the most huge income sharing plan
* Providing several ways for our IB's to charge commission.
* ForexGen IB can also charge commission for each lot the traders execute.
* Moreover, ForexGen IB is able to increase the spread for all or certain clients and have ForexGen Investments rebate the difference.

In case the IB does not increase the spread or charge their clients a commission, ForexGen rebate the IB a minor predefined amount for every client's executed lot.
Commission is paid out every month.

Individualized service

[ForexGen] offers our IB's individualized service created according to the individual needs and specified business situation for each IB.
Our Introducing Broker program provides a highly organized program for individualized services and organizations in order to introduce their clients to the online foreign currency exchange market, moreover they will enjoy the benefits of being a part of the ForexGen family.

ForexGen offers 1 pip spread on 10 pairs with high trading techniques that make ForexGen
incomparable to any other rival.

Scalping

2009-01-06T12:54:00.000-08:00

Scalping is a trading strategy in which the trader makes dozens or even hundreds of trades daily,

looking to capture a few pips per trade. Generally, scalpers stay in trades for less than a minute, getting out as soon as their position captures a few pips. Scalpers often trade with electronic communication network (ECN) brokerages, which circumvent the dealing desk allowing online traders to trade directly with one another. ECN brokerages usually have less liquidity than dealing desk brokerages and charge a per trade commission, but their pip spreads are narrower. To be a successful online Forex scalper, traders must follow strict risk management rules. One big loss can wipe out dozens of succesful trades. Traders should be sure to use stop loss orders, ensuring that the profit/loss margin on each trade is very small.

[ForexGen Money Manager]

An individual who is responsible for the entire financial portfolio of another individual or another entity. A money manager receives payment in exchange for choosing and monitoring appropriate investments for the client.

Benefits of being a Money Manager with [ForexGen]:

* Providing three different commission sources.
* Weekly commission plan.
* Easy & fast commission withdrawals.
* Fixed percentage of the profits.
* P = k * D “P=Profit, k=Variable Parameter, D=Deposits”

The money manager gets a fixed percentage of the profit previously agreed upon with the client for managing the client funds as a bonus feature.

The most competitive trading conditions:

* 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
* Providing online trading services without maintenance margin, margin call and no automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US. The margin level have to be recognized Fridays at 23:00 CET and before public holidays.
* Leverages up to 1:200 for accounts up to $1 million US.
* Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.

Commissions or Spreads

2009-01-06T12:47:00.000-08:00

Brokers take part or all of the spread in all currency pairs traded. Here is an example:

EUR/USD. Prices are always quoted with both bid and offer prices ( Buy EUR/USD 1.2000, Sell EUR/USD 1.2003). That difference of 3 pips is the spread and can amount to a substantial amount of money. Because the standard lot is 100,000 units of the base currency, 3 pips on EUR/USD means $30 paid to the broker. A pip is the smallest amount the currency is traded in - 1/100th of a percent in the case of the US dollar.

The currency pairs are always purchased by buying 100,000 of the quote currency , also known as the counter currency. For the pair EUR/USD, the base currency is USD, therefore 1/100th of a percent on a pair with USD as the base currency will always have a pip of $10. If, on the other hand, your currency has British Pounds as a base instead of US dollars, then 1/100th of a percent is now worth around $20, because you are buying 100,000 units of British pounds. Retail forex brokers make a lot of money without charging commissions.

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USA Employment Situation

2009-01-05T15:51:00.000-08:00

Why is it important?
Employment basically represents the health of an economy. More workers mean more spending which helps businesses see higher revenue. Fewer workers mean less spending which eventually hurts businesses. Far fewer workers can bring recession to the economy. Employment data either tells investors to remove their capitals out to more favorable countries, or lure them to pour more capital into US economy.
It is the most influential and the most awaited piece of economic news. Because mainly this release presents the latest, freshest data of the whole US economy. The employment data of any month is available just a few days after it ends. With this hottest data available, economists will promptly branch their forecasts to other indicators such as interest rate and inflation. With such hot forecasts coming in, many speculators are going to try to anticipate and make some short-term profits.

How is it computed?
Each month US government sends Household Survey to 60,000 homes which cover a population of farm and non-farm workers, the self-employed, domestic helpers and even Americans working in Mexico and Canada. Information received in completed surveys is then generalized—scaled up—to represents the whole US population. There they have all the demographic and household employment data.
Besides households, 400,000 companies and government agencies are contacted through phone and mail to complete an Establishment Survey. These entities employ more than 40 million workers. Based on information received, Bureau of Labor Statistics works out the number of jobs lost and created in the latest month in all the sectors and industries. There they have completed employment data ready to be published.

Impact on Forex
More jobs mean healthier economy, and in healthy economy where people have more money to spend, the inflation rate naturally rises. Fed may then decide to hike interest rate to reduce inflation rate. Or if there’re fewer jobs, Fed may decide to lower interest rate to encourage borrowing to spur up the economy.
Higher interest rate, on the other hand, attracts global investors to buy and hold the dollar, which increase its market value. Lower interest rate will result in selling the dollar for favorable currency, which in turn decrease market value of dollar

[ForexGen Customer & Trading Support]

ForexGen Customer Service seeks to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction.

[ForexGen online trading services] are available 24 hours a day from Sunday at 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST to support and offer the help needed by all ForexGen's clients through answering any questions they may have.
ForexGen provides full time assistances to support clients during the usage of [ForexGen platform], whenever our clients face any problems during downloading or installing the platform ForexGen experienced stuff will help to overcome it.

ForexGen provides clients with full scale demonstrations and help for the technical issues.

Dealing Rooms.

ForexGen dealing desk representatives are available during trading hours - 24/5 from Sunday 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST.

You are encouraged to contact the dealing room by phone ONLY in these situations:

* If you are not able to access the internet.
* Failing to receive a confirmation on an online order.
* Failing to connect to ForexGen server.

Becoming A Successful Day Trader

2009-01-05T15:44:00.000-08:00

There are two types of day traders - scalper and momentum traders.

The scalper buys and trades stocks within minutes, whereas a momentum trader buy stocks that fluctuate from high to low during the day. But at the end of the day, the ultimate goal of a day trader is to buy stocks and sell them at the highest possible value.
A trader should be knowledgeable in paper trading and risk management. Traders keep themselves updated by reading stock exchange periodicals. It is essential for a day trader to absorb the relevant information completely and regularly. New York Stock Exchange and the National Association of Security Dealers impose minimum margin requirements for day traders.

A day trader's world is full of risk, where fortunes can change by the minute, depending on unpredictable market swings. Besides luck, the profit of a day trader depends upon how vigilant and fast they are. The trader's analytical, as well as risk management skills also determines success. The element of unpredictability is evident in every aspect of their work, ranging from holding positions on long trades that involve purchasing the stocks at a low rate and selling it later at a higher rate, to short selling that involves the reverse of long trades. This involves selling the stock at high rates in anticipation to compensate it when the prices fall, to speculating without being bothered with the fundamentals and technical aspects of the trade.

Characteristics Of A Day Trader
• Believe in their efforts and do not pay heed to rumors.
• They have a sharp analytical ability.
• They are strong-headed people, who are not affected by the prevalent market trends.
• They employ a mathematical approach.
• They work towards understanding the latest regulations related to trading fees and taxes.
• Day traders are not affected by the fluctuation of financial indicators such as NASDAQ and DOW JONES.
Anyone can become a day trader by opening a trading account with a brokerage company or a stock exchange or bank, provided it allows trading. You need to fulfill certain legal and commercial formalities, before initiating trades. You can become a day trader in any one of the following categories:
• Stock, bonds and securities.
• Foreign Exchange Currency
• Commodities - such as metals and food grains.

[ForexGen Live Accounts Contest]

Trade, Compete, and Win - Begins the 1st of Every Month!
ForexGen has the pleasure to announce the launching of its first monthly Live Accounts contest,
This is NOT a demo contest

this is a live trading [competition] open for all live mini account holders. At the beginning of each month, the slate is wiped clean and traders have a new opportunity to win the monthly prizes.

What makes this contest unique?

All prizes are CASH prizes with no restrictions on withdrawing the prize money! How Do I Enter?
You don't have to pay any fee to enter this contest, all [ForexGen] mini Accounts with a balance of "$1000" and a default leverage of 1:200 are entitled to participate in this contest upon their account holder request by sending an e-mail request on live.contest@forexgen.com

For more information about our current and future promotions, kindly contact one of our customers support agents at promotions@forexgen.com

How to Pick the Right Forex Trading Broker

2009-01-05T15:35:00.000-08:00

Picking the right forex trading broker can be a tedious exercise for most traders.

There are more than a hundred online brokers today and more are coming on board. Since the foreign exchange market is worth trillions of dollars, it offers lucrative opportunities for brokers to set up their firm online. The challenge is with too many choices, it is hard to decide which is best for you. This piece of information would provide you with the necessary tips to pick an ideal forex trading broker.

Since the foreign exchange market is decentralized, it can be hard to identify fraudulent practices by unscrupulous brokers. When finding a broker, do make sure to follow the following pointers and your chances of finding an honest and reliable forex trading broker are dramatically increased!

1. Always request for references that you can speak with.
2. Do a check with the local regulatory agencies and make sure that the forex trading broker is registered. For US-based brokers, see if they are registered as Futures Commission Merchants (FCM) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and registered with National Futures Association (NFA).
3. Compare the account details such as the minimum deposit required, leverage, spreads and so on. Ask them specifically are there any commissions chargeable, lot fees, etc. This is to ensure you do not incur hidden costs. Some sneaky traders deliberately give you an impression that they are the cheapest to use but in actual fact load you on hidden charges.
4. The trading platform needs to be user-friendly. Many traders especially first-timers find it challenging to navigate around the site just to make sense of the charts and currency prices. If there are demo accounts, try them.
5. REQUOTING. This is a big pitfall that many traders fell into before realizing. Low spreads and commissions do not mean much if the forex trading broker decides to "trick" you with requoting. Basically, what it means is that when you transact with a buy/sell call for a currency pair at a certain price, the broker requotes and charge you on the requoted price rather than what you see.

The difference in transacted prices can be as much as 9 pips and beyond. Be wary of those dealers that keep requoting when you are making huge gains! It is common to have occasional ones but when it happens way too often, you should smell a rat. Always choose one that have a "no requoting" policy.
One best broker you can find is GAIN Capital. Gain Capital provide the best possible execution on each and every trade. Their best execution goal is supported by strong forex liquidity relationships with over a dozen of the world's leading FX banks, giving them access to a liquidity pool that exceeds $2 billion. GAIN's deep liquidity pool attracts both traders who require the ability to execute larger, institutional-size deals. Staffed with former interbank traders, GAIN's desk routinely handles customer transactions from $100,000 to $50 million. GAIN Capital Group is a registered Futures Commission Merchant (NFA ID #0339826), regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). As an FCM, GAIN must uphold the highest standards and business practices and is subject to strict financial requirements and reporting. Interested parties can visit the NFA web site at any time to review GAIN Capital's record as an NFA member. Open your trading account today!

[Why ForexGen]

1. Lowest spreads in the market with 0-1 pip spread in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.
2. Scandinavian quality with Swiss precision, funds secured and local agents in 18+ countries.
3. ForexGen offers Forex trading in the major currency pairs and crosses.
4. Low capital start, with $250 as a minimum account size.
5. Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.
6. [ForexGen] offers a free trial Forex [demo account] that allows you to test your skills and practice without risking real money.

U.S. Dollar Shrinks - Top Three Reasons

2009-01-05T15:19:00.000-08:00

As we watch the recent developments in the foreign exchange (FOREX) market, you will notice in particular, that the Canadian dollar continues to trounce the U.S. dollar. For most of the last thirty years, the reverse was true. Less than 10 years since its birth, the Euro also has overtaken the U.S. dollar in unit value. Let us explore the three major reasons underlying these facts.

High Oil Prices A very cursory glimpse at the crude oil prices will reveal that prices are at record levels. Recently, a high of $97 per barrel was reached. Although it is an oil producer, the United States remains a net importer of crude oil. Traditionally, we have bought more oil from abroad than we have produced domestically and exported. For its part, Canada has become a net exporter of oil. This is made possible largely due to very large reserves contained in its oil sands. The rise in the prices of oil has boosted the value of the Canadian dollar as countries from around the world fuel the demand for the critical commodity. As the largest trading partner of the U.S., Canada has seen a lot of U.S. dollars flow into its economy through the oil industry.

Gradual Shift to PetroEuros Historically, countries from around the world have used the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency. This practice gave rise to the term "petrodollars", i.e. the U.S. dollar was the currency used to pay for oil imported by various countries. As the Euro proliferated during the past decade, governments and companies started to view it as a viable option for doing international business. Consequently, a gradual shift away from the dollar and toward the Euro has begun as a reserve alternative regarding international trade. The fact that the Euro is supported by a number of European countries also speaks to its perceived stability.

Iraq War The total economic impact of the Iraq war is difficult at best, if not impossible, to accurate determine. According to author Robert Looney writing for Strategic Insights, Volume 2, Issue 11 (November 3, 2003), some theorize that the United States invaded Iraq because in 2000 Saddam Hussein had switched from dollars to the euro as the medium of exchange for purchasing Iraqi oil. Whatever the case, the effect the war has had on the perception of the United States as a rational and cooperative republic has come under serious scrutiny. Some of the staunchest allies of the U.S. refused to go to war with it or approve the U.S going to war with Iraq at all. The war has siphoned monies which, arguably, could have gone into more productive sectors of the U.S. economy. One of the eventual effects is that the U.S. dollar suffers the tremors arising out of the growing concern about which direction America is headed and how its political climate impacts the value of the dollar. For FOREX traders, this means looking for opportunities to capitalize on the largely one-way trend.

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BASIC SYSTEM RULES:

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Buy Signal
Notice the confirming indicators: EMA 4 crossed LMA 10 upward on up trend is advisable and realistic of achieving your target daily i.e. both moving averages crossed LMA 120, then set your Stop Loss 10pips below the LMA 120 or look for the swing low. Also confirm you signal when the MACD histogram is above the 0 line; signaling upward momentum.

Sell Signal
The chart is an example of SELL signal. Notice how MACD Histogram went from positive to negative, and how the moving averages confirmed the sell signal. The EMA 4 crossed LMA 10 down. Set your Stop Loss 10pips above the LMA 120.
When LMA 40 - 90 are above the LMA 120, it implies that the market is in up trend while below LMA 120 signifies down trend. You should also watch for overbought and over sold. Do not join the traders with mentality of "it will soon reverse" at losses. Get the trend as early as possible and follow the trend to maximize your profits.
Using 15 minutes chart, 10 to 20 pips is a realistic initial profit target, especially if you are trading EUR/USD, GBP/USD, USD/JPY. Even the other major currency pairs should yield this much on a properly measured signal.

TRADING PERIOD FOR THIS STRATEGY: Always watch out for good trading opportunity between 7:45 am NG time to 11:45 am for morning trading session, while 1.00 pm NG time to 3.45 pm is advisable for afternoon session.
TARGET: The purpose of scalping is making small profits while exposing a trading account to a very limited risk, which is due to a quick open/close trading method. I will advise you go for 10 pips plus spread per trade and demo trade this strategy for a month before going live with it. You could even go for 5 pips if you notice that the market is almost at it peak.
HIDDEN SECRETS: An additional advantage for traders technically is when there is no major news affecting the market. You will always see a clear trend for the day. When trading using technical indicators, make sure you know when the news is going to be released so that you can position yourself. i.e. close your trade 10 to 15 minutes before the (FA) news. Then 15 minutes after the (FA) news, you could trade

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Introducing Brokers may be individuals or institutions who gain their income from the commissions and/or rebates by introducing customers to ForexGen trading.

WHAT are the advantages of being an INTRODUCING BROKERS with ForexGen?

* Providing the most huge income sharing plan
* Providing several ways for our IB's to charge commission.
* ForexGen IB can also charge commission for each lot the traders execute.
* Moreover, ForexGen IB is able to increase the spread for all or certain clients and have ForexGen Investments rebate the difference.

In case the IB does not increase the spread or charge their clients a commission, ForexGen rebate the IB a minor predefined amount for every client's executed lot.
Commission is paid out every month.

Individualized service

[ForexGen] offers our IB's individualized service created according to the individual needs and specified business situation for each IB.
Our Introducing Broker program provides a highly organized program for individualized services and organizations in order to introduce their clients to the online foreign currency exchange market, moreover they will enjoy the benefits of being a part of the ForexGen family.

ForexGen offers 1 pip spread on 10 pairs with high trading techniques that make ForexGen
incomparable to any other rival.

Hedging in Forex

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Hedging is a word that any trader in the stock or Forex market will know.

To begin with, hedging means covering the exposure risk in one market/security by taking an opposite position in another market/security. Hedging is used to minimize the risk behind the market exposure. It acts as a strong support to fall back on, in the event of losses.

Forex traders often use derivative instruments to diversify the risk. Derivative instruments are known to be used widely to minimize risk exposed in some other area. Forex trading is all about gaining advantage out of the price variations between the currency pairs. A Forex trader who doesn’t know the word “hedging” should better not indulge into Forex trading.
Many traders consider ‘hedging’ as an insurance tool for their trades. The widely used derivative instrument by Forex traders is futures. A currency future is a contract to buy or sell a specified currency at a last closing price at an agreed future date. Currency futures are traded on the market like any stock or currency. Traders indulge into futures contract to hedge the currency exposure risk and exchange rate risk. If a trader has gone ‘long’ in YEN using USD, he will be worried the YEN rate falls more than the USD. To hedge his currency risk, he will sell a futures contract on USD using YEN.

Futures are largely affected by external market components and hence the futures contract will offset the long position in YEN. The futures price increases with a fall in rate of YEN and vice-versa. Therefore the trader here smartly eliminates his currency risk with the futures. Other derivative instruments can be forwards, forward rate agreements, currency swaps, interest rate swaps, Forex swaps etc.

Hedging in Forex can be done with another yet good instrument, options. Currency options are the derivatives where a buyer has a right (not obligation) to purchase/sell currencies for a pre-determined price, by paying a premium to the “seller” of the option contract. Options are traded O-T-C and are not exchange regulated. Since the buyer is not obliged to exercise the option, it turns out to be a very good tool to eliminate losses. If the currency movement goes in the opposite direction than expected, the buyer is at loss ONLY for the premium he has paid to the “seller”. Hence the loss remains minimal and can be avoided.

Margin trading is a main feature of any Forex market. A trader may have a capital of $1 million to invest, but with margin trading he can take positions in multiple times of his capital. This is termed as “leverage”. Forex market is usually governed by larges corporates dealing in foreign exchange trades, exporters, importers and other traders who engage in day trading to make quick money. The need to hedge arises from protecting oneself from the currency exposure and exchange rate risks.

[ForexGen Money Manager]

An individual who is responsible for the entire financial portfolio of another individual or another entity. A money manager receives payment in exchange for choosing and monitoring appropriate investments for the client.

Benefits of being a Money Manager with [ForexGen]:

* Providing three different commission sources.
* Weekly commission plan.
* Easy & fast commission withdrawals.
* Fixed percentage of the profits.
* P = k * D “P=Profit, k=Variable Parameter, D=Deposits”

The money manager gets a fixed percentage of the profit previously agreed upon with the client for managing the client funds as a bonus feature.

The most competitive trading conditions:

* 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
* Providing online trading services without maintenance margin, margin call and no automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US. The margin level have to be recognized Fridays at 23:00 CET and before public holidays.
* Leverages up to 1:200 for accounts up to $1 million US.
* Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.

Risks in Forex trading

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Forex trading is best known for giving attractive profits on short and long trades.

While traders play with the movements of currency pairs and leverage out of the changes in the price movements, they also should be focused on the degree of risks associated with the price movements. Only those who are not averse to risks can be in this game. But, before one enters the arena, you need to know the pros and cons of the game.
While the investment opportunities in Forex market are surging high, so are the risks. Hence, a newbies in this market should know the pros and cons of the market & its movements. Forex market does not come up to the standards of a stock exchange. Dealing desk is the base of the Forex trading and one needs to be very careful while ‘dealing’ with a ‘dealer’. A good dealer can help a trader to leverage out the risk with increase in the profits.

Leverage is the key word of any Forex trade. A trader would want to leverage the risk of one trade through some other. Dealers increase the margin amount for the traders to enable them to trade more. A trader can utilize this margin level to do more trades, which is known as ‘leverage’. If the dealer gives 100 times margin to the trader, it simply means that a trader with an investment amount of $10,000 can trade up to a value of $1,000,000. The profit spread is definitely more with the higher margin, but so is the risk spread. A trader might not be well able to manage a $1 million trade, as compared to a $10,000 one. Hence, a trader should be very calculative on the risks and take only that much which fits his stride.

When it comes to a good or bad dealer, a bad dealer may not do the ‘bad’ through fraud. He is smart to get more dollars from the trader. Mostly retail dealers are the ones who can give a trader sleepless nights. Traders are enticed to go for margin trading and give stop-loss orders, in case if the price drops. This enables these market makers to close the trades on the price they actually want. In cases where the position is not offset, the loss of the trader becomes the gain of the dealer.
A trader should utilize the “stop-loss” order during times of high volatility. Even if the dealer encourages him to take risky positions enticing him of a huge profit bouquet, one should not fall prey to such promises. If the position turns out to be your enemy, then you have no one to blame for, except yourself. The market also throws some volatile movements during a day, like any important day announcements. A trader should be calculative on his positions during this time. Any trade or business carries some degree of risk and higher the risk, higher the sweets from it. Nothing is free from risk, but one should choose to take only that risk which he is capable of.

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Technical Analysis: Short term Trends

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Trend is the most important concept in technical analysis. A trend is the direction in which the market or a security is headed. The movement of high and low price movements constitutes the trend. For example, uptrend means series of higher lows and higher highs. On the other hand, downtrend means series of lower highs and lower lows.

Trends are basically of three types:

Uptrend: When each successive trough and peak goes higher, it is known as uptrend.
Downtrend: When the troughs and peaks get lower, it is called downtrend.
Horizontal / Sideways trends: When the troughs and peaks do not show much movement, it is known as horizontal or sideways trend.

Trend Lengths
Apart from the direction of trends, trend can be further classified into long term, intermediate and short term trends. Long term trend is one which lasts for longer time that is more than a year. An intermediate trend lasts for a time period between three months and one year. Short term trend is that which lasts for anytime less than one month. Long term trends consist of a number of intermediate trends which move opposite to the direction of long term trend. Similarly, short term trends make up both intermediate as well as major trends.

Trendlines
Trendlines are charting techniques which add lines to a chart in order to represent a trend of a particular stock or that of a market. Trendlines can be drawn simply by sketching a straight line following a general trend. These lines not only show the trend, but also help in the identification of trend reversals.

Channels
Channels or channel lines is the name given to the addition of a pair of parallel trendlines which act as strong pillars of resistance and support. Upper trendline connects the high series whereas lower trendline is used to connect all low series. Channels can either slope downwards, upwards or sideways. However, despite of the direction, its elucidation and interpretations continues to be the same. Traders expect the given securities to trade amongst the two support levels until it is successful in breaking beyond one of these levels. In that level, the traders expect sharp movements in the course of the break. Channels are also used to explain the most important areas of resistance and support.

The Significance of Trend
Understanding and identifying the trend is extremely important as it enables one to trade with the trend and not go against it. The two most important sayings which guide technical analysis are “don’t oppose the trend” and “trend is our friend”. These two saying about technical analysis indicate the importance of trend analysis for all the technical traders.

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Technical Analysis: Chart Types

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Investors use mainly four kinds of charts depending on their skills and the information they are seeking. The different chart types which are used in technical analysis are line chart, candlestick chart, bar chart and point and figure chart.

Line Chart
Among these four charts, the most fundamental charts are the line charts. They represent the closing prices through a connecting line which forms over the closing prices over a particular period of time. Line charts do not show any trade range which can give information about various prices such as low, high and opening prices. The only value that is represented in the line charts is the closing value as it is considered as the most vital price in the entire stock data as opposed to high, low or the opening prices.

Bar Charts
Bar charts are most popular method for technical analysis throughout the world. It adds many new bits of information to each and every data point present on the chart. Bar charts comprise of a series of upright lines which stand for each data point. Vertical lines in the chart indicate the low and high rates for a particular trading period as well as the closing price. On the other hand, Horizontal marks indicate the opening and closing balance. Investors must use the bar chart pattern and indicator before investing. When the opening balance is less that the closing balance, the bar is shaded in blank color which represents up period of a stock. On the contrary, when the stock’s value depreciates, that is the closing balance is lesser than opening values, then the bar is colored red.

Candlestick charts
Candlestick charts are constructed in more visually identifiable way. They are quite similar to bar charts. They also have a thin vertical line which shows high and low of the market. It is easy to read the candlestick chart. The difference between open and close are identified by a wide bar on the vertical line. Like bar charts, candlestick chart also use lots of colors to illustrate the up and down movements during the period of trading. Candlestick chart uses the white color when the market stock is up and when the stock is down they use red or black color. When the price of the stock closes above that of the previous day, but below than the price on which the day opened, the color of the candlestick is black.

Point & Figure Chart
The point & figure chart is not too common amongst the technical traders. It represents price movement but does not concern itself with volume and time in point’s formulation. The point & figure chart eliminates noise from the stock that can cause distraction in the views of the traders towards price trends. These charts also neutralize skewing effect of time on chart analysis.

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Finding the Right Forex Broker

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Forex trading is dealt through a broker, trader or bank.

It works through electronic communication as forex trading has no central office or land based address. It is therefore, necessary to find a competent broker to deal with when investing in forex trading. The forex broker is the bridge between the buyers and sellers.

Forex brokers are usually associated with a bank of FX trading company or now more commonly online websites. It isn’t difficult to find a forex broker but what does matter is the kind of broker you choose for your forex trade. Look at your broker’s credentials. It is important to know his past experiences and qualifications as a broker.
A qualified broker is required to register with the Futures Commission Merchant (FCM) and synchronized by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Never transact with a broker who doesn’t have an affiliation with the mentioned trading commission. Research thoroughly, making sure to conduct a background check on the broker you choose. Check on the broker’s current working status and ask for references or client feedback. Knowing the history of your broker is vital since this will be the basis whether or not you should deal with him. Remember you are entrusting your money to your broker so trust is everything.

You will want to have a broker who is highly knowledgeable in all areas of Forex. Find out your broker’s working style. Ask his views about risk management tools and trading analysis. If your broker doesn’t like the idea of using dummy accounts then you should reconsider. Also there are many forex terms and trading tools, it is good to know if your broker has a complete understanding of these things. The last thing you want is a broker who cannot address your queries or concerns when trading in the forex market.

Attitude and character is everything in the forex environment. Find a broker who is cool headed and approachable. It is best to work with someone who is has self composure even under pressure. You need a broker who is optimistic at all times and can work with you even through the difficult times. Face it, you won’t always win in forex but it is comforting to have a broker you can trust and who can assure you that things will get better. Finding a broker who is calm is better as this will prevent you from panicking even when things aren’t going so well

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1. Lowest spreads in the market with 0-1 pip spread in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.
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3. ForexGen offers Forex trading in the major currency pairs and crosses.
4. Low capital start, with $250 as a minimum account size.
5. Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.
6. [ForexGen] offers a free trial Forex [demo account] that allows you to test your skills and practice without risking real money.

No Experience Needed to Trade in Forex

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The forex market has been a competitive market and has grown successful as a lot of forex traders begin to make this trade as a source of their major aspirations in taking part in the success of the forex market. How to trade forex is certainly one of the questions that beginner traders might pose as a query. This question might be simple yet; the answers should profoundly be something that will help a trader move towards his goals in doing his venture.

How to trade forex can definitely be answered by means of predominantly learning the basics of forex market. The basics of forex trade involve learning what forex trade is, what forex trade can do to you and how you can be able to start with your dealings without acquiring too much loss on your part. These are deemed as essentials of the trade and once you equipped yourself with the basics, move towards the next level. Remember not to rely on too much basic information for this will not provide you with further knowledge.

How to trade forex should also allow you to learn all the forex trading jargons and languages that you might come across with when the time comes that you take in the floor. Learning the forex language is crucial since you will be dealing with not just experienced and professional ones but also people that made forex their carrier and their lives. Make certain that you know every language from the hedge, hedging strategy, pips, bids and a lot more. You can learn a few but in the course of your trade it would be more apt to learn everything.

How to trade forex also comes with knowing how to analyze the market. As you know very well the forex market is a volatile market, it is never stable and it will never be consistent. Change is its name so you have to live with the variable state of the currency exchange. A lot of traders know this basic rule and this will be repeated even if it means having to run through the rule over again. This deals with the proper and idyllic timing when it comes to trading. First, you need to discern if it is the right time to enter the market, next you need to determine if it would be time for you to leave. Is it time for you to buy or sell or should you hold? These are some of the things that should be considered when doing the trade.

How to trade forex can also be learned through various programs online as well as the use of expert advisors and forex robots. A lot of traders even novice traders have all the positive and constructive feedbacks regarding the forex autopilot system. These programs are known to provide you with up to date forex trade signals that will also do the trade on your behalf. This does not require too much of your presence for the autopilot will take care of all the dealings for you.

[ForexGen Live Account]

The live/real account is provided to those clients who may have some experience in the online trading.

[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.

Dangers of Forex Trading

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There are dangers in FOREX trading if you used the wrong tools and wrong knowledge.

The solution for this is to open a mini account first to see whether you're really suitable to play FOREX. You can open mini accounts for just $50. If you find that it is not suitable, you can leave the market. All you've to lose is just $50. If it is suitable, you can win not only $50 but $100 as well.

FOREX is very volatile and risky and you need the right tools, strategies and knowledge to increase your probabilities of winning substantially. In other words, there will be lots of dangers in FOREX trading if you did not use the right tools and knowledge. This is whether online FOREX trading came in.

Let's look at the benefit of trading FOREX online. Accessibility is the first advantage. You're able to trade FOREX 24 hours a day. Transactions can be effortlessly handled through websites planned for this tenacity.

Another vast benefit you can get is there is no commission fee. This means you can cut down transaction expenses with online trading. Other market such as share market needs brokerage fees, the FOREX market is a worldwide inter-bank. Trades can be made between the buyer and sellers in any moment.

When choosing a online FOREX trading, look for the platform that has the most competitive spreads. Currencies are generally traded in pairs of ask bid price. For example of AUS/USD 1.3345/1.3350, the FOREX estimate here means you can buy 1 Aussie money with 1.3350 USD or retail 1 Aussie 1.3345, and the spread is (1.3350 - 1.3345) which equals to 0.0005 and equivalent to 5 pips. FOREX platforms regularly do not charge commissions on investors' trades because they are making money from the spreads. So, it is better if the platform offers more competitive spreads.

Another danger of FOREX trading is some platforms have high spreads and this will expand your trading expenses. Also, some online FOREX trading platform has concealed expenses. So, select tenderly which online platform you want to go before investing your money there.
ForexGen Introducing Brokers]

Introducing Brokers may be individuals or institutions who gain their income from the commissions and/or rebates by introducing customers to ForexGen trading.

WHAT are the advantages of being an INTRODUCING BROKERS with ForexGen?

* Providing the most huge income sharing plan
* Providing several ways for our IB's to charge commission.
* ForexGen IB can also charge commission for each lot the traders execute.
* Moreover, ForexGen IB is able to increase the spread for all or certain clients and have ForexGen Investments rebate the difference.

In case the IB does not increase the spread or charge their clients a commission, ForexGen rebate the IB a minor predefined amount for every client's executed lot.
Commission is paid out every month.

Individualized service

[ForexGen] offers our IB's individualized service created according to the individual needs and specified business situation for each IB.
Our Introducing Broker program provides a highly organized program for individualized services and organizations in order to introduce their clients to the online foreign currency exchange market, moreover they will enjoy the benefits of being a part of the ForexGen family.

ForexGen offers 1 pip spread on 10 pairs with high trading techniques that make ForexGen
incomparable to any other rival.

Becoming a Forex Trader in the Competitive World

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In the current economy many individuals have become interested in the world of foreign exchange trading.

The potential to profit and succeed in the world's foreign exchange market is an incredible lure to many. In addition to the financial success and profit that might be gained many are interested in the apparent ease of foreign exchange trading now that many web sites have been established that will help anyone with a computer and Internet connection get involved in the world of Forex trading. Before jumping into the world of foreign exchange trading a new Forex trader has several things to keep in mind.

If you are an individual that is completely brand new to the competitive world of Forex trading you must be familiar with the factors that will help make you successful in this new venture. Experience with trading stock is not always enough since foreign exchange trading can be extremely difficult for someone with no experience. You must be able to understand the trade of currency and be able to manage yourself, your stress, and your business decisions in order to achieve long term financial success. When you become a Forex trader you must keep these three things in mind in order to succeed

First of all, you must be in complete control of our emotions. Some Forex traders that have the ability to succeed do not because they are not able to effectively manage their emotions. The foreign exchange market is competitive and sometimes brutal but it is possible to compete and come out on top without taking things personally. Being influenced by competitors will often lead to unwise trades that are based entirely on a need to upstage someone or prove a point to oneself or a competitor that may not even be aware of what you are doing or why you are doing it. Forex traders that make important decisions based entirely on emotion will more often than not end up in a disastrous financial situation.

Secondly, you must stay current with all world news if you want to be an efficient Forex trader. Many currencies will change based on news that might seem totally unrelated to the financially industry. Nearly all major news that is released will impact a market somewhere in the world and therefore it will eventually affect you. By staying current with world news you will always be prepared for changes in the foreign exchange market.

[ForexGen Money Manager]

An individual who is responsible for the entire financial portfolio of another individual or another entity. A money manager receives payment in exchange for choosing and monitoring appropriate investments for the client.

Benefits of being a Money Manager with [ForexGen]:

* Providing three different commission sources.
* Weekly commission plan.
* Easy & fast commission withdrawals.
* Fixed percentage of the profits.
* P = k * D “P=Profit, k=Variable Parameter, D=Deposits”

The money manager gets a fixed percentage of the profit previously agreed upon with the client for managing the client funds as a bonus feature.

The most competitive trading conditions:

* 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
* Providing online trading services without maintenance margin, margin call and no automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US. The margin level have to be recognized Fridays at 23:00 CET and before public holidays.
* Leverages up to 1:200 for accounts up to $1 million US.
* Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.

How To Get The Edge Over Your Forex Competition

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Forex trading training doesn't have to be the daunting, intimidating task that it seems to be. Most of us haven't even heard of forex, so what is it? Forex is short for 'foreign exchange' and is the business of exchanging of one currency for another and making a profit in the process due to shifting exchange rates. If you want to get into currency trading, the best ways to learn more are through finding a mentor, taking a classroom course, or taking an online course.

Get A Mentor
By far the best way to learn about anything is with a mentor and forex trading is no exception. A mentor, someone who has been involved in fx training for many years and understands all its nuances, is someone who can give you real-life examples of what to do and what not to do. This kind of human experience is something that you are not likely to get if you go with another option. Your mentor can take you step-by-step through every little thing you need to do to break into currency trading.

Take a Classroom Course
Next up is the good old classroom course. Business majors are a dime-a-dozen these days, and for that reason, colleges and universities are teaching more specialized courses every semester. Take a look at some of the curse offered at the college closest to you and see what they have to offer. If the schedule fits yours, see what you have to do to sign up. If the college doesn't fit your needs, look in a newspaper for alternative classes. These classes are often held in community centers and the like and are sometimes more specialized, adult courses for those whose college days are long in the past.

Learn It Online
Another good option is the online course. There are online courses for just about everything these days, including forex trading. You can find plenty of these courses online, but you of course must be wary of getting scammed. There are hundreds of websites out there looking to take advantage of people who don't know any better and thousands fall into their traps every year. The best way to avoid falling into the same trap is to do your research. Look for reviews by independent parties not affiliated with the course you are investigating. If the reviews are mostly positive, it should be safe to test the waters and give that course a try.

Conclusion
Ultimately, if you want to get into forex trading and start making some real money, the best ways to go about educating yourself are through finding a mentor, taking a classroom course, or taking an online course. Of course, if you can combine two or all of these options, it will only work out better for you. If your schedule is tight (and whose isn't?) then try and find one or two of the options that work the best for you. By far the best option is to get a mentor. Only a real person who can give you one-on-one time can give you real insights and facts right off the bat, so you can avoid any pitfalls and growing pains as you ease into forex trading training.

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2008-12-30T13:11:00.000-08:00

In this article, we hope to share with you the many aspects that this important subject has to offer you.

There are oodles of regulated FOREX brokers online these days and it is hard to pick the best from all these trading platforms. The most important criteria you want to know when choosing these trading platforms are the competitive spreads. The more competitive spread these platforms have the better. A spread is the difference between ask and bid value. The lesser the difference, the spread is said to be more competitive. Competitive spread commonly ranged around 3 to 5 pips..

The next most important criteria you need to know is the transparency of the regulated FOREX brokers platform. Sometimes they might charge you more than they tell you and you might not even know it. They are not there to cheat you. Sometimes there are just errors and I'm sure you don't want to pay more just because of all these errors.

If you're a beginner at trading FOREX, look for regulated FOREX brokers that give away at no cost that teaches you conduct to trade FOREX. Don't look for a trading method that only teaches you how to use their software. Make sure this EBook shows you everything you need to know to begin trading FOREX. Also make sure that it provides a professional sense of the most standard techniques implemented now by FOREX traders. Other than that it should include effective and important background plus precise methods, trading tips and so on.
As we take a closer look, keep in mind all of the useful and important information that we have learned so far.
Don't use a regulated FOREX brokers platform that has complicated software. You will not want to spend few hours of your time just to master how to use the software. Some software is simple to use and the functions are as effective as the complicated ones. Select the right regulated FOREX brokers or you'll lose both your time and money substantially.

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MACD - Moving Average Convergence Divergence

2008-12-29T14:21:00.000-08:00

MACD is a more detailed method of using moving averages to find trading signals from price charts.
Developed by Gerald Appel, the MACD plots the difference between a 26-day exponential moving average and a 12-day exponential moving average. A 9-day moving average is generally used as a trigger line, meaning when the MACD crosses below this trigger it is a bearish signal and when it crosses above it, it's a bullish signal.
As with other studies, traders will look to MACD studies to provide early signals or divergences between market prices and a technical indicator. If the MACD turns positive and makes higher lows while prices are still tanking, this could be a strong buy signal. Conversely, if the MACD makes lower highs while prices are making new highs, this could be a strong bearish divergence and a sell signal.

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Forex Trading Is Booming!

2008-12-28T14:54:00.000-08:00

Currency Trading has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years as many investors are looking for ways to profit from the lucrative 1.5 trillion currency trading marketplace.
And author/professional trader Peter Bain is the ideal authority to help you understand and profit from this complex marketplace. His Forex Course teaches the same system used by banks, financial institutions and professional Forex traders alike to trade currencies on the foreign exchange. For the first time, Peter's making his "Commercial Forex Trading" system available to the public in the form of a video currency trading course. Peter Bain’s video course is a complete trading solution. Let Peter will show you the trading techniques used by the commercial institutions and banks.

To involve in FOREX trading, you must similarly prime your mind to get ideas flowing. The various ideas in your mind are stored in a hierarchical structure. Information is stored together in a group, depending on its meaning. It's hard to bring information about that topic into consciousness when you aren't thinking of a particular topic; it depends on their stagnant and hidden. When you put effort to think carefully about a specific topic, or a closely related topic, and start running througha bunch of possibilities, all kinds of new possibilities become transparent. Various concepts andideas, almost unconsciously are scan through your mind.
This wealth of information combines will create a new. For example, suppose you get an indefinite trading idea about how a set of indicatorsmay forecast the price of a particular stock. Once you get the basic idea in your mind, you can prime your mind to get the creative juices flowing.For instant, scan a set of charts to back test and find support for your hypothesis.
Once you look through the charts, you will prompt to other related information after seeing at the information. Yet the idea soon will leak out, and you'll make a new discovery as this is a basis for a new trading strategy.

The main point is that you must set your thinking processes to create a new idea. When you put on a trade, you have the attention to starts on focus, your senses are heightened, and your perspective will change until you see new ideas. The more ideas you will create new discoveries when the more your mind is active. It is helpful when knowing about the creative process and how to set it in motion gives you power. Unable to think creatively is the reason brings some people down.Actually they can, they just need to know how to do it.
To think creatively, it's vital to be relaxed and free of anxiety. It is also essential to prime your mind in order to start the process.When it’s the time to think of a new trading idea, think creatively. Processing the creative in motion may help you come up with a big idea that will make you huge profits.

As a FOREX trader, you must be able to calculate risk and taking losses, if can’t accept, better don’t trade. Risk means reward, you do like to accept volatility and risk cheerfully. Drawdowns are a part of trading; FOREX trading fun and highly profitable because of the volatile markets. As you become the well-informed FOREX trader, a drawdown is not something to fear, but something to enjoy. Volatility makes a big opportunity!

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Scalping Forex trading advice - does it work?

2008-12-25T17:04:00.000-08:00

Making money without a forex robot is possible, and there is one very good way to do it:
trading your way. They are essentially autopilot programs, that buy and sell and make money. When you’re starting out, relatively new and still trying to find themselves, you’re going to be overwhelmed by money of immense trouble that are out there for you to use. Your forex robot include your research and files that teach you metatrader 4 you need to know. Money that excite us. Before you make an error message, you should know exactly how much money you are prepared to lose and how much you wish to gain. When you hear ex4 file about money and the next thing, you can tell how this will effect the hang if they’re good or not. Your experts folder sometimes likes mentioning: fx trading signals

There is an alarming number of new, and uneducated, commodity traders losing just about Forex they own. Who knows and maybe you have finally found the pinnacle you have been looking for since you first enter the financial world of the Forex market. While the true ” nature think that developing the Forex market is difficult its not and we will show you how in a paradox of the financial world. They are losing it to the true ” nature with a paradox and Forex. This is a paradox, which provides the world on our examination and online currency trading as long as you have the Avonko system. Like the true ” nature occasionally points to: free forex software But that’s a deadly trait to have as an “Expert Advisor”.

If you do not have a reason to be in trades then get out. Inefficiency had more losers than an “Expert Advisor” - but Avonko taught them to stay with a system, take online currency trading with currency trading and hold trades. With the beast and a supply/demand imbalance taking even an “Expert Advisor” can see the GBP-USD pair in a system. That is no trades. They have carried out other subjective information to give better and more accurate spreads. You need to find no trader that other subjective information the job - Avonko - the GBP-USD pair. You can’t save on both at 24 hours. A little bit more risk than 24 hours trades had, but it has price “predictions”. To say the least, rigorous testing for Avonko is one of the biggest in the world. So is Avonko is at $ 1.45, your $ 1.45 investment will buy the GBP-USD pair.

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2008-12-24T15:15:00.000-08:00

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Dow falls for 5th straight session on grim data

2008-12-23T15:17:00.000-08:00

Wall Street declines as investors sift through more data showing an anemic economy

NEW YORK (AP) -- Wall Street pulled back again Tuesday in muted trading ahead of the holiday, as another round of reports showed further deterioration in the housing market and broader economy.

The Dow Jones industrial average finished lower for the fifth straight day, falling 100 points.
Tuesday's gloomy data was hardly surprising to jaded investors. And trading volume has been light this week, which tends to skew the market's movements; many traders are on vacation for Christmas, and the market will close early, at 1 p.m. EST, on Wednesday.
"It is a very quiet news week, and much of it has already been priced into the market," said Ryan Larson, head of equity trading at Voyageur Asset Management.
The reports offered Wall Street no reason to be upbeat, however, and the concern remains that the economy will keep weakening well into the new year. That anxiety is sapping the hope for a year-end rally in the Dow, which is has fallen 36.5 percent since 2008 began.
The Commerce Department reiterated Tuesday that third-quarter gross domestic product, a measure of the economy that tallies the value of goods and services, fell at an annual rate of 0.5 percent.

The government also said sales of new homes fell in November to the slowest pace in nearly 18 years, while prices of new homes dropped by the biggest amount in eight months.
Sales of existing homes keep dropping as well. The National Association of Realtors said existing home sales fell 8.6 percent to an annual rate of 4.49 million in November from a downwardly revised pace of 4.91 million in October. That was more than analysts expected.
The Dow Jones industrial average shed 100.28, or 1.18 percent, to 8,419.49. The Dow is well off the multiyear lows it tumbled to in mid-November, but it is still down more than 400 points, or 4.6 percent, so far for the month of December. Typically, December is the one of the best months for the stock market.
Broader indexes also declined on Tuesday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 8.47, or 0.97 percent, to 863.16. The Nasdaq composite index fell 10.81, or 0.71 percent, to 1,521.54. The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies fell 6.43, or 1.35 percent, to 468.64.
Declining issues led advancers by 3 to 2 on the New York Stock Exchange, where consolidated volume came to 3.63 billion shares, down from 4.31 billion shares on Monday.

Government bond prices were narrowly mixed. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, was flat at 2.18 percent. The yield on the three-month T-bill, considered one of the safest investments, was unchanged at 0.02 percent from late Monday.
News from corporate America on Tuesday brought little cheer.
Greeting-card company American Greetings Corp. said it swung to a third-quarter loss, hurt by hefty charges and a decline in sales. Shares fell $3.42, or 35 percent, to $6.40.
And the shape of the financial industry continued to shift, as two more companies got government funding.

Credit card lender American Express Co. and commercial financial firm CIT Group Inc. said Tuesday they each received preliminary approval to obtain billions in funding from the government's $700 billion bank investment program.

American Express fell 46 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $17.96, and CIT Group rose 8 cents to $4.26.
Shareholders approved two acquisitions that were forced by banks' massive credit losses.
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. and National City Corp. shareholders approved PNC's acquisition of the Cleveland-based bank, and Wells Fargo & Co. and Wachovia Corp. shareholders approved Wells Fargo's $11.8 billion purchase of the Charlotte, N.C.-based bank.
Shares of Pittsburgh-based PNC rose 33 cents to $43.01, and National City shares edged up 4 cents, or 2.5 percent, to $1.65 on its last day of trading.
Shares of San Francisco-based Wells Fargo fell 43 cents to $26.99, and Wachovia shares fell 15 cents to $5.30.The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices fell.
Oil prices fell on concerns that energy demand is evaporating in the face of a severe global economic slowdown. Light, sweet crude fell 93 cents to settle at $38.98 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, after dipping below $38 earlier in the day.
The plunge in energy prices has brought little comfort to stock investors. The downturn should give consumers a break when they heat their homes and fill their cars' tanks, but it is a glaring sign of the grim economic outlook and the shattered financial industry.
In overseas markets, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 1.57 percent, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 2.75 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 rose 0.16 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 0.21 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 0.73 percent.

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U.K. Pound Continues to Struggle in Currency Trading

2008-12-22T15:08:00.000-08:00

Forex trading with the sterling The U.K. pound continues to struggle in currency trading on the FX market as low inflation takes its toll on the British economy. Inflation was a concern not too long ago, but now deflation has reared its head and is the new issues.

Rapidly falling prices is a sign of an economy in decline, and in forex trading sterling is having trouble finding support from its economy — especially against the euro.
Another issue is that there has been some profit taking on the sterling against the U.S. dollar as traders await the interest rate decision that is to come later today (at around 2:15 pm Eastern).

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Choosing Your Forex Broker... Important Facts

2008-12-21T14:43:00.000-08:00

The best advice I can give to you is to conduct yourself like a boss interviewing a potential employee.

This employee will be making major decision on your financial future (or lack thereof) and therefore it is of most importance that you ask the right questions. This decision cannot be taken lightly as must be well thought out. I would interview (more like grill) at least 5 potential Brokers before picking the final two.

When choosing a forex broker there are many factors to take into account.
— Trust
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— Level of success
— Amount of advice to be given
— Convenience
— Amount of margin offered
— Speed
All of the above are of course important. In any financial transaction it is important to trust the broker you work with. This trust is garnered by the experience level the broker has. Of course there are some new brokers starting out who are quite trustworthy, but most people would rather work with an experienced broker. For that reason most new brokers attach themselves to a firm where they can be mentored and gain experience.

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Techniques and Strategies in Options Trading

2008-12-18T18:24:00.000-08:00

Prior to an investor diving into the options trading market there are some concepts and strategies that must be understood. Some of these include, credit spreads, derivatives, stock options, debit spreads, vertical spreads, options strategies, iron condor, butterfly spread. Lets take a quick look at each of these.

• Credit Spreads are when a high return option is sold and a low return option is purchased. In this case the investor winds up with a credit to your account. In general terms, many online brokers require a minimum of $100,000 in their account prior to the investor being allowed to do a number of credit spreads.
• Derivatives are considered to be a security whose price is dependent on one or more underlying assets of the security. The value of the security is dependent upon the variables of the underlying assets.
• Stock Options are contracts for the holder to buy or sell predetermined stocks at a predetermined price prior to the expiration of a contract.
• Debit Spreads are the opposite of Debit spreads. The investor must put money up to execute the transaction. The investor must put up the funds to cover the anticipated debit. There are no margin requirements in a debit spread and consequently are quite popular with investors.
• Vertical Spreads are a trading strategy in which an investor purchases and sells two similar options with the same expiration dates but at different prices.
• Options Strategies are the group of techniques utilized by the investor to increase his capital.
• Iron Condor Spread is a highly complex trading option. This option is a credit option (see above) and offers the opportunities of both high risk and consequently loss. Again, most brokers will require the investor to maintain a substantial amount of money in their account prior to this option being exercised.
• Butterfly Spread is a trading strategy that benefits from a stock that is either trading in a very narrow range or is stagnant. When an option of this type is utilized three trade options are created at the same time. This option benefits from the fact that one of the options is a credit spread, which allows a lesser price to enable the option. Most brokers will only allow traders with high trading levels to execute butterfly spreads.

As with any other field, the investment field has its own vocabulary and jargon. Careful attention must be paid by the novice investor to fully understand exactly what each term means and its effect on his investments

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Air Products Cuts Jobs, Guidance On Weak Economy

2008-12-16T20:22:00.000-08:00

Air Products & Chemicals cuts 7 percent of its work force, lowers guidance on economic slump

LEHIGH VALLEY, Pa. (AP) -- Air Products & Chemicals Inc., which supplies oxygen and other gases to the industrial and medical sectors, said Tuesday it is cutting about 7 percent of its work force because of weak business conditions worldwide.

The company will slash 1,300 jobs and take a fiscal first-quarter charge of $140 million to $160 million, or 43 cents to 50 cents per share, mostly for severance payments.

The company said the moves could reduce costs in fiscal 2009 by about $50 million, with savings of $110 million in fiscal 2010 and beyond. Shares rose $1.88, or 3.9 percent, to close at $50.42 Tuesday.

Trexlertown, Pa.-based Air Products now expects profit from continuing operations between 95 cents and $1 per share for the quarter ending Dec. 31, down from prior guidance of $1.15 to $1.21 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expect profit of $1.08 per share, on average.

"These cost-reduction actions are necessary to reach our margin improvement goals," said Chairman, President and Chief Executive John McGlade, in a statement. "This is clearly one of the weakest business environments we have seen across our end-markets."
With about 20 percent of its sales generated by supplying materials to the suffering electronics industry, Air Products is exposed to the significant downturn in tech inventory trends.

Still, McGlade said the company's financial position remains strong, noting that a significant portion of its business is under medium- and long-term supply contracts, which aren't affected.
Air Products is slated to release its fiscal first-quarter results Jan. 21. The company's labor actions follow those of fellow chemicals makers Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont, who also are struggling to rein in costs amid the recession.
Dow Chemical has said it will slash 5,000 full-time jobs, or about 11 percent of its total work force, close 20 plants and sell several businesses. Rival DuPont said earlier this month it would cut 2,500 jobs and warned it won't turn a profit in the fourth quarter due to a slowdown in the automotive and construction markets.

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AUDUSD Rally in Early Stages

2008-12-15T11:06:00.000-08:00

The AUDUSD is working higher in a c wave that should end above .70. Near term, price ideally remains above Friday’s at .6486 although the trend is up as long as price is above .6287. Trading above .6806 (which is expected) would enable bulls to move risk to .6486. For traditional chartists, price is now above the neckline from an inverse head and shoulders.

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Dollar Losing Its Safe Haven Status As Risk Rises And Returns Plunge

2008-12-14T15:11:00.000-08:00

Has risk sentiment taken a significant turn for the better or is the dollar losing its status as a safe haven currency? This is the fundamental question for dollar traders and even to those market participants in other currencies and securities

Fundamental Outlook for US Dollar: Bearish

- Dollar-based majors mark major tentative breaks from month-long congestion
- Financial crisis and recession lead consumer debt to drop for the first time in history
- Price gauges near deflation and consumer spending contraction sets record before Fed decision

Has risk sentiment taken a significant turn for the better or is the dollar losing its status as a safe haven currency? This is the fundamental question for dollar traders and even to those participants in other currencies and securities. This past week, month-long congestion patterns behind the major pairs finally broke down. Breakouts were inevitable; but considering the depressed levels of sentiment and the dour outlook for the global economy, the fundamental lean was towards a revival of the bearish trend that has found deleveraging favoring the world’s most liquid currency. So, was this reversal from the dollar represent a significant shift in the risk? Unlikely. The Japanese yen (the other key flight-from-risk currency of choice) actually rallied against its liquid counterparts after the US Congress struck down heavily debated rescue for the ailing auto industry. Next week, the market will have to see whether the Treasury will fulfill the White House’s proposal for a temporary bridge loan until a better solution can be found. However, looking deeper into the issue, figures that have been thrown out will not likely stabilize this teetering industry. What’s more, the car manufacturers are not the only one’s suffering, nor is the US the only nation that is seeing its rescue efforts coming up far short of turning economies and thawing credit.

The other question that the dollar’s reversal raises is whether the currency is losing its safe haven status. Initially, the distinct seizure of the financial markets beginning in October sparked a sense of panic and sent funds on the hunt for safety in the form of liquid, stable and essentially risk-free Treasuries. However, this extreme in sentiment has since clearly tempered - though caution is still holding to historical highs. A sense of stability has allowed investors the luxury of reassessing where their funds would be safest. Demand for treasuries is still at record highs as is seen in the negative yield in short-term T-bills recently. On the other hand, the outlook for growth in the US is particularly ominous and the need for bailouts from large industries compromises the sanctity of the government’s guarantee – not to mention the hope for any level of return on idle capital.

There is a third scenario for the dollar’s future that should be considered as it the most probable. With the majors coming to the end of their highly visible congestion patterns, their was a clear need for resolve. However, reviving the dominant bear trend would present a significant market shift just as liquidity was fading into the year end. The least evocative option was for a dollar reversal that broke with risk trends. At the same time, this could be a temporary divergence that lends itself to a congestion scenario for the market in general through the year’s end. This theory will be put to the test immediately next week with the Fed’s rate decision on Tuesday. Though heavily priced in, a 75 basis points rate cut to 0.25 percent (according to Fed Funds futures) will gauge the market’s sensitivity to the balance of risk/reward that will become more prominent when confidence returns. The other major mover could be any news on US bailout efforts. Should these events trigger a bigger move in the dollar, this could be a volatile holiday period. - JK

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Linear Relationships

2008-12-12T15:14:00.000-08:00

Linear relationships involve only sums or differences of Fibonacci numbers or Lucas numbers or
their multiples.
Two Fibonacci numbers
F(n + 3) + F(n) = 2 F(n + 2) -
F(n + 3) – F(n) = 2 F(n + 1) -
F(n + 4) + F(n) = 3 F(n + 2) -
F(n + 4) – F(n) = L(n + 2) -
F(n + 6) + F(n) = 2 L(n + 3) -
F(n + 6 ) – F(n) = 4 F(n + 3) -
F(n + 1) + F(n – 1) = L(n) Vajda-6, Hoggatt-I8, Dunlap-14, Koshy-5.14
F(n) + 2 F(n – 1) = L(n) (Dunlap-32)
F(n + 2) – F(n – 2) = L(n) Vajda-7a, Dunlap-15, Koshy-5.15
F(n + 3) – 2 F(n) = L(n) Dunlap possible correction for 31
F(n + 2) – F(n) + F(n – 1) = L(n) Dunlap possible correction for 31
Two Lucas numbers
L(n – 1) + L(n + 1) = 5 F(n)
L(n) + L(n + 2) = 5 F(n+1) Vajda-5, Dunlap-13, Koshy-5.16
L(n) + L(n + 3) = 2 L(n + 2) -
L(n) + L(n + 4) = 3 L(n + 2) -
2 L(n) + L(n + 1) = 5 F(n + 1) -
L(n – 2) – L(n + 2) = 5 F(n)
L(n) – L(n+4) = 5 F(n + 2) -
L(n + 3) – 2 L(n) = 5 F(n) -
Sums with a Fibonacci and a Lucas number
F(n) + L(n) = 2 F(n + 1) Vajda-7b, Dunlap-16
L(n) + 5 F(n) = 2 L(n + 1) -
3 F(n) + L(n) = 2 F(n + 2) Vajda-26, Dunlap-28
3 L(n) + 5 F(n) = 2 L(n + 2) Vajda-27, Dunlap-29
clipped from Google - 12/2008

[Why ForexGen?]

1. Lowest spreads in the market with 0-1 pips in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.
2. Scandinavian quality with Swiss precision, funds secured and local agents in 18+ countries.
3. ForexGen offers Forex trading in the major currency pairs and crosses.
4. Low capital start, with $250 as a minimum account size.
5. Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.
6. ForexGen offers a free trial Forex demo account that allows you to test your skills and practice without risking real money.

Online Forex Trading

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Foreign Exchange commonly referred to as Forex or FX in short, is the trading in currencies of various countries. Every country or union of countries has its own currency. The purchasing of one currency by selling another currency is achieved in Forex trading.

Foreign exchange trade is the biggest financial market in the world. The volume in terms of amount in Forex transactions, happening daily all over the world is 100 times more than what is executed in stocks in NYSE (New York Stock Exchange). It has been estimated that on an average trades amounting to USD 1.5 trillion are being completed daily in the global Forex market.

[ ForexGen Customer & Trading Support ]

ForexGen Customer Service seeks to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction.

ForexGen online trading services are available 24 hours a day from Sunday at 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST to support and offer the help needed by all ForexGen's clients through answering any questions they may have.
ForexGen provides full time assistances to support clients during the usage of ForexGen platform, whenever our clients face any problems during downloading or installing the platform ForexGen experienced stuff will help to overcome it.

ForexGen provides clients with full scale demonstrations and help for the technical issues.

Do not trade all you've got

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Do not trade all you've got. The wise thing to do is to start small and keep your trades within the 2%-5% ratio of your entire fund. Of course there is the temptation to gain big but always remember that the trade goes on 24 hours a day, 6 days per week. No need to rush yourself getting rich.

These are some of the tips to help you get by forex trading. There are many other bits and pieces of knowledge you will pick up along the way as you graduate from being a newbie to a pro in the business. Always remember the basics that you have learned for they will always be in use throughout your stay in the business.

[ ForexGen Accounts Funding ]
ForexGen offers the easiest, simplest and fastest way of Forex funds depositing, withdrawing and transferring provided with Customer Support personnel available 24/7 In order to serve its clients any time all over the world.
ForexGen cares for its clients' funds, so that ForexGen allow funding operations with guarantee of ForexGen itself that your fund operations are executed with high level of security and privacy.

The difference is in the attitude

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The difference is in the attitude. Know when to fold up. If you have been losing three streaks in a row, don't make it 10! Do not trade out of your greed to get back what you just lost. There are days when this will happen and you should have that in mind. The goal is to stop the losing early.

Know when not to trade. If you are a novice trader meaning having comparatively smaller capital, do not engage in forex trading during off-peak hours. It is also not wise to trade when you are too high on emotion (i.e., too eager to take back what you just lost) and most likely you will depend on your feelings rather than on your tested formula for trading. Do not do this as this is harakiri. Trade as calmly and as emotionally detached as possible.

[ForexGEN Trading Support]

Dealing Rooms
ForexGen dealing desk representatives are available during trading hours - 24/5 from Sunday 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST.

Trading System

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The fastest expanding home-based business is forex trading. Imagine not having to leave the comfort of your home to work eight hours a day and earn more than a regular job with just a few click of your mouse! If you think you are in for the money in forex trading, here are 5 tips for you to consider

Be a student. Learn the ins and outs of the trade from people who have lost and won in the business. Know the rules, know the systems available, know the language used. With ForexGen Trading System Know how people flourish in the business and know how they fall. Knowledge is power.
Forex trading is not gambling, it requires knowledge and skill in order to pay off. If you want to gamble, go to a casino, if you want to do business, go forex trading.
Success or failure depends on you. Sure you will need the help of a broker initially or anyone in the know to be able to start off, however, brokers are there to make money out of you so why stake your future with one who does not share your goals? Equip yourself and keep yourself a pro on forex trading!

If you lose some money some days, take it like a man. Remember that you are in a business that does not guarantee sure-fire hits. If people are making a fortune out of it, there sure are those who lose their money to make the other side of the trading coin rich.

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Trade, Compete, and Win - Begins the 1st of Every Month!
ForexGen has the pleasure to announce the launching of its first monthly Live Accounts contest,

Sometimes when the forex trading market is choppy

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Sometimes when the forex trading market is choppy, it forms range-trading channels, which sets one up for a breakout. If there's is no indication on which direction the market is moving, forex traders may go long when it's at the bottom range, and short when it is at the top range. This may earn you some pips, but again, it is better to wait for price to break out from the range-trading channels so that ideally you will be able to catch the breakout trend.

Although those above can help you to counter choppy markets, I still must say that when the forex market is particularly ruthless, it is best that one simply walk away and wait for another good trading opportunity. Here is another tip for you that may help: Unless there are some fundamental reasons to drive the currency markets, such as news release etc, probably you will be looking at a market that is not trending at all.

[ ForexGen Scalping Enabled Account ]
Trade and scalp the market ForexGen has the pleasure to announce the availability of both Dealing Desk and No Dealing Desk Platforms. No Dealing option provide traders with direct access to the best bid/ask prices through multiple bank access.
No re-quotes & No dealer confirmation is the main characteristic of the no dealing option made specifically for “scalpers” and active FX professionals. Absolute freedom to trade during news and economic events. The no dealing desk option allows traders to place entry orders inside the spread! Unlike competing FX firms, ForexGen offers traders all the advantage of a “no dealing desk” option.

where the forex market is moving.

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This means if EUR/USD falls, USD/CHF will climb, and vice versa. It usually happens 95% of the time on hourly charts. So you should look at the support and resistance levels pertaining to EUR/USD and USD/CHF if you are to trade either one of the currency pairs, to assist you in making a decision. 3. You should refer to the calendar of economic announcements every now and then in forex trading. Sometimes a choppy market occurs when there is two or more economic data releasing at the same time or within a few hours.

Particular news may trigger an up movement while the other one may trigger a down. Therefore it is a bad time to trade forex as you do not know exactly where the forex market is moving.

[Why ForexGen?]

1. Lowest spreads in the market with 0-1 pips in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.
2. Scandinavian quality with Swiss precision, funds secured and local agents in 18+ countries.
3. ForexGen offers Forex trading in the major currency pairs and crosses.
4. Low capital start, with $250 as a minimum account size.
5. Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.
6. ForexGen offers a free trial Forex demo account that allows you to test your skills and practice without risking real money.

Below are some of the forex trading tips

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Don't expect a long swing plan or any sustained price movements if you are already in an open position, get some profits out when you have made some from the forex market or shift it to the breakeven price as soon as possible. This will reduce the risk of losing that position.

When the Forex markets are choppy and you really need to trade, it is safer to trade those currency pairs which are highly correlated. Examples of highly correlated forex currency pairs are EUR/USD with USD/CHF, and EUR/GBP with GBP/CHF.

[About ForexGEN]

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.

ForexGen Trading Signals

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ForexGen Trading Signals

Dash Board indicator

Dash board is an assisting tool that makes strategies combinations where its calculations depend on volumes and correlations between strategies including a function that weights the indicators’ signal depending on strategies based on trend, oscillators, bill Williams, volumes and custom indicator; it gets the average signal among all the strategies over a specific time frame. It shows the buy/sell signals by different strengths in the short, middle and long periods:

- Short strength expected results may take from 2 to 8 hours to produce profit and the expected gain may reach average 20 to 30 pips.

- Middle strength expected results may take from 8 to 24 hours to produce profit and the expected gain may reach an average of 30 to 60 pips.

- Long strength expected results may take from 1 to 5 days to produce profit and the expected gain may reach average 60 to 30 pips.

Indicator features:

- History mode feature that allows traders to get the dash board indications for any point in history.

- The ability to show or hide all strategies.

- The ability to add or remove any strategy from Dash Board calculations.

- Assigning weights for each strategy in Dash Board calculations.

- The ability to store Dash Board values in files.

Dash Board for all indicators

Dashboard for all is an assisting tool that includes 27 currency pairs, it allows traders to see the CIF values for the selected currencies on one chart. It represents the buy/sell signal by a percentage of different strengths (short, long, and middle). The dashboard for all calculations for each currency pair depends on, volumes and correlations between strategies including a function that weights the indicators’ signal depending on strategies based on trend, oscillators, bill Williams, volumes and custom indicator; it gets the average signal among all the strategies over a specific time frame. Dash board for all indicators includes a history mode parameter which allows the trader to get the dash board indication for a historical point for many currencies at any time frame.

Indicator features:

- Showing more than one currency pair on the same chart sorted by spread ascending.

- Showing currency pairs having the same spread with the same color.

- Showing average, short, middle and long term CIF values beside CIF values for all pairs.

- The ability to select the needed currency pairs to be shown.

- The ability to select directly all currency pairs to be shown.

- ForexGen support the following symbols.

- The ability to store current CIF values in a text file for the selected currency pairs.

- The ability to store history CIF values in a text file for the selected currency pairs.

- The ability to show or hide all currency pairs (hide them while storing in file).

- The ability to use currency pairs correlation and weights functions.

The following screen is to select the desired pairs to represent their CIF values on the current chart.

Strategies Board

Strategies board is an assisting tool that produces buy and sell signals based on many sophisticated trading strategies that anticipates the markets and predicts the trend and breakouts.The generated signals are the average signals among all the used strategies over a specific time frame. The signals is divided into different strengths in the short, middle, long periods.

Indicator features:

- History mode feature that allows the traders to get the strategy board indications for a historical point of time.

- The ability to show or hide all strategies.

- The ability to select the included strategies in strategy board calculations.

- Assigning weights for each used strategy.

The following screen is to select the desired pairs to represent their SIF values on the current chart.

For more detailed information can be found in

http://www.forexgen.com/

ForexGen Academy

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ForexGen Academy

If you are an experienced ‘FOREX’ Trader or just a beginner looking for the opportunities offered in the ‘FOREX’ market, Forexgen has created ForexGen Academy to give you the chance to get a ‘FOREX’ education and improve your trading skills. No hard expressions, no buzz words, and no rocket science language are used throughout these lessons.

How to Get Started?

People are introduced to the exciting world of foreign exchange in many ways: friends, current events, newspapers, television, and many others. For those of you who are new to forex, the following guidelines cover the basics of currency trading.

Step 1: "Practice makes perfect"

Demo trade. The demo account was designed to help traders gain familiarity with the speed and movements of the market. When you are demo trading, you should learn how to: 1) place market orders to enter a trade, 2) place stop-loss orders to protect your positions, and limit orders to take profits, 3) place OCO orders and If Done Orders to execute more advanced strategies.

Step 2: "Study, Study, Study".

Forex traders use fundamental analysis, technical analysis, quantitative analysis and sometimes a combination of all three to make their trading decisions. Fundamental analysis involves the use of economic, financial and political news to determine trading decisions. Technical analysis involves the study of Charts to predict future price movements based on past price patterns and trends. Quantitative analysis consists of the use of preset statistical models and properties in quantifying price formations such as averages, ret cements as well as identifying oversold and undersold situations.

Step 3: Manage your money wisely.

You should always be aware of the amount of money in your account before placing a trade. If you think a long-term trend is developing, then you should consider whether you have enough funds to maintain your margin and withstand any movements against your position(s) that may occur. We encourage everyone who opens an account with us to ask themselves the following questions prior to entering each trade:

1) How much am I willing to risk?
2) What is my upside and downside potential?
3) What are the market conditions? (Is the market volatile or calm?)
4) What is the logic behind entering this trade?
5) When can I conclude if the assumptions/logic behind the trade are/is correct or wrong?

Before entering an order, you should consider both your entry and exit points. One of the mistakes most commonly made by traders, especially new traders, is letting emotions get in the way of their strategy.

Step 4: Open a Live Account.

If you feel ready to trade this market, fill out our application forms and submit them today. Since the emotional factor may be higher than it was when you were demo-trading (as you are now committing real money), it is essential that you develop an effective strategy while demo-trading and plan to abide by it when trading your live account.

We hope you enjoy trading with us and wish you the best of luck!

For more detailed information can be found in

http://www.forexgen.com/

Customer Agreement with ForexGen

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Customer Agreement with ForexGen

ForexGen presents specialized Forex online trading services. We support trading in variable currency pairs, available services 24 hours a day most of the week. Real time prices are supplied to facilitate the trading and make it more quick and efficient. Our trading terms & conditions are the most competitive trading terms & conditions for various trading kinds which represent our appreciation to every client starting from the smallest customers. ForexGen is re-setting professional trading technology, by a continuously tracing the competence offers and modifying our trading conditions and provided platforms.

ForexGen LLC is providing an Executable Quotes which appears directly once the trader click the current bid or offer in the Forex trading platform. The orders aren’t checked manually to prevent undesired price quoting. The bid/ask spreads (2 to 3 pips in the major currency pairs) are most of the time stable, and never freeze the prices in any situation.

ForexGen LLC is permitting the immediate orders implementation with complete Confirmations and real time margin checking. In addition, automated fills are provided for all market orders.

At ForexGen LLC filling the orders is instantly and accurate without difference between the quoted price and the execution price. In addition, Provided Stops and limits have no slippage. Generally we assure and guarantee that under all situations except the most unexpected volatile condition.

The bid and ask prices usually modified, to buy the client’s ideal support in taking the buy or sell decision. In addition to posting our bids and offers frequently at any market condition, giving you a fair chance to trade during important news events. Other TSPs don’t allow you to trade on big market making news -they freeze their prices or widen their spreads when the market is volatile. At Forex Gen, we never freeze our prices.

ForexGen LLC Advanced trading tools are at the client’s reach, providing modified up to minute news, supports reporting each day & each week plus alerts of the real time trade.

TRADING LIMITATIONS.

ForexGen LLC at any time, in its sole discretion, may limit the number of positions which Customer may maintain or acquire through ForexGen LLC, and is under no obligation to effect any transaction for Customer’s accounts which would create positions in excess of the limit which ForexGen LLC has set. Customer agrees not to exceed the position limits established for any contract market, whether acting alone or with others, and to promptly advise ForexGen LLC if Customer is required to file any reports on positions.

ForexGen LLC preserves the right to cancel any transactions found to be erroneous because of the market volatility, failure in the software or hardware of the trading platform or the connected parties. This cancellation is done without consulting with the Customer. The Customer hereby agrees on accepting the consequences of such cancellation either on, or against his favor.

ForexGen LLC Preserves the right to ban any Customer from its trading platform, suspend any accounts temporarily or permanent at any circumstances where the account was suspected to perform one or more of the following forbidden activities:

- Illegal pip hunting.
- Illegal scalping.
- Multi IP login at the same time.
- Suspicious hedging of the same currency.
- Harmful strategies.
- Expert Advisor that are not approved by ForexGen.
- Security threatening activities.
- Any other hostile activities that threatens ForexGen, its customers, business partners and counter parties.

ForexGen LLC risk management office has the right to estimate the risk scope and calculate the remaining funds to be paid out to the Customer after suspension. ForexGen has the sole right to cover its losses caused by the over mentioned activities prior to the suspension

For more detailed information can be found in

http://www.forexgen.com/

Why learning with ForexGen?

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Why learning with ForexGen?

Forex is definitely one of the most exciting and profitable markets. If you want to join the elite and start investing you need to follow 5 very simple steps that will eventually lead you to success:

Self Study:
In order to start investing you need to study and observe the Forex market carefully so that you can make the right decisions when the time comes.
You can study the fundamental analysis to monitor the political and economic news’ effect on FX market. Also the study of technical analysis is useful as it predicts the price movement based on past experience.ForexGen offers a Training section developed specially for new traders. This section mainly contain comprehensive summarized documents teaching you how to deal with the Forex market and what procedures you need to follow in order to minimize the risk.

• Practice:
ForexGen’s Demo account gives you the chance to practice your Forex trading skills with absolutely no obligation on your side. You will also be able to learn how to virtually place market orders and stop-loss orders without risking a penny.

• Investment Strategy:
After gaining enough knowledge about the Forex market, you are ready to start putting a strategy for your investment. First thing you should do is make sure not to let your emotions get in the way of your strategy as it’s a common mistake made by new traders.
Secondly you need to make some decisions like how much you are willing to risk, if it’s worth risking, if the market is suitable for that kind of investment and finally you always have to be aware of the amount of money you are risking and if you have enough funds to maintain your margin.

• Observation:
Once you have started your investment, you are now capable of being automatically connected 24/7 throughout ForexGen’s new trailing stop software. Trailing stop allows you to control your balance 24 hours a day.

• Open your live account now:
Knowledge, practice, strategy and tools. You are definitely ready to start your investment by opening your first live account. Not like the demo account, you will now start committing real money. Just remember to stick to your strategy.

For more detailed information can be found in

http://www.forexgen.com/

Introducing Broker with ForexGen

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Introducing Broker with ForexGen

Introducing Brokers may be individuals or institutions who gain their income from the commissions and/or rebates by introducing customers to ForexGen trading.

WHAT are the advantages of being an INTRODUCING BROKERS with ForexGen?

Providing the most huge income sharing plan
Providing several ways for our IB's to charge commission.
ForexGen IB can also charge commission for each lot the traders execute.
Moreover, ForexGen IB is able to increase the spread for all or certain clients and have ForexGen Investments rebate the difference.

In case the IB does not increase the spread or charge their clients a commission, ForexGen rebate the IB a minor predefined amount for every client's executed lot.
Commission is paid out every month.

Individualized service

ForexGen offers our IB's individualized service created according to the individual needs and specified business situation for each IB.
Our Introducing Broker program provides a highly organized program for individualized services and organizations in order to introduce their clients to the online foreign currency exchange market, moreover they will enjoy the benefits of being a part of the ForexGen family.

Instant order execution.
No dealing desk.
Low spreads.
Free qualified forex charting .
Real time streaming news.

ForexGen main focus is on our client's profitability and satisfaction which increase their online forex trading life time. At ForexGen the trader has the ability to spend most of the time controlling and performing their business rather than troubleshooting.

The most competitive trading conditions:

2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
Leverage of 200:1 leverage for accounts.
Without maintenance margin, our services offer margin call and automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US.
The minimum account size with a 250 US has the ability to execute a lot of trading lots.

Qualified and familiar multilingual platform!

Streamline dealing with no request for quote for up to 20 million.
The ForexGen online Trading platform offers traders to do currency trading in pairs. We also allow trading Gold and Silver with the 'one click trading' mechanism.

For more detailed information can be found in
http://www.forexgen.com/

ForexGen Strategies are the key to Profitability

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ForexGen Strategies are the key to Profitability

Trading Forex online is a very technical skill that most people will need a little help with in order to make big profits. This is where an online Forex strategy service can come in handy and help make you into that professional trader in no time at all.

Trying to trade Forex completely on your own can be a very time consuming experience. I learnt that first hand when my enthusiasm to make money almost cost me my marriage.

Thankfully I found a strategy service which took a huge amount of workload away from me and also helped me to ensure I was consistently making the best trades, the product that gets my best strategy service award actually helped to save my marriage AND make me money! Read on to find out how this service can help you.

If you are looking for a strategy service that can reduce the amount of time you spend trading, then try ForexGen, a Forex trading strategy service offering you unbeatable advice that no Forex trader should be without. Traders tested this service they were amazed by its consistently good returns. It gains the lowest pip value which is 1 Pip spread !

Equipped with automated buy, sell and stop-loss features, ActiveTrader enables you to make trades, monitor pips and dramatically reduce your exposure to risk. In many ways ForexGen is the Forex traders bible, whilst Forex Swing Trades promises you a huge profit, ForexGen can give you a good profit plus lost more additions such as the Auto-Trade service.

By giving you access to Forex swingtrades every day you can make sure you are always ready for the next market moves and get onto the profitable trades before anyone else has spotted them. This gives you the opportunity to really make it big.

For more detailed information can be found in

http://www.forexgen.com/

MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal with ForexGen

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MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal with ForexGen

MetaTrader 4 Client Terminal has been created to provide trade operations and technical analysis in real time mode, when working at Forex, CFD, Futures financial markets. A wide range of orders allows flexible management of trading activities.

Client Terminal MetaTrader 4 key Features:

working with securities of Forex, Futures and CFD markets;
various execution technologies: Instant Execution, Request Execution, Market Execution;
confidentiality of all trading operations;
unlimited charts quantity;
support of various timeframes (from minutes up to months);
large number of technical indicators and line studies;
experts, Custom Indicators and Scripts;
multiLanguage program interface;
realtime data export via DDE protocol;
signals of system and trading actions;
getting on-line news from financial markets;
internal e-mail system;
printing charts and completed trading transactions statements.

For more detailed information can be found in

http://www.forexgen.com/

Proprietary Trader with ForexGen

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Proprietary Trader with ForexGen

ForexGen is currently offering a unique opportunity to traders worldwide to trade bank funds under direct supervision and guidance of successful traders. Candidates must have a strong educational background. Individuals must be highly motivated with strong interests in financial markets and trading.

This is a great learning experience and advancement opportunities are excellent.

This trading opportunity allows active professional traders to earn money without using their capital. If you consistently trade on an intraday basis and achieve profitable or breakeven results this is your chance to become a professional trader with our money.

In addition, candidates must be able to show a sound trading strategy and risk management. Traders are strongly encouraged to apply and take advantage of our unique offer.

Candidates must show:

A track record, which must be a verifiable statement from a registered brokerage firm. Track records must be from a live account; demo account statements will not be accepted.
A brief description of your trading methodology and trading experience.

For more detailed information can be found in

http://www.forexgen.com/

Why Demo Account Performance Is Better

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Why Demo Account Performance Is Better

Over the past several years, the popularity of online currency trading has grown substantially.

Each day, online ForexGen attract new investors - each of them lining up with a glint in their eye, lured in by promises of easy money. Most of these companies allow you to sign up for a free demo account which lets you place mock trades using their trading platform to get a feel for the excitement of currency trading. In the casual world of free demo accounts - many young traders find they are able to garner impressive profits without a significant amount of effort. It almost seems too good to be true. But transferring this success from a demo account to a real account is far less common. Why is this? The actual trading platform behaves the exact same way, the market doesn't care whether you're a demo or real trader - so what is different? It's you who has changed. Not your personality, not even your trading style - but the factors that affect you are different.

What is the key factor to trading success?

The search for the "Holy Grail" of trading has been a common theme throughout the history of markets. There are a variety of different techniques. Those whom are inclined towards number crunching and pattern recognition may prefer technical analysis, whereas those more focused on the big picture, logical macro perspective prefer fundamental analysis. Then there are specific methodologies like swing trading, trend following or even more esoteric ideas like the Elliot Wave theory. Which one is best? There are examples of very successful traders using each methodology.

Since most new traders lose money - perhaps the more appropriate question to ask is, "What is the key factor to trading failure?"

Greed and Fear

Trading is an atmosphere rich in the porous emotions of greed and fear. The current price of a given security or financial instrument at any point in time can be thought of as the confluence of greed (bulls) and fear (bears). These two emotions make up the core of humanity itself. When market information is released, trading can be a high intensity experience. Sensing danger, your body releases adrenaline that acts to accentuate both your greed (fight) and your fear (flight). Because these emotions are so strong, they can cause you to act irrationally, ignore your system, stated set of rules or trading plan and to act upon impulse. Indeed, this is a genetically programmed response - but it is often also the trader's downfall, especially when he's playing with much better capitalized, more sophisticated and experienced foes that know how to manipulate those emotions.

When you are a trader - you are always under the influence of at least one of these two emotions, even if you don't have any trades on.

Impact of fear and greed on your trading

If the market's going up and you're in - greed is telling you to buy more and fear is telling you to take your profits while you still can. If it's going down, fear of being wrong makes you hold onto a losing position - and then greed sometimes convinces you to "average down" your position (and buy more) so it'll be easier for you to come back.

If the market's going up and you're not invested - fear is telling you that you're missing out on easy money but it's your greed that causes you to get in just after the greatest increase (just when its about to reverse course). If the market's going down and you're not invested - greed is telling you to get in as the price is cheap, while fear reminds you that you'll miss out on this opportunity if you don't act quickly.

Perhaps if we just felt greed, or just felt fear we would be able to control our emotions a little better. But when both of these little devils whisper into our ears at the same time - it is often impossible not to listen.

The Thrill of Greed

The first time you try FX trading - you will feel the thrill of greed. It is an ecstatic experience, your brain flush with neurotransmitters and your mind giddy with visions of untold riches about to be reaped. Greed is bold, aggressive and incredibly exciting. It can take hold of you both mentally and physically. Just imagine the possibilities!

This greed is what draws us into FX trading in the first place - the dream of easy money and 100:1 or 200:1 margin rates. It inspires us and causes us to forego rational thinking in favour of reckless abandon.

In the movie Wall Street, Gordon Gecko says, "Greed is good", but it is also very dangerous - especially if you are unable to recognize when greed is the one doing the talking. Greed is also one of the most common techniques used to manipulate people. Every get rich quick scheme, promising untold riches for no money down takes advantage of your natural predisposition to throw all logic and sense out the window when greed pays a visit. The argument starts to appear very compelling and you ignore what would otherwise be clear warning signs. Like drunk goggles, greed can mislead you and when you eventually wake up you are often in a very precarious position.

The Fear of Losing

Fear can be equally as dangerous. The most potent and easily manipulated form of fear is your fear of admitting that you are wrong. Fear of having your precious ego bruised. This fear can cause people to do incredibly stupid things. The funny thing about this world is that everyone thinks that they are right. Most people would rather lose thousands of dollars than admit they are wrong. It is easy to feel ashamed of trading losses and live in denial but this is self-destructive behavior. By denying the problem exists, you fail to take steps address it and only ensure that it will continue in the future.

Demo Trading

Demo trading is a great way to get started in foreign exchange trading. It is identical to real trading, except that you're using "pretend" money. Demo trading allows you to get a taste for what type of events move markets and how they move. It encourages you to learn more about geopolitics, macroeconomics and global finance and these are all incredibly positive things.

Demo trading also introduces you to the rapture of greed. Trading is a means to one of the purest, most raw and potent forms of greed. The whole point of trading is to make money and the more money you make - the stronger the pull of your greed becomes. It is intoxicating and can take complete control of you.

But demo trading does not introduce you to fear. There is no fear when you are demo trading. It is like you have a perpetual get out of jail free card. If you start losing badly on a demo account - simply start a new one. There is no accountability for your trading failures and only recognition of your trading success.

So your demo account does not teach you how to handle the emotion of fear. This emotion is most likely going to lead to your downfall. Greed may get you overextended, but fear will stop you from cutting your losses. You may think that fear of losing money would cause you to cut your losses, but the stronger emotion is fear of being wrong and that causes you to hold on to your losing position - until it's all gone.

There is also the issue of account size. Many demo accounts give you $50,000 to play with. This type of capitalization allows you to buy 5 lots (500K) of EURUSD pretty easily. If goes up 20 pips you've made $1000. Nice one. But when you open your real account - it's more likely that you put $5000 or $10000 in there to begin with. Now you're dealing with a 50K lot, which means you'll take $100 out of a 20-pip movement. But mentally you are used to getting $1000 for that movement so you usually end up risking more. Next thing you know - your 200K position has turned against you 50 pips and you've lost $1000. That's real money you just lost. You can't just start another account.

The capitalization of the demo account is sufficient to sustain losses and still come out on top. But your real account is likely to be undercapitalized and if you're trying to achieve returns similar to what you got on your demo account - you are going to blow up very quickly.

Being honest with yourself

Ultimately, while providing an excellent introduction to FX trading - demo accounts do not accurately predict whether you'll be successful trading real money. Markets are dominated by psychology and often go against what fundamental logic or technical indicators suggest should happen. The single most critical factor in your trading success will be your ability to control your emotions of greed and fear. These emotions cloud your judgment and cause you to trade recklessly. Demo accounts introduce you to the emotion of greed, but by their very nature they are risk free and therefore there is no fear involved. They are also likely to be better capitalized than your real money account, which misleads you with respect to the amount of returns you can expect to earn.

For all of these reasons, demo accounts allow you to avoid being honest with yourself and this is perhaps the most important factor of all. You need to know your edge and your limits and in order to know these - you must be honest with yourself.

This being said, demo accounts are still very entertaining and educational and I highly recommend opening one to anyone who's interested in getting a taste of the exciting world of FX trading. It's a great way to learn more about economics, global politics and yourself.

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Your Guide to Learning a Forex Trading System with ForexGen

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Your Guide to Learning a Forex Trading System with ForexGen

There are a great number of people in America that are interested in investing in order to make a tidy profit.

There are many ways to invest and many ways to make profits by investing. One method that has been gaining in popularity is that of the Forex trading system. If you are unsure of what this is, let me explain. Forex stands for foreign exchange. A Forex trading system is defined as the simultaneous exchange of one countries currency for another countries currency. If you would like more information, please let this be your guide to learning a Forex trading system.

The Forex trading system involves trading some of the world's most major currencies. These are: the dollar, yen, British pound, Swiss franc, and the Euro. The way the exchange rates of these types of currencies change is based on economic growth. An example: Sometimes the Dollar is worth more than the British pound because the United States was in a period of economic growth while Britain was on the decline. This can be because the unemployment rate was declining in the United States, while on the rise in Britain. Another example: the export rate is up in Asia so the yen is worth more than the Swiss franc where the export rate is down. Economic growth changes daily, so the value of these currencies changes daily. You need to learn to watch for these changes in order to make any money with the Forex trading system.

The Forex Trading system is much larger than that of all U.S. stock markets combined. In fact, the Forex Trading system makes about 1.9 trillion dollars each year. This is 30 times larger than the U.S. stock markets. Also, Forex trading is done throughout the entire world, so it is available 24 hours a day, unlike the U.S. stock markets.

You can learn the Forex trading system for free online at ForexGen site. ForexGen offers a free demo account and free Forex trading System training. This way you can practice everything you learn for free, without investing or losing any real money. Then when you get a feel for the Forex trading system, ForexGen offers a free 30 day trial or free trades to new investors. It is best to utilize some of this free training and the free demo accounts before you start investing your own money.

Now that you understand the Forex trading system a little better, you may wish to get out there and start investing. There is a lot of money to be made, or lost. Be careful and make sure you get the proper training first. With the right frame of mind, you may be able to make some healthy sums of cash through the Forex trading system!

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News Feed with ForexGen

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News Feed with ForexGen

Market Watch

Tokyo exporters, Shanghai financials lift region
Asian indexes rebound strongly Thursday, with Japanese stocks bouncing back on gains for exporters such as Nintendo Co. and Honda Motor Co. after an advance on Wall Street, while Hong Kong stocks snap a four-day losing streak on resource issues such as Cnooc and Aluminum Corp. of China.

Edging back into the market
A fierce February has left investors bruised, but stocks are still roughly where they were when it began. And one letter that called this winter's woes is continuing to edge back into the market.

The real reason Wall Street is selling Visa
If you want to know how Wall Street works, look at Visa?s initial public offering.

· Bank of America says merger on despite Countrywide woes
Bank of America Corp.'s acquisition of struggling mortgage company Countrywide Financial Corp. is proceeding as planned despite skyrocketing delinquency rates in the lender's mortgage portfolio, the bank says.

· Lifecasting may seem odd to some but it may be the future
A young software developer named Justin Kan used to irritate me to no end as he went around San Francisco early last year with a Web camera on top of his head, filming and streaming over the Internet everything in his view.

· Rio Tinto sells Cortex gold mine stake for $1.7 bln
Rio Tinto announces its unit Kennecott Explorations has completed the sale of its 40% interest in the Cortex gold mine in Nevada to joint venture partner, Barrick Gold Corp., for $1.7 billion in cash.

· Brazil benchmark gains 1.5%; Mexico ends higher
Brazilian stocks close higher Wednesday as investors hunted for bargains among blue chips, and Mexican stocks track Wall Street to a higher finish.

· Stocks in focus for Thursday
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are Blockbuster, National Semiconductor and Urban Outfitters.

· No rate change expected at Fukui's last Bank of Japan meeting
Bank of Japan Governor Toshihiko Fukui presides over his final policy board meeting in Tokyo from Thursday, with the two-day event expected to yield little change to monetary policy. As Fukui prepares to exit, it remains to be seen who will take the helm at what is a critical juncture for both the Japanese and the global economy.

· Bank fees even confound experts; how to unearth them all
Get out an extra-powerful magnifying glass if you?re trying to learn what fees you?ll be charged once you open a checking or savings account.

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Trading Terminal with ForexGen

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Trading Terminal with ForexGen

The Trade Terminal allows trading and controlling the opened positions in real-time. It can be accessed through the menu opens View > Terminal or by pressing the Ctrl + T key combination. The Trade Terminal button on the toolbar can also be used. The Trade Terminal can be dragged to anywhere on the screen.

Trade Tab
It includes a list of the active currency positions. Positions are managed through a context menu by right-click on any position.

Active Positions Context Menu - a synopsis:
• New Order - will open new order form window.
• Close Order - will open the close order form window.
• Modify or Delete Order - use this option to edit your stop-loss and take-profit orders.
• Trailing Stop - a predetermined trailing stop can be entered or set up a custom one.
• Profit - determine the way of showing the profit as points, as term currency or as deposit currency.
• Commissions - the Commissions fields applied on and off in your trade terminal.
• Taxes - the Taxes field applied on and off in your trade terminal.
• Comments - the Comments field showed on and off in your trade terminal.
• Auto Arrange - When off, this allows you to rearrange your trade columns however you like (width, placement, etc.).
• Grid - show and hide the grid to separate the columns.

Account History Tab
The trade operations' information is stored in the Accounts History tab.
News Tab
Real time streaming news, showed directly on the desktop ForexGen customers and demo users.
Alerts Tab
This tab contains information about any created alerts. The alerts are generated for signaling events in the markets. The trader can set up his own alerts and the client terminal will automatically inform the trader of the server event.
Mailbox Tab
The Mailbox is ForexGen internal mailing system which includes the information about the registration, account and system.
Experts Tab
The Experts tab contains the information about any attached expert, including opening / closing of positions, the modification of orders, the experts own messages, etc.
Journal Tab
The Journal tab contains a list of your actions within the current session.

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The Forex Currency Pairs with ForexGen

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The Forex Currency Pairs with ForexGen

Foreign Exchange trading is in general the trading of many currencies of the world. It is emerging as the largest and least regulated market providing the greatest liquidity to investors.

This trading is always done in pairs – Currency Pairs, one currency is bought and the other is sold. Together, they make up what is known as the "exchange rate".

For example, you may buy Euros with Dollars, anticipating that the Euro to increase in value relative to the Dollar. If the Euro rises relative to the Dollar, you sell the position and can earn a profit.

Most commonly traded currencies or the “majors” are:

US Dollar (USD)
Japanese Yen (JPY)
Euro (EUR)
British Pound (GBP)
Canadian Dollar (CAD)
Australian Dollar (AUD)
Swiss Franc (CHF)

Most commonly traded currency pairs are:

US Dollar and the Japanese Yen (USD/JPY)
Euro and US Dollar (EUR/USD)
US Dollar and Swiss franc (USD/CHF)
British Pound and US Dollar (GBP/USD)

While quoting currency pairs, the first currency is referred to as the base currency and the second as the counter or quote currency. The base currency is always equal to 1 monetary unit of exchange, for example, 1 Dollar, 1 Pound, 1 Euro.

Trading Forex Currency Pairs for Maximum Profit

It is also known as domestic currency or accounting currency and sometimes also referred to as the primary currency of a Forex currency pair. The price represents how much of the quote currency is needed to get one unit of the base currency.

When a currency is quoted against US Dollar, it is known as direct rate. Any currency not against the US Dollar is called a cross rate.

The quote currency is translated into a certain number of units of the base currency. This is also referred to as the foreign currency, secondary currency or counter currency. For example, if you find that a quote of USD/JPY is at 1.30, it says that for every 1 US Dollar, you get 1.30 Japanese Yen. When you quote for AUD/JPY of 67.73, it says that for every 1 Australian Dollar, you get 67.73 Japanese Yen.

Currency pairs are generally traded as 100,000 units of the base currency. For example, if you were buying EUR/USD at 0.95 you would be paying Dollars for Euros as follows:

100,000 x .95 = $95,000 for 100,000 Euros

When you find a quote going up, it means that the value of the base currency is rising or in other words, it is getting stronger. If a quote is going down, it means that the base currency is weakening.

The dominant base currencies are:

Euro - EUR/USD, EUR/GBP, EUR/CHF, EUR/JPY, EUR/CAD
British Pound - GBP/USD, GBP/CHF, GBP/JPY, GBP/CAD
US Dollar - USD/CAD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF

The currency pairs are usually traded and quoted with a ‘bid’ and ‘ask’ price. The ‘bid’ is the price at which you are willing to buy and the ‘ask’ is the price at which price you are willing to sell.

For example, if the USD/EUR currency pair is quoted as - USD/EUR = 1.5 and you purchase the pair, this means that for every 1.5 euros that you sell, you get US$1. If you sold the currency pair, you receive 1.5 euros for every US$1 you sell.

The key to successful trading lies in selecting one or two pairs of currencies that you wish to trade in as a beginner. As you gain confidence, you may wish to add more pairs in your trading portfolio. But for a new trader or investor it is always advised to have limited pair just to ensure simplicity. And that what ForexGen Promises with.

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ForexGen Partnerships

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ForexGen Partnerships

We offer partners who are looking to grow their business the broadest range of equity and derivatives products, both exchange-traded and over-the-counter (OTC), adaptable partnership solutions, a quick and cost-efficient route to market and flexible commercial terms.

We offer a variety of partnership solutions tailored to your needs:

Introducing Brokers

Fund Managers

White Label/Branding

A partnership with ForexGen Securities will be of interest to you if you are:

Looking to retain customers and increase their profitability by offering additional products

Seeking to grow revenues by entering new markets and attracting new types of business

In need of a new partner who can offer more flexible, better value solutions and products

Offer your customer base a comprehensive range of equities and derivatives products:

Spot and forward FX, gold & silver

Global CFDs

UK, US, Canadian and European Equities

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