Thursday, 4 December 2008

FOREX Price Movement

Because the FOREX market is so vast and as it is a global trading platform no one can 100 percent predict what the market will do next. Not even the most experienced of FOREX traders! The way to address this is to develop strategies which will cover most eventualities.

The price of a currency relative to another will fluctuate up, down or move indecisively sideways. Normally the FOREX is one of the most trending markets available so its fairly easy to recognise when a currency price is stalling and reacting to market indecision.

Its reassuring to know that you don't have to be able to predict market movement, just to have a strategy to react to the next price move. If your preferred currency pair does not fit into your strategy then as a FOREX trader the idea is to wait for the appropriate set up or look at one of the other 7-9 currencies which are highly tradable.

As there are many opportunities during the day for many trading strategies to suit your trading plan the correct set up should be anticipated to fall into the strategy of selecting high probability trades to gain maximum return on your investment.

For more about the benefits of trading the FOREX market take a look here. Some more trading tips can be found on my web site together with a book I have written as a guide to successfully trading this market.

Take a look at my web site for more information - www.tradeforexfromhome.com

Cheers

Annabel

Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Trade FOREX vs Trade FTSE 100 Stocks

I remember one trade in particular trading a FTSE 100 mining stock being stopped out of a successful trade when a city broker added a substantial transaction - a price which was 20 pips below the current price offering, momentarily reducing the price and hence my active trade being stopped out at break even. I could see the transactions going through using the pending transactions area on my ADVFN account. I was disappointed as the trade was correct but factors beyond my control meant I wasn't going to be successful. This was the point at which I thought there must be another way - and there was, its called the FOREX market. More benefits of trading the FOREX market here.

Foreign Exchange - the FOREX market is not governed by a centralised exchange and therefore is not able to be manipulated by Market Makers or Brokers. This market is so vast that no individual or company can directly and profoundly effect the FOREX.

The above fact is very significant and the reason I wrote my book Trade Forex From Home describing why the FOREX market is the best market to trade.

Take a look.....

Cheers

Annabel
www.tradeforexfromhome.com