A set of analyses that a forex day trader uses to
determine whether to buy or sell a currency pair at any given time. Forex
trading strategies can be based on technical analysis charting tools or
fundamental, news-based events. The day trader's currency trading strategy is
usually made up of a multitude of signals, which trigger buy or sell decisions.
Forex trading strategies are available for free, for a fee or are developed by
the traders themselves.
Forex trading strategies can be either manual or
automated. A manual system involves a trader sitting at the computer screen,
looking for signals and interpreting whether to buy or sell. An automated
trading system involves the trader "teaching" the software what
signals to look for and how to interpret them. It is thought that automated
trading takes out the human element of psychology that is detrimental to a lot
of traders.
Forex beginner strategy: getting started
Forex trading is a simple concept; you aim to make money
by buying a currency and selling it when the price has risen or by selling a
currency and buying it back when the price has declined. To understand the strategy, you need to know some of the
terms that are specific to online trading.
Terms you should know
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Currency pair: A
currency pair is the exchange rate between two currencies. A currency pair
shows the price at which one currency is exchanged into another. So if the
price of the EUR/USD is 1.30, then this means that 1 euro is exchanged for 1.30
US dollars.
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Price chart: A price chart shows how the exchange rate between two
currencies develop over time. If you look at the price chart you can see that
the exchange rate is displayed on the right hand side and the time is displayed
on the bottom.
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Pips: Forex
Pips are the smallest units of possible change in a given currency pair. When a
pair trades one pip differently, it might be .01 as in the case of a currency
pair with Japanese yen as the second unit. It might also be a .0001 difference.
The first of those two examples would mean that the change is a one percent
difference, whereas the second example means the change is 1/10,000, or one
percent of one percent. A pip is the smallest unit of movement. Read
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Making a trade: Making a trade is the act of exchanging one thing for another. In the context of forex, it means that we exchange a
certain amount of one currency into a certain amount of another currency, based
on the current price of the currency pair. For example, if the price of the
EUR/USD currency pair is at 1.30, for that we can get 1 euro for every 1.30 US
dollars.
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Entering a
pending order: Instead
of waiting for a specific price level to be reached to place your trade, you
can tell the trading platform to automatically open your trade if that price
level is hit. This is called entering the pending order. You tell the software
where your entry, stop loss and profit target will be and the position size or
volume you want to trade with, and the software does the rest. When using MT4
to enter a pending order, it is important to know that when you wish buy, you
select the type buy stop and when you want to sell, you select the type sell
stop.
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Spreads: The Spread in the Forex markets is the difference between
the various buying and selling prices on offer for any particular currency
pair. Before any trade becomes profitable, traders must first make up the
spread. Lower spreads means trades move into the positive column earlier. Many
traditional Market Maker forex brokers proudly advertise their low fixed
spreads as being an advantage to traders. Read more…
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Lot: A lot is the smallest trade size available. FXCM accounts
have a standard lot size of 1,000 units of currency. Account holders can
however place trades of different sizes, so long as they are in increments of
1,000 units like, 2,000, 3,000, 15,000, 112,000 etc.
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Leverage/margin: This allows you to take advantage of leverage. Leverage of
400:1 allows you to trade with $1,000 in the market by setting aside only $2.50
as a security deposit. This means that you can take advantage of even the
smallest movements in currencies by controlling more money in the market than
you have in your account. On the other hand, leverage can significantly
increase your losses. Trading foreign exchange with any level of leverage may
not be suitable for all investors. Read
more…
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