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Fibonacci Two Step- A must to be included in your Forex trading strategy

September 2, 2009 at 10:13 am

Forex trading tools are the real help that one must include in their trading strategies. Fibonacci can be a true tool that one smart investor or trader must include in their Forex trading strategy profile. Fibonacci Two step is an efficient strategy that ensures you maximum wins during the course of your Forex trading.   This tool let the user understand that not how the price will go far before it actually gets stall and pulls back.   It is also efficient in determining whether the price will pull back or will continue to flow in the direction trend.

Levels of the Fibonacci two step strategy:

In the common market scenario following levels are practiced on this tool:

  1. 38%
  2. 50%
  3. 62%
  4. 79%

These levels are used to retrace the market Forex price. But these levels can be extended up to some extent. Following are the levels of the extension of prices:

  1. 1.27%
  2. 1.62%

There is also software available in the market that can be used to apply effectively the Fibonacci technique. Such software are able to integrate the charts with the Fibonacci levels and hence you are left with the best data on which you can trust and trade in the Forex market to ensure the maximum benefits out of it. With the current data provided by the software the Fibonacci scale can swing up to 50 % and hence entrance the movement of the market up to a great extent.

The two step strategy in the Fibonacci technique is that you can set up an entry order to be pulled in if your scale at Fibonacci chart shows 50 % retracement level. You can now set the extension level to 1.27 %. This is the basic two step working. This method can give effective probability to rely and trust up on. This can be used to win the Forex trade effectively. But as of always Forex market comes with risk factor involved therefore you need to calculate the risk with the Fibonacci.

The most important calculation that you need to call up on is deciding your stop loss point. It is a point where you plan to stop the Forex trade if facing a loss situation. So what is your stop loss? Most of the traders keep the stop point to around 25 to 30 pips. It is generally a safe stop loss point. But if you have your stop loss point above it then you need to ask yourself that do you have balance left in your Forex trading account if you lose the trade? Do you have the equity that can cover this cost of loss?  Answerer to these question well and rest will be taken care by Fibonacci.

Always remember while using this tool you must keep in mind two things. First the 50 percent entrancement level and second the 1.27 percent extension level. This is a tested formula. Happy trading!!

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Importance of Economic calendar

July 28, 2009 at 9:00 am

While trading into foreign currency an optimum amount of knowledge regarding the forex market is very necessary. There are also certain study disciplines that a trader has to study. This may include things like studying of trend and average range, study of support and resistance levels, the trading volume etc. There are many other things that a trader should know. Out of all the various necessary elements the most important and often overlooked is the study of daily economic calendar.

 The main purpose of studying economic calendar is to understand the financial releases that are scheduled and what effect can they have on the trader’s forex trade. The releases that drive the forex market are retail price index, GDP, interest rate exchanges, balance of payments, inflation, employment and unemployment figures etc. The market prices are affected with each piece of fundamental information that is released and above all how the market traders react to it. This may lead to volatile prices.

 The traders make a very big mistake when they try and look at the releases very closely. A much effective strategy is by trying to gauge how the forex market traders react to the information provided to them. And this is known as the market sentiment. The main advantage is that the economic calendars not only provide the time and the nature of the release but also provide with previous figures and the figures that are expected in the market this time.

 The economic calendar mentioned serves very significant and common information of economic conditions that affect the prices and also the trends in the forex market. It also facilitates study of specific commentary for each of the releases. It is usually seen that the traders tend to omit this economic study while selecting forex platforms and selecting trading strategies. But they later realize that they have made a very big mistake as they face losses in their trading.

 You should not be trading when you know that the economic news is going to release. It is advisable not to trade at least three to four hours before the releases. Let’s understand by an example:   if there is going to be any announcement with regards to interest rates for EUR then you should not be dealing in currency pairs like EUR/USD, EUR/CHF, and AUD/USD etc. this will help you from incurring a heavy loss in the trade that is carried out in the forex market.

 The forex calendar will always keep you updated on what is happening around in the forex market. Thus it is very important that you keep a look on the economic calendar at least a few times in a day and also include it into your forex trading strategy or plans that you make. In short, whatever be your trading routine it is important that you include the study of the economic calendar in your routine.

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How can trendlines be an efficient forex trading tool?

July 23, 2009 at 11:07 am

It has been observed that the newbie’s who enter into the forex market usually come to the forex market with a false impression that there a particular way or a forex trading strategy with which they may earn money. But they lack the knowledge that there are no particular forex trading tools that may help them earn money effortlessly. The trader has to understand that the combination of some good forex trading tools could be of great help to him and would also provide assistance in earning profits from the maximum trades that he carries out.

Trendlines play a vital role here. There are many traders who are successful in forex currency market at this time who have added trendlines to their list of some best forex trading tools. These trendlines usually give you a definite picture of the current pictures in the forex market. There are high possibilities that these trendlines may break and the reason for this is the fluctuating prices in the market. It is not advisable to use trendlines for your direct trade. But yes these trendlines give you a comprehensible, and easy to understand picture of the market and it also gives you a rough idea of the currency behavior which in all is helpful for you carry out your trade in forex market.

When you want to test the trendlines on higher time frames when the price is coming down you can always put the calculated pivot points on the chart, or by using previous high and low you draw horizontal lines on your chart which  would determine key support. If you happen to enter into a trade when there is a collision of factors then at that time it may happen that you make up not less than 10 to 20 pips on the first move itself. It is very important that you have patience while looking out for such opportunities. Because they do not appear so often but when they appear you are guaranteed of profits from the trade but on a condition that you keep your targeted profit at a rational level.

Trade safely by always taking out profits in the first trade that you carry out and also in some of the others say the next two or three if the prices permit. So that with this you could reach a breakeven point where the fear of loss is less or say nil. After that you can surely reinvest your money as you have gained profits and now there is no much risk. It is important to make use of trendlines a forex trading tool with care and good judgement because it may help you in trading properly and achieving desired profits.

Thus by combining trendlines and other forex trading tools a trader can surely trade well in a forex trading market which would also result in profitable trades.

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