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Read TradeRush Market News for the latest news in commodities, forex, indices, currencies, stocks and economic indicators. Use our technical analysis to guide your trades this week!
Last week, U.S stocks slid after poor U.S home sale data. The Dow Jones, S&P and Nasdaq stock indices experienced significant losses. In commodities news, crude oi...
l performed bearishly and gold declined. The USD soared against the Euro, Pound and Yen at the conclusion of last week's trading session. Look out for the greenback in this week's binary ... more →
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Multi Strategy
Foreign Exchange
CORE
Preposition:
Since many years i am making autonomous trading decisions as a private trader with many
different trading houses. Most of my trading takes place in Spot Forex, European and US
Indices derivatives - even though I have years of experience in trading of shares. To
deliver and achieve a consistent profitability, my trading system is based on fundamental
and chart technical approach. One of my strength is "event trading", which is focused on
very fast analysis of ... more →
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 Analysts called this one correctly; yesterday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke announced only that the central bank would extend the Operation Twist program rather than offer more aggressive stimulus. The $400 billion program was initially scheduled to end later this month, now it will continue through till the year’s end and be increased by $267 billion. The vote is still out on the Operation Twist program, however quite a few analysts believe it has been ineffective at worst and benign at best.
An outright QE3 would have given equity markets a good reason to rally, but Wall ... more →
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 Usually leverage quotes a ratio that is 100:1.
It means that you can trade with 100 units by just investing one unit. By just investing 1,000 USD you can trade up to 100,000 USD.
Margin is quite same as leverage, but a viewpoint is little different. Margin is usually quoted as a percentage that is 10%.
Borrowed money trading is leverage. Brokers on the foreign exchange provides greater leverage than the brokers in the equities and future market that makes Forex more tempting and interesting than other kinds of traders. It is important to understand that the leverage is not without ... more →
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 Election news is once again in the fore in Europe; in Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her party of conservatives were dealt a stunning blow as they failed to regain power in the country’s most populous state, and one considered a bellwether for the rest of Germany. With nationwide elections only a year away, Ms. Merkel and her fellow conservatives, and their austerity-driven agenda, are in jeopardy of being ousted by the anti-austerity movement that is sweeping Europe and which successfully removed French president Nicolas Sarkozy just a week ago.
Earlier, the EUR/USD fell to a ... more →
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 It cannot be denied that there are many forex trading scams in the world of forex trading. There are countless traders that have become the victims of scammers. If you do not want to become a victim of any type of forex scam in your career as a forex trader, the followings are six most common forex trading scams that you have to be aware of.
1. Non registered brokers are scams
Being registered to any regulatory agency is one of the indications that a broker is not a scam. If you find brokers claiming that they are legit but they are not regulated with any regulatory agency, you can be ... more →
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 Currency risk is part of the financial risks associated with adverse movement in the exchange rate of a particular currency relative to another. As compared to investments in local assets, the fluctuating foreign exchange rates represent an extra risk factor for traders who want to protect their portfolios. The control and management of foreign exchange risk is part of business management. One generally accepted method for hedging currency risk is the Forex options trading. This article reviews the practices of currency risk hedging and their efficiency to control foreign exchange risk ... more →
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 While Friday’s GDP data was disappointing, with the preliminary 1st quarter reading coming in at 2.2% against 2.5% expectations, it was well received among those who believe it will give Ben Bernanke and the Fed something a bit more substantial to gnaw on as they contemplate the prospects of additional easing.
The DJ30 was higher by nearly 23.69 points and the S&P added 3.38 points. The NASDAQ gained 18.59 points, and recorded a weekly gain of 2.29%, which was the best week in nearly three months. OpenBook trader RudideGoede closed out a pair of long positions earlier today in the ... more →
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 There are multiple types of stops used in Forex trading. Stops are used as part of a Forex trader's tactics. If you are serious about trading currencies, you will have a Forex trading plan that will say what kind of stops you should use yourself.
The break-even stop is fairly obviously used to stop a Forex trader out, in order to just break-even on trades. You might wonder why Forex traders use break-even stops, because the whole point in currency trading, is to profit. By breaking even, all you are doing is taking back your initial investment and nothing else. However, break-even stops ... more →
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 Are you interested in Forex market? But don't know from where to get started. This is the most common problems faced by beginners. It is considered to be one of the biggest markets in the world. Many people prefer this market as there is lot of scope to gain huge profit from investing. Most inexperienced trader is not aware of the tactics or strategies to be successful in Forex trading. It is possible to make huge profits at the same time there is a chance of huge loss too. You have to make right moves to avoid the losses.
This market is definitely not for everyone. If you are not well ... more →
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The Philadelphia Fed Manufacturing Index is a monthly survey of Philadelphia-area manufacturers. Firms report on how business conditions have changed for a number of indicators, including production, new orders, employment, prices and company outlook.
The Index is primarily a regional survey, but its key indexes are highly correlated with state-level measures of business activity and employment.
According to the Phili Fed Index, general business activity in March increased to 12.5 from 10.2 in February. This is better than the expected estimate of 12.0. This is essentially bullish for ... more →
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 Monthly PMI manufacturing data starts to trickle in today, with China among the first releases. News that China’s HBSC PMI data for February continues, for the 4th consecutive month, to fall into the contractionary territory has created new worries of a global economic slowdown. The Australian economy is heavily dependent on China’s growth for its own, and following the news, the AUD/USD fell to 1.0668. Sentiment on OpenBook has a slight bias toward long positions.
OpenBook Trader KENT1688 from Malaysia, who uses a medium-risk strategy and has 782 followers and 25 copiers to his ... more →
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 Recently, comments made by the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and Zhou Xiaochuan, the governor of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), signaled a new willingness to become more deeply involved in the European Union’s debt crisis, with an aim to helping resolve it. That financial assistance was a long time in coming; over the past several months the E.U.’s leadership has been regularly calling on Beijing. In spite of the current problems with Greece, which aren’t a confidence builder by any means, persistence apparently does pay off, as E.U. President Herman Van Rompuy will no doubt attest. ... more →
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 In the Eurozone, despite the Greek government’s acquiescence yesterday to economic reforms and more spending cuts, interested parties and investors alike appear to have doubts as to whether or not Greece can live up to its end of the “bargain.” Especially given that it is possible that Greeks may have to jump through still[ more hoops as the approval process gets under way, with parliamentary approval needed in some Eurozone states and a question as to whether or not the Finnish and German parliaments will grant that approval without still more Greek concessions.
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 With a quiet trading day ahead absent of any major economic news, the Euro is continuing to find support from the bombshell dropped by the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday when Chairman Ben Bernanke announced the extension of the bank’s low interest rate commitment and suggested that another round of quantitative easing could be forthcoming if conditions warrant. Earlier, the Euro-Dollar was trading slightly lower at 1.3103, and sentiment on the OpenBook still tends to be bearish in direction. OpenBook guru pyruss has been regularly scalping both sides of the EUR/USD pair over the past ... more →
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 Currency trading markets around the world serve as trading anchors and worldwide decentralized markets between buyers and sellers of different currencies. The values of the traded currencies are speculated by the participants. When you participate in a foreign exchange currency deal, you buy one currency and pay in another currency.
As background info, the currency trading market originated in 1944 after World War ll with the institution of the International Monetary Fund. It tied up the major currencies to the US Dollar which was the least affected at that time. Subsequently, the market ... more →
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 The pound is one of the oldest traded currencies in the forex market as well as the most famous currency among the traders. Both pound and USD are among the major currencies and hence the pair GBPUSD holds a lot of importance in the forex world.
Trading GBPUSD pair is something which most traders love due to many factors. One of the biggest factors that make this particular currency pair so famous is due to the fact that this is the most liquid currency pair in the FX market. GBPUSD pair is known as the Cable by traders. Although it's the most liquid currency pair, but GBP is considered ... more →
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 Soon to be a thing of the past will be the days when analysts and investors would study the wording of Federal Reserve press releases, or weigh the nuance, demeanor and carriage of Ben Bernanke, the head of the U.S. central bank, for clues and hints of the direction that the Fed intends to take. In the future, they’re just going to tell you.
Yesterday’s release of the most recent FOMC minutes was relatively uneventful, except for the news that the Fed will soon begin to publish their forecasts for interest rate direction, given their view on the likely future global economic ... more →
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 Fundamental analysis takes into account economic, social and political variables that affect supply and demand of assets. Basically, supply and demand affect price and like everywhere else in the world, this counts also for the Forex. Based on various factors we can get an idea of how the country thrives. If the economy a particular country is doing well, its currency strengthens. Investors will want to invest in the country which means that they will have to buy a given menu. This means that if the economy is good, currency value rises. If it is bad, so the value of currency ... more →
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 The international currency market Forex - is a global inter-bank market, which provides services to the commission deals with the currency and the implementation of the various foreign exchange transactions. Today, the Forex market is a telecommunications network, which participants are both physical and legal persons. Every day millions of transactions in the currencies of various countries around the world pass through the auction of this international exchange.
In the Forex market there is such a thing as "Forex arbitrage ", which represents a specific algorithm for a financial ... more →
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