Tag Archives: Forex

The Cost of Forex Trading

I was asked by frequent emailer Rod to address something he came across regarding the cost of …

Take a Breath Folks. Forex Leverage Won’t Be Cut to 10:1

The other day I posted Increasing Regulation of Retail Forex Trading discussing the continued efforts of the …

Increasing Regulation of Retail Forex Trading

There is an article on the Financial Times website on the subject of increased regulation in the …

The best forex trading technique or trading system

I got the following email over the weekend. Let me know what your immediate response is. I …

Watching Positioning Figures for Biases and Changes

As you may have gathered from some of my prior posts (like Using COT data to spot …

VectorVest and Trading Forex in IRAs

Back in action after nearly a week off leading up to my 40th birthday! It’s nice to …

The Dominant Players in Forex

I see the question all the time about where prices come from in the forex market and …

Looking at Volatility Across Markets

The other day I commented on a post on a personal finance blog. The article was an …

Understanding and Using the Dollar Index

The folks on CNBC and elsewhere in the media are all over the fact that the Dollar …

Someone Else Slamming Forex

I really wish people would get their facts right. There was an article posted in the ft.com/alphaville …

Taking the Piss Out of Goldman

My British and Aussie/New Zealand readers will understand the above headline, as will those who have spent …

Professional Forex Analyst Interview

A short while back I did an interview with one of the Content Editors (a position I …

New Forex Trader Network

If you trade forex and haven’t already done so, you should check out Currensee, which is a …

System Back-Testing and Indicative Forex Data

Frequent emailer and commenter Rod sent me another good question yesterday, on the subject of trading system …

EFET

Book Review: Essentials of Foreign Exchange Trading

A pretty good basic overview and description of the retail forex market

Screwed by his forex broker

The following rant was posted in a forum by a clearly frustrated forex trader claiming his broker …

Taking the Trader Positioning Data to the Next Level

Note: This is a cross-post. It was initially put up on the Currensee blog. The Commodity Futures …

Why teach others how to trade?

A question came in this morning from a “fan” of The Essentials of Trading Facebook page. It …

The Relationship Between Stocks and Forex

I was asked a question by someone on my mailing list yesterday about the relationship between the …

Whenever I trade the market goes against me.

Here’s an email I recieved from a clearly frustrated new forex trader. My problem is most of …

Forex Crosses Do Actually Trade

A question that comes up sometimes from new forex traders is whether the cross rate currency pairs such …

Forex Volume Figures

I had a question come in overnight regarding volume data and how it can be used for …

Where does forex leverage come from?

A question was posted on BabyPips which occured to me as being something readers here might wonder …

NFA Justifications and Reasoning for Killing Forex Hedging

Marjorie, who has been commenting on the No more hedging for forex traders post, dug up the …

New NFA Rule Impacts More Than Just Forex Hedging

A couple of weeks ago I posted on the new NFA rule which effectively bans the practice …

No Evidence of Stop Hunting by Retail Forex Brokers

The subject of stop hunting continues to come up quite frequently, especially where forex trading is concerned. In …

Forex “Hedging” Continued

In yesterday’s No More “Hedging” for Forex Traders post I pointed out a new rule from the …

No More “Hedging” for Forex Traders

The National Futures Association (NFA) has a new ruling which goes into effect on May 15, 2009. …

How can forex brokers provide so much leverage?

Margin and leverage in trading are topics that cause a great deal of confusion to new traders. …

Why are stocks and the dollar trading inversely?

One of the questions that’s come up a few times of late on the discussion boards is …

Volume in the Forex Market

Here’s an email question that came in recently which relates to volume in the forex market. Hello …

Is Technical Analysis Useless in Forex Trading?

An email came in from one of my list members the other day. It basically asks the …

Looking at Risk and Stops Across Markets

Here’s the core of a note I received from a member of my mailing list a short …

Picking a Broker

I got this broker question the other day. The single most important question would be what broker …

New Micro Forex Futures Contracts on the CME

Many forex traders (or would-be forex traders) look askance at trading in the spot market, especially through …

currencies

Most Active Forex Currency Pairs

It is often asked what the most actively traded currency pairs are in the forex market. This post provides answers to that very question.

Learning Trading from Scratch and Starting Small

Here’s a pair of questions I received recently. They are from a brand new trader and really …

An Inquiry for Active Forex Traders

I need to do a some research for my employer. If you’re an active forex trader, I …

Forex Market Seasonal Patterns – Really!

Much of the time, when the idea of seasonal patterns is brought up in trading and the …

Watch your risk when trading multiple forex positions

The other day I received an email from a fellow in which he was describing his trading …

Forex is the easiest market for new traders, right?

Here’s an interesting question on the forex market asked by a reader named Rod. It’s one I’m …

Please, please stop saying “the forex”!

I need to let loose a rant here – and offer some advice. Can someone please tell …

Which indicators and timeframe can be best used for scalping?

This question came in from a forex trader named Calvin. I am currently trading forex and wish to …

Where can I get intraday forex data?

Here’s another question (or rather pair of questions) about forex data. I am in need of some …

A few interesting and worthwile trading and finance resources

It’s another crazy day in the markets today, so let me take some time out to offer …

I think technical analysis is crap, and I should study economics to swing trade forex

Here’s something I came across on Trade2Win. I am a newbie, have been reading forex stuff for …

Any advice on swing trading in the forex market?

Here’s another forex related question, though it’s got wider application. John, I would like to make a …

Addressing the current situation in terms of currency trading

I sent a note out to my mailing list on Monday asking: Obviously we’ve got some crazy …

What forex charting packages are there?

Your book was indeed helpful in understanding forex trading, so helpful that I am about to open an …

How do you hedge in the forex market?

I was asked the following question the other day: First, about hedging in forex market. How to …