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)

Source: Yahoo
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
I really should get more educated before I decide if I would like to do this. Basically if you could give me a brief overview of currencty trading. Also, how much would I need to have in my forex account to actually make it worth the time and effort of trading and to be able to make any money? I’m a college student so a couple hundred bucks is probably all I could put in adn that’s even stretching it a little.
ANSWER: Currency trading is risky business, but you can make money with it. You just need to trade smart. Before you start trading, you should learn as much about forex as you can to prepare adequately. Many websites will advise you to trade with leverage to increase your profit. Leverage is ratio between lended capital and invested capital. For example if brokers offers you leverage of 100:1, it means that if you invest 0 you will be able to trade with .000. While leverage can bring you higher profits, you can also lose all your invested money very quickly. Most brokers have automated systems that can issue a stop order to some trades to protect their interests, so you can never lose more than what you invested, but it is also possible that some brokers don’t have these systems and in that case you can be responsible for losses that outweight your investment. That is why you should always read brokers margin agreement. My advise is that you ALWAYS trade with leverage 1:1 and NEVER trade beyond 10:1, no matter how good you become at trades. People who make money with forex never trade with more leverage than 10:1. Also as a beginner, you can use some trading platform like Metatrader 4 that offers demo account with virtual money. It allows you to try out forex trading without any risk and that way you can see whether you can make money on forex or not. Just remember greed is your enemy No.1. Also don’t expect high profits with forex. People who make money on forex are doing it slowly. If you expect a return of 200% within a week, or month, than forget it and try something else.)

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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
A complete newbie to forex trading, I am having difficulties figuring out where to look for information, but also what exactly to look for. Commodities? Bank quarterly results?
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. Or you can view more charts in this yahoo group. http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/lightninglive/ 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://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/lightninglive/
Join group to see and discuss LS charts. 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)

Source: Yahoo
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Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Here’s a simple forex trading strategy using Forex Killer that can be used by everyone, even newbies.
1. Choose a day between Mon - Thurs for trading. Avoid Fridays.
2. Choose a time to trade. Recommended time is the overlap between London and New York markets, which is 1pm - 5pm (GMT) or 8am to 12PM (EST). The currency markets tend to be most active when market overlaps.
3. Open a 1hr chart for all the currency pairs available in Forex Killer. Try to avoid volatile currency pair such as the GBP/JPY or USD/JPY. Export the price data for all the currency pairs into a dedicated folder on your PC.
4. Select a currency pair, open Forex Killer and load that currency pair data into Forex Killer.
5. Configure Forex Killer for the appropriate timeframe, decimal, currency pair and press Calculate.
6. Check the short term and long term signals generate in Forex Killer. There are 2 things to look out for:
a. The short term and long term signals must match. ie. Either both Sell or Buy.
b. Look at the probabilities below each signal. One of them must be above 70%
7. Now, look at the chart for the currency pair, EUR/USD. The daily trend on the chart must match the signal given in Forex Killer. If your signal is in the direction of the trend, then and only then do you enter into a trade.
8. Set the Take Profit and Stop Loss values given in Forex Killer. Additionally, set a 35 pip trailing stop for your order.
9. If the above criteria don’t match up, don’t take the trade. Try another currency pair and repeat steps 3 - 7.
10. The next day, at the same time, check on your open trades. Do not close any trades until they are closed by one of your preset stops or take profit stops.
11. Repeat the above steps daily to look for new trades to enter.
As always, try out the above strategy on a demo account first to familiarize yourself. Thanks to Daniel from FXreviews for this great Forex Killer strategy.
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Friday, November 16th, 2007
The user interface for Forex Killer is pretty straight forward. At the top is where you enter the price data for last 10 time periods from your broker software. You can either key this in manually or import the data (see below). Then, you set the time frame, currency pair and market. Finally, you set your stop loss and take profit margins and then press Calculate. In a few seconds, the software will determine  the appropriate forex signal  like Buy or No Trade for that time frame. I’m still not exactly sure what the time frame means but apparently if you get a ‘No Trade’ signal for 15 min timeframe, you can recalculate again for a longer timeframe, eg. 1 hr and maybe get a Buy signal for a longer time frame. The time frame ranges from 5 min to 1 week.

For both the short term and long term signals, Forex Killer gives you the Buy and Sell probability at the bottom of the charts. This tells you how strong the signal is. If the difference between the buy and sell signals is too small, the system will give you a ‘No Trade’ signal. This means that the current market trend is not clear and you should not open any trades now.
Entering Price Data Into Forex Killer:
Forex Killer can import price data from MetaTrader4, Trading Station, DealBook360 and SignalSoftware. So, in hindsight, signing up for Oanda’s demo account was not so smart. I’m gonna be using the MetaTrader4 trading platform for the remainder of this Forex Killer review to download price data as well as execute demo orders. You can setup a demo account and download the MetaTrader4 software for free using this link. During the demo account setup, where it says Deposit: 5000 to open an account, don’t worry. It actually refers to the amount of virtual or play money you want to use with your demo account. I left mine at $5000.
To be continued …
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Thursday, November 15th, 2007
The first thing I did after getting Forex Killer is to open a forex demo account with an online forex broker Oanda.com. Their demo account is called FXGame where you can trade under real market conditions with real prices and spreads. Each FXGame account is free, never expires and comes with access to news, analytical tools and charts, just like the real trading platform. To start off, Oanda gives you US$100,000 of virtual money to play…err practice with! You can signup here for a free FXGame account.
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