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About ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 07:47


ForexGen LLC is an online trading service provider supplying a unique and individualized service to Forex traders worldwide. We are dedicated to absolutely provide the best online trading services in the Forex market.
ForexGen LLC provides a unique online trading experience based on our intelligent online Forex trading package, the ForexGen Trading Station, including the best online trading system.

ForexGen LLXserves both private and institutional clients. We have a strong commitment to maintain a long term relationship with our clients.

Throughout our partnership with the industrial leaders, we are capable of delivering incomparable quality of online currency trading service.
The ForexGen LLC services are all controlled by the international banking and financial regulatory standards. ForexGen LLC is continuously providing the Forex market’s safest trading terms & conditions. Providing professional currency trading services that meet our client’s expectations is our first priority.

ForexGen principals:
ForexGen LLC 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.

The ForexGen’s provided services are all restricted and regulated by the international banking and financial regulatory standards. All our provided activities are supported by creativeness and modernization. Ambitious & motivated employees are working simultaneously to protect the customer’s confidentiality. ForexGen LLC is continuously providing the market’s most competitive conditions.

ForexGen LLC complies with the trade commissions in the USA, EU and Australia. Being registered by the commercial authorities in 18+ countries, we adhere to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

Profile regulatory information
ForexGen LLC is complying with all applicable international laws and all financial regulations and procedures governing its industry in order to sustain the security standards in the financial services world.

According to the Federal Trading Commission (FTC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, all financial institutions are obligated in conformity with the anti money laundering laws (AML) that control money laundering and maintain the integrity and security of the international banking and financial institutions. ForexGen is regulated by the international authorities against money laundering and in full compliance with the International Laws.

This is the reason why our customers have to provide us with identifying documentation and the documents proofing the origin of their funds in order to secure that the funds that ForexGen LLC will receive are fully and legally originated according to the European Trading Commission and the European Anti-Fraud Office.

As the international banking standards imply, we preserve all the customer’s account information both personal and financial. Our target is to achieve our principal goal, which is gaining the customer’s confidence and reach to the maximum satisfaction level.

ForexGen LLC state-of-the-art encryption and confirmation rules and certification ensure that every trader’s contract is verified and secured.

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ForexGen Indicators

2008-Apr-1, 07:47

You want to create a cool custom indicator, but you do not have enough experience or resources to do it?

ForexGen offers you the chance of a life time by dedicating a team of experienced developers specialized in Forex market to give you assistance and support in your ideas

Contact us at: development@ForexGen.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

CIF (Correlated Indicators Factor)

-The CIF is an indicator based on the extensive efforts of our house experts using their experience in their concentrated search where they found that one indicator is not enough.

-The experts’ conclusion was that the CIF- mother of all indicators- is the only and the perfect solution that facilitates the manual trading which provides indications with the least risk. It is the trader’s perfect support for every faced obstruction.

-Our house experts categorize and make combinations of the trend, oscillators, bill Williams, volumes and other custom indicators, the CIF signal values is generated according to the indicators’ combinations depending on certain calculations, volumes and correlations between more than one indicator and according to a specified function that weights the indicators’ signal. The CIF values are represented graphically via four lines (short .middle, long, current).

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Money Manager with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 07:47


An individual who is responsible for the entire financial portfolio of another individual or another entity. A money manager receives payment in exchange for choosing and monitoring appropriate investments for the client.

Benefits of being a Money Manager with ForexGen:

  • Providing three different commission sources.
  • Weekly commission plan.
  • Easy & fast commission withdrawals.
  • Fixed percentage of the profits.
  • P = k * D “P=Profit, k=Variable Parameter, D=Deposits”

The money manager gets a fixed percentage of the profit previously agreed upon with the client for managing the client funds as a bonus feature.

Individualized services:

ForexGen Money Manager’s services provide an extremely competitive program for managing client’s funds in order to introduce new clients to the Forex Market without having them to trade. The Money Manager will be gaining commissions from two fixed sources and a variable one based on the amount of deposits you are managing in your money manager account. Money Manager's client's account can be activated with the agreement of their clients. Moreover, they will be enjoying the benefits of being a ForexGen family member:

  • Up-To-Date RSS news feed.
  • Lowest spreads in the Forex Market.
  • Tremendous amount of Technical Indicator.
  • Fast order execution.

An Example for one of the Money Manager’s bonuses:

Deposit Amount (US Dollars)

Bonus

Added to

$50,000

$1,500

Master Account

$100,000

$3,000

Master Account

$250,000

$7,500

Master Account

$500,000

$15,000

Master Account

$1,000,000

$30,000

Master Account

The most competitive trading conditions:

  • 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
  • Providing online trading services without maintenance margin, margin call and no automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US. The margin level have to be recognized Fridays at 23:00 CET and before public holidays.
  • Leverages up to 1:200 for accounts up to $1 million US.
  • Liquidity and 24/5 availability are the characteristic factors of the Forex market compared with other financial markets.
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White Label with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 07:26


Forex White Label partnership allows the trader a quick access to the online foreign currency exchange market.

ForexGen provides two types of trading White Label partnerships, a limited and a full solution. ForexGen different types of forex White Label partners are able to access ForexGen's trading platform entirely branded under each partner's unique company image and name. We provide a customizable online trading platform for the different types of the two White Label solutions.

Full White Label

We provide 'full White Label partnership' to match the needs of the regulated companies and organizations that have a legal authorization to hold clients' funds. Our online trading platform is the most qualified online trading software in addition to an experience based infrastructure, but the full White Label partner is responsible for all administrative work and of all contact with their clients, i.e. opening of accounts.

Limited White Label

Limited White Label partners are also offered to access our customized online trading platform but their customers have to open a direct forex trading account with ForexGen Investments. Consequently, limited White Label partners could be not regulated by a financial authority as they will not hold customers' funds. This service permits the customer to manage his trading actions freely without vast administrative paperwork.

WHAT are the advantages of being a WHITE LABEL PARTNER with ForexGen?

A Qualified and familiar online trading platform branded under each company name!

  • Streamline dealing with no request for quote for up to 200 lots (20 million).
  • Our online trading platform offers trading of 25 currency pairs also Gold and Silver with the 'one clicks trading' mechanism.
  • Constantly updated real time prices.
  • Real time charts with the most common indicators.
  • Daily account statement.
  • Recent technical analysis by Capital Management is provided each day to the mailbox in the ForexGen online Trading Platform.
  • Streaming news quotes provided by AFX News.
  • An attractive income sharing plan

Trading White Label enables our partners to charge their clients' commission for each traded lot.

They also have the ability to raise the spread for all or certain customers.

ForexGen offers a minor predetermined percentage for every closed lot traded by their customer in case that White Label partner does not raise the spread or charge their customers a commission.

Commission is paid out every month.

Individualized service

ForexGen white label trading offers our partner's individualized service created according to the individual needs and specified business situation for each IB.

White labeling enables you to access one of the two highly advanced ForexGen online Trading platforms according to the customer designation. This reduces your responsibility to provide a platform support and accounting personnel that is regularly required.

White Label trading service enables your customers to benefit from ForexGen advantages which revolutionize the retail foreign exchange industry.

  • A qualified online trading platform that offers sophisticated forex charts, a large scale of indicators and trading mechanism , hedging feature, trailing stops that adjust pip by pip, real time streaming quotes and more!
  • ForexGen trading services are provided without Dealing Desk which prevents the effect of any one on the prices and pip spreads
  • Low spreads - 2 pip EUR/USD, 2 pips USD/JPY and 3 pips GBP/USD, USD/CHF, and EUR/JPY.
  • ForexGen leverage could be 200:1 on standard accounts.

The margin requirements on all accounts are:

Account Equity (US Dollars)

Initial Margin

Maintenance Margin end of each weekday
(before 23:00 CET)

Maintenance Margin on Friday at 23:00 CET & before holidays

Less than 25,000

0.5%

No minimum required. Accounts are only stopped out at the stop out level.

0.5%

25,000 to 1,000,000

1%

No minimum required. Accounts are only stopped out at the stop out level.

1%

1,000,000 to 5,000,000

2%

2%

2%

5,000,000 to 10,000,000

3%

3%

3%

Above 10,000,000

5%

5%

5%

Getting Started page

  1. Send us E-mail for the application and information packet. whitelabel@ForexGen.comThis e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
  2. Set up costs. The set up costs for the white label program is $10,000 USD. This is charged for the approval of the application and before the project scheduling.
  3. Trading platform customization. The White label customization process is by creating a welcome page for your customers including the company name and logo.
  4. Grace period. You are allowed to create your required trading volume (500 standard lots per month) or funds under equity ($300,000 USD) in course of three months in order to avoid the maintenance fee of $500 USD each month, which will be paid after the end of the third month

Favorable trading conditions

  • 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
  • Leverage of 200:1 leverage for accounts of up to $1 million US.
  • Providing online trading services without maintenance margin, margin call and no automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US. The margin level have to be recognized Fridays at 23:00 CET and before public holidays.
  • The minimum account size is $2,000 US which allows trading of mini-lots.
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Introducing Broker with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 07:26


Introducing Brokers may be individuals or institutions who gain their income from the commissions and/or rebates by introducing customers to ForexGen trading.

WHAT are the advantages of being an INTRODUCING BROKERS with ForexGen?

  • Providing the most huge income sharing plan
  • Providing several ways for our IB's to charge commission.
  • ForexGen IB can also charge commission for each lot the traders execute.
  • Moreover, ForexGen IB is able to increase the spread for all or certain clients and have ForexGen Investments rebate the difference.

In case the IB does not increase the spread or charge their clients a commission, ForexGen rebate the IB a minor predefined amount for every client's executed lot.
Commission is paid out every month.

Individualized service

ForexGen offers our IB's individualized service created according to the individual needs and specified business situation for each IB.
Our Introducing Broker program provides a highly organized program for individualized services and organizations in order to introduce their clients to the online foreign currency exchange market, moreover they will enjoy the benefits of being a part of the ForexGen family.

  • Instant order execution.
  • No dealing desk.
  • Low spreads.
  • Free qualified forex charting .
  • Real time streaming news.


ForexGen main focus is on our client's profitability and satisfaction which increase their online forex trading life time. At ForexGen the trader has the ability to spend most of the time controlling and performing their business rather than troubleshooting.

The most competitive trading conditions:

  • 2 pips spread on six currency pairs.
  • Leverage of 200:1 leverage for accounts.
  • Without maintenance margin, our services offer margin call and automatic closing of positions below the initial margin on weekdays for accounts with initial equity of up to $1 million US.
  • The minimum account size with a 250 US has the ability to execute a lot of trading lots.

Qualified and familiar multilingual platform!

  • Streamline dealing with no request for quote for up to 20 million.
  • The ForexGen online Trading platform offers traders to do currency trading in pairs. We also allow trading Gold and Silver with the 'one click trading' mechanism.
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Forex Trading Philosophy with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 07:26


Many beginning FOREX traders are captivated by the allure of easy money. FOREX websites offer 'risk-free' trading, 'high returns' 'low investment' – these claims have a grain of truth in them, but the reality of FOREX is a bit more complex.

There are two common mistakes that many beginner traders make

- trading without a strategy and letting emotions rule their decisions. After opening a FOREX account it may be tempting to dive right in and start trading. Watching the movements of EUR/USD for example, you may feel that you are letting an opportunity pass you by if you don't enter the market immediately. You buy and watch the market move against you. You panic and sell, only to see the market recover.

This kind of undisciplined approach to FOREX is guaranteed to lose you money. FOREX traders need to have a rational trading strategy and not allow emotions to rule their trading decisions.

To make rational trading decisions the FOREX trader must be well-educated in market movements. He must be able to apply technical studies to charts and plot out entry and exit points. He must take advantage of the various types of orders to minimize his risk and maximize his profit. And ForexGen provides all beginners with its Free Online Academy.

The first step in becoming a successful FOREX trader is to understand the market and the forces behind it. Who trades FOREX and why? Who is successful and why are they successful? This knowledge will allow you to identify successful trading strategies and use them as models for your own.

There are 5 major groups of investors who participate in FOREX – Governments, Banks, Corporations, Investment Funds, and traders. Each group has varying objectives, but the one thing that all the groups (except traders) have in common is external control. Every organization has rules and guidelines for trading currencies and can be held accountable for their trading decisions. Individual traders, on the other hand, are accountable only to themselves.

This means that the trader who lacks rules and guidelines is playing a losing game. Large organizations and educated traders approach the FOREX with strategies, and if you hope to succeed as a FOREX trader you must play by the same rules.

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ForexGen Trading Strategies

2008-Apr-1, 07:10
 


To be a successful FOREX trader you need a trading strategy. There is no one set strategy that is good for all traders; rather, each trader needs to develop his or her individual approach to the FOREX. Some traders rely solely on technical analysis while others prefer fundamental analysis,

but many successful FOREX traders use a combination of both to get a broad overview of the market and for plotting entry and exit points.

Technical analysis relies on one key concept: Prices move by trends. The common saying in FOREX is 'The trend is your friend.' Market movements have identifiable patterns that have been studied over many years and a thorough understanding of these trends and how they can be read forms the basis of a good trading strategy.

There are many analytical tools available in ForexGen to understand market movements. The beginner FOREX trader is well advised to study each one separately for getting a working knowledge of their concepts and application. Once one has been understood, keep on using it while studying others. Each tool tends to reinforce the others.

Support and resistance levels are used in many FOREX trading strategies. 'Support' refers to the price level that is repeatedly seen as the bottom – when the price reaches this level it tends to rise. Resistance levels are upper prices that the currency rarely trades beyond. Support and resistance levels contain price movements for a period of time.

When currency prices break through support or resistance levels, the prices are expected to continue in that direction. For example, if the price rises above the previous resistance level, it is seen as bullish – the price should continue to rise.

To find support and resistance levels, price charts need to be analyzed for unbroken support and resistance levels. Charts can be analyzed in any time frame; however longer time frames establish more important support/resistance levels. Traders can use support/resistance levels to determine when to enter or exit a transaction.

Moving averages are another common tool in FOREX strategies. The simple moving average (SMA) shows the average price in a given period of time over a specified period of time. Moving averages serve to eliminate short term price fluctuations giving a clearer picture of price movements. FOREX traders can plot a SMA to determine when prices have a tendency to rise or fall. If prices cross above the SMA they have a tendency to keep on rising. Conversely, prices below the SMA have a tendency to continue their downward motion.

These are two examples of trading strategies that can be used individually or in combination. In practice, the FOREX trader should have a repertoire of trading tools to examine market conditions and to support the findings of one study or another. If several indicators show that the market is moving in a particular direction the trader can act with more assurance than when relying on a single indicator.

Similarly, fundamental analysis can be used to reinforce technical findings, or vice versa. Ideally, the FOREX trader will take several indicators into account when plotting a trading strategy.

Every trading strategy should provide clear guidelines about when to enter a trade, what to expect in terms of market movement, when to exit a trade, and how much loss can be accepted in case the deal moves against the trader. Following these simple guidelines and learning about technical analysis can help you become a successful FOREX trader.

One of the best online FOREX trading strategy courses is offered by professional experts in ForexGen. They are an authority in currency trading education and demonstrates simple yet powerful currency trading strategies used by banks, financial institutions and professional Forex traders.

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ForexGen Trading Tools

2008-Apr-1, 07:10
 

There are many ForexGen trading tools available to the FOREX trader for analyzing the market as well as for buying and selling currencies. Software tools are a necessary part of FOREX because of its volume and volatility. Software can be used to automate some of the trading procedures and safeguard against losses.

In order to make rational, successful trades, the FOREX trader needs information – lots of information. Current exchange rates are the tip of the iceberg – the trader needs historical data as well as current information about political and economic conditions that could affect currency prices. All this information is provided by ForexGen broker on its web sites. So it's important before deciding about a broker to try out a demo account at ForexGen's broker to see which tools are included as part of its trading system.

More FOREX tools are available to help you minimize your risk and maximize your profits.

The Risk Probability Calculator (RPC) can be used to identify trades that have more potential gain than potential loss. The RPC can also help you target exit points to end the trade.

Pivot Points can be used to predict movements of currency prices. They are calculated as an average of the currencies high, low and closing prices. Pivot Point Calculators tell you whether prices fall in the normal trading range or extreme trading ranges. One of the best online courses about pivot point trading is offered by professional traders in ForexGen. They are an authority in currency trading education and demonstrates simple yet powerful currency trading strategies used by banks, financial institutions and professional Forex traders.

Pip value calculators are used to tell you the value of each pip (smallest currency unit) according to various sized lots. Pip calculators can tell you the actual profit or loss that will result from movements in the FOREX.

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Reading FOREX quotes with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 07:10
 

Each world currency is given a three letter code which is used in FOREX quotes. The most common currencies are USD (US dollars), EUR (European euros), GBP (United Kingdom pounds), AUD (Australian dollars), JPY (Japanese yen), CHF (Swiss francs) and CAD (Canadian dollars).

Prices of foreign exchange are indicated by FX quotes in pairs of currencies. The first currency is the 'base' and the second is the 'quote' currency. In this example:

USD/EUR = 0.8320

...the currency pair is US dollars and European euros. The base currency (USD) is always at '1' and the quote currency shows how much it costs to buy one unit of the base currency. In this example, 1 US dollar costs 0.8320 euros.

Conversely...

EUR/USD = 1.1993

...tells us that it costs 1.1993 US dollars to buy 1 euro.

When the price of the quote currency goes up it indicates that the base currency is becoming stronger – one unit of the base currency will buy more of the quote currency. If the quote currency falls, however, the base currency is becoming weaker.

Foreign Exchange quotes are seen in 'bid' and 'ask' prices. Bid is the price that buyers will pay for the base currency (while selling the quote currency), and ask is the price that sellers will sell the base currency (while buying the quote currency).

Symbol

Bid

Ask

USD/CAD

1.2329

1.2379

This chart tells us that we can buy one American dollar for 1.2379 Canadian dollars, or sell one American dollar for 1.2329 Canadian dollars. The most commonly traded currencies pairs are the 'Majors' – GBP/USD, EUR/USD, AUD/USD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF, and USD/CAD.

We often see exchange rates listed in cross currency charts that list many different currencies and their values against each other. An example of such a chart is seen here:

 

 

US $

Ca $

Euro

UK £

US $

1.00000

1.24070

0.83953

0.56807

Ca $

0.80600

1.00000

0.67657

0.45841

Euro

1.19114

1.47805

1.00000

0.67755

UK £

1.7603

2.18147

1.47591

1.00000

In this chart, the currencies listed down the left side of the chart are the base currencies and the currencies at the top are the quote currencies. We can convert the chart above into currency pairs by following the row beside the base currency. Using US dollars as the base currency we get the following currency pairs:

USD/CAD = 1.24070
USD/EUR = 0.83953
USD/GBP = 0.56807

...which tells us that one US dollar is equal to the corresponding value of the quote currency. To find the opposite pair e.g. CAD/USD follow the Canadian dollar row to the US dollar column - CAD/USD = 0.80600 (one Canadian dollar is worth 0.80600 US dollars).

There is no standard for cross-currency charts – some have the base currency on the top and some have it on the side. How to tell which is which? You need to know at least one pair of currencies and which one of the pair is more valuable.

Currency prices are determined by a number of factors, the most important of which are economic and political conditions in the issuing country. Political stability, inflation, and interest rates are all factored into the price of any currency. In addition, governments can try to control the price of their currency by either flooding the market (to lower the price) or buying extensively (to raise the price).

Because of the immense volume of FOREX, however, it is impossible for one force to control the market for any length of time. Market forces will prevail in the long run, making FOREX one of the most open and fair investment opportunities available.

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Forex Basics with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 06:51

To start getting income from foreign exchange market (Forex), you don’t need to have any financial experience. You just need to find your way in the multitude of possibilities offered for those looking for profit from national currencies rate variations. And ForexGen provides all beginners with an Academy of professional experts in forex. The point of classic Forex trade, meant to get a quick income, is simple (which hardly differs from other markets): you have to sell on higher price what you’ve bought on lower price.

But to get a grip on currency rates, you need more than simple mathematics. First thing, you have to learn all definitions: Besides the correct meaning of terms “currency” and “rate”, you need to know what “quotation” means, along with “currency pair” (which consists of base and counter currencies). You need to know what are “point”, “spread”, “trend”, “position” etc. Every action on Forex market is preceded by an analysis. Depending on its functions, the analysis can be fundamental (when the economic dynamics of a country are being studied thoroughly, along with prognoses on its changes), or technical (when we apply a mathematic approach to the graphs of currency rate fluctuations).

The trade on Forex market goes on twenty-four hours a day. Saturday and Sunday are traditionally considered days of rest. The same as for all the other markets, work on Forex market uses a certain set of strategies, methods and techniques. There are rules you have to try and follow, and there are things you shouldn’t do. Every market session (Asian, European and American) has its own law and established traditions, which you also have to learn about.

And finally, for the trade on Forex market you need to use certain tools (software, papers etc.) without handling which the theoretical knowledge will be useless.

For more detailed information can be found in http://www.forexgen.com

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Forex Signals with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 06:51


The first thing necessary for a successful trade on Forex market is making up-to-date decisions, which, of course, is almost impossible without the fresh authentic information available for the trader. The most useful way of retrieving it is ForexGen signal services, responsible for timely informing its subscribers on every important Forex market events, along with providing tips on current trade.

Such brief notifications on latest Forex market events are called signals. A signal usually carries a short text (of one or two lines), giving a maximally informative instruction on current condition of certain market elements. Often the signal’s body also contains a tip giving the trader an advice on what actions shall he carry on.

You can learn about proper use of signals in bounds of
training and education programs for Forex market professionals. The problem is, Internet allows many different signal services (including free services, which, as one could expect, are often far unauthentic or provide out-of-dated information). A trader has to be able to understand signal systems good to select a trustworthy one, which, at the same time, will not involve too high subscribe payment.

Signals may be retrieved by the respondent in many different ways: via a notification placed directly onto the special signal service provider website, via mass email delivery, via the notification delivered as an SMS message on subscriber’s mobile phone, or with the help of a special client software, displaying the notification right on Windows/Linux desktop of his PC workstation. Some of the signal systems also have the possibility of working in straight cooperation with
automated trading systems of Forex market, allowing the trader besides of making the decision on time, to bring it to life right away.

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On Line ForexGen Broker

2008-Apr-1, 06:28


Exchange vs. Over-The-Counter Options
ForexGen options can be traded either on an exchange or in the over-the-counter (OTC) market, meaning between two parties.

Types of Transactions
Manufacturing companies who buy in raw materials from abroad and export finished products undertake both the purchase and sales of foreign exchange, as they are always dependent upon the supplying companies’ country of origin and its currency for their invoicing.

Margin Trading
Margin means borrowing money from a broker to buy a stock, or commodity, or currency pair and using the investment as collateral. It is, to all intents and purposes, a performance bond in cash or another means of security deposited by a trader.

Role of the Adviser
As the adviser is the primary contact between a market maker and a client, the adviser must demonstrate an overall understanding of the foreign exchange market in order to earn and maintain the trust of clients.

Barriers
This is a standard option that automatically cancels out if spot trades through a prearranged knock-out level. This level is set below the initial spot for a call option, and above spot for a put.

Reversals
Reversals are primarily a Floor Trader strategy used to capitalize on minor price discrepancies between calls and puts. As implied by its name, reversals are the exact opposites of conversions.

When Is a System Suitable for Automation?
While the average trader can make money using any given toolkit, there are some cases that are not well-suited for complete automation.

Making Mistakes
When trading in the ForEx market it is best to come to grips with the cold hard fact that only 5% of all traders achieve their ultimate goal of being consistent with their profits. The difference between that 5% and everyone else is that they learn from their mistakes and recognize them as learning experiences, not personal failures to be ignored and swept under the rug.

Successful and Unsuccessful Traders
Unsuccessful traders don't want to learn the charts, the signals, and other intricacies of the forex market, become prideful, believing that they deserve more profit, are therefore take unwise risks.
Successful traders painstakingly build outwardly simple systems that have taken years to perfect, wait for predictable signals that are obeyed without question, want to know everything about their broker and their broker's practices.

Currency Value
The value of a currency is always given in terms of another currency. For example, the value of a US dollar in terms of British pounds is the £/$ exchange rate, and the value of the Japanese yen in terms of dollar is the $/¥ exchange rate. Understanding this procedure is particularly useful when dealing with unusual currencies.

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Different Types of Forex Orders with ForexGen

2008-Apr-1, 06:28
 

A trader has at his disposal different types of orders to make FOREX trades. A clear understanding of each type of order is necessary to be a successful FOREX trader.

Market Order – is an order to buy or sell at the current market price. They can be used to enter or exit a trade.

Market orders should be used with care because in fast-moving markets there may be a difference between the price seen at the time a market order is given and the actual price of the transaction. This is due to slippage – the amount the market moves in the few seconds between giving an order and having it executed. Slippage could result in a loss or gain of several pips.

Limit Order – is an order to buy or sell at a certain limit. They can be used to buy currency below the market price or sell currency above the market price. When buying, your order is executed when the market falls to your limit order price. When selling, your order is executed when the market rises to your limit order price. There is no slippage with limit orders.

Stop Order – is an order to buy above the market or to sell below the market. They are most commonly used as stop-loss orders to limit losses if the market moves contrary to what the trader expected. A stop-loss order will sell the currency if the market falls below the point set by the trader.

One Cancels the Other (OCO) – this order is used when placing a limit order and a stop-loss order at the same time. If either order is executed the other is cancelled, allowing the trader to make a transaction without monitoring the market. If the market falls, the stop-loss order will be executed, but if the market rises to the level of the limit order, the currency will be sold at a profit.

  • Example OCO Transaction:

Buy: 1 standard lot EUR/USD @ 1.3228 = $132,280
Pip Value: 1 pip = $10
Stop-Loss: 1.3203
Limit: 1.3328

This is an order to buy US dollars at 1.3328 and to sell them if they fall to 1.3203 (resulting in a loss of 25 pips or $250) or to sell them if they rise to 1.3328 (resulting in a profit of 100 pips or $1,000).

  • Here's another example:

The current bid/ask price for US dollars and Canadian dollars is

USD/CDN 1.2152/57

...meaning you can buy $1 US for 1.2152 CDN or sell 1.2157 CDN for $1 US.

If you think that the US dollar (USD) is undervalued against the Canadian dollar (CDN) you would buy USD (simultaneously selling CDN) and wait for the US dollar to rise.