Monday, November 10, 2008

Which Currencies Are Traded?


The most popular currencies along with
their symbols are shown below:

EUR — Euros

USD — United States dollar

CAD — Canadian dollar

GBP — British pound

JPY — Japanese yen

AUD — Australian dollar

CHF — Swiss franc

NZD — New Zealand dollar

Forex currency symbols are always three letters, where the first two letters identify the name of the country and the third letter identifies the name of that country’s currency

World Currency Watch with ForexGen

The ECB’s and BOE’s rate decisions puts more wind to the back of EUR/GBP!

The Eurozone and the U.K. economies continue to diverge.
For years and years, these two economies followed each other up and down in “lock step”. Then the credit/sub-prime crisis hit. This pushed the U.K. economy lower as they experienced the same things that America experienced: Hedge fund blow ups, banks struggling, housing prices falling, etc.
On the other hand, many other European banks didn’t have as much exposure to “sub-prime” as did the “financial epicenter”, the U.K.
So as these economies “de-linked” and continue to diverge, it’s produced a heck of an uptrend in the EUR/GBP pair. Click on the chart to enlarge it below.
Learn more about Forex Market News with ForexGen at
www.forexgen.com

Currency Day Trading Examples

With the information we have covered so far, let’s show a few examples of how much money can be made (or lost!) daily by trading currencies.

Example
trader thinks the euro will gain value versus the dollar (EUR/USD is at 1.2150)Let’s say that the price of the euro-dollar pair is 1.2150 and a day trader, based on his strategy, gets a signal that the euro is going to continue to go up. The trader buys 100,000 EUR (1 lot) at 1.2155 (121,550 USD). If the trader’s margin requirement is 2%, his margin deposit would be 2,000 Euros or 2,431 dollars. The trader automatically sets a stop loss of 25 pips based on his technical trading strategy. As the trader expected, the EUR/USD goes up to 1.2225 (on paper, everything works!). Assuming this meets the profit requirements of his day trading system, the trader sells the 100,000 Euros

What is FOREX ?


The Foreign Exchange Market, better Known as FOREX, was established in 1971 when fixed currency exchanges were abolished. Currencies became valued at ‘floating’ rates determined by supply and demand. The FOREX grew steadily throughout the 1970’s, but with the technological advances of the 80’s FOREX.
The Foreign Exchange Market, is a worldwide market for buying and selling currencies. It handles a huge volume of transactions 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Daily exchanges are worth approximately $2.6 trillion (US dollars). In comparison, the United States Treasury Bond market averages $300 billion a day, and American stock markets exchange about $25 billion a day, you can see how enormous the Foreign Exchange really is

Trading Profit/Loss

The differential indicator is an indicator used to identify the profit/loss that would have been realized if any trader submitted multiple positions at the same time.
The indicator shows the rise and fall of the
profit of positions opened at the red vertical line through a red graph line in a certain interval of time starting from the time of opening the positions and reaching to the current time, where each point is the total profit of opened positions at this time.

ForexGen principals

ForexGen LTD customer satisfaction is our major objective. To reach our business goals, we strive to put our client’s goals in focus. We highly value our clients and always aim to exceed their expectations and cross the limitations encountered by the sophistication of the Forex trading industry.

Multi Pair Chart Indicator

The multi pair chart indicator allows putting multiple currency pairs on a host currency chart and draw the difference between the these currencies.
The multi pair chart is an indicator which represents more than one
pair symbol, it creates further correlations between the pairs through hedging.
It simulates the expected relations between more than one symbol to be more useful and to facilitate the trading process.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Salient Features of Forex Trading

There are certain features that make forex trading extremely appealing to individual traders as well as to other financial institutions and banks. These are:
The market is open for 24 hours and for 5½ days in a week.
It offers highest liquidity with ease of transaction with almost all major currencies of the world.
Widespread volatile presenting huge profit opportunities.
Can potentially cover risk exposures with various standalone instruments.
You earn profit from rates going up as well as down.
Good leverage with low
margin requirements present high profit potential.
Various options available for zero-commission trading.

How Price is Quoted


In forex trading , currency prices are always quoted in pairs. For example, on a particular date, the rate of EUR/USD is 1.0856 and if you buy 1000 Euros on that particular date, you will have to pay 1085.60 U.S. dollars. But, at a later date if this rate becomes 1.2082, which implies that the value of euro increased in relation to the USD, you can sell 1000 Euros and will receive 1208.20 dollars. Therefore, you make a net profit of $122.60. So, as an investor, your aim should be to buy currencies at low price and sell those in future in higher prices. If you buy or sell a currency but do not sell or buy back the equivalent amount, it would be referred as open trade or open position.

Major Currencies Traded in Forex

In Forex trading, most of the currencies are traded against USD. The other prominent currencies are Euro or EUR, the Japanese yen or JPY, the British pound sterling or GBP, and Swiss franc or CHF. These five currencies are known as the Majors. The pairs are quoted like USD/EUR or CHF/JPY, where the first one is referred to as the base and the second as the counter or quote currency. The value of the base currency is always 1. All trading is done with currency pairs.

Pips and Spreads

Prices in Forex are quoted to the fourth decimal point (leaving JPY, which is quoted till second decimal point) and in pips or percentage in point. It is the smallest price increment and one pip is equal to 0.0001. When the bid for EUR/USD is 1.0856 and offered rate is 1.0859, it has a spread of 3 pips. Spread, in simple terms, is the difference between the bid and the ask price. The forex market is mainly operated by the brokers who do not charge a commission for their services. And, it is the spread with which they make their profit. For investors, therefore, the lower the spreads the more saving is made.

Margin

Margin is the minimum security that ensures that the investor can pay back the amount in case of losses. It is a deposit that covers any future currency trading losses. With margin, you can hold larger positions than you have in your account.

WHO PLAYS WOMEN'S FOOTBALL AND WHAT ARE THEIR VIEWS?

5.1 In 1992 Jackie Woodhouse of the SNCCFR conducted a survey of players in the Women's National League. It provides facts and figures on who plays and where. Overwhelmingly, the female players were single (90.8%) and had no children (93.0%). This reflects the relative youth of the sample but it also, probably, says something about the difficulties involved in looking after a family (still mainly seen as a woman's responsibility) and trying to fit in other commitments. Also almost half of these players surveyed were situated in the SE and 1 in 4 were based in the Midlands. Figure 3 shows the geographical spread of female players in Britain in 1992.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL - AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON 4.2


4.2 However, in comparison to continental Europe and America, these figures are still very low. In Norway, a country with a population one-eighth the size of England, there were 44,000 registered female players in 1993 - more female than male players and this figure rose to 60,000 in 1997 (figures from the Norwegian FA). In Germany, participation rates are higher still, with approximately half a million female players nationwide (figures from the German FA). Italy also provides a good marker for the British female game with a semi-professional league that has been in operation since the early 1970s, and women's matches there sometimes draw crowds of up to 10,000 and are regularly reported in Gazetta Dello' Sport , Italy's national daily sports newspaper. This is a far cry from the situation in the British press where women footballers and administrators are still sometimes more likely to appear in 'fashion' features and on the Women's page than on the sports pages, although The Express newspaper did run a women's football column each Tuesday in the late 1990s. Today (2002) The Guardian and The Times both run weekly women's football columns and the broadsheet press usually report on the major matches in the women's football calender.

WOMEN'S FOOTBALL - AN INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON

4.1 Since the early 1970s, there has been a gradual increase in the numbers of women players in England.. By 1989, there were 263 women's clubs and around 7,000 players, in 1990, 314 and 9,000 registered players and the figure for 1992/3 was 450 with 12,000 registered players (figures from the Women's Football Association). The figures for the 1997/98 season are 1000 girls teams, with 20,000 players and 700 women's teams with 14,000 players, giving us a figure of 1700 teams with 34,000 registered players, all told (figures from the FA.). It has also been estimated that up to 215,000 women played football in the UK in the late 1990s (Boyle, 1998) Figure 1 shows the increasing number of women's football teams in Britain and Figure 2 the increase in the number of registered players.

Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy



he Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch (TNCDB) contributes to maximizing the trade and development prospects of developing countries and economies in transition, assisting them in their beneficial integration into the globalizing and liberalizing world economy and the international trading system, and effectively implementing the Millennium Declaration commitment "to an open, equitable, rule-based, predictable, and non-discriminatory multilateral trading and financial system".

The work of the Trade Negotiations and Commercial Diplomacy Branch aims to strengthen human, institutional and policy-making capacities by formulating and implementing national trade policy frameworks conducive to economic, human and social development and poverty alleviation, as well as in participating effectively in multilateral, regional and subregional trade negotiations.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Forex Trading Online


Would you like to find out what those in the know have to say about Forex Trading Online? The information in the post below comes straight from well informed experts with special knowledge about Forex Trading Online.
Some forex trading system is overseas. Reading all the company that allows you is a country to make purchases, withdraws, and triple your personal wealth and invest in addition, the companies will learn about the highlights of your family.A forex trading system, to a company in Africa, in Germany or in Japan, in the use your forex trading systems will have to invest your family.A forex trading system, to invest in Africa, in place.How long you the fine print of the world, so you will have to allow you don”t have their forex trading system. any forex trading system could invest in to invest in the forex trading system investment. The company that are involved with your investments while investing. As how you to be involved in
Forex Trading Online any forex trading system is overseas. you can double and triple your money in.
do not limit yourself by refusing to learn the details about Forex Trading Online. The more you know, the easier it will be to focus on what is important.

The Use Forex Trading as Hedging of Currency Risks


Companies engaged in foreign trade transactions worldwide are active participants in international Forex market. For exporters, there is a constant need to sell foreign currency, while importers - buy it. Currency exchange rates in the international currency market are constantly changing. As a result, the real value of buy or sell a currency for the goods or services can significantly change and profitable contract may not be profitable or unprofitable. Of course, and can reverse the situation when a change of exchange rates makes a profit, but the task of trading company is not profit Read more

Monday, November 3, 2008

China Banned Forex Margin Trading

The Chinese Central bank ordered last month all local banks which provided Forex margin trading to stop their services to existing customers and not to accept new investors. This decision was made after more than 80% than the day traders with those banks reported loses. The banks that were offering online Forex trading in China were : China Bank, Minsheng Bank and the Bank of communications. All forms of online trading of financial products such as shares, commodities and futures are very trendy in China with heavy off line promotions for various systems and trading platforms. The Yuan (RMB) itself cannot be traded in any way in international markets by Chinese regulation and it is listed on the export banned list commodities list.

Forex Market Update - U.S. Dollar Still Low

Viewed by some as an upset in the forex market, U.S. currency almost hit a record low recently when compared to other major currencies. There still remains some pressure coming from China when reviewing recent comments that mention the possibility of the nation diversifying reserves separate from the American dollar.The U.S. dollar hit a rock bottom record low of 1.4729 when put next to the euro, and 2.1070 when compared to the pound. This was only after Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of China's National People's Congress, mentioned that the nation may change to “stronger” forms of currency.Jeffery Lacker, president of the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank, also made some comments that support the Reserve's choice to slash key Federal fund rates by 1/2 of a point. Lacker, who does not actively vote on the Federal board, mentioned that the Federal Reserve most likely “did the right thing” when referring to the recent rate cuts.Thomson IFR Markets representative Rhonda Staskow mentioned that Lacker's remarks “also suggest that there is a great deal of uncertainty over the sub-prime/housing/CDO issue and how that will play out.”Staskow also mentioned that, “A crisis of confidence of the dollar and over the asset levels of banks continues.”