Archive for the ‘Currency’ Category
Call and Put Option: Option Trading Basic Fundamental Theory
It is very common that stock is transacted in blocks divisible by 100, which is called a round lot. A round lot has become a standard trading unit on the public exchanges for quite sometime ago.
In stock market, we have the right to buy and sell an unlimited number of shares as long as there are people are willing to sell and we are willing to buy at the price that the seller has fixed. Usually, for a brokerage firm, they set their commission for a transaction for minimum 100 units of share at a certain price. If we buy less than 100 units of share, they still impose us this commission. For an example, if we buy 100 units share
Tags: Foreign Exchange, stock exchange, The stock, Trading
Stock-Bond and Option
We may not familiar with option but we are sure that most of us know what is stock and bond. Stock is an equity that representing a company value. By purchasing stock, you are actually buying the ownership of a public listed company, which means that you are one of the owners of the company. There are many purposes to purchase stocks. It can for long term investment, short term investment, really intending to own a company or speculation for very short term investment. (more...)
Tags: Foreign Exchange, stock, stock market
What To Do When Forex Broker Does not Pay?
Not getting paid on time or not getting paid at all are things that unfortunately forex trader has to experience every once in a while. It is a very stressful issue especially if your withdrawal request is for several thousands of dollars. So here is the question - what can you do to protect yourself from withdrawal issues?
Not getting paid is unacceptable and instead of feeling completely powerless there are several things I would suggest doing in order to avoid the undesirable money-stress. Read the rest of this entry »
Forex Trading - Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Becoming a millionaire is every forex trader’s dream. Many beginners search for examples of super rich in forex market, but usually fail to extract any documented proof on the internet. Does the law “if you can not see, it does not exist” apply to trading? Are there millionaires in forex?
Let’s imagine for a minute that you are a millionaire. Would you really want to go around posting your glamorous income invoices all over the net? I do not think so! When you start making a lot of money, you definitely would not want everyone to know about it. Unless you are eager to be robbed or physically strategically, it’s better not to talk about your earnings with anyone, especially not on forums or blogs. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Foreign Exchange, Forex, forex market, Forex trader
Forex Brokers and Bonus Types
Online forex trading attracts thousands of investors daily and almost every forex broker offers bonuses for new traders. There are different types of bonuses being awarded to online traders and therefore grave before you what appears to be the most generous bonus forex broker available, it is your responsibility to understand the difference between the vast selection of offers and promotions before Deciding to accept one. Read the rest of this entry »
Swiss National Bank makes surprise interest rate cut by 100 basis points.
The Swiss National Bank announced today its decision to reduce its interest rate by 100 basis points effective immediately on concerns of slowing economic activity in Switzerland . The new Libor target range is now 0:50 to 1:50 after the reduction percent and down from the previous range of 1:50 to 2:50 percent. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: currency, Foreign Exchange, Trading
U.S. Retail Sales fall, Producer Prices decline. U.S. dollars mixed in Forex Trading.
U.S. Retail Sales decreased for the fifth month in a row in November, according to a report by the U.S. Commerce Department released today. Advance estimates of November retail sales showed that sales decreased by 1.8 percent to $ 355.7 billion from October. On an annual basis, retail sales have decreased by 4.7 percent from the November 2007 level. Market forecasts were expecting a decrease of 2.0 percent for October’s revised record November following percent decline of 2.9. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: currency, Foreign Exchange, stock exchange, Trading
Risk-Reward Ratio in Forex Trading
From the very beginning of your career a forex term risk / reward ratio will be an important part of your trading strategy. The realization that every single trade you make contains a certain degree of risk will defend you from uncontrollable fears and panic attacks during the trading hours. This is when the risk management comes in handy. The best known way to figure out the risk you take is to calculate the risk-reward ratio. What is this ratio and how is it determined? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: currency, Foreign Exchange, Forex, Forex traders, The trade
U.S. GDP contracted by 0.5% in 3rd Qtr, New and Existing Home Sales fall. U.S. dollars in mixed Fx Trading
The U.S. economy contracted in the 3rd quarter of 2008 according to the latest release by the U.S. Commerce Department. The final estimate report released today showed that the U.S. Gross Domestic Product equaled the previous estimate released in November and contracted at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the July to September quarter. The second quarter GDP grew by a 8.2 percent annual rate of growth and the 1st quarter advanced by 0.9 percent. Today’s GDP numbers matched economic forecasts expecting a contraction of 0.5 percent for the quarter. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: currency, Foreign Exchange, forex trading, Trading, U.S. trading
Are Forex Brokers trading Really Against You?
Once you achieved a certain level of self-esteem with demo trading, it is time to go live and open a real forex account. The next couple of days will probably be filled with the headache of searching for forex brokers reviews and observing the feedback and suggestions from other traders. However, you might notice a peculiar tendency in some of the reviews claim that forex brokers to trade against you and their main agenda is to wipe out your account. For a new little fish in the huge pond this information is very discomforting. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Forex account, Forex broker, forex trading, stock exchange