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Sunday, September 7th, 2008
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Is forex trading worthwhile as a second income generator?
ANSWER: Well you could take courses on US and World economics, read some financial economies books and/or know when and the fundamental news that affects price swings are reported. Stay clear during these volatile times because they can take out your stop in a heartbeat and a few beats later go back the other way. And remember that the news could already be mostly priced into the current price. http://www.forex.com/learn.html
Link will answer many questions and answers you should know. I have 3 accounts (never put all your money/eggs in one account/basket). You can start with 0 when you can afford to open account. Since you are just starting you will lose money if you don’t learn the basics, first. #1 best tip, don’t trade your real money until you try trading demo account. When you can trade a demo for about 2-3months daily and make money then if you feel ready slowly start trading real money. So making and/or losing money depends on how well you can trade. For some it very profitable, for many it is not. So trading with the right tools and knowledge can become a very good income(s) for short and long term goals. And trade with the current trend. I use Lightning Strikes Trading System for trading in any time frame and it works on forex, stocks, bonds, etf’s, mutual funds, etc… They have 3 free training sessions a week and you don’t have to buy the software to join in the live chat and text. They focus their training/trading on the Forex markets major currencies. You can even watch some recorded past live sessions. Here are some past charts that I used.
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/MB16R0zjjaZ…
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/MB16RxjOUQt…
There are 7 indicators (2 short, 2 medium, and 3 long term) and if volume is reported another one is added (on balance volume). Plus whatever time-frame is used the 2 green horizontal lines are the support and resistance for that time frame. So when indicators are all touching the bottom price is at or very, very near support. At top is at or very, very near resistance. Which helps my entry/exits and risk/reward ratio.
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/MB16R9Wv-wt…
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/MB16R9wSKdV…
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/QCt6R2fYIj6…
http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/QCt6R3R0VQe…
If you can not view charts above or want to see other charts, I can email them. Start learning the basics of fundamentals and technical analysis so you will be more informed in your investments. You can find all the basic info you need to learn on websites for free.
This site should give you a good start.
http://finance.yahoo.com/education Try what you learn on demo sites. They can be a very fun but educational way to learn from mistakes. If you pick 75% right with play money then you might be ready to start slowly investing.
http://simulator.investopedia.com/
http://simulator.zacks.com/
http://www.fxcm.com/open-free-100k.jsp
http://www.alpari-idc.com/en/metatrader4…
Or just google for more. Here are my favorite sites. http://stockcharts.com/
Has basically all you need from fundamental to technical terms. Plus stock screens, charts, public chart lists, and much more useful info. https://www.fidelity.com/
Has good learning resources. http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp
In addition to yahoo finance. http://www.reuters.com/
For news and more. http://www.marketwatch.com/default.aspx
For news and more. http://www.valueprime.com/index.php
For rating stock risk/reward ratio and reports. http://www.barchart.com/
For investing in more than stocks. http://www.investopedia.com/
For more great learning tools. http://www.lightninglive.com/
For best software timing your entry/exits any time frame for day traders and long term investors. Others worth exploring.
http://www.equis.com/
http://www.stockta.com/
http://www.secform4.com/ Best Wishes,
Burt Whitley)

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Friday, September 5th, 2008
I am testing many different expert advisors in the Forex but want to find one that really works without risking a lot of time and money. Is there any advice out there? Thank you
ANSWER: Using the Mtpredictor’s technical analysis Elliot Wave Principle software, Bsmtprediction provides Forex Traders with FREE access to AUD/USD, EUR/GBP, GBP/USD, EUR/USD, NZD/USD, USD/CAD, USD/CHF, EUR/JPY, GBP/JPY & USD/JPY daily currency forecasts through this website. At Any Time / Any Day (we’ll straight away post the signals here in real-time if there’s any triggered) 1 hour, 4 hours & daily time frame forecasts are published on this site. The predictions are good from the moment they are published until either it reached the take profit target, hitted the stop loss or another new prediction of the same currency & timeframe unveils on the same / following day. Essentially, the prices shown are for an unknown period.. That’s why we encourage you to subscribe our FREE Google Groups newsletter to get the latest signal updates sent to your e-mail from the very 1st minute it surfaces the net..)

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Friday, September 5th, 2008
I’m just learning about the ForEx and I’d like to hear about personal experiences and lessons learned.
ANSWER: trade in the direction of the trend
write a trading plan and follow it
trade with stops and manage trade by moving stops
trade only new, larger trends
understand parallel and inverse analysis
understand support and resistance
if you have a substantial profit close out half of your lots and let the rest ride with breakeven stop (playing with the houses money) good trading
mark mc donnell

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
I’m into Forex trading. I wonder if there is a way to predict or find patterns in the way exchange rates move. Anyone have any techniques or suggestions?
ANSWER: When I feel like getting back into my charts I like to use pivot points, Fibonacci studies and Stochastics to predict price movements and support and resistance levels. The majority of my Forex activity is now based on hedging strategies as a key element of a long term investment focus. Paul)

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Obviously I have a lot to learn before I decide to open an account on Forex and start investing but how much money would I need to start with to be able to make any money and to make it even worth the time and effort investing and researchign? I’m a college student so if it’s more than a couple hundred bucks I’ll probably have to wait.
ANSWER: Invest only what you can afford to lose. Most trading platforms offer mini accounts where you can start trading with minimum of to 0. Trade only with leverage of 1:1 (only invested money) and never go beyond 10:1.)

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Anybody can tell me how forex options affect forex market? Do they actually affect the market only when they are exercised? Does an exercise of a forex option occur at the same time as a sell-off of the option? (My understanding is that when an option expires, you have to exercise it then sell it to make profit)
OK, for more clarification, my understanding is that, when an option is exercised, you open a position at the stated price. But I don’t know if the opened position has to be closed immediately. Correct me if I am wrong.
ANSWER: Typically, what happens is you will be given the difference between the strike price and the current market price, as clearly the Writer of the Option cannot physically deliver a curreny pair at an older, lesser price than the market. So they owe to indemnify you, or place in you in a financial position similar to that as if you have the currency pair at the current market value. Now as for option contracts, YOU DO NOT need to exercise them if they are about to expire. That would make no sense, as if they are ‘out-the-money’ you would lose money. A contract can expire, leaving you out the contract’s premium. Hope this helped)

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
How can i benefit from FOREX trading?
ANSWER: There are a number of brokerage firms which offer forex accounts. Just do a search for forex trading. The value of the world’s currencies changes minute to minute. Simplisticly, it operates much like trading stocks and you can make money the same way. You are trading currency instead of stock.
There are also many firms who offer classes, some for free, on forex trading. Good luck.)

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