How Are They Dealing? A very important aspect of choosing a broker is learning how they are dealing in the currencies. You see, some brokers operate the retail side with a dealing desk, and in this case if you are winning it may be that the broker is losing. When the broker sets the rates, […]

Forex Brokers Now it’s time for a warning about Forex brokers. In my reviews of the Forex brokers available, I’ve discovered some which you would not want to trust your money to. Some operators seem to make a habit of giving less than good service, even to the extent of opening new brokerages in new […]

Intermarket Relationships In this interconnected world, every market interacts with everything else, so it’s no surprise to know that there are some pointers that you can use when you are trading Forex, and these will start you off in the right direction. Firstly, the Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the New Zealand dollar are all […]

Analysis of the Forex Markets With the size of Forex trading, and the many different international markets involved, it’s true that some of your technical analysis tools aren’t appropriate — particularly the ones that use volume. It’s also a good idea to have knowledge of the fundamentals that affect the currency markets. While technical analysis […]

The Types of Forex Trading Most Forex traders concentrate on six major currency pairs – The euro versus the US dollar (EUR/USD) accounts for 27% of the market the US dollar versus the Japanese yen (USD/JPY) makes up 13% of the market the British pound versus the US dollar (GBP/USD) is 12% of the market […]

Module 16 – How to Learn Trading on Forex? Introduction The Forex market is an estimated nearly $4 trillion per day. In comparison, the New York Stock Exchange trades just $30 billion per day. In fact, Forex trading is more than the combined volume of all the major stock exchanges, futures exchanges, and other financial […]

Summary As you can see, options are very flexible. If you stick to strategies that only require buying options, then you are limiting your downside to the cost of the options, but not realizing all the benefits you can get from the different ways of trading them. Selling options does not have to be risky […]

Straddle If you can’t decide whether to be a bullish or bearish, here’s a strategy for you. You do have to decide one thing and that is whether the stock is going to make a big move or stay in a small range of prices. The straddle is neutral regarding the direction of the move. […]

Stock Swap The alternative to taking a protective put when you have a winning stock position is called a stock swap. In this case, you sell your stocks for a profit, but also buy a call option for the same number of shares at the same price. If the price falls back, you have avoided […]

Spreads As mentioned in the previous module on futures, spreads are a strategy that involves two contracts, usually buying one and selling another. The contracts are related, the risk is limited, as is the reward, and you profit from relative changes between the contracts. One of the spread strategies with options is called the vertical […]