Monday, May 25, 2009
Links
www.moneycorp.com
www.fxstreet.com
www.GainCapital.com
www.Forex.com/Pakistan
www.worldbank.org
www.site-by-site.com
www.Scottrade.com
www.FX360.com
DirectInvestingGroup.com
www.forex.com
www.GFTuk.com
www.DailyFX.com
www.Prime4x.com
www.ifcmarkets.com
www.forexcenteronline.com
www.FXDD.com
www.pring.com
www.SecureInvestment.Us
www.dailyfx.com
www.Easy-Forex.com
Great1.info/Click-Here
www.forex-ratings.com
www.instaforex.com
AutomaticForexTrading.orgwww.kesdee.com
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Daily Forex Signal
Trades are entered only in the direction of the greater trend in place (defined by the True Trend indicator). Money management plays a large role in this trading method (position size & risk/reward) in order to make high returns with little risk possible. The minimum risk/reward implored on a trade is 2:1 and as much as 6:1 on all Zero Line Cross (zlc) trades.
Today's Signal
4 Hour:
Open Positions
8 Hour:
EUR/JPY 1st order took profit.
Open Positions
Setups
ZLC Example
ZCL
Drop In Example
Drop In
http://www.fxstreet.com/technical/forex-signals/
What is Forex?
Some of the participants in this market are simply seeking to exchange a foreign currency for their own, like multinational corporations which must pay wages and other expenses in different nations than they sell products in. However, a large part of the market is made up of currency traders, who speculate on movements in exchange rates, much like others would speculate on movements of stock prices. Currency traders try to take advantage of even small fluctuations in exchange rates.
In the foreign exchange market there is little or no 'inside information'. Exchange rate fluctuations are usually caused by actual monetary flows as well as anticipations on global macroeconomic conditions. Significant news is released publicly so, at least in theory, everyone in the world receives the same news at the same time.
Currencies are traded against one another. Each pair of currencies thus constitutes an individual product and is traditionally noted XXX/YYY, where YYY is the ISO 4217 international three-letter code of the currency into which the price of one unit of XXX currency is expressed. For instance, EUR/USD is the price of the euro expressed in US dollars, as in 1 euro = 1.2045 dollar.
Unlike stocks and futures exchange, foreign exchange is indeed an interbank, over-the-counter (OTC) market which means there is no single universal exchange for specific currency pair. The foreign exchange market operates 24 hours per day throughout the week between individuals with forex brokers, brokers with banks, and banks with banks. If the European session is ended the Asian session or US session will start, so all world currencies can be continually in trade. Traders can react to news when it breaks, rather than waiting for the market to open, as is the case with most other markets.
Average daily international foreign exchange trading volume was $1.9 trillion in April 2004 according to the BIS study.
Like any market there is a bid/offer spread (difference between buying price and selling price). On major currency crosses, the difference between the price at which a market maker will sell ("ask", or "offer") to a wholesale customer and the price at which the same market-maker will buy ("bid") from the same wholesale customer is minimal, usually only 1 or 2 pips. In the EUR/USD price of 1.4238 a pip would be the '8' at the end. So the bid/ask quote of EUR/USD might be 1.4238/1.4239.
This, of course, does not apply to retail customers. Most individual currency speculators will trade using a broker which will typically have a spread marked up to say 3-20 pips (so in our example 1.4237/1.4239 or 1.423/1.425). The broker will give their clients often huge amounts of margin, thereby facilitating clients spending more money on the bid/ask spread. The brokers are not regulated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (since they do not sell securities), so they are not bound by the same margin limits as stock brokerages. They do not typically charge margin interest, however since currency trades must be settled in 2 days, they will "resettle" open positions (again collecting the bid/ask spread).
Individual currency speculators can work during the day and trade in the evenings, taking advantage of the market's 24 hours long trading day.
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http://www.dailyfx.com
Foreign Exchange: About World First
World First is the UK's leading foreign exchange broker, offering private individuals and companies the ability to achieve significantly better foreign currency exchange rates and exceptional service. Based in London, World First has transacted with over 20,000 private clients and 3,000 companies and in 2008, our currency exchange transaction volume exceeded £1 billion.
The Private Client Team works with individuals who are buying property abroad, emigrating or making one-off or regular money transfers. Each consultant at World First works with their clients to make sure they achieve the best currency exchange rates possible in the time frame they specify.
The Corporate Team works with companies who either have overseas suppliers to pay, overseas revenues to repatriate, or who are investing abroad. Companies are guaranteed a package of low payment fees and unbeatable exchange rates.
Our staff's expertise and efficiency are renowned within the marketplace and the incredibly high levels of customer satisfaction we receive during the feedback process reinforce the World First pledge of a best service guarantee as well as a best exchange rate guarantee. View Testimonials
http://www.worldfirst.com/
Foreign Exchange: About World First
World First is the UK's leading foreign exchange broker, offering private individuals and companies the ability to achieve significantly better foreign currency exchange rates and exceptional service. Based in London, World First has transacted with over 20,000 private clients and 3,000 companies and in 2008, our currency exchange transaction volume exceeded £1 billion.
The Private Client Team works with individuals who are buying property abroad, emigrating or making one-off or regular money transfers. Each consultant at World First works with their clients to make sure they achieve the best currency exchange rates possible in the time frame they specify.
The Corporate Team works with companies who either have overseas suppliers to pay, overseas revenues to repatriate, or who are investing abroad. Companies are guaranteed a package of low payment fees and unbeatable exchange rates.
Our staff's expertise and efficiency are renowned within the marketplace and the incredibly high levels of customer satisfaction we receive during the feedback process reinforce the World First pledge of a best service guarantee as well as a best exchange rate guarantee. View Testimonials
http://www.worldfirst.com/
U.S. Monetary Authorities Did Not Intervene in FX Markets during the First Quarter
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NEW YORK—The U.S. monetary authorities did not intervene in the foreign exchange markets during the January—March quarter, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said today in its quarterly report to the U.S. Congress.
During the three months that ended March 31, 2009, the dollar appreciated 5.2 percent against the euro and 9.2 percent against the yen. In this period, the dollar’s trade-weighted exchange value appreciated 4.8 percent as measured by the Federal Reserve Board’s major currencies index.
The report was presented by Patricia Mosser, senior vice president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Federal Open Market Committee’s acting manager for the System Open Market Account, on behalf of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System.
http://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/news/markets/2009/fx090514.html
Foreign Exchange
| The Federal Reserve Bank of New York carries out foreign exchange-related activities on behalf of the Federal Reserve System and the U.S. Treasury. In this capacity, the Bank monitors and analyzes global financial market developments, manages the U.S. foreign currency reserves, and from time to time intervenes in the foreign exchange market. The Bank also executes foreign exchange transactions on behalf of customers. |
Currency Trading and Forex Tips
In Currency Trading, traders often use technical language that can be intimidating when you're just starting out. When you see a word you don't understand, you should refer to the Commonly Used Forex Terms. As you familiarize yourself with the language, you'll find that your understanding of Forex concepts as a whole will improve.
To develop a strategy, traders use a variety of tools and techniques. Some traders perform Technical Analysis by using Currency Charts to study the market. This technique assumes that past market movements will help predict future activity. The effectiveness of Technical Analysis makes it a very popular trading technique.
Other traders use Fundamental Analysis for their trading strategy. They follow the effect of economic, social and political events on currency prices. Reading specialized Forex News can help keep you in touch with the Forex community to find out how events might affect currency prices.
Every trader makes mistakes, so it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with a trading environment before you invest your money. To improve your trading skills, try opening a free demo trading account with a Forex company. FXCM, for example, has professional traders on-hand 24 hours a day to answer any of your questions – even during your free trial, so make the most of it! They even have an online FX Powercourse that costs less then 20 dollars; but don't let the price fool you. You get live 24 hour access to professional traders that can teach you advanced skills that can make you a better trader.
You can start trading forex with as little as US $25 with FXCM - XE's prefered broker. Learn more
Trading foreign exchange on margin carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for everyone. Before deciding to trade foreign exchange you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. Remember, you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment, which means that you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. If you have any doubts, it is advisable to seek advice from an independent financial advisor.
http://www.xe.com/currencytrading/tools.php
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Trading account
Trading account
Here, you can open a trading account, deposit and withdraw money to/from already existing trading accounts.
To deposit/withdraw money to/from a trading account, please, select the specific type of operation. Once you reach the section you need, you will be transferred to a secure transaction area for processing deposits/withdrawals.
To change trading account settings, like leverage size, personal info, phone password or your PIN-code, please contact the technical support service via email: support@instaforex.com.
Please, feel free to contact any of the customer service departments with any questions you may have.
Forex Options
Commodities are of equal contract size to e-mini contracts on the futures exchanges. Smaller lot sizes can be traded in MetaTrader by using fractional lots (e.g., trading 0.1 lots).
WinTrader and MetaTrader
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| Instrument | Margin Req. Per Lot | Lot Size | Approximate Tick Value | Spread | Trading Hours |
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| Gold | $250 | $50 x price | 0.1 = $5 | 75 | 24 hours |
| Silver | $250 | $5,000 x price | 0.001 = $5 | 3 | 24 hours |
| Crude Oil | $250 | $500 x price | 0.01 = $5 | 5 | Sunday 6:00PM - Friday 4:00PM (Closed 5:15PM - 6:00PM daily) http://www.icmtrading.com/options.htm |
Referral Agents / IBs
ICM’s Referring Agent / Introducing Broker program offers the industry’s most lucrative rebate and commission structure. Enjoy high revenues based on the volume of trades the clients you introduce are executing with ICM. Refer clients to ICM’s Managed Account program and earn revenues from automated trading. Click here to learn more about ICM’s Managed Account program and your earning potential from that referral.
Why refer clients to ICM?
| | Broad array of products – ICM doesn’t just offer Forex. We also offer CFDs, indices and commodities allowing us to satisfy all your clients’ online trading needs and giving you more revenue earning opportunity |
| | Fixed low spreads – ICM consistently offers the tightest spreads and they are fixed so your clients will never see an “as low as” teaser only to be disappointed by what they actually trade |
| | Lowest margin requirements – At 400:1 there is no online trading provider that offers better margins |
| | Back office management – Allows referring agents to focus on their clients while ICM manages the back office and maintenance issues |
| | Dedicated dashboard – Allows referring agents to monitor their clients’ activity and determine expected compensation http://www.icmtrading.com/ib.htm |
What is Forex (Foreign Exchange)?
The vast currency market is a foreign concept to the average individual. However, once it is broken down into simple terms, the average individual can begin to understand the foreign exchange market and use it as a financial instrument for future investing.
Forex was created not by design, but because traders, brokers, bankers, importers, exporters and investors recognized opportunities it brings. In 1971, the U.S. went off the "gold standard", in which its foreign-exchange rate was pegged to the price of gold. At that moment, new trading opportunities appeared on the horizon.
Forex is the one stabilizing factor in the world's system of monetary exchange, yet it is not answerable to any extrinsic stabilizing influence. There are "no restrictions" in this market. No single international authority acts as a governing body, and no government can intervene unilaterally to regulate foreign exchange practices or, should there be a threat of world monetary crisis, halt trading. While treasury officials in Washington, London, Bonn, Tokyo and other capitals pay close attention to relative currency values, none can intervene in a regulatory capacity. The market exists only to the extent those traders in Asia (Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore), Europe (Frankfurt, London, Paris and Geneva), Bahrain, and the U.S. (New York), New Zealand and Australia (Sydney) are willing to buy and sell.
Foreign Exchange is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. The foreign exchange market (FOREX) is the largest financial market in the world, with a volume of over $1.5 trillion daily. Unlike other financial markets, the Forex market has no physical location, no central exchange. It operates through an electronic network of banks, corporations and individuals trading one currency for another. The lack of a physical exchange enables the Forex market to operate on a 24-hour basis, spanning from one zone to another in all the major financial centers.
Today, importers and exporters, international portfolio managers, multinational corporations, speculators, day traders, long-term holders and hedge funds all use the Forex market to pay for goods and services, transact in financial assets or to reduce the risk of currency movements by hedging their exposure in other markets.
http://www.globalinvestmentsguide.com/
Forex Basics
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Forex Signals
We are glad to welcome you on our site!
Ivan Belov, a famous Russian trader, and his team offer you paid forex signals. We are constantly improving our trade quality for the sake of your and our profit.
At present we are willing to offer only signals for the currency couple GBPUSD. The average monthly profit by our signals is 400-500 points, though in some months it reaches 1000 points!
| Currency couple | GBPUSD |
| Average monthly profit | 400-500 poins (до 1000) statistics and the signals archive in members area (Login) |
| Time of signals | every business day from 07:00 GMT to 07:30 GMT |
| Signals type | delayed BuyStop and SellStop orders (How to work). |
| Signals receiving | Web interface at our site and ICQ |
| Price | $120 monthly Subscribe |
| Trial | only $35 for test week Subscribe |
The main trade signals represented as two delayed stop order are published from 7:00 GMT to 9:00 GMT. Extra signals are possible within a day. All our signals have two entrance levels, stop loss and take profit. The signals are published in the closed section of our site and may be sent to you ICQ upon your request.
The cost of monthly subscription is quite moderate compared to the profit, which you may make, it amount to only USD 120 per month.
Test weekly subscription is also possible at the rate of USD 35.
The guidance to signal operating can be found in the section How to work.
You may review the signals archive in members area (Login) on our site for FREE (test access)
Note! All the trade signals and recommendations represented on site BelovFX.com are intellectual property protected by law. Any resale and publication are PROHIBITED. The users violating these regulations shall be promptly deprived of the service without money payback or a possibility of reconnection. We ask you to understand these provisions and respect our work, as we respect you.
http://www.belovfx.com/en/
Managed Forex Accounts
| Outstanding performance results | |
| | Automated trading with Expert Advisor programs |
| | Ability to generate high returns in any market |
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Trading Platforms
Trading Platforms
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| Free Practice Account | Yes, Click Here | Yes, Click Here |
| Account opening minimum | $500 or equivalent | $500 or equivalent |
| Trading Window style | Large icons | Table format |
| Lot size | 10,000 currency units | 100,000 currency units |
| Fractional lot capability | No | Yes |
| Minimum Trade Size | 10,000 currency units; | 1,000 currency units (0.01 lots); |
| Automated Trading | ActFX | Expert Advisors |
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| Forex | 24 currency pairs | 24 currency pairs |
| Indices | All Major global stock market indices | All Major global stock market indices |
| Commodities | Crude Oil, Gold, Silver | Crude Oil, Gold, Silver |
| Futures | Index futures and major commodities | Index futures and major commodities |
| Currency Options | Yes | No |
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| Custom Automated Trading | ActFX | Expert Advisors |
| Trading Window style | Large icons | Table format |
| Unlimited Charting | Yes | Yes |
| Advanced technical indicators | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile Trading Available | Yes | Yes |
| Access | Windows software, web-login available | Windows software only |
| Ability to trade from charts | Yes | Yes http://www.icmtrading.com/comparison.htm |
To get the official status of Introducing Broker
InstaForex Company offers corporate body and individual to get the official status of Introducing Broker in your region.
Introducer Broker is an individual or corporal body, which is looking for and attracting new clients as well as represents InstaForex company interests in the region.
If you have your web-site on the subject of Forex and every month you attract many active clients who replenish their accounts and trade a lot, you automatically become a candidate for participating in the Partnership program “InstaForex” – “Introducing Broker”.
The main duties of IB are the following:
- Advertising campaign for attracting clients guidance;
- Consulting clients about the structure and characteristics of working at the currency Forex market;
- Supporting clients in registration and opening accounts;
- Full consulting support clients, who earlier opened accounts with tactics and strategies at currency Forex market;
- Big basis of successfully working clients formed with the aim of providing them accounts of the potential investors in the network of confidential or consulting management.
- Guidance all the marketing campaigns, which the company offers, in order to make the line of development more effective.
Emolument for Introducing Broker representatives:
The company’s profit depends on spread; spread is a commission, which the company charges off from the account at the moment of opening position; 50% from spread is the IB representative income from each deal of the client attracting by him/her. At the given moment spread for all the currency pairs is 3 pips in InstaForex company, so the commission for the IB will be 1,5 pips.
Franchisee Partner – the main point of franchise consist in widening of the Insta Trade Corporation branch offices network, where a partner – franchisee takes upon himself the current expenses, and franchisor grants the right to distribute its products, techniques, and trademarks and provide support services.
Franchisor – InstaForex grants the right of use its trademark, business technologies and support franchisee’s work. Become Franchisee Partner, you become a branch office of Insta Trade Corporation in a certain area. You do business according to the well-known and reliable rules. You observe some obligatory standards, that were taken over in our company, and also you take part in getting profits on mentioned beforehand terms.
The obligatory conditions of the Franchisee Partner Program are:
- Upkeep of comfortable office;
- Upkeep of competent management personnel;
- Implementation of the necessary advertising support;
- Consulting the potential clients of the company;
- Informational and technical support for the clients while their professional activity;
- Availability of the system accounting and reporting for the Headquarter office;
- Detection and correction potential strategic mistakes;
- Strategy of the future franchisee economic growth
The basic paper, bonding Franchisee and Franchisor is: “Commercial Partnership Agreement”. Our franchising package includes the following regulations:
- Clearing, informational and technical support for attracted people;
- Profitable system of participaiting in the company's profit and help in developing your own profit resources;
- Documentary and bookkeeping support with a glance on the legislation of the country which Company’s representative situated in. If such support is necessary;
- Business plan – full concept of effective dealing center formation and development, consulting support;
- System accounting and reporting;
- System of the personnel training;
- Detailed Contract;
- Guarantee of support and consulting after starting business.
Also Insta Trade Corporation offers our partners VIP-partnership program.
The main conditions for participating:
– availability of the serious web-site with high attendance. The measure of your activity is not only the quantity of attracting clients but also trading activity.
There is important fact for participating in VIP partnership program – total clients’ deposits amount.
If you suppose you satisfy all the requirements, you can fill the form for participating VIP partnership program
Email: eng.partners@instaforex.com
ICQ: 431784312
Yahoo Messenger: IFX.Partners
http://instaforex.com/ib_broker.php
Forex traders
Instaforex traders use leading technical solutions for trading: The InstaTrader platform provides direct access to world trading markets through online-systems, enables clients to deposit/withdraw money instantly, and gives you access to top-quality news services.
All tools are quoted using Instant Execution Technology, which allows clients to open trades that deal with pricing flow without prior quoting requests. The list of trading tools includes all of the latest basic trading directions: 107 Forex currency pairs, 34 NYSE CFD and indexes, as well as gold trading instrument.
Our trading terms are exempt from slippage under normal market conditions and are assured permanent spread and leverage, and 24/5 online client-support.
The international financial market working conditions were developed by the InstaForex dealer department as universal tools for working on the financial market that meet both beginning and professional trader requirements.
We do not just offer trading conditions to traders, but also aim to be the best in our field. In order to evaluate the quality of services provided, we urge you to open an online account on our website, and start working today.
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| Download trading terminal | Open demo account | Open trading account http://instaforex.com/for_traders.php |
Terms of business
| Currency market |
| Glossary |
| Account types and trading conditions |
| Types of orders and terms of performance |
| Moving of transaction to new value date – SWAP |
| Trading time |
| Margin requirements |
| Argument solution |
Contracts on Forex market within the IFC Markets are performed due to SPOT conditions. A spot transaction is a straightforward (or outright) exchange of one currency for another. The spot rate is the current market price or 'cash' rate. Spot transactions do not require immediate settlement, or payment 'on the spot'. By convention, the settlement date, or value date, is the second business day after the deal date on which the transaction is made by the two parties.
http://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/terms/
Money withdrawal
For the comfort of our clients, requests for money withdrawal can be made straight from the trade terminal. Withdrawal is made according to the specifications that were entered during opening of trade account and is performed in the following way:
1. Open the “Withdrawal Requests” window through the “View” point of main menu – click on “Withdrawals”, then right click on the space within this window and select “New request”. The next window will be opened:
2. Select account type where the withdrawal will be performed, for example Bank Account.
3. In the “Payment props” window your bank props will be shown. Make sure this information is correct.
4. Enter the sum you want to withdraw. Notice that this sum cannot exceed the sum of “Free Margin”. Then press the “Ok” button.
5. If everything is correct, then your request for withdrawal will be sent to processing and shown as active in “Withdrawal Requests” window.
During this process the amount of withdrawal will be frozen on the account and discounted from balance.
In this case the initial balance was 50,000. It was reduced by a withdrawn sum of 10,000 so that the final balance became 40,000.
6. You can cancel your request if it was not yet performed. To do so, right click the request and then select “Cancel Request” in the context menu.
Dear clients! Pay attention! If you have already performed money transfers to your trade account from payment props that were not entered as your personal data during the account opening, or from your credit card, then you will ONLY be able to perform withdrawal to your bank account! Withdrawal to E-Gold, Web-Money purse, etc. will not be performed! Remember about it if you do not have a bank account or you have not entered it during the trade account opening, because in this case money withdrawal will be difficult and will be performed only after our specialists contact you personally via phone or email in order to register your bank account. If you are not going to use a bank account or do not have one, then please do not perform transfers from unregistered digital purses and accounts, or your credit card.
Minimal sum for withdrawal is $1.
http://www.ifcmarkets.com/en/withdrawal/
FXConverter - Currency Converter for 164 Currencies
FXConverter is a multilingual currency converter for over 164 currencies and 3 metals. It uses daily OANDA Rates®, the touchstone foreign exchange rates used by corporations, tax authorities, auditing firms, and financial institutions. These filtered rates are based on information supplied by leading market data contributors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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