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    Any idea of transaction fees on interbank forex broker, or any other broker . i want to have an idea before I start trading…….

    The transaction fee you mentioned is usually comes in the form of a commission or spread, or both. While rates vary from broker to broker, it is generally charged per trade. A commission is simply a fee, usually based on the size of your trade. The spread is the difference in pips between the bid and the ask price.

    If you trade through a retail forex broker, then often times you will be given a commission free trading experience. These brokers will charge you the spread instead. EUR/USD may have a spread of 2 pips. So that means on every trade that you take, you will down by 2 pips from the start.

    If you trade through an ECN forex broker, then you will be subject to both the spread and commission per trade. Spreads are typically lower from ECN brokers. But you now have to contend with the commissions.

    When you say "interbank," if you are referring to actual trading between (inter) banks, then it is assumed that you are either very well connected with the banks or are trading on behalf of a major financial or government institution. Forex trading at this level will see very little in the way of spreads or commissions.

    However, if you were referring to the broker/dealer named Interbank FX, then we are talking about simply another retail broker that charges 0 commissions and a rather high spread.

    Hope this helps,
    -Shuli

    September 7th, 2008 by admin

    I just opened a Forex currency trading account. I have been trading stocks and options for a number of years. I was thinking of moving into the Euro from the dollar because I am concerned about U.S. Dollar weakness moving forward but I see that the Euro is trading at 1.32 to the U.S. dollar now, that is nearly an all time high. Anyone here trade currencies? What currency is the best to buy right now?
    There are no commissions. I am somewhat familiar with currency markets and I was asking for opinions not condescending put downs so the first two answers are uncalled for.

    If you have to ask, don't trade forex, you will be eaten alive.

    I find the short term moving average more predictable to base the trends for the following day or two. What I find unnerving is that it is not as simple as "buy" when the blue line crosses the "black line" as advertised on their website! Especially if the market is quite choppy, this could lead to many whipsaws. I also do not find the neurl index very useful, as at times the market goes in the opposite direction to the neural index. What I do find useful, although this was not suggested by the marketing department, was the use of the short term predictive average crossing the medium term moving average and or the 10 day sma; these proved better as a predictive trend for day trading. I fould the predictive ranges for the next day very misleading and certainly very unreliabe for placing stop losses or take profit levels.

    Does anybody have any good experience with this software?

    Your response will be much appreciated!

    Thank you!

    I have Vantage Point and look at the Short Term Predictive relative to the Medium Term Predictive.

    First, you're using Vantage Point to day trade, but they will tell you that Vantage Point is for position trading. Yes, they're predicted high/low is very accurate (granted, major moves can be outside the range, but how often do you have a huge 1 day move?), but it only tells you the possible high/low, now what the trading pattern for the day will be.

    One thing I could suggest is this: Use the Short Term/Medium Term Predictive averages (the pink and light blue lines, I have mine set on the bottom part of the chart) to get an idea of when prices could be changing direction. Also, when you switch from the 10 day or 5 day average to the predicted high/low, you'll notice that the short/medium predictive lines will be different that from the 10/5 day chart. What I do is when the short predictive (light blue) line crosses the medium (pink) line on both the 5/10 day and predicted high/low chart, is when I get an indication markets will turn (and it's very accurate).

    When that happens, since you day trade, use your technicals on whatever time frame chart you're using to take trade only in the direction of the crossover. For example, say you're watching the S&P 500, the market is trending up and you notice that on the 5 or 10 day chart that the short term predictive has crossed below the medium term, and when you switch to the predicted high/low chart that the short has not crossed below the medium predictive, but is about to, wait till the short crosses below the medium predictive on the predicted high/low chart (that is short has crossed below medium on both 5/10 and predicted high/low chart). When that happens, use your technicals to time short entries, don't go long. In other words, say you're using a 5 minute chart. If the market is trending up, and you're technicals give you a signal for a short, then take the short trade.

    When the signals show the 5 minute chart starting to turn back up again, close your short, but do not go long, only enter again when you get a sell signal.

    Trade in the direction of the larger trend. You should get less whipsaws and will be trading in the direction of the larger trend. When the short crosses above the medium predictive on both the 5/10 and predicted high/low chart, the only take long trades.

    Hope that helps.

    September 7th, 2008 by admin

    I am looking for a website that provides customer reviews of expert advisors for forex trading. Preferably for the metatrader 4 platform.

    I found a site that offers complete customer ratings and reviews on every forex expert advisor ever made at http://forexautopilotsystems.com

    From the site
    “Forex Silicon is a relatively new expert advisor. The system’s win/loss ratio is about 75% with an average of 7 consecutive winning trades every 2 losing ones. Also, Silicon Forex takes [on average] one trade every three days and the monthly average is in the +400 pips neighborhood. I recommend this for long term trading.”

    Again the site is:

    http://forexautopilotsystems.com

    good luck

    September 7th, 2008 by admin

    Are they only act as a middle person between customers and banks? Or they work like a sports gambling book maker?

    Basically, you, the average trader can't trade directly through the bank. You need a lot of money to do this. Your broker gets a rate through the bank usually based on volume and they charge you either with a flat commission or by the spread. Say they get a quote from the bank on the Euro with a 2 pip spread, they could make the spread 4 pips and make 2 pips ($20 per $100,000 traded). Different platforms have different spreads and commission rates. Research is key. I trade on a platform that charges me a flat commission of $5 per $100k and the spreads are typically 1-3 pips on the majors.

    September 7th, 2008 by admin

    I want alerts that alert when for example, the price closes above/below the 50 period moving average on the hourly chart. Does anyone know of where I get it for free?

    Hi,

    Register free at Finexo and get a daily mail having all market updations of various stock exchange and forex.

    Regards

    September 7th, 2008 by admin

    any free automated software that works to help me make decision to buy or sell?
    or how do i know when to buy, take profit and cutloss?

    Currency trading is risky business, but you can make money with it. You just need to trade smart.

    Before you start trading, you should learn as much about forex as you can to prepare adequately. Many websites will advise you to trade with leverage to increase your profit. Leverage is ratio between lended capital and invested capital. For example if brokers offers you leverage of 100:1, it means that if you invest $100 you will be able to trade with $10.000. While leverage can bring you higher profits, you can also lose all your invested money very quickly.

    Most brokers have automated systems that can issue a stop order to some trades to protect their interests, so you can never lose more than what you invested, but it is also possible that some brokers don't have these systems and in that case you can be responsible for losses that outweight your investment. That is why you should always read brokers margin agreement.

    Avoid using high leverage (more than 10:1) until you learn how to trade successfully.

    Just remember greed can be your enemy No.1. Also don't expect high profits with forex. People who make money on forex are doing it slowly. If you expect a return of 200% within a week, or month, than forget it and try something else.


    Hello,

    I use Finexo live interactive Forex Charts with real time data ranging from 1 minute to daily, weekly time and monthly scales. These are also presented with indicators featuring MACD, RSI, ROC, Moving Average, Oscillators and Stochastics. All indicator settings are fully customizable. It can also be viewed in line,bar,dot, forest and candle format.

    Though i have tried many others but i found Finexo charts the best. Some features like Bollinger borders, 10 second ticks, momentum are still to be introduced here. which i would high appreciate.


    It's a scam! I have a general rule, if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is. Yes, they have a few people tell you they made the big money but how many of their clients lost their $$, they don't tell you that. FOREX is a Very volatile market, you need to learn about it before even thinking about getting your money involved.

    Good Luck,
    RB

    what are the best account managers?
    what is the minimum £ that i need to open an account?
    What will be my monthly profit under this min. account?
    do you invest via a broker/account amnager?

    I don´t know that there are account managers who trade in the forex market apart from larger hedge funds or fund managers though you will need a lot to open an account with them, particularly as their fees are so high.

    As for forex, I do all my own trades and trade through a broker that gives me no advice, just a platform to use for my own trades. I wouldn´t trust anybody to make trades on my behalf in view of how difficult the forex market is to negotiate. Personally, though I might be wrong, I get the impression you don´t know too much about this. If I were you, I woudn´t rush into anything. Rather you should take time to educate yourself on all the various aspects of trading forex. You may well be put off as it is a cut throat, ruthless and unforgiving environment where you could easily lose all your money in one day. Unless you like the risk, there are much better and much safer ways to invest your money. Good luck.