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Trading Systems Introduction

August 21st, 2009 | Add a Comment

by Maclin Vestor A good trading system is about much more than just selecting stocks. Certainly that is important as well. However, a good trading system will provide the ability for you to protect against losses, manage your money, add proper leverage when necessary, and also select a stock selection maximizing your reward and minimizing your risk. The guess work is taken out of the way for you. The stock is purchased when criteria is met, the amount of stock purchased is also based on certain criteria. The stock is sold when criteria met, and there are protective measures against a stock’s demise, and where possible and appropriate leverage is created to maximize the returns without taking on more risk than you can handle. This trading system will be talked about in 5 … Read entire article »

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Knowing Major Stock Indexes (Part I)

August 4th, 2009 | Add a Comment

by Ahmad Hassam There are 100s of Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and HOLDRS covering key industry benchmarks such as the various Standard & Poor (S&P) Indexes, Russell Indexes or the Dow Jones Products. There are other ETFs that cover the other less well known narrow based sectors. For example, SPY tracks the Standard & Poors S&P 500 Composite Index. It is the largest of the ETFs. You should know the major indexes as an investor that are either key benchmarks or have ETFs tied to them. Standard & Poor: Standard & Poor (S&P) is the financial services segment of the McGraw Hill companies. It has been providing independent and objective financial information, analysis and research for nearly 140 years. It is also the provider of equity indexes. Investors around the globe use … Read entire article »

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Tips to Avoid Forex Blog Scams

May 7th, 2009 | Add a Comment

by Andrew Michael There is a lot of forex trading information in forex forums. However, it can also be a great resource for a determined forex scam artist. Many of them are likely to not only have a fake currency trading system but their own forex blog. If you go a day online without seeing an advert for the latest and best forex system, then you are lucky. Every day seems to be a new day with a forex product that is going to turn anyone without trading experience into an instant forex millionaire. All for $39. The need to provide for our families makes it is easy to fall for these forex scams. What normally happens, however, is that you are unable to make the profits that were promised. After sometime, your … Read entire article »

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How Scalping Works in Forex Trading?

April 26th, 2009 | Add a Comment

by Hass67 Forex trading can be done short term or long term. Most of the day traders are short term traders who open positions each day and close those positions before the close of the day. Some traders use fundamental analysis as a trading strategy. They are usually long term traders opening a trade for a few weeks or a few months. Most of the day traders are short term traders. Day traders love scalping. A position is opened and closed within minutes making a few pips per trade. Scalping takes advantage of the fact that most of the time the market is ranging. Ranging means there is no significant price movements or volatility. The aim of a scalper is to make 2-5 pips per trade. When the market is consolidating and ranging … Read entire article »

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