Make Money With Forex

Aroon Indicator

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 08:24:00 +0000

The Aroon indicator is used to help traders know when a market is uptrending, downtrending, or is in a range-bound, trendless market.

Knowing when a market is trending is very useful, mainly because trend following technical analysis indicators are profitable during trending markets but cause losses during non-directional markets. Similarly, oscillators are extremely profitable indicators during range-bound markets, but perform very poorly during strong trending markets. The Aroon indicator can show which mode the market is in.

The chart of the Nasdaq 100 shows the different modes of the market and how the Aroon indicator reacts to these different market modes:

Interpreting the Aroon Indicator

When the Aroon Down indicator (in red above) is above the 70 line and the Aroon Up indicator (in greed above) is below 30, then the market is trending downwards.

In contrast, when the Aroon Up indicator is above the 70 line and the Aroon Down indicator is below 30, then the market is trending strongly upwards.

When the Aroon Up and Aroon Down indicator move towards the centerline (50), then the market is entering into a consolidation period.

By varying the period length, the Aroon indicator can give long term indications of trend or short-term indications of trend. By default, the Aroon indicator is 25-periods (shown in the chart above), but a shorter time frame could be 10-periods.

Another version of the Aroon indicator that combines both the Aroon Up and Aroon Down is presented on the next page.

Become a Better Trader

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:21:00 +0000

It is a well documented fact that within the “business” of trading the financial markets, as much as 90 % of the participants lose and continue to lose money. So if 90 % are losing, that therefore means that 10% are gaining each and every time.

In order to improve my own trading record, I deliberately set out to try and discover what it was I had to do to become one of the 10% (The Winners) who are consistently making money from the unfortunate remaining 90% (The Losers) who don’t.

My research and investigations was to speak to as many successful traders as I could, to read as many articles, publications and books which have been written by successful traders. It wasn’t until I started my research, that I quickly realised just how much has been and no doubt will continue to be written about trading and the psychology of trading. What is even more astounding is the amount that has been written by so called “gurus” who actually haven’t made any significant amounts of money from a business that they are supposed to be experts in. I will tell you about some of my findings relating to these authors in future articles.

It is my intention to publish my findings in a series of articles over the next 3 months and I hope you can learn and improve your own trading from implementing the information which I release.

I personally trade the FOREX market now but I have tried trading stocks, futures, commodities and options. I will be covering the reasons for concentrating on FOREX in a later article but in the meantime let me tell you about one of my many discoveries.

Every one of the successful traders I interviewed, stressed the importance of keeping a journal of their trades. They would record the date, time, what they traded, buy or sell, price, indicators used including levels and/or figures, trends (long, medium and short) and an overall description of why they took the trade. It was also imperative that the journal entry included notes about the trade after the event. If it made money what was the criteria, and if it was a losing trade, why had it turned out to be like this and any contributing factors.

Now comes the interesting part. Everyone of them stated that they regularly reviewed their journal (some weekly and some monthly) but everyone quite categorically looked back over past trades. No doubt learning from their mistakes and to improve and repeat on their successful trades.

Trading is very disciplined with definite rules for entering and exiting trades. These rules must be adhered to at all times and one of the rules is entering all details about the trade in the journal, making no exceptions.

I hope you will all learn something from this and if you aren’t already maintaining a record of your trades, then please start doing so from now on. Also regularly go back over your records on a regular basis.

7 Easy Tips: Trading Style and Trading Strategies in Forex Software

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:34:00 +0000

As you may know, Forex is a profitable but risky form of investment, which is why many investors are interested in minimizing risks by trading with the help of a Forex Expert Advisor or automated trading robot.

A trader can reap many benefits from using a FX robot. If you want to improve your profitability in the Forex market do some research and look for best option there is for you out there...

What Forex investors really want is to complement their trading strategies or to automate the task. Oftentimes new investors experience frustration when trying to find the right FX trading system, because they can't find one that suits their trading style...

So today we'll go over 7 easy tips on how to look for those automated trading robots that complement your trading style with the right set of strategies:

* When you're on the look our for your trading robot, check if the sales page says what their trading robot does or how it does it. If the website is not very clear or you can't find answers to your technical questions read between the lines the information again and contact the developers if you have specific questions...if you can't get answers I suggest you continue your search somewhere else...

* What if you want to adjust the settings in order to have more control over your trades? Depending on you degree of knowledge and trading strategies you may need more "flexibility". If you would like to have more control over your trades then your best bet could be a system that allows you to do partial manual trading and get more involved, look for a good Expert Advisor.

* Make sure that the software has the capability of analyzing the market. You have to look into the factors that make the products work.

* Some Forex robots would use bad money management strategies, so try to find out about that and avoid systems that show no solid proof of successful trades or haven't been updated for a long period of time.

* If you had bad experience with an automated system before try to get rid of the idea that all Forex trading programs are all scams. Be patient and keep looking for the ideal trading software for you.. Be determined to find the best Forex Expert Advisor there is and suits your level of expertise and trading style...

* The best forex trading system will count with a selection of different strategies that you can use in different market conditions and you need to make sure that they all (or most) suit the way that you want to trade. For example, your FX robot could have long and short term trading strategies, or one strategy for a choppy market and another for a stable market.

* Your want to focus on those systems that go along with your trading style and knowledge, and would probably work for you, and then narrow down your selection from there...

If you keep these tips in mind it will be easier for you to find really good Forex trading software...
And happy trading!

Author: Denis Marsili

Be A Forex Expert

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:09:00 +0000

Any one who has ventured into the real market place would definitely have an idea what a Forex is and share the many promises and possibilities this horizon can bring.

What Is Forex?

FOREX stands for the very popular Foreign Exchange Market. Sometimes, though, people associate it or equate it to mean also currencies.

Basically, forex is where people trade. The objects of the trading are the different foreign currencies. People buy and sell the currencies.

The exchange market and the trading as we know it today started in the 1970’s. It has no definite place. It has no definite location. The foreign exchange market is found wherever there is a financial center where people conduct constant exchanges and buying and selling.

To ensure definite success in this field, the main goal has to be kept in mind. The keywords to traders in the foreign exchange market are to ‘buy low and sell high.’ This is the way to get the profits coming in.

Why Are People Trading in the Forex?

More and more people are turning into the forex trading now. It has become popular once again and people want to enjoy the success this can bring.

There are also no strict requirements to join the market. Anybody can enter it and learn how to trade. Some even study beforehand to be prepared for the big trading.

Another good aspect about forex is the absence of too many fees to be able to join in. There are no commissions, no brokerage fees and no government fees.

The best thing by far is that trading can be done at home. Anyone can initiate a trade online. This spells big for people who stay at home, especially those who do not feel comfortable in engaging on online businesses. With proper training and computer with internet access at hand, success is within the bounds of the home.

How Does One Trade Successfully in the Foreign Exchange Market?

The purpose of ‘to buy low and to sell high’ must be kept in mind when trading in the forex. This will be the main vision of a trader to succeed.

The next task at hand is to know the trends. This means knowing when a particular currency will buy low or sell high. This is not mere prediction of possible turn of events.

Thus, forex requires strategies that have been tested to make sure that a decision will be profitable. There are two basic strategies employed in forex that one can learn from tutorials or from the actual exposure to the market.

The first strategy is the technical analysis.

This provides that a particular price chain reflects all the necessary information regarding the market. This entails a close analysis of the various aspects of the currency like the lowest and highest prices or the opening and closing prices.

The other strategy is the fundamental analysis.

As the name implies, it takes the overall situation. It focuses beyond the currency. It takes into account the situation of the country, economy, politics and even the rumors. Thus this requires more exposure and knowledge from the part of the trader.

Conclusion

The foreign exchange market promises so many possibilities to the trader. Many people may be interested in the forex but are only afraid to take the first step. This attitude should be turned around. Just have a good vision, take the necessary steps and make the forex venture a success.

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Arms Index (TRIN)

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:22:00 +0000

volume-based confirmation indicator as well as overbought and oversold indicator. The Arms Index has four components listed below:

1. Advancing Issues on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) - $ADV or $NYADV
2. Advancing Volume on the NYSE - $UVOL or $NYUPV
3. Declining Issues on the NYSE - $DECL or $NYDEC
4. Declining Volume on the NYSE - $DVOL or $NYDNV

The formula for the Arms Index is simply:

(Advancing Issues / Declining Issues) / (Advancing Volume / Declining Volume)
The intra-day 5-minute chart of the mini-Dow futures contract shows the $TRIN:

Interpreting the Arms Index
* Neutral Reading = 1
* Bearish Reading > 1
* Bullish Reading <>

The trend of the Arms Index is usually more important than whether or not the Arms Index is above or below 1. As can be seen in the intra-day chart above, when the mini-Dow was falling in price, the Arms Index was increasing. At 1.5, a very high Arms Index reading, a trader could take a contrarian stance and buy at the 1.5 level. Of course it would be advisable to see a reverse or bottoming of the Arms Index before taking such action. Also notice that when the mini-Dow is increasing, the Arms Index is increasing as well.

The Arms Index can be used from a longer term perspective. Some traders use moving averages of the inputs into the Arms Index equation. To illustrate: (10-day Moving Average (MA) of Advancing Issues / 10-day MA of Declining Issues) / (10-day MA of Advancing Volume / 10-day MA of Declining Volume) or one could simply take the 10-day Moving Average of the $TRIN.

There are fundamental problems with the Arms Index, and these probems are discussed on the next page.

Get started in Forex trading on the right foot ! Tips to end up in white-sand beaches!

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:04:00 +0000

As Forex trading becomes more and more popular as a way to make money online, many people are looking for information on currency trading made easy thinking that they can make a fortune almost overnight. Since it's also easy to get started because you just need a computer and a broadband connection, many find themselves reading training material on how to get started in order to get results...

Successful forex trading can only grow out of a strong desire to learn and master the skills of trading and from how you think and how you approach trades and transactions. It's really not an easy way to make money, at least not in the beginning... You can make your Forex trading easier by cutting down the learning curve. You'll be glad to know there's a a lot of things you can do...

For a beginner forex currency trading is a whole new crazy world... trading has huge potential and certainly does make some people rich, but you need to know what you're doing and have patience and a cool head. It's vital not to let your emotions or dreams of huge wealth make your decisions for you. It requires dedication, be determined and stick to your goals, try to learn the essentials and how to manage losses, we'll see into that in a second...

Of course there are easier ways to get into Forex, like signing up for a forex alerts or signals service, so they alert you when to trade, the moment to open a trade, close a trade, and sometimes they will advise on the stop loss position to manage your risk...another way is by using automated Forex trading robots, expert advisors.

Many beginners start out with a forex robot or expert advisor and if you can pick up one of the best ones and set it up right, this can be a good option. However, even if you choose to go ahead and have a robot trading for you, still try to be familiar with the basics of forex trading so as to understand the settings and manage your risk.

One thing that you must understand is that the perfect forex trading system, which makes money for all traders in all situations, simply does not exist. All systems have their good and bad runs, and suit some people's trading style better than others.

It is vital to test a system before you go live with it. This means both using a demo account before going live, and doing your own back tests, even if they have already been done for you. You need to know that you can operate your system correctly yourself. Avoid headaches and aggravation. Make good habits right from start, as time passes they became harder to break, and big part of your success depends on your mindset, how you approach Forex trading in general.

It's possible for new investors to make a lot of money very fast because the rates of exchange on the foreign market can rise and fall quickly. Making big money in a short time is what forex currency trading is all about! This means of course that it's also a risky, volatile market. Just like most things in life that have the potential of big returns, chances are you are going to have to face losses too. Some losses are inevitable, so you should manage your account so that you never risk too much on one trade. The best thing to do is make sure that the loss is as small as possible by using a stop loss.

If you apply these qualities to your foreign exchange training and practice, you may find that beginning forex trading is a life changing experience and there's no need to make it hard on yourself...you can get started with the right level of confidence. Finally, don't let dreams of drinks on white-sand beaches divert you from your strategy, but motivate you to keep trying instead. Be consistent and you'll be on your way to making your trading dreams come true!
About the Author:For more information on Forex Expert advisors: Easy Forex Advisor .
Denis is posting tips for new forex investors you may find useful if looking for Trading Forex Easy Strategies.

Advance Decline Line

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:23:00 +0000

The Advance Decline Line is used primarily to confirm price movement and detect divergences. The calculation of the Advance Decline Line is quite simple:

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Advancing Issues - NYSE Declining Issues

The calculated number is then added to the previous day's Advance Decline Line. To illustrate, say that todays advancing issues ($ADV or $NYADV) is 1,692 stocks. That is 1,692 stocks closed the day with an increase in their share price. The declining issues ($DECL or $NYDEC) is 1,311. At the NYSE, 1,311 closed the day with a decrease in their share price.

1,692 - 1,311 = +381

For the day, 381 more stocks closed the day higher than closed the day lower. This is a bullish sign. To continue the example, yesterday's Advance Decline Line totaled 45,874. Today's reading of +381 would be added to the total of yesterday. This would result in an updated total of 46,255.

Whether the total is positive or negative is irrelavent; what is relavent is the direction or the trend of the Advance Decline Line. An increasing Advance Decline Line is bullish because more stocks at the NYSE are closing the day with gains; whereas a decreasing Advance Decline Line is bearish because more stocks are closing the day with losses.

The Advance Decline Line is a powerful confirmation tool and divergence warning tool. The chart of the mini-Dow future contract of the Dow Jones Industrial Average or Dow 30 represents these confirmation and divergence signals:

High #1 to High #2
The mini-Dow future contract made a higher high at High #2; however, the Advance Decline Line failed to make a newer high, in fact it made a lower low. At High #2, less stocks were participating in the rally; thus, there was less strength behind the rally in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. This failure of the Advance Decline Line signaled a strong bearish divergence.

High #2 to High #3
This is an example of the Advance Decline Line confirming the trend in price of the mini-Dow future. The mini-Dow future made lower highs and likewise, the Advance Decline Ratio made lower highs.

Low #1 to Low #2
Yet another bearish divergence occured from Low #1 to Low #2. The mini-Dow futures contract made a higher low, an acknowledged bullish sign. However, the Advance Decline Line did not confirm the mini-Dow future's ascent. In fact, during the entire rally of the mini-Dow from Low #1 to Low #2, the Advance Decline Line was making lower lows. This bearish divergence signaled that stock investors and index futures traders should be wary of the recent increases; the market as a whole is not behind the recent move higher.

In conclusion, the Advance Decline Line is a very effective tool to confirm price action in stocks and stock indexes as well as signaling potential reversals or weak price moves. Another similar indicator is the Arms Index [TRIN]

Accumulative Swing Index

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:42:00 +0000

Developed by Welles Wilder in his popular technical analysis book New Concepts in Technical Trading Systems, the Accumulative Swing Index (ASI) is mainly used as a divergence and confirmation tool, but can be used for buy and sell signals as well. It was designed to be used for futures trading, but can be used for stock trading and currency trading too. Basically, the Accumulative Swing Index is a running total of the Swing Index.

The chart below of gold futures shows the Accumulative Swing Index:

Accumulative Swing Index as a Confirmation Tool

In the chart shown below, the Accumulative Swing Index confirmed Gold's downtrend. Subsequently, when Gold broke the downward trendline, the Accumulative Swing Index confirmed the trendline break as well.

Similarly, the upward move in the Gold futures contract was confirmed by the Accumulative Swing Index and the upward trendline break was confirmed too.

Buy Signal - Accumulative Swing Index

Buy when Accumulative Swing Index breaks above a downward trendline or, in a price consolidation period, above resistance.

Sell Signal - Accumulative Swing Index

Sell when the Accumulative Swing Index breaks below an upward trendline or, in a price consolidation period, below support.

In summary, the Accumulative Swing Index is best used as a confirmation tool with other technical indicators and charting patterns

Accumulation Distribution

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:38:00 +0000

Accumulation Distribution uses volume to confirm price trends or warn of weak movements that could result in a price reversal.

Accumulation: Volume is considered to be accumulated when the day's close is higher than the previous day's closing price. Thus the term "accumulation day"
Distribution: Volume is distributed when the day's close is lower than the previous day's closing price. Many traders use the term "distribution day"

Therefore, when a day is an accumulation day, the day's volume is added to the previous day's Accumulation Distribution Line. Similarly, when a day is a distribution day, the day's volume is subtracted from the previous day's Accumulation Distribution Line.

The main use of the Accumulation Distribution Line is to detect divergences between the price movement and volume movement. An example of the Accumulation Distribution Line is shown below in the chart of the Nasdaq 100 exchange traded fund QQQQ:

Volume Interpretation
The basic interpretation of volume goes as follows:

Increasing and decreasing prices are confirmed by increasing volume.
Increasing and decreasing prices are not confirmed and warn of future trouble when volume is decreasing.

For more in-depth analysis of Volume (see: Volume).

High #1 to High #2

The Nasdaq 100 made an equal high (i.e. Double Top formation) at High #2; however, the Accumulation Distribution Line failed to make an equal high, in fact it made a lower high. On average, less volume was transacted on the move higher at High #2 than occured on the first move higher at High #1; thus, this could be interpreted as there being less strength and conviction behind the rally in the Nasdaq the second move higher. This failure of the Accumulation Distribution Line signaled a strong bearish divergence.

High #3 to High #4

Again, the Accumulation Distribution line made a lower high, even though the Nasdaq 100 this time made a higher high. This bearish divergence warned that the second move to make a higher high in price lacked conviction.

Low #1 to Low #2

The bearish divergence from Low #1 to Low #2 confirmed the later bearish divergence of High #3 to High #4. On average, more volume was occuring on down days than up days, even while the Nasdaq 100 was making higher highs and higher lows, which usually is considered a sign of strength.

In summary, the Accumulation Distribution Line is a very effective tool to confirm price action and show warnings of potential price reversals. It is important to incorporate volume into price analysis, and the Accumulation Distribution Line is one of many indicators to do just this. Other indicators that include price and volume analysis and could be considered more accurate than the Accumulation Distribution Line include the Chaikin Oscillator (see: Chaikin Oscillator), Money Flow Index (see: Money Flow Index), and Price Volume Trend indicator (see: Price Volume Trend).

Forex Trading Robot - An Honest Review and Findings

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:21:00 +0000

A hard honest review and analysis of Forex trading robots and systems means just that. We've taken the time to look in depth at current trading systems and automated ones to find fact from fiction. What we set out to do is to find out if in fact Forex trading robots can produce consistent results.

Here's what we found:

There are loads of Forex systems being offered in the market place ranging anywhere from thousands of dollars down to a few hundred dollars. The first question we had to ask ourselves was, is one better than the other based on price alone?

We bought a trading course for $600 and compared it to a trading robot for $147. What we found is that both systems were based on a set of rules and indicators and when certain conditions were met, a trade was triggered. Both systems produced decent results, but only for a short while. The $600 system failed after 2 months of forward testing, while the cheaper system continued to produce consistent positive results. Being that both systems were designed on a set of indicators, parameters and rules, we concluded that the price of a Forex robot is irrelevant to the results. Therefore, a cheaper system can in actuality out perform a more expensive system.

Our Second Finding:

After reviewing various Forex robots in the price range of $99 to $150, we tested three of them side by side. Each had its own set of indicators and each traded on the MetaTrader 4 platform. All three produced positive results after a back test of three years, however some experienced larger draw downs than others. Given that all there produced positive results; we then concluded that the safest Forex robot to go with was the one that had the least amount of draw down in order to protect our risk capital for long term sustainable growth.

Our Overall Conclusion:

Price does not matter when it comes to Forex Robots and systems. Cheaper systems can outperform more expensive ones. Forex robots do and can work, you just have to use sound money management and at least have a basic understanding of the Forex market. Aim for a risk to reward ratio of at least 1 winning trade is equal to 4 losing trades. You will lose trades, that's a given, however if managed properly you can profit even if only you are right 25 percent of the time with a risk to reward ratio of 1 win equals 4 losers. There are plenty of great Forex robots out there today. Be sure to do your own research before you buy.

By Timothy Rohrer

Make a Living With FOREX

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:42:00 +0000

Have you ever dreamed of owning your own business and making a living without having to work so hard for someone else? Do you feel under appreciated in your current job or like you work day in and day out just to make ends meet? Would you like to be able to own your own business, operate it from home and have more time for doing the things you enjoy?

Did you know that the FOREX can do that for you if you know how to invest properly? Many people are aware that the foreign exchange has a lot of potential for big money but they mistakenly think that they can ever achieve that. They think FOREX is only for the big-money investment firms that are experts in the area. But what if you could be an expert, too? What if you could learn the secrets to making millions on the foreign exchange without spending thousands of dollars and hours working at it?

We have a strategy that can help you make a living with FOREX. This proven-effective investment strategy is completely different from anything you have encountered before because it allows you to:

• Control your money with your own brokerage account and you place all of your own trades
• Learn without confusing charts or graphs to read or any research required
• Trade in currency pairs which always move in opposite directions
• You rarely exit your position
• Spend only a few minutes a week to manage a portfolio of any size
• Select your interest rate. (Keep in mind the higher the rate the higher the risk.)
• Balance your portfolio to earn varying rates of interest on your account.

The fact that you will be investing in countries that are so large they are not easily manipulated is one bonus to the FOREX as opposed to the regular stock market. You only have six major currencies to choose from instead of hundreds like with the stock market. There is a minimal transaction cost and you can join up for a mere $100.00 a month plus a one time fee of $25.00 for setting up the account.

There are even more reasons to try this great investment strategy and own your own business. It is easy and fast to set-up the trading account. It can be done within a couple of hours. Once your account is set-up you get to just relax and let it do all the work for you.

In time, you will be more confident in your trading abilities and you will see bigger and bigger profits. This is much better than spending countless hours trying to teach yourself how to trade successfully or better than relinquishing control to a professional trader that does everything for you. You are in complete control without all the hassles and you can truly enjoy your own business.

When I first started researching the Forex I learned that it would take months to learn and studying charts and graphs and a lot of money to get started. Something that a full time job would not allow me to do.

Then a good friend of mine introduced me to a forex investment strategy. He told me how easy it was to learn and how it required no formal training and that I could be up and running in less than 3 hours. He also told me that he was earning monthly what banks and mutual funds were earning yearly.

You can only imagine my skepticism. So I started doing some research on the company and the proprietary software they were using. I took a leap of faith and opened up a demo account, and to my surprise everything that they claimed was true. I can honestly say that I'm earning more a month than my mutual funds and my bank are earning a year. This company does truly care about people and that is rare in this industry. I opened up my Live account on April 10, 2007 and I'm doing very well.

Forex Options Trading - How to win with Forex Options

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 23:48:00 +0000

The Foreign Exchange market, it is the most profitable, the premier, the largest and the leading financial market in the world. Millions of people trade in this market through the internet every day, generating as much as two trillion dollars of trade daily on average. But the sad truth is that not everyone is able to take advantage of the opportunities presented by the Foreign Exchange market. More than 95% of all traders lose their money, 4% are able to generate profits and only 1% of all traders are able to make a killing. With those kinds of odds, how can you win?

There are always more than one way to crack an egg, and same thing with the Foreign Exchange market, there are more ways to make a profit in here. An alternative method is by using forex options. There are two types of forex options in this market, the first is the traditional.

Traditional option basically gives you control over certain amount of currency. By paying the contract price, you reserve the right to purchase them but not the obligation to do so. Thus, you risk less money but you receive control over it.

The second type of forex options is the SPOT or Single Payment Options Trading. Here, you will input a scenario you predict. After which you will receive a premium quote; if the scenario takes place , then you will automatically payment.

The advantage of forex options is that it involves less risk. You do not need to put in a lot of money to get good opportunities.

Dark Cloud Cover

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:48:00 +0000

Dark Cloud Cover is a bearish candlestick reversal pattern, similar to the Bearish Engulfing Pattern (see: Bearish Engulfing Pattern). There are two components of a Dark Cloud Cover formation:

Bullish Candle (Day 1)
Bearish Candle (Day 2)

A Dark Cloud Cover Pattern occurs when a bearish candle on Day 2 closes below the middle of Day 1's candle.

In addition, price gaps up on Day 2 only to fill the gap (see: Gaps) and close significantly into the gains made by Day 1's bullish candlestick.

The rejection of the gap up is a bearish sign in and of itself, but the retracement into the gains of the previous day's gains adds even more bearish sentiment. Bulls are unable to hold prices higher, demand is unable to keep up with the building supply.

Dark Cloud Cover Candlestick Chart Example
The chart below of Boeing (BA) stock illustrates an example of the Dark Cloud Cover Pattern:

Dark Cloud Cover Sell Signal

Traders usually suggest not selling exactly when one sees the Dark Cloud Cover Pattern (Day 1 & Day 2) until other confirming signals are given such as a break of an upward trendline or other technical indicators. One reason for waiting for confirmation is that the Dark Cloud Cover Pattern is a bearish pattern, but not as bearish as it could be: part of the gains from Day 1 have still been preserved.

A more bearish reversal pattern is the Bearish Engulfing Pattern (see: Bearish Engulfing Pattern) that completely rejects the gains of Day 1 and usually closes below the lows of Day 1.

Also of interest, the bullish equivalent of the Dark Cloud Cover Pattern is the Piercing Pattern.

Bullish Engulfing Pattern

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:19:00 +0000

Intra-day Bullish Engulfing Pattern
The following 15-minute chart of the S&P 500 exchange traded fund (SPY) is of the 2-day period comprising the Bullish Engulfing Pattern example on the prior page:

Day 1: As is seen in the chart above, Day 1 was a down day, even closing the day at the low (bearish sentiment).

Day 2: The open was a gap down, very bearish sign; but the bulls appeared to have had enough because the price of the SPY's

went up the rest of the day, closing near the day's highs (bullish sentiment) and higher than Day 1's high. The Bullish Engulfing Pattern is one of the strongest candlestick reversal patterns. Its opposite is the Bearish Engulfing Pattern (see: Bearish Engulfing Pattern).

Bullish Engulfing Pattern

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:02:00 +0000

The Bullish Engulfing Candlestick Pattern is a bullish reversal pattern, usually occuring at the bottom of a downtrend. The pattern consists of two Candlesticks:

Smaller Bearish Candle (Day 1)
Larger Bullish Candle (Day 2)

The bearish candle real body of Day 1 is usually contained within the real body of the bullish candle of Day 2.

On Day 2, the market gaps down; however, the bears do not get very far before bulls take over and push prices higher, filling in the gap down from the morning's open and pushing prices past the previous day's open.

The power of the Bullish Engulfing Pattern comes from the incredible change of sentiment from a bearish gap down in the morning, to a large bullish real body candle that closes at the highs of the day. Bears have overstayed their welcome and bulls have taken control of the market.

The chart below of the S&P 500 Depository Receipts Exchange Traded Fund (SPY) shows an example of a Bullish Engulfing Pattern occuring at the end of a downtrend:

Bullish Engulfing Buy Signal

There are three main times to buy using the Bullish Engulfing Pattern; the buy signals that are presented below are ordered from the most aggressive to most conservative:

Buy at the close of Day 2 when prices rallied upwards from the gap down in the morning. A strong indication that the rally on Day 2 was significant and truly a reversal of market sentiment, is if there was a substantial increase in volume that accompanied the large move upward in price (see: Volume).

Buy on the day after the Bullish Engulfing Pattern occurs; by waiting until the next day to buy, a trader is making sure that the bullish reversal and enthusiasm of the prior day is continuing and was not just a one day occurance like a short covering rally. In the chart above of the SPY's, a trader would likely not enter the market long on the day after the Bullish Engulfing Pattern because the market gapped down significantly and even made new lows. A trader using methodology #2, would likely wait for a more concrete buy signals such as the one presented in method #3 next.

After a trader sees the Bullish Engulfing Pattern, the trader would wait for another signal, mainly a price break above the downward resistance line (see: Support & Resistance), before entering a buy order.
An example of what usually occurs intra-day during a Bullish Engulfing Pattern is presented on the next page.

Next Post - Intra-day Bullish

Candlestick Basics

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:44:00 +0000

Candlestick charts are an effective way of visualizing price movements. There are two basic candlesticks:

Bullish Candle: When the close is higher than the open (usually green or white)
Bearish Candle: When the close is lower than the open (usually red or black)

Candlestick Parts
There are three main parts to a candlestick:

Upper Shadow: The vertical line between the high of the day and the close (bullish candle) or open (bearish candle)

Real Body: The difference between the open and close; colored portion of the candlestick

Lower Shadow: The vertical line between the low of the day and the open (bullish candle) or close (bearish candle)

Candlestick Patterns

The power of Candlestick Charts is with multiple candlesticks forming reversal and continuation patterns. OnlineTradingConcepts.com has many detailed explanations of these candlestick patterns.

Technical Indicators

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:04:00 +0000

Bollinger Band Breakouts

Basically the opposite of "Playing the Bands" and betting on reversion to the mean is playing Bollinger Band breakouts. Breakouts occur after a period of consolidation, when price closes outside of the Bollinger Bands. Other indicators such as support and resistance lines (see: Support & Resistance) can prove beneficial when deciding whether or not to buy or sell in the direction of the breakout.

The chart of Wal-Mart (WMT) below shows two such Bollinger Band breakouts:

Option Volatility Strategies

There are two basic ways to trade volatility:

Buy options with low volatility in hopes that volatility will increase and then sell back those options at a higher price.
Sell options with high volatility in hopes that volatility will decrease and then buy back those same options at a cheaper price.

Since Bollinger Bands adapt to volatility, Bollinger Bands give options traders a good idea of when options are relatively expensive (high volatility) or when options are relatively cheap (low volatility). The chart below of Wal-Mart stock illustrates how Bollinger Bands can be used to trade volatility:

Technical Indicators

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 19:45:00 +0000

Bollinger Bands

Bollinger Bands is a versatile tool combining moving averages and standard deviations and is one of the most popular technical analysis tools available for traders. There are three components to the Bollinger Band indicator :

Moving Average: By default, a 20-period simple moving average is used.
Upper Band: The upper band is usually 2 standard deviations (calculated from 20-periods of closing data) above the moving average.
Lower Band: The lower band is usually 2 standard deviations below the moving average.

Bollinger Bands (in blue) are shown below in the chart of the E-mini S&P 500 Futures contract:

Playing the Bollinger Bands

Playing the bands is based on the premise that the vast majority of all closing prices should be between the Bollinger Bands. That stated, then a stock's price going outside the Bollinger Bands, which occurs very rarely, should not last and should "revert back to the mean", which generally means the 20-period simple moving average. A version of this strategy is discussed in the book Trade Like a Hedge Fund by James Altucher.

Buy Signal
In the example shown in the chart below of the E-mini S&P 500 Future, a trader buys or buys to cover when the price has fallen below the lower Bollinger Band.

Sell Signal
The sell or buy to cover exit is initiated when the stock, future, or currency price pierces outside the upper Bollinger Band.

These buy and sell signals are graphically represented in the chart of the E-mini S&P 500 Futures contract shown below:

Best Forex Robot

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 01:26:00 +0000

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Trading Signals for the Online Forex Trader

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:51:00 +0000

There are many anxious importer who hope to treat a definite online Forex merchandising sign to follow. These are regularly human beings who don’t undergo the moment to realize to trade for the explanation that themselves.

On the variant hand, there are variant importer who completely keep away from the finish lot kinds of Forex merchandising signals. These human beings are highly cynical and are highly alert about being scammed by online conmen.

If you belong to the earlier group, this piece of writing will expectantly crumple you something to suppose about.

What Are Online Trading Signals?

Trading signs are services that advice you while to enter a obtain or sell trade. They are frequently delivered to you by text messages and/or Email.

Subscription to such services can expenditure for minute for a partners hundred dollars, to for much for a few thousand dollars a month.

Be highly alert while preferring a merchandising sign service to subscribe to. Here are two stuffs to suppose about if you’re looking for the explanation that one.

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If a merchandising sign service is reliably profitable, twists of fate are that it will expenditure much other than effortlessly a few hundred dollars a month. You’ve possibly heard of the expression “there’s no such mania for a unengaged lunch”, and this is no variegated in the universe of Forex trading. A successful sign service that can hit you tens of thousands of dollars every month so will some definitely expenditure you other than effortlessly a partners hundred bucks!

Tip #2 - Stay Away From Automatically-Generated Signals

Never subscribe to a service that that’s fabricated by computers alone. Such ‘automatic’ signs undergo no technique of grasp the late advertise outlook or investor expectations.

You COULD definitely subscribe to such signs if the advertise behaves in unsurprising ways, although regrettably other frequently than not, the advertise doesn’t.

Internationally Trading On The Forex Market

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:45:00 +0000

Forex selling methods as at any rate as online forex selling has transform increasing accessible as at any rate as comprehensible to non-brokers as at any rate as chains in up-to-date years. forex publicize selling is concerning selling money between nations globally. Most nations participate in various sort of forex selling as at any rate as have forex selling methods in place. With the onset of the Internet, online forex selling has transform not simply probable nonetheless one among the preferred recipes of money selling from nation-state to country.

Forex selling methods concern the publicizing as at any rate as buying of money according to the fineness of the money at the time. Different money is at other tariffs from day to day, according to publicize trends, events coming about in that exact nation-state as at any rate as the global publicize for a whole. On lone day, a country's money may at any rate be traded given that lone cost as at any rate as by the subsequently day it may well have increased or decreased on the market. Some currencies are traded heavily bit others that are not value a good deal of are less traded as at any rate as can go off a follow for the publicize fluctuates.

Forex selling methods function on a day by day purpose with nearly two trillion dollars being moved every day. This is money that exchanges hands daily, as at any rate as that is various money. Think concerning how scores of millions it takes out to product a billion as at any rate as consequently on. This is a day by day occurrence, as at any rate as the forex selling methods are created to subsume the volume.

In apply to hold issues produced each nation-state has a three letter acronym which represents their currency. For instance, the United States dollar is traded for USD, the Japanese yen is JPY as at any rate as the Euro is EUR. This is share of the forex selling system, as at any rate as each country's money has a other collection of letters from the prime to the smallest. With these letters, a broker, money to trade as at any rate as a scrap of guts, you can show the forex selling marketplace to drive to raise your investment. However, scores of people can arise prey to scams as at any rate as schemes if they're not careful. Getting a esteemed broker who operates with a true to life succession or custom is the top policy to dabble in the forex publicize without behind your money.

Trades may be between trades or nations as at any rate as they follow daily. Right now, various of the heaviest selling is surging on between the Euro as at any rate as US dollar came about by the US dollar as at any rate as the Japanese yen. Another large trade is between the Great British punch as at any rate as the US dollar. These trades are opportunity as at any rate as completing as maintained by the spell address they live in, consequently a trade may be taking district bit you sleep. Online forex selling has got there probable given that people to trade 24 hours on a day by day basis if they have the intestinal fortitude as at any rate as plenty coffee to sit up day as at any rate as night. In addition most of the large brokerage firms are at the present geared to online forex trading.

Learning the forex publicize takes out routine as at any rate as learning. It is certainly not exaggeratedly new to start practicing as at any rate as inspecting especially with online forex selling which puts the brokerage bureau correct in your lap. Go to your favorite quest engine as at any rate as section in forex selling as at any rate as start clicking on the results. Remember to do your homework prior to signing wide awake with anybody. You'll ought to investigate virtual brokers also the physical ones prior getting required in them. forex selling is pleasure as at any rate as profitable if you get the deep-seated steps to do it safely. Try out online forex selling to envisage if selling currencies is correct given that you.

Trading Tips

noreply@blogger.com (Make Money With Forex) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 00:41:00 +0000

Trade inside pairs not inside currency- Like any relationship; you appetite to identify both the sides. Success or disaster inside forex hard cash exchanging relies upon individual honest almost about both far-off currencies plus how they communication each other, not without difficulty one.

Understand the basics - When you start to exchanging hard cash online, it is indispensable that you understand the basics of this question market if you crave to cash in on your investments. The indispensable forex influencer is worldwide news flash plus varying interrelated events. Most newcomers retort aggressively to news flash like this plus procurable their positions plus next skip out on some of the greatest exchanging coincidences by stoppage pending the market behave down. The latent inside the forex market is inside the instability, not as soon as it is clam.

Self-government - If inside case you are more energizing to forex, you can either like better to trade your own currency or to tolerate a forex broker exchanging it because you. It is excellent nonetheless your danger of bringing wide awake the rear augments tremendously if you either of these two things: you furthermore appetite to meddle along furthermore anything your forex broker do on your behalf; seek suggestion from excessively many varying sources - many sharing can major result inside multiple losses. Take a location, ride along furthermore it plus then consider the result - by yourself, because yourself.

Small margins – Small margin exchanging is one among the leading benefits inside exchanging forex as it permits you to do exchanging inside the amounts remote more bountiful than the complete of your deposits. However, it may perhaps as rather be unsafe to beginner traders as it may perhaps asked to the voracity factor, which wipes out many forex traders. The greatest guideline is to outburst your leverage in keeping with your skill plus success.

Trade during Off-Peak Hours - Professional FX traders, option traders, plus varying hedge monetary resource mobs a wide help over petite retail traders inside off-peak hours (usually between 2200 CET plus 1000 CET) as they may perhaps hedge their area plus move each other close to as soon as there is remote minute trade volume is inquiring (that basically routine that their danger is smaller).

Trade on the news flash - Most of the truly immense trade market moves transpire close to news flash time. Trading volume is lofty plus the moves are very important; this routine there is no more adept season to trade than as soon as news flash is truly released. This is as soon as the immense players modify their locations plus prices modify resulting inside a significant hard cash flow.

Confidence - Confidence comes from triumphing forex trading. If you lose currency timely inside your exchanging profession it's precisely rigid to improvement it back; the ploy is not to detonate half-cocked; assessment the forex affair before you start to trade. Keep inside mind, understanding is power.