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• Techniques to gain emotional mastery
• How to enhance your trading performance so you trade in an optimal state and improve your profits

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• Amazing discoveries to instantly understand your emotions and take actions that will improve your profits
• Easy ways to absorb information, without even trying
• Sure strategies to deal with overwhelming emotions during trading
• New behavioral patterns that will make you feel better about yourself
• Technical analysis strategies, that will assist you to identify endless trading opportunities
• Highly profitable setups that I use to profit from in the markets
• Money management techniques used by hedge funds

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FOREX

What is FOREX?

FOREX also referred to as the foreign exchange is the market in which currencies are traded against one another. The FOREX market is the largest market in the world  trading in excess of $1.5 trillion US dollars. This market is open for 24 hours a day (except for weekends) and it is extremely volatile. When you see and hear the term FOREX, you may see it used interchangeably with terms such as foreign exchange, FX, and currency market.

As you learn how to trade FOREX you discover that this market is an over-the-counter market. This means that all transactions are completed either via phone, email, fax, or online. There is not a physical location where buyers and sellers get together to meet and exchange currencies, or FOREX. Of course since this market deals with currencies from around the world and is again open 24 hours a day, it is great for those needing to schedule their trading hours around their own individual schedule. This is one reason why FOREX trading is particularly attractive to day traders.

FOREX technical analysis is used by day traders and it involves the use of charts and technical indicators. Charts and technical indicators are used in order to identify price patterns that are determined by market behavior. Day traders will use a combination of technical indicators as well as trading software in order to do this. There are many different trading strategies that FOREX traders must learn about in order to learn to trade successfully. Some of these trading strategies include the use of technical indicators such as moving averages, Fibonacci, and/or the Bollinger bands. The types of indicators used are subject to the FOREX trader, but most traders will combine at least 2-3 technical indicators as part of their trading plan.

The major FOREX exchanges are located in London, New York and Tokyo with additional exchanges in  Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore, Frankfurt, as well as Sydney and Paris. These exchanges account for the majority of the transactions that take place 24 hours per day in the FOREX market.

The major currencies are:
(symbol/country/currency)

USD /United States/Dollar
EUR /Euro members/Euro
JPY /Japan/Yen
GBP/Great Britain/Pound
CHF/Switzerland/Franc
CAD/Canada/Dollar
AUD/Australia/Dollar
NZD/New Zealand  Dollar 

FOREX is a great market to trade and is one that every experienced or beginner investor should explore and learn about.

Please continue to learn about the great world of FOREX trading and see if it is a market that interests you.

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Stocks Analysis

There is a lot of information to look at when performing stocks analysis such as the types of stock and the stock value. In today’s article we will take a look at the different types of stocks as well as ways to determine stock value.

There are three types of stock that we will discuss today including growth stocks, value stocks, and dividends. Investors also often refer to themselves as growth investors, value investors, or dividend investors when investing in the stock market.

• Growth stocks – a lot of investors will follow a growth strategy and they will look for those companies that are prospects for growing their sales and earnings along with other stock market information. It is important to note that a stock’s price reflects how profitable investors think a company will be in the future. Those stocks that increase their sales from one year to the next by at least 15% usually qualify as growth stocks.
• Value stocks – when looking at a stocks analysis value investors follow a different route. Value investors believe that the broader stock market always overreacts to news about a company. These investors try to find stocks that were beaten down due to temporary problems that can be fixed, perhaps even stocks that were hot stocks for a while. They look for share prices at bargain levels.
• Dividends – dividend investors are paid while they hold stock unlike growth and value investors who are paid only when they sell stock. Dividend investors buy stock that pay a cash dividend based on the number of shares owned, and typically on a quarterly basis. These investors look for those companies that are financially solid.

As you learn trading and investing you also must learn how to determine a stock’s value. We discuss some of the most commonly used valuation ratios below.

• Price to earnings (P/E) – this ratio is a company’s stock price divided by how much it earns per share over 12 months. When calculating this ratio you should use the most recent 12 month’s earnings. This ratio is the most widely used valuation ratio when performing a stocks analysis.
• Price to sales (P/S) – this ratio is a company’s stock price dividend by the most recent 12 months’ sales per share. You can calculate this ratio when a company loses money in reporting period. You cannot calculate the P/E in that situation.
• Price to book (P/B) – this is a company’s assets minus it liabilities. It is also referred to as the book value and it divides a company’s stock price by its book value per share. Value investors prefer this ratio over others

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Trading Stock Options

Trading Stock Options – Hedging and Speculation

Many stock investors practice trading stock options due to their versatility and leverage. It does not take as much of a stock price movement to generate a significant profit. In today’s article we will discuss two areas that stock options are used to make money in the stock market.

Speculation is one way that stock options are used and it is considered by many to be a risky way to make money when stock trading online. Speculation is basically trading stocks based on the prediction that a stock price will either go up or down. While it is considered risky, many investors make money trading stock options in this fashion. You not only need to be able to predict whether or not the stock value will go up or down, but you must also predict the time frame in which it will occur. Stock options are no place for the emotional investor even though you can make money when the market goes down, up, or even if it goes sideways. Those that wish to practice trading options are typically more seasoned investors who have learned to master emotional trading as well as the stock market.

Hedging is another function of options trading and it acts as a form of insurance. Investors use hedging when trading options in order to insure their investments against a downturn. Many large institutions as well as individual investors use hedging and there are numerous hedging strategies that have proven successful in the stock market. By hedging options, investors are able to limit their losses while taking advantage of a specific stock and its upside. You can restrict your downside while enjoying the full upside in a very cost effective way.

There is a lot more to learn as it relates to hedging, speculation, and trading stock options. Continue your stock options trading education as well as your investment psychology education in order to ensure success in the markets.

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