Friday, August 29, 2014

FOREX THEORY


Identifying Retracements

A popular way to identify retracements is to use Fibonacci levels.

For the most part, price retracements hang around the 38.2%, 50.0% and 61.8% Fibonacci retracement levels before continuing the overall trend.

If price goes beyond these levels, it may signal that a reversal is happening. Notice how we didn’t say will. 

As you may have figured out by now, technical analysis isn’t an exact science, which means nothing certain… especially in forex markets.

In this case, price took a breather and rested at the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level before resuming the uptrend. After a while, it pulled back again and settled at the 50% retracement level before heading higher.

Another way to see if price is staging a reversal is to use pivot points



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"You can’t change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust the sails to reach your destinations."

By Unknown Author.


Thursday, August 28, 2014

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Wednesday, August 27, 2014

FOREX THEORY


How to Identify Reversals

Properly distinguishing between retracements and reversals can reduce the number of losing trades and even 
set you up with some winning trades.

Classifying a price movement as a retracement or a reversal is very important. It’s up there with paying taxes *cough*.

There are several key differences in distinguishing a temporary price change retracement from a long-term trend reversal. Here they are:



Retracements
Reversals
Usually occurs after huge price movements.
Can occur at anytime.
Short-term, short-lived reversal.
Long-term price movement
Fundamentals (i.e., the macroeconomic environment) don’t change.
Fundamentals DO change, which is usually the catalyst for the long-term reversal.
In an uptrend, buying interest is present, making it likely for price to rally. In a downtrend, selling interest is present, making it likely for price to decline.
In an uptrend, there is very little buying interest forcing the price to fall lower. In a downtrend, there is very little selling interest forcing the price to rise further.

















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By Christina Rossetti.


Monday, August 25, 2014

FOREX THEORY



What Should You Do?

When faced with a possible retracement or reversal, you have three options:

-If in a position, you could hold onto your position. This could lead to losses if the retracement turns out to be a longer term reversal.
-You could close your position and re-enter if the price starts moving with the overall trend again. Of course there could be a missed trade opportunity if price sharply moves on one-direction. Money is also wasted on spreads if you decide to re-enter.
-You could close permanently. This could result in a loss (if price went against you) or a huge profit (if  you closed at a top or bottom) depending on the structure of your trade and what happens after.

Because reversals can happen at any time, choosing the best option isn’t always easy. This is why using trailing stop loss points can be a great risk management technique when trading with the trend. You can employ it to protect your profits and make sure that you will always walk away with some pips in the event that a long-term reversal happens.





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By Alfred de Vigny.


Thursday, August 21, 2014

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WHY DO I NEED FOREX SIGNAL?

Forex traders agree that timing is everything. Getting into the market just as it is about to move often makes for the largest possible profits but can also make large losses. Most traders find it difficult to get into the market at the right time and impossible to be at their computers 24 hours a day 5 days a week to monitor the market for activity. The SSL FXGURU signals, can help you become a better trader and alert you to trading possibilities. Let us be your eyes to the World Currency market.


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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

FOREX THEORY


What are Reversals?

Reversals are defined as a change in the overall trend of price. When an uptrend switches to a downtrend, a reversal occurs. When a downtrend switches to an uptrend, a reversal also occurs. Using the same example as above, here’s how a reversal looks like.


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"A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge."

By Thomas Carlyle.


Monday, August 18, 2014

FOREX THEORY


What are Retracements?

A retracement is defined as a temporary price movement against the established trend. Another way to look at it is an area of price movement that moves against the trend but returns to continue the trend.




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"Be happy for no reason, like a child. If you are happy for a reason, you’re in trouble, because that reason can be taken from you."

By Deepak Chopra.


Friday, August 15, 2014

FOREX THEORY


WRONG!

You’ve been hit by the “Smooth Retracement!”

Nobody likes to be hit the “Smooth Retracement” but, sadly, it does happen.

Why?

In the above example, the forex trader failed to recognize the difference between a retracement and a reversal. Instead of being patient and riding the overall downtrend, the trader believed that a reversal was in motion and set a long entry. Whoops, there goes his money!

Check out how Happy Pip got fooled by the “Smooth Retracement” in one of her AUD/USD trades.


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"Sometimes you face difficulties not because you’re doing something wrong, but because you’re doing something right."

By Joel Osteen.


Thursday, August 14, 2014

QUOTE OF THE DAY


"Who you associate with dramatically influences the way you behave and how excellently you perform."

By Robin Sharma.


Wednesday, August 13, 2014

FOREX THEORY


Retracement or Reversal?
Have you ever been in this situation before?
It looks as though price action may be rallying and a buy trade is in order.


QUOTE OF THE DAY


"It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer."

By Albert Einstein.


Monday, August 11, 2014

FOREX THEORY


Conclusion

Whether you’re trading a pair that’s in a trending or ranging environment, you should take comfort in knowing that you can profit whatever the case may be.

Find out how you can pick tops and bottoms in both trending and ranging market environments.

By knowing what a trending environment and a ranging environment are and what they look like, you’ll be able to employ a specific strategy for each.

As the old wise man in Central Park says, “Only a fool dips his cookies in habanero salsa!”


QUOTE OF THE DAY


"When obstacles arise, you change your direction to reach your goal; you do not change your decision to get there."

By Zig Ziglar.


Friday, August 8, 2014

FOREX THEORY


Bollinger Bands in a Ranging Market (Part 2)

By buying near the low price, the trader is hoping to take profit around the high price. By selling near the high price, the trader is hoping to take profit around the low price. Popular tools to use are channels such as the one shown above and Bollinger bands.

Using oscillators, like Stochastic or RSI, will help increase the odds of you finding a turning point in a range as they can identify potentially oversold and overbought conditions. Here’s an example using GBP/USD.

Bonus tip: The best pairs for trading range-bound strategies are currency crosses. By crosses, we mean those pairs that do not include the USD as one of the currencies in the pair.

One of the most well-known pair for trading ranges is the EUR/CHF. The similar growth rates shared by the European Union and Switzerland pretty much keep the exchange rate of the EUR/CHF stable.


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"Change your thoughts and you change your world."

By Unknown Author.


Thursday, August 7, 2014

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HOW TO CHOOSE A GOOD FOREX SIGNALS PROVIDER?

Selecting a good Forex signals provider requires some common sense and a bit of investigative work. Do not take everything at face value and rest assured that amongst the legit professionals out there, there are many swindlers who are preying on the naive and inexperienced Forex traders. Since almost everyone can set up a professionally looking website in a matter of minutes and listing fictitious performance results is nothing new, you should always take the time to verify the numbers. Read reviews, visit some of the large Forex forums, and speak to past subscribers in order to verify the legitimacy of the Forex signals provider that you are considering. Find out if their website has been around for at least as long as their trading history and see if the provider offers back testing, which will allow you to confirm the quality of their Forex signals.

Some Forex signals providers send the alerts to third party websites, which then rank all of them based on their daily, weekly, or monthly performance and allow the traders to filter the various providers based on the system type, total gain, drawdown, and other factors. As a final resort, you can visit some of the large currency trading message boards, where all Forex related services are openly discussed and try speaking to past subscribers and find out more about their experience.

Keep in mind to be disciplined and patient while trading to avoid losses. Always trade with what you can afford to lose, exercise good money management, and try to learn as much as possible in order to become a successful trader!


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"Be amongst the few who dare to follow their dreams."

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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

QUOTE OF THE DAY


"The average man can’t prove of most of the things that be chooses to speak of And still won’t research and find out the root of the truth that you seek of."

By Damian Marley.


Monday, August 4, 2014

Friday, August 1, 2014

QUOTE OF THE DAY


"Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality."

By Bruce Lee.