by Heather Redmond
What are the advantages of the Forex Market over other types of investments?
When thinking about various investments, there is one investment vehicle that comes to mind. The Forex or Foreign Currency Market has many advantages over other types of investments. The Forex market is open 24 hrs a day, unlike the regular stock markets. Most investments require a substantial amount of capital before you can take advantage of an investment opportunity. To trade Forex, you only need a small amount of capital. Anyone can enter the market with as little as $300 USD to trade a "mini account", which allows you to trade lots of 10,000 units. One lot of 10,000 units of currency is equal to 1 contract. Each "pip" or move up or down in the currency pair is worth a $1 gain or loss, depending on which side of the market you are on. A standard account gives you control over 100,000 units of currency and a pip is worth $10.
The Forex market is also very liquid. When trading Forex you have full control of your capital.
Many other types of investments require holding your money up for long periods of time. This is a disadvantage because if you need to use the capital it can be difficult to access to it without taking a huge loss. Also, with a small amount of money, you can control
Forex traders can be profitable in bullish or bearish market conditions. Stock market traders need stock prices to rise in order to take a profit. Forex traders can make a profit during up trends and downtrends. Forex Trading can be risky, but with having the ability to have a good system to follow, good money management skills, and possessing self discipline, Forex trading can be a relatively low risk investment.
The Forex market can be traded anytime, anywhere. As long as you have access to a computer, you have the ability to trade the Forex market. An important thing to remember is before jumping into trading currencies, is it wise to practice with "paper money", or "fake money." Most brokers have demo accounts where you can download their trading station and practice real time with fake money. While this is no guarantee of your performance with real money, practicing can give you a huge advantage to become better prepared when you trade with your real, hard earned money. There are also many Forex courses on the internet, just be careful when choosing which ones to purchase.
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Kamis, 12 Februari 2009
Sabtu, 07 Februari 2009
Here you will find the Forex e-books that provide the basic information on Forex trading. You can learn basic concepts of the Forex market, the technical and fundamental analysis. While all these e-books are recommended for every new Forex trader, they won't be very useful to the very experienced traders.
Almost all Forex e-books are in .pdf format. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these e-books. Some of the e-books (those that are in parts) are zipped.
If you are the copyright owner of any of these e-books and don't want me to share them, please, contact me and I will gladly remove them.
Candlesticks For Support And Resistance — The basics of trading with candlesticks charts by John H. Forman.
Online Trading Courses — Course #1 lesson #1 by Jake Bernstein.
Commodity Futures Trading for Beginners — by Bruce Babcock.
Hidden Divergence — by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
Peaks and Troughs — by Martin J. Pring.
Reverse Divergences And Momentum — by Martin J. Pring.
Strategy:10 — Low-risk, high-return forex trading by W. R. Booker & Co.
The NYSE Tick Index And Candlesticks — by Tim Ord.
Trend Determination — A quick, accurate and effective methodology by John Hayden.
The Original Turtle Trading Rules — by OrignalTurtles.org.
Introduction to Forex — by 1st Forex Trading Academy. This trading course intends to provide to all of the students analytical tools on the trading system and methodologies. In this respect, the purpose of the course is to provide an overview of the many strategies that are being used in Forex market and to discuss the steps and tools that are needed in order to use these strategies successfully.
The Six Forces of Forex — by Scott Owens. A small e-book covering the basic and the main problems of Forex trading.
Study Book for Successful Foreign Exchange Dealing — by Royal Forex.
Forex. On-Line Manual for Successful Trading — an introduction into every aspect of the Forex trading including detailed descriptions of the technical and fundamental analysis techniques, by unknown author.
18 Trading Champions Share Their Keys to Top Trading Profits — as the name suggests, the book shares the secrets of the 18 prominent traders with the Forex beginners, by FWN.
The Way to Trade Forex — a 1st chapter of the book that will show you not only Forex basics but also some unusual techniques and strategies that can work for the newbie traders, by Jay Lakhani.
The Truth About Fibonacci Trading — the basic facts and information about Fibonacci levels and their application to the Forex trading, by Bill Poulos.
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Senin, 02 Februari 2009
By Mark Bona Bona
I recently decided to refinance my home loan and my investment loan and it was suggested to me that there was little need for a mortgage broker because it was easier enough to go direct to a bank and apply for a loan. I thought that I would speak with my own bank. The first frustration was I could not actually contact my branch direct. I had to phone a 1300 number which was a call centre operation outside of Australia. No one could assist me immediately – rather I had to wait on a return call. This was not convenient but I still left my number.
I decided at the same time to call a mortgage broker to whom I had been referred. The mortgage broker was available when I called and I was able to immediately discuss my mortgage requirements. I was keean to obtain a home and investment loan and had initially thought that I would simply take out one mortgage for this. The mortgage broker knew his stuff. He advised that I should speak with my accountant first but that it would be more tax efficient if I was to split the home loan and investment loan because if I proceeded with a “mixed loan” then any additional repayments I made would have to be applied on a pro rata basis – that is I would have to apply some of the principal repayment to my home loan and some to my investment loan. The mortgage broker pointed out that this meant I would not be repaying my non-deductible home loan debt as fast as I might otherwise be able to do. The mortgage broker asked me whether I would need a redraw facility and explained the benefits of this to me. The mortgage broker also discussed my future plans – would I be looking to invest further in the future, did I have plans to sell at any stage soon – all of these questions impacted on decisions regarding fixing or leaving my mortgage on a variable rate.
Another benefit the mortgage broker alerted me to was the advantage of having a capitalising investment line of credit in that should there be any shortfall between my investment income and outgoings then I could look to capitalise this shortfall rather than meeting this shortfall from my personal income. The mortgage broker suggested that again it would be more tax efficient to capitalise these shortfall investment costs and apply the resulting surplus personal income to additional repayments on my home loan. The mortgage broker showed how much quicker I could repay my home loan if I was able to apply just an additional $200 per month repayment to it. It was quite amazing. Furthermore the mortgage broker advised that I should speak with my accountant because there had been recent private rulings from the ATO and a draft tax determination on the horizon concerning the deductibility of capitalised interest. The mortgage broker gave me a reference for the private ruling on the ATO website and sure enough a taxpayer was able to claim the capitalised interest on an investment line of credit where he had capitalised the investment shortfall and applied extra repayments to his home loan. This made a significant difference to the taxpayer. Had it not been for the mortgage broker I would not have been aware of the advantages of ensuring that my home and investment loans were split and that by including a capitalising line of credit in my loan package I would be able to repay my home loan so much faster.
I decided to proceed with the mortgage broker. By utilising the mortgage broker I not only achieved a better loan structure but the interest rate I ultimately settled on was less than that offer by the bank’s mobile lender when he eventually called me back.
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