Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Diversifying Forex Trading Strategies

The critical difference between who will win and who will lose in the business of Forex market trading is learning how to manage your money. For example, if 100 Forex traders begin trading by using a system with 60% of winning odds, only about 5 of those traders would see a profit by the end of the year. Despite those 60% winning odds, only 95% of those Forex traders will lose because of poor money management skills. When entering a trading system one must have great money management skills in order to succeed. Traders enter the Forex system to make a profit, after all, not to lose money.

The amount of money you will put on a trade and the risks you are willing to accept for that trade is money management. It is very important to understand the concept of managing money and to understand the difference between managing money and trading decisions, in order to diversify your Forex trading strategies. There are a number of different strategies that can be employed that will aspire to preserve your balance from any high-risk liabilities.

To begin with an understanding of the “core equity” is a necessity. Basically the core equity illustrates the starting balance of the account and what amounts are in the open positions. Your money management will greatly depend on this equity so it’s very important to understand the meaning of core equity. For instance, if you have an open account with a balance of $5,000 and you enter a trade with $1,000 your core equity will be $4,000. If you enter another trade for another $1,000 then your core equity would be $3,000.

From the outset, it’s best to diversify trades by using several different currencies. By only trading one currency pair, you will generate very few entry signals. For example, if you have an account balance of $100,000 and have an open position for $10,000 then that makes your core equity $90,000. If you choose to enter on a second position, then calculate the 1% risk from your core equity, but not your starting account balance. This would mean that the second trade would not exceed $900. Then if you decide to enter a third position, with a core equity of $80,000 then the risk from that trade should not surpass $800. The key is to diversify the lots between all currencies that have a low correlation.

For example, if you want to trade EUR/USD and GBP/USD with a $10,000 (1% risk) standard position size in money management, then it would be safe to trade $5,000 in each EUR/USD and GBP/USD. This way, you will only be risking 0.5% on each position.

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Developing Expertise Through Pattern Recognition

The second major answer to the question of trading expertise is that of pattern recognition. The markets display patterns that repeat over time, across various time-scales. Traders gain expertise by acquiring information about these patterns and then learning to recognize the patterns for themselves. An analogy would be a medical student learning to diagnose a disease, such as pneumonia. Each disease is defined by a discrete set of signs and symptoms. By running appropriate tests and making proper observations of the patient, the medical student can gather the information needed to recognize pneumonia. Becoming an expert doctor requires seeing many patients and gaining practice in putting the pieces of information together rapidly and accurately.

The clearest example of gaining trading expertise through pattern recognition is the large literature on technical analysis. Most technical analysis books are like the books carried by medical students. They attempt to group market “signs” and “symptoms” into identifiable patterns that help the trader “diagnose” the market. Some of the patterns may be chart patterns; others may be based upon the identification of cycles, configurations of oscillators, etc. Like the doctor, the technical analyst cultivates expertise by seeing many markets and learning to identify the patterns in real time.

Note how the pattern recognition and research answers to the question of expertise lead to very different approaches to the training of traders. In the research perspective, traders learn to improve their trading by conducting better research. This means learning to use more sophisticated tools, gather more data, uncover better predictors, etc. From a pattern recognition vantage point, however, trading success will not come from performing more research. Rather, direct instruction from experts and massed practice leads to the development of competence (again like medical school, where the dictum is “See one, do one, teach one”).

Another way of stating this is that the research viewpoint treats trading as a science. We gain knowledge by uncovering new observations and patterns. The pattern recognition perspective treats trading as a performance activity. We gain proficiency through mentoring and constant practice. This is the way of the athlete, the musician, and the craftsperson.
Can expertise be acquired by learning patterns from others and then gaining experience identifying them on one’s own? It would seem so: this is traditionally how chess champions and Olympic athletes develop.My conversations with traders who have enrolled in this service leave me with little doubt that they have acquired profitable skills, eventually moving on to becoming successful independent traders. Richard Dennis’ experiment with the “Turtles” is perhaps the most famous example of how expertise (in this case, a pattern-based trading system) can be successfully modeled for people with little market background.

And yet there are nagging doubts about the actual value of the patterns typically described in market books and tapes. A comprehensive investigation of technical analysis strategies by Bauer and Dahlquist found very little evidence for their effectiveness. An attempt to quantify technical analysis patterns by Andrew Lo at MIT found that they did, indeed, contain information about future market moves, but hardly as much as isportrayed in the popular literature. Because pattern recognition entails a healthy measure of judgment, it is very difficult to demonstrate its efficacy outside of the expert’s hands. In other words, the expert trader may be utilizing more information in trading than he or she can verbalize. This is certainly the case for chess experts and athletes. While they can describe what they are doing, it is clear that their proficiency extends well beyond the application of a limited set of rules or patterns.

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* 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.

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Learning to Trade: The Psychology of Expertise

When people hear that I am an active trader and a professional psychologist, they naturally want to hear about techniques for mastering emotions in trading. That is an important topic to be sure, and later in this article I will even have a few things to say about it. But there is much more to psychology and trading than “trading psychology”, and that is the ground I hope to cover here. Specifically, I would like to address a surprisingly neglected question: How does one gain expertise as a trader?

It turns out that there are two broad answers to this question, focusing upon quantitative and qualitative insights into the markets. We can dub these research expertise and pattern-recognition expertise, respectively. These perspectives are much more than academic, theoretical issues. How we view knowledge and learning in the markets will shape the strategies we employ and—quite likely—the results we will obtain. In this article, I will summarize these two positions and then offer a third, unique perspective that draws upon recent research in the psychology of learning. I believe this third perspective, based on implicit learning, has important, practical implications for our development as traders.

Developing Expertise Through Research
The research answer to our question says that we gain trading expertise by performing superior research. We collect a database of market behavior and then we research variables (or combinations of variables) that are significantly associated with future price trends.
A variation of the research answer can be seen in traders who rely on data-mining strategies. The data-miner questions whether there can be a single system appropriate for all markets or for all time frames. To use a phrase popularized by Victor Niederhoffer, the market embodies “ever-changing cycles”. The combination of predictors that worked in the bull market of 2000 may be disastrous a year later. The data-miner, therefore, engages in continuous research: modeling and remodeling the markets to capture the changing cycles.

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Is There Such A Thing As Hedging in the Forex Market

For those who are not familiar with the Forex market, the word “hedging” could mean absolutely nothing. However, those who are regular traders know that there are many ways to use this term in trading. Most of the time when you hear this phrase it means that you are trying to reduce your risk in trading. It is something that everyone who plans to invest should know about. It is a technique that can protect your investments to some degree.

While hedging is a popular trading term, it is also one that seems a little mysterious. It is much like an insurance plan. When you hedge, you insure yourself in case a negative event may occur. This does not mean that when a negative event occurs you will come out of it completely unaffected. It only means that if you properly hedge yourself, you won’t experience a huge impact. Think of it like your auto insurance. You purchase it in case something bad happens. It does not prevent bad things from happening, but if they do, you are able to recover a lot better than if you were uninsured.

Anyone who is involved in trading can learn to hedge. From huge corporations to small individual investors, hedging is something that is widely practiced. The manner in which they do this involves using market instruments to offset the risk of any negative movement in price. The easiest way to do this is to hedge an investment with another investment. For example, the way most people would deal with this is to invest in two different things with negative correlations. This is still costly to some people; however, the protection you get from doing this is well worth the cost most of the time. When you begin learning more about hedging, you start to understand why not many people completely know what it is all about. The techniques used to hedge are done by using derivatives. These are complicated instruments of finance and most often only used by seasoned investors.

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How I became a successful part time trader

Introduction
I am Joe Chalhoub, a computer engineer, Forex trader and strategy builder. I began trading currencies 3 years ago. The first 3 months trading were complete failure, I remember I lost all my money and I was about to quit, but I couldn’t, I felt if I quit now maybe I am missing the chance of having my own business. So I stopped trading and began observing, studying, analyzing and practicing.

Observing: I began observing the market, what causes movement, reaction, ranging and trading.
Analyzing: I began working with technical and fundamental analysis; how each analysis can predict and redirect the market and how I can use them both for my own benefit. I will talk about these analyses in the following paragraph.
Reading: I bought Forex Trading Books and read them, books explaining different strategies and tactics used by experienced traders.
Practicing: I created free accounts and began trading virtually and each technique I invent I tried it and monitored its performance and validity.
After one year of studies, analysis and practicing trading techniques and after many failure and frustration I reached my own strategy and it is working very well and each month my profit is positive.

Implementation
I reached my targets and I built a successful strategy, but that’s not enough; to make profit I must not miss any opportunity and forex market is full of opportunities because it is the most active market in the world, for that reason I must sit all time and watch and detect opportunities all day long from Monday to Friday.
How to resolve this problem, I can’t sit and observe the market hours and hours, I have my career and my family, so I thought I must program my strategy, let the Information Technology do the hard work for me, and nobody is discipline as a software, so I created an artificial intelligent software which collects data from the market and implement my strategy on this data and detect opportunities 24/24.

This program analyses fundamental and technical data and generates forex signals which are forwarded automatically to my broker platform where the signals are executed automatically and forwarded also to my website members. All this is done without my interfering, I just run the program, it analyses and makes its decisions (Buying, Selling or stay aside).

How to succeed in Forex Trading
Five over hundred traders succeed in this business, what differentiate those five successful from the 95 others is one thing, it is the HARD WORK. Forex trading is not an easy business, and who tells you that he can make you rich in one night is one of those 95. Only one thing can make you a successful trader, HARD WORK, and nothing else. Don’t rely on other traders or advisors to help you, rely and have confidence on yourself.

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Monday, December 29, 2008

U.K. Housholds Put Record Amount Into Homes

U.K. households injected GBP 5.7 bln into housing equity in the three months to September, compared with GBP 2 bln in the last quarter.

Q2 data had shown that repayments exceeded new borrowing for the first time in a decade and the trend continued in Q3. Withdrawals as a percentage of post-tax income amounted to -2.4% in Q3, compared to -0.8% in Q2.

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Sunday, December 28, 2008

British Pound Outlook Remains Bearish as Growth Forecasts Weaken Further

Fundamental Outlook for British Pound: Bearish - 3Q GDP Revised to -0.6% from -0.5% - British Pound Tests Record Low Against Euro

The British Pound continued its move towards parity against the Euro and slid lower against the U.S. Dollar ahead of the New Year, which suggests that investors remain bearish against the currency as market participants widely expect the Bank of England to lower borrowing costs even further in January. Nevertheless, financial uncertainties paired with the ongoing downturn in the housing sector is likely to stoke increased selling pressures for the currency over the near-term as the economic calendar continues to reflect a dour outlook for growth.

The lowest interest rate since 1951 highlights the extraordinary efforts taken on by the central bank, and market participants anticipate policymakers to ease policy further as they do everything possible within their authority to mitigate the downturn in the economy. A Bloomberg News survey shows that 27 of the 38 economists polled anticipate BoE Governor Mervyn King and Co. to lower the benchmark interest rate by 50bp to 1.50% at the January 8th policy meeting. Meanwhile, weakening fundamentals have certainly dragged on the British Pound throughout the second half of the year, and the event risks scheduled for the following week could weigh on the currency as growth prospects deteriorate at a rapid pace. The BoE’s housing equity withdrawals index is projected to fall to -3.3B from -2.8B in the second quarter as a result of tumbling home prices paired with tightening lending practices, while consumer credit is expected to decline to 0.6B from 0.8B in October. As credit conditions remain far from normal, private sector spending, which is one of the biggest drivers of growth, is likely to remain subdued throughout the coming months, and would only heighten the downside risks for growth going forward.

From a technical standpoint, the British Pound is expected to remain range-bound in the week ahead, and should hold major trends against its currency counterparts over the near-term. Accordingly, as investors round-trip their open positions for the year, thin markets are unlikely to impel a drastic shift in trader sentiment, and the Sterling is likely to face headwinds ahead of the event risks scheduled for the coming week.

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Thursday, December 25, 2008

Amid Gloom, Russian Reserves Post Record Rise

Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves rose by a record $15.4 billion in the latest week thanks to a stronger euro and a rise in commercial banks' foreign currency deposits.
The reserves, the world's third largest, rose to $450.8 billion on December 19 from $435.4 billion in the previous week, central bank data showed, even though the central bank spent an estimated $7 billion to support the rouble.
The reserves have shrunk by a quarter from early August peaks, dented by the central bank's defense of the rouble.

Some of the money is also being used to help Russian companies to refinance their foreign debt.
The rouble has come under pressure as Russia's key export earner, crude oil, falls in price.
Russia has run seven small devaluations of the rouble since oil prices began to slide. The currency is now nearly 16 percent below August's historic peaks. Oil, Russia's main export, has lost 76 percent since July peak.
The euro, which accounts for about 45 percent of Russia's gold and forex reserves, strengthened by about 4 percent against the dollar during the week between December 12 and December 19. A stronger euro boosts the dollar value of reserves.

First Deputy Chairman of the central bank Alexei Ulyukayev said the reserves rose also due to an increase in foreign currency deposits in the central bank.
Many Russian banks took long positions in foreign currencies in anticipation of the rouble's devaluation, contributing to overall capital flight and prompting a backlash from President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Russian authorities told commercial banks not to increase their foreign currency positions or risk losing their access to the central bank's liquidity through collateral-free auctions.

Instead, the central bank gave banks a possibility to park their foreign currency in interest-free accounts with the central bank. Ulyukayev said "several billion" were currently held in these accounts.
Commercial banks' accounts in the central bank are matched by corresponding foreign currency positions in the central bank's assets, which count as part of the international reserves.
Russia will also tap its $132.6 billion Reserve Fund, which serves as a safety cushion for the budget and is set to stay at around 10 percent of Russia's GDP, to plug holes in the next year's budget.

The Kremlin's aide on economy Arkady Dvorkovich told Vesti 24 news channel on Thursday Russia will run a deficit of 3-4 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 if global economic growth resumes in the second half of the year.
Dvorkovich said that in case the global economy will be contracting throughout 2009, the deficit will not exceed 5 percent of GDP. Russia expects the economy to grow by 2.4 percent in 2009 if the average price of oil stays at $50 per barrel.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2008

US Personal Spending Contracts for 5th Straight Month


US Personal Spending Contracts for 5th Straight Month as Jobless Claims Hold Near 26-Year Highs


The US dollar has edged lower this morning, but for what it's worth, the majors remain range bound amidst low volume trading ahead of the holidays. Focusing on EUR/USD in particular, the pair has been trading within a 200 point range since the start of the week and a 100 point range since Monday morning.

EUR/USD (Intraday Chart)


Meanwhile, US economic data has been broadly disappointing, as personal income and spending both fell negative during the month of November. Indeed, personal income slumped 0.2 percent, as deteriorating labor market conditions drive wages lower, while personal spending contracted for the fifth straight month at a rate of -0.6 percent. Such a decline in spending isn't entirely surprising given the latest US GDP figures for Q3, which reflected a 3.8 percent plunge in consumption, but does suggest that Q4 GDP results will be similarly disappointing.

In a similar vein, US initial jobless claims for the week of December 20 climbed to 586K from 556K, while continuing jobless claims for the week of December 13 edged down to 4370K from 4387K. Nevertheless, both of these indexes remain near the highest levels since late-1982, highlighting one of the primary reasons why consumption has fallen so steadily in 2008.

US Continuing Jobless Claims (Weekly)

















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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

USD/CAD: Trading the Canadian GDP Release

The Canadian dollar could face increase selling pressures over the next 24 hours of trading as market participants forecast GDP to contract 0.3% in October. Growth prospects for the world’s eighth largest economy have weakened considerably throughout the fourth quarter as firms cutback on employment and reduced spending.

Trading the News: Canadian Gross Domestic Product

What’s Expected

Time of release: 12/24/2008 13:30 GMT, 08:30 EST


Primary Pair Impact : USDCAD


Expected: -0.3%

Previous: 0.1%


Impact the Canadian GDP numbers had on USDCAD over the last 3 Quarters







September 2008 Canadian Gross Domestic Product


The Canadian economy grew 0.1% in September, while the annual rate of growth increased 1.3% amid expectations for a 1.1% rise. The breakdown of the monthly report showed that construction fell another 0.4% following a 0.2% decline in the previous month, while industrial production slipped 0.3% from August. Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada expects economic activity to grow at an annual pace of 0.6% in 2008 and 2009, which is the slowest pace for growth in over a decade, and conditions may only get worse as demands from the global economy falter. Mounting growth fears have already raised speculation that policymakers will continue to lower borrowing costs well into the next year as growth prospects weaken further, and may hold a dovish outlook throughout the coming months as price pressures alleviate.

August 2008 Canadian Gross Domestic Product

Economic activity in Canada contracted 0.3% in August, and conditions are likely to get worse as demands from home and abroad deteriorate. The breakdown of the report showed that wholesaling activity plunged 3.1% from the previous month, which was followed by a 1.1% decline in manufacturing. Weakening fundamentals paired with the spillover effects of the global credit crunch have stoked fears that the world’s eighth largest economy will face a recession as trade conditions deteriorate, which could lead the Bank of Canada to ease policy further over the coming months in order to stave off a severe downturn in the economy. The BoC stated that they expect economic activity to weaken further throughout the rest of the year as the major economies around the world head into a recession, which could stoke increased selling pressures for the loonie going forward.

July 2008 Canadian Gross Domestic Product

The Canadian economy expanded 0.7% in July, to reach its fastest pace of growth since March 2004. The breakdown of the report showed that manufacturing activity increased to 1.3% from the previous month, which was followed by a 3.1% gain in energy production. Despite the bigger than expected rise in GDP, the downturn in the U.S. paired with the spillover effects of the credit crunch has sparked fears of a global recession, which has raised speculation that the Bank of Canada will opt to lower the interest rate as demands from the global economy falter. Moreover, the recent pullback in oil prices has certainly helped to anchor inflation expectations, and only strengthens the argument for the BoC to lower borrowing costs as growth prospects for the major economies around the world deteriorate.

How To Trade This Event Risk

The Canadian dollar could face increase selling pressures over the next 24 hours of trading as market participants forecast GDP to contract 0.3% in October. Growth prospects for the world’s eighth largest economy have weakened considerably throughout the fourth quarter as firms cutback on employment and reduced spending.

The Canadian economy lost 70.6K jobs in November, which was the biggest decline since 1982, and raised the unemployment rate to a two-year high of 6.3% from 6.2% in the previous month. In addition, business spending fell to a record low during the same period as the Ivey PMI slipped to 40.2 from 52.2 in October. The downturn in the domestic economy has certainly dragged on growth as retail spending fell 0.9% in October, and the growth outlook for Canada may weaken further as demands from the global economy deteriorate. Trade conditions for the second consecutive month in October as the trade surplus narrowed to 3.8B from 4.3B, and conditions are likely to get worse over the coming months as the U.S., Canada’s biggest trading partner, heads into its longest recession in over a quarter century. Meanwhile, the Bank of Canada stated that the economy ‘is now entering a recession’ at the December 9th policy meeting, and as a result, policymakers lowered the benchmark interest rate by 75bp to 1.50% - the lowest level since 1958. In addition, the BoC forecasts inflation to fall to 1.6% during the second half of 2009, which could lead the central bank to lower borrowing costs even further as they carry out their dual mandate to ensure price stability while fostering economic growth.

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Monday, December 22, 2008

New Zealand Dollar Technical Outlook

The New Zealand Dollar has been unable to clear important resistance against the US Dollar, opening the door for further short-term NZD/USD weakness. The NZD/USD set a clear short-term top at the 50.0 percent Fibonacci retracement of the 0.6960-0.5200 move at 0.6080, leaving clear risks that the pair may break short-term uptrend support at the 0.5700 handle.

Subsequent support can be found at previous congestion levels between 0.5500-0.5600. A break above 0.6080 would clearly negate our bearish bias.

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Sunday, December 21, 2008

Qimonda Set For Euro325 Million Bailout

Troubled memory-chip maker Qimonda AG on Sunday secured a rescue package of euro325 million ($452 million) in loans from a German regional government, parent company Infineon and a Portuguese state bank.
The Economy Ministry in the German state of Saxony, where Qimonda has a major plant, said in a statement that it achieved a "breakthrough" when Portugal agreed to join the rescue package through its state investment bank. The company has a facility in Porto, Portugal.
Munich-based Qimonda will get a euro150 million loan from Saxony, euro75 million from Infineon Technologies AG and euro100 million from the Portuguese bank, according to the ministry, Qimonda and Infineon.

Qimonda said that it also expects to receive loan guarantees worth euro280 million from the German federal government and Saxony.
In return for the package, the company said it committed itself to further developing its manufacturing and research facilities in Porto and in Dresden, Saxony's state capital.
Qimonda said earlier this month that it may face bankruptcy if it fails to find new investors. Makers of computer memory chips have been hit hard by falling prices and an oversupply of the products.

Sunday's moves "allow Qimonda to complete its repositioning ... and re-establish its competitive position in the memory industry," as well as invest in new technology, chief executive Kin Wan Loh said.
Infineon spun off Qimonda in 2006 and still holds a 77.5-percent stake. Saxony initially called on Infineon to contribute euro150 million to the rescue package, but the parent company said last week it could not provide that much.
Qimonda, which has more than 12,000 workers, said in October it would cut 3,000 jobs in the U.S. and Germany and sell its stake in Inotera -- a joint venture with Taiwan's Nanya Technology Corp. -- to Micron Technology Inc. for $400 million.

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Thursday, December 18, 2008

A look at Economic Developments Around The World

A look at economic developments, activity in stock markets around the world Thursday


A look at economic developments and stock-market activity around the world Thursday:

TOKYO -- The yen weakened slightly against the dollar after a dramatic surge in recent days, as Japan warned of possible intervention in the foreign exchange market and ahead of an expected rate cut by the country's central bank. The pause in the yen's climb came as Tokyo strengthened its language on the possibility of intervening to limit the currency's strength and protect Japanese exporters. Finance Minister Shoichi Nakagawa told reporters he would "implement appropriate measures" regarding the yen's gains. "For export manufacturers the acceleration of the strong yen is a negative factor," he said. The Bank of Japan, which began a two-day policy meeting on Thursday afternoon, was widely expected to cut interest rates from the current 0.30 percent, probably by half, which could also cause the yen to weaken as investors sold the currency and sought better rates elsewhere. The Nikkei 225 stock average climbed 54.71 points, or 0.6 percent, to 8,667.23.

LONDON -- British auto manufacturers stepped up pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government to deliver an industry bailout package as a report revealed that car production slumped by a third in November. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders warned that crumbling domestic and export demand would lead to extended plant closures and job cuts as production falls, leaving Britain unprepared for improved economic conditions. The industry body wants the government -- which has confirmed it is in talks with Jaguar Land Rover's Indian owner about possible financial support -- to move quickly to restore demand and loosen tight credit conditions. Meanwhile, official figures showed British retail sales unexpectedly rose 0.3 percent from October to November, even as government debt hit its highest in almost a quarter century and a survey indicated half a million households will be behind in mortgage payments next year. Britain's FTSE-100 closed up 0.2 percent at 4,330.66.

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Business confidence in Europe's biggest economy fell to its lowest point in over a quarter century in December as the global economic crisis stanched near-term prospects. The Munich-based Ifo Institute said that its monthly index of German business sentiment slipped to 82.6 points in December from 85.8 points in November. It was last that low in November 1982, and has fallen more than 20 points in the last year. The survey said that the business climate for manufacturing -- a key segment of Germany's economy -- cooled considerably. Germany's DAX rose 48.02 points, or 1 percent, to 4,756.40.

BEIJING -- China cut prices for gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. The price of diesel will fall by 18 percent while the price of gasoline is cut by 13.8 percent, effective Friday, according to the country's planning agency. Jet fuel prices will fall by 32 percent. The cuts will help trucking companies, airlines, factories and others that are being squeezed by high fuel prices and a slump in sales. The price cuts come as Beijing is trying to revive falling economic growth but the announcement made no mention of a link with its stimulus measures. It said prices were cut to reflect a decline in global oil costs. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index climbed 2 percent, or 38.87 points, to 2,015.69. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index recovered near the end of the session to add 0.2 percent to 15,497.81.

PARIS -- Bernard Madoff's alleged $50 billion investment fraud demonstrates the absolute necessity of better regulation of financial sectors, the French prime minister said. Francois Fillon called the affair "a real scandal" and said it "clearly shows that the regulatory reform we've been calling for ... is absolutely necessary." His comments on Europe-1 radio came after France's market regulator said late Wednesday that French investors may have lost "several hundred million euros" in the scam through mutual funds with indirect exposure to Madoff's funds. The CAC-40 in France was down 0.2 percent at 3,234.15.

SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea said it plans to establish a 20 trillion won ($15.5 billion) fund with central bank support next year to help shore up banks and encourage them to lend. The fund, set to start operations from Jan. 1, is aimed at helping lenders boost their capital adequacy ratios by purchasing certain shares and bonds, the Financial Services Commission announced. Participation is available to banks on a voluntary basis, according to the commission, which serves as South Korea's financial regulator. Meanwhile, brawling South Korean lawmakers tried to sledgehammer their way into a parliamentary meeting room barricaded by the ruling party as the National Assembly descended into chaos over a free trade agreement with the United States. Opposition parties were incensed by the ruling Grand National Party's move to submit the agreement to a committee on trade, setting in motion the process for the accord to win approval in the legislature. The opposition attempt failed, and 10 GNP legislators introduced the bill to the committee. The Kospi closed up 0.5 percent at 1,175.91.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Swedish lawmakers approved a 28 billion kronor ($3.6 billion) aid package to help prevent the country's auto industry from collapsing. The plan includes 20 billion kronor in credit guarantees, 5 billion kronor in rescue loans and 3 billion kronor in research funds. It does not include options to buy troubled brands such as Ford Motor Co.'s Volvo or General Motors Corp.'s Saab. Ford has said it intends to offload Volvo, by either selling it or spinning it off into a separate company, and General Motors has said it is performing "a strategic review" of Saab.

KIEV, Ukraine -- About 1,000 angry Ukrainians rallied in the Ukrainian capital, protesting price increases, wage delays, utility cutoffs and other effects of the economic crisis gripping this ex-Soviet nation. Inflation has ravaged the economy and the hryvna has lost half its value since the global financial meltdown began in September. Adding to the tensions, Russia's state natural gas monopoly, Gazprom, warned on Thursday it will cut gas supplies to Ukraine on Jan. 1 if it fails to pay off a $2 billion gas debt.

BRUSSELS, Belgium -- Euro-zone trade swung into a surprising surplus in October, the EU statistics agency said, even as a stronger euro and tumbling demand abroad tamps down exports from the recession-hit 15-nation economy. The euro-zone reported a trade surplus of 900 million euros ($1.27 billion) in October from a year ago after posting a 4.5 billion euros ($6.36 billion) deficit in September. Euro exports of 141.2 billion euros ($199.65) were up 1 percent in October compared to the same month last year. This outpaced imports, which were up 3 percent to 140.3 billion euros ($198.37) -- bucking a general trend in which euro nations now import more than they export. Meanwhile, BayernLB, the first German bank to seek state help, won EU approval for a 10 billion euros($14.14 billion) cash injection from the German government to help it survive the financial crisis. Germany has promised to put forward a restructuring plan for the bank within four months, it said. The bank already plans to slash 5,600 jobs -- 29 percent of its staff -- by 2013 and close offices outside Germany which will help it reduce costs by euro670 million.

MOSCOW -- The ruble ratcheted downward as the Russian Central Bank again loosened its defense of the currency, which is under constant pressure from declining oil prices and increasing economic woes. The depreciation was the second in as many days, the third this week, and the eighth since Nov. 11, when the bank began backing off support of the ailing national currency. The bank manages the value of the ruble against the dollar and euro, and has sought to let it fall in value more slowly than it would have under free market conditions.

SINGAPORE -- In a news conference here, World Bank President Robert Zoellick called on Asian governments to reject raising tariffs and other trade barriers in response to the global economic slowdown. Zoellick decried the failure of the Doha round of World Trade Organization talks and urged countries to maintain open trade policies. Asian economies, most of which rely on exports to drive growth, have suffered from a fall in demand from developed countries. While most countries in the region expect to avoid recession, they've all seen growth slow this year.

MUMBAI, India -- Lower fuel prices have pushed India's inflation down sharply, the Ministry of Commerce said, as the government tried to scrape together more funds to stimulate the country's flagging economy. The wholesale price index -- India's most-watched inflation measure -- hit 6.8 percent for the week ended Dec. 6, down from 8 percent for the prior week. This time last year, inflation was just 3.8 percent.

SANTIAGO, Chile -- A six-year cycle of rapid economic growth in Latin America will come to an end next year because of the global economic slowdown, a U.N. agency predicted. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said growth will fall to 1.9 percent in 2009 from 4.6 percent this year. Falling international demand for Latin America's commodities is stalling economic growth in the region, according to a presentation by commission Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena. In afternoon trading, Chile's IPSA was nearly flat at 2,349, while Argentina's Merval index lost 0.7 percent to 1,140 and the Bovespa in Brazil lost 0.5 percent to 39,763. Mexico's IPC gained 1.5 percent to 22,889.

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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Analysis In Forex


Do Your Forex Analysis Via Forex Charting Techniques
If you engage in Forex trading, you’re going to also have to learn how to do forex charting. Before we talk about forex charting, let’s first talk a little bit about what forex trading is and how you do it.

Forex trading is done in the forex market, also known as the foreign exchange market. With the foreign exchange market, you don’t trade in stocks or bonds; instead, you trade in what are called currency pairs. That means that you pick one currency from one particular country and determine whether or not it’s going to do better or worse against another country’s currency.
There are several things you study to determine whether a particular currency is going to do well or not. Chief among these is how well a country is doing, socially, politically and economically. For that, you use something called fundamental analysis.

With technical analysis, though, you read forex charting that tells you how a particular currency is trending. Is it going up, going down, or staying the same against the other currency in your pair? Has it been doing so for a while, or has it been volatile?
Once you’ve been trading in Forex enough so that you know the ropes, you can make predictions based upon what your forex charting tells you. If a currency has been doing well for a while, it’s likely that it’s going to continue to do well for at least the time being. If it’s going down, then it may be time to get out of that particular trade.
When you begin to "trade" in Forex, you should do so at first by establishing something called a "demo" or practice account with the forex trader you pick. With demo trading, you can do everything the average forex trader does, only you don’t have to use real money. This lets you practice without risking any money until you fully know your way around the forex market and feel comfortable risking your own money in trades.

That leads us to an important point. With forex trading, you are absolutely taking a risk when you do trades. It is indeed a very lucrative market for those who know what they’re doing, but you still are not guaranteed that you’ll make money. For this reason, demo trading also lets you do something very important. It lets you psychologically get used to losing money.
That’s an important point as well, because even the most successful forex traders do lose money sometimes. Absolutely no one wins on every single trade. Because Forex trading does require a cool head, you’re going to have to learn to leave your emotions out of the equation. That means if you’re winning on the trade, you need to read and analyze charts carefully to determine whether or not you should get out even if the trade is still doing well. By the same token, you should know when to get out of a trade that’s losing instead of staying in, in hopes that she’ll make the money that you’ve lost back.

A lot of practice and the proper Forex charting techniques can make you a successful trader, too, as long as you know what you’re doing and can handle yourself. Many people have made a successful sideline or even livelihood out of Forex trading, and you may be one of them.

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Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Yen Technical Outlook

It is still possible that last Friday’s spike down to 88.10 provides more significant support but it is best to stick with the strategy I have employed over the past number of months.

That is, keep moving the stop down as price decreases because longer term charts argue for a drop below 80 in order to complete a long term 5 wave drop that began in the 1970s. “In viewing the rally from 88.10, I am more inclined to stay bearish. The rally is not clearly impulsive (which would mark a probable trend change), so there is little reason to flip from bearish to bullish. In fact, the rally counts best as a double zigzag correction.” Move risk to 92.

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