Trading Currency Blog

mocha frap asked:


im sure everyone knows the US dollar is falling, is this the window of opportunity that we wouldnt want to miss? please get back to me with your insight and why you think so

FAAITA

Dave aka Spider Monkey asked:


Is it better to be high momentum and high volatility or high momentum low volatility to keep up on daily currency levels that change ? I am not into trading per se but am interested in learning it . Serious inquiries only and knowledgeable enquiries only . I am trying to learn and not wasting time. Keep web sites to a minimum unless it explains completely these 2 questions.

DUANE

Hello asked:


Specially from the viewpoint of forex data mining, analysis and reporting, which currency trading system meets your needs for a power tool?

BRUINGTON

telluridem asked:


Re: currency INVESTING rather than trading, which currency is trending upward compared to the USD down trend? And is the state of a country’s macro economy a direct correlation to currency value?

HOBAUGH

shadowsjc asked:


I am completely new to the world of trading stocks or currency, but I want to get started. I see ads for all these different websites (ameritrade, etrade, etc.), and I was wondering, which (if any) would be the best for a beginner? I’m not looking to get rich quick, but I would like to start investing my money for the long term.

Also, which if any of these sites offers a way to trade currencies? Ideally, I would become a member of the site with the best combination of both of these (trading stocks and currency).

Thanks

AHLSTROM

Sacha Tarkovsky asked:


Options in theory give you unlimited profit potential and limited risk. Sounds good? In theory it does, but keep in mind that 90% of options that are bought expire worthless, so that’s a 90% chance of losing your money - if you don’t know what you are doing.

Getting the Odds on Your Side

You can however increase your odds of success with currency options by knowing which options to buy and sell and by knowing how foreign exchange markets work.

Four Simple Tips to Increase Your Odds of Success

Let’s assume you want to buy an option and the price of the British Pound is at 1.60, you are expecting the British Pound to go to 1.90. What option do you buy?

1. Potential Rewards are not what they seem

The first points to consider when buying an option is how much time value you want and what strike price you wish to buy.

There are two points to consider

. Time to expiry . How far out of of the money the strike price is

2. Get time on your side

Keep in mind your option does not just need to go your way from when you bought it; it needs to trade in the money by expiry.

3. Buy realistic strike prices

If you want to make money in options trading, buy strikes that are in the money or close to the money, with plenty of time to expiry.

4. How to buy options in longer term trends

If you are trading currencies and trading the longer-term trend, position yourself into the trend in the following manner.

· Identify the long-term trend via trend lines.

· Wait for a dip in the market to position yourself in the trend.

· Watch for dips to nearby support and then look for confirmation with stochastic crossovers, or other momentum tools to enter the option.

· Another way of buying options in the long-term trend is to look for moves to the middle of a Bollinger band to time entry. This is a great tool in strongly trending markets.

· The above will work well in strongly trending markets and if you buy in the money options or realistic strike prices with plenty of time on your side, you will increase your odds of success dramatically.

The above is a simple strategy and one that can help you make big profits from currency trading buying options.

What about Strategies that are more Complicated? You can do a whole number of options strategies, but our view is why make it complicated?

Many traders think the more complicated the strategy the better the chances of success but this is not true in currency options.

There is no correlation between how complicated a strategy is and its chances of success.



BARMORE

cwagley@sbcglobal.net asked:


E-Currency trading made a lot of money for some people a few years ago. Is it still a good deal ? I question the small returns and would like to talk to someone who has did (or is doing it) the actual system.

MANION

Antonio B asked:


Can someone with experience in this area please answer?

How does ‘currency trading’ work? What kind of brokerage account is needed? Do the standard brokerages houses do this? I have an account at Schwab.

What is Forex? How do I buy currency contracts?

Thanks for the help!

BASNETT

Pilot25 asked:


I heard there some some good profits in trading foreign currency.. I was just wondering if i can use e trade to trade currency?

SCHOMMER

kerr to u asked:


what is a simple online free demo. I’ve tried forex.com, and I couldn’t understand anything on the site. I just want a simple one to learn the different aspects of currency trading. Please no winning strategies. I’m not interested in learning how to make money, just learning the basics.

MOSLEY