Trends Again you have probably heard the maxim "the trend is your friend" and it is true. Currencies have long periods where they are either in an upward or a downward trend. All you have to do is get on the right side of the trend and you are in the money and Forex trading software can help you do this so you don't have to be in front of the computer constantly.
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Last week we talked about the use of a 1:2 risk to reward on our trades and the use of a trailing stop to manage those trades in an attempt to be consistently profitable. But we also have to keep track of our account balance so we have funds to be in a position to take the solid trading opportunities we find. Too many new traders will open a trade using too much leverage in an attempt to get a big win. More often than not, these trades end up as losing more money than was necessary. I recommend only risking about 5% of your account balance at any one time. If you have a mini account with a balance of $2000, then you should risk no more than $100 on a trade. This way your losses will not keep you from having the funds to take the next trade. This does not mean to open 10 trades at once and risk $100 on each one, but to risk no more than 5% at any one time. Buying the GBP/USD and the EUR/USD at the same time is not really that different. You are looking for USD weakness in both trades which means that you are more than likely to profit on both or to lose on both. A better approach would be to open one trade risking 5% of your account balance and not open another trade until the trailing stop on the first trade is moved up to breakeven. Then your risk on the first trade is theoretically at zero and you can now risk that 5% on a new trading opportunity. If the market is trending strongly and offering many trading opportunities, you can take advantage of the situation by having multiple positions open at the same time while still risking no more than 5% of your equity So when you think of money management, think about how much you are risking on the trade and how much of your account balance you are risking. They are both key elements to successful trading and should be an important part of your trading approach.
The foreign exchange market operates 24 hours a day and as a result it is impossible for a trader to track every single market movement and make an immediate response at all times. Timing is everything in currency trading. In order to devise an effective and time-efficient investment strategy, it is important to note the amount of market activity around the clock in order to maximize the number of trading opportunities during a trader’s own market hours. Besides liquidity, a currency pair’s trading range is also heavily dependent on geographical location and macroeconomic factors. Knowing what time of day a currency pair has the widest or narrowest trading range will undoubtedly help traders improve their investment utility due to better capital allocation. This chapter outlines the typical trading activity of major currency pairs in different time zones to see when they are the most volatile.
For example : Asian Session (Tokyo): 7 P.m.–4 A.m. ESTFX trading in Asia is conducted in major regional financial hubs; during the Asian trading session, Tokyo takes the largest market share, followed by Hong Kong and Singapore. Despite the flagging influence of the Japanese central bank on the FX market, Tokyo remains one of the most important Dealing centers in Asia. It is the first major Asian market to open, and many large participants often use the trade momentum there as the benchmark to gauge market dynamics as well as to devise their trading strategies. Trading in Tokyo can be thin from time to time; but large investment banks and hedge funds are known to try to use the Asian session to run important stop and option barrier levels. Figure 5.1 provides a ranking of the different currency pairs and their ranges during the Asian trading session.For the more risk-tolerant traders, USD/JPY, GBP/CHF, and GBP/JPY are good picks because their broad ranges provide short-term traders with lucrative profit potentials, averaging 90 pips. Foreign investment banks and institutional investors, which hold mostly dollar-dominated assets, generate a significant amount of USD/JPY transactions when they enter the Japanese equity and bond markets. Japan’s central bank, with more than $800 billion of U.S. Treasury securities, also plays an influential role in affecting the supply and demand of USD/JPY through its open market operations. Last but not least, large Japanese exporters are known to use the Tokyo trading hours to repatriate their foreign earnings, heightening the fluctuation of the currency pair. GBP/CHF and GBP/JPY remain highly volatile as central bankers and large players start to scale themselves into positions in anticipation of the opening of the European session.
In the forex markets, it’s worth knowing the characteristics of the currency pairs, since each of them exhibit distinct identities. Most of the currencies exhibit similar movement patterns, which can help a trader confirm price movements. One such close relation can be found between the EUR/USD & USD/CHF.
The price movements of these two currency pairs are absolute mirror images. In short, they have an inverse relationship. If Eur/Usd is rallying, then Usd/Chf should have downward movement, and vice-versa.
The following chart has a comparative price movement of both these currencies, and this inverse relation can be seen very clearly
how does one take advantage of this?
The most obvious fact is that one must not trade both the currencies at the same time. If one is long the Eur/Usd, logically one should not be long the Usd/Chf at the same time, since the Usd/Chf would have a downward movement.
And…neither is it advisable to take opposing trades on these two pairs, because if the trade goes wrong, then the trader would incur losses in both the trades.
Ideally, one should trade either of the two pairs. The best way to take advantage of this fact is to cross-check a trade by looking for confirmation factors on the other pair. If a trader is planning to take a long position in the Eur/Usd, he can look for a similar short setup on the Usd/Chf. If such an opposite setup is present in the Usd/Chf, it only adds further credence to his long Eur/Usd trade.
There are other currency pairs also which exhibit a close relation. Another fact is that each currency has an approximate Average Daily Trading Range (also known as the ADR), which it follows in the normal course of the trading day.
While this is not written in stone, it serves a good thumb rule to estimate the movement of the particular currency. Thus it is worth studying these relationships…to gain a higher edge in the market. Sometimes it is this basic knowledge, which can be the dividing line between success and failure.