Tuesday, January 6, 2009

The Concept Of Leverage In Forex

One of the main attractions to trade forex is big leverage and allows currency traders to borrow money and use that money to to profit from the fluctuations in exchange rates between two currencies. The leverage usable in forex trading is one of the highest that traders can obtain. Leveraged trading means that you are not required to pay the full value of the trading position but only small part of it.

Because of the big leverage in foreign exchange, traders are able to make large investments without a huge amount of trading capital, whereas in other financial markets such as the stock market, investors would have to pay 50% of the full amount for each share they were investing in.

The Margin Call in The Forex Market

A forex broker will close your open position(s) immediately if the equity in your trading account drops below the margin requirement. This to prevent you from negative account balances.

For example:

Assume you have a trading account with $20,000 and margin requirement is set to 100:1. Without any open positions, your usable margin is $20,000.

Getting a margin call scenario:

You use $15,000 to buy 15 lots of EUR/USD, you now have $5,000 of usable margin left. This means that you are allowed to lose $5,000 on the open postion before you are under the margin requirement.

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.

A Forex Market Order

This is an order to buy or sell a given currency at the current market price. This means that the trader will be buying at the “current” ask or selling at the “current” bid that is quoted. The market order can be used to enter or exit trades. When placing a market order, the currency trader specifies the currency pair that he wants to buy or sell and the number of lots or contracts he wants to trade.

With most currency trading platforms, this order is placed with a single click and is executed instantly at the current rate quoted.
Often small market makers are unable to fill market orders instantly and usually re-quote traders. This can be a major source of problems as unnecessary costs of trading are incurred that can affect performance over time and the profitability of each trade.
However, this type of order is very popular with certain trading strategies i.e. strategies which react to market conditions and require instantaneous execution of a trading position, ether to enter or exit.

British Pound Drops To 13-Year Lows

The British pound remains one of the few currencies that hasn’t taken full advantage of the US dollar’s plunge. Following up on yesterday’s disappointing revision in fourth quarter private consumption, the GfK Consumer Confidence survey for February crossed the wires with a sharper-than-expected drop.

This indicator was initially scheduled for release on Friday, which added to the surprise of a -17 reading that was the most pessimistic the report has read in 13 years. Sinking confidence in Brit’s outlook for growth and their own financial position isn’t surprising considering the worsening housing slump and steadily rising prices that have eaten into discretionary spending.

Monday, January 5, 2009

The 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.

Understanding Forex Spreads


Spreads should always be considered in conjunction with depth of book. Oddly enough, when it comes to economies of scale, forex doesn't even act like most other markets. On the inter-bank market, for example; the larger the ticket size, the larger the spread is. So when you see a 1-pip spread on an ECN platform, you have to wonder if that spread valid for a $2M, $5M or $10M trade, which it probably isn’t. In many cases, the tight spread that is offered applies only to a capped trade sizes that are very inadequate for most of the common trading strategies.

Forex Trading

They create vast fortunes easily trading foreign currencies.
Thereafter, using this great wealth, they create factories to manufacture consumer goods and products and hire you, Joe Bloke to work in those factories, banks and jobs at minimum wages.

So, it is no wonder why they don’t want you to know about the REAL TRUTH and “SECRET” on how to generate great wealth through foreign currency trading.

If you know how to trade foreign currency and generate $100,000 monthly for life, will you be idiotic, naïve and crazy to go to work at these DEAD END jobs to earn minimum wages and be paid nickels and dimes?

So, there has been a persistent organized campaign by the powers that be, the Money Elite to KEEP AWAY AND HIDE these “SECRETS” of creating vast wealth from foreign currency trading.

Foreign Currency or Forex Trading


Foreign currency trading is the most profitable and powerful way to make money today in the world.
It is a 2.5 trillion dollars daily global market and business.
For this reason the knowledge and the secrets of how to do it successfully have been kept away from the public for thousands of years.

This is because it is the jealously guarded “SECRET” of how the “Money and Power” Elites, the multi-national and multi-billion dollars corporations, largest banks and governments of the world, the “Movers & Shakers” of International Banking & Finance, Business moguls & Tycoons, CEOs of major Corporations, secret societies and the privileged blue bloodlines of the Wealthiest Families of Europe and the Americas make their money and get rich.

Why is Forex trading training so important?

(1) The investor or trader is definitely not going to become a walking encyclopedia at the completion of the training, but is going to be far better equipped to deal with the ups and downs of foreign currency trading than before!

(2) If this business is treated as a continuous learning platform, the investor/trader is heading for more gains and less losses. He/She will have a better idea about planning good strategies so that risks are minimized.

(3) By getting Forex trading training, the trader/investor has an edge over others in the same community. After all, he/she is enhancing his/her trading skills.