The Forex Heatmap (tm) - USD, EUR, JPY Pairs www.forexearlywarning.com
Produced By:
forexheatmap1 on 10 May 2009
Category: Investing
Description: This is The Forex Heatmap (TM). It is an (more...) entry management system for all of your spot forex trades and it organizes the data from the top 20 currency pairs into a visual map. It is live in the market from Sunday night through Friday afternoon and is always available. It verifies your trade entries (more...) and tells you when NOT to enter. It works in all market conditions. A 30 day trial is available at www.forexearlywarning.com. (less)
Taxes: Most Common Mistakes
Produced By:
moneytalks on 29 Feb 2008
Category: Taxes
Description: Every year, millions of tax returns are (more...) filed with mistakes...mistakes that can delay your refund...even cost you money. Want to avoid the most common? Money reporter Stacy Johnson has things to watch for... (less)
8. How to Trade Double Tops Like a Pro
Produced By:
InformedTrades on 04 Dec 2007
Category: Creating Wealth
Description: http://www.informedtrades.com/
The 2nd (more...) lesson in a series on charting patterns for traders and investors in which goes into specific strategies which can be used to trade double tops and double bottoms in the forex market, stock market, and futures market. (less)
Gift Cards 2007
Produced By:
moneytalks on 25 Nov 2007
Category: Personal Finance
Description: According to the Federal Trade (more...) Commission, close to 18-billion dollars worth of gift cards changed hands last year. If you've got gift cards on your list this year, money reporter Stacy Johnson offers this advice. (less)
Views: 22
Comments: 0
Duration: 01:22
Landlord Lessons
Produced By:
moneytalks on 18 Oct 2007
Category: Real Estate
Description: According to the National Association of (more...) Realtors, last year Americans bought nearly 2 million homes not to live in, but for investment. Will all the new landlords be ready? Money reporter Stacy Johnson has some tips to make sure they are. (less)
52. Fundamental Analysis and The US Economy
Produced By:
InformedTrades on 30 Jan 2008
Category: Credit & Debt
Description: http://www.informedtrades.com/
A (more...) lesson on the basics of fundamental analysis, the top down and bottom up, and the US Economy for traders of the stock, futures, and forex markets.
there are two ways that traders analyze the markets which are known as technical analysis and fundamental analysis. As I also mentioned in that lesson while most people who buy and sell over the short term focus on technical analysis and most people who buy and sell over the long term focus on fundamental analysis, in my opinion both technical traders, fundamental traders, and investors can all benefit from at least having an understanding of both types of analysis even if they prefer one or the other as their primary tool they use to make their trading decisions.
While technical analysis focuses solely on the analysis of historical price action, fundamental analysis focuses on everything else including things such as the overall state of the economy, interest rates, production, earnings, and management. When analyzing a stock, currency or commodity using fundamental analysis there are two basic approaches one can use which are known as bottom up analysis and top down analysis. Bottom up analysis very simply means looking at the details such, as earnings if we are talking about a stock, first and then working one's way up to the larger picture by looking at things such as the industry of the company who's stock you are trading and then finally the overall economic picture. Top down analysis on the other hand means looking at the big picture things such as the economy first and then working one's way down to the details such as earnings if we are talking about a stock.
While there is some debate about which method is best my personal preference is for Top Down analysis and since by starting this way we can start with the things that apply to all markets and not just the stock market this is how we will start.
The first thing that it is important to understand from a fundamental standpoint is what the economic situation is as it affects the financial instrument you are trading. As I am based in the US and the US is the World's largest economy this is what I am going to talk about, however most of the things I discuss here apply in a broad sense to any economy. When we begin to discuss the foreign exchange market in later lessons we will go into specific details of the other major and emerging market economies from around the world.
According to Investopedia.com the definition of an Economy is 'the large set of inter-related economic production and consumption activities which aid in determining how scarce resources are allocated. The economy encompasses everything relating to the production and consumption of goods and services in an area'
People often refer to the US Economy as a capitalist or free market economy. A capitalist or free market economy in its most basic sense is one in which the production and distribution of goods and services is done primarily by private (non government) companies and the price for those goods is set by the free market. This is in contrast to a socialist or planned economy where production and distribution of goods and services as well as the pricing of those goods and services is handled by the government. (less)
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Duration: 07:41
47. Why Position Sizing is So Important in Trading
Produced By:
InformedTrades on 22 Jan 2008
Category: Creating Wealth
Description: http://www.informedtrades.com/
A (more...) lesson on why position sizing is one of the most important aspects to consider when trading the stock, futures and forex markets.
So far in the lessons leading up to this one we have covered some of the different methods traders use to pick their entry points, as well as some of the different methods which traders use to set their exit points. In this lesson we are going to look at the factor which ties all of the above together and allows a trader the greatest control over their returns: Position Sizing.
While position sizing is one of the Key components of successful trading, like many of the other things we have covered, it is often overlooked as an unimportant aspect of trading. What successful traders know however is that once the psychology of trading is mastered and a trader has developed a sound strategy for picking their entry and exit points, it is the method they use to determine the size of the positions they trade that is the final factor which will lead to their success or failure.
To help illustrate this lets say that three traders are each given $10,000 and the same EUR/USD Mini Forex strategy to trade which has a win rate of 60% (makes a profit on 6 out of 10 trades) and makes an average profit on winning trades over the long term of 100 Points. On the losing side, this same system has a lose rate of 40% (takes a loss on 4 out of 10 trades) and takes an average loss on those trades of 90 points.
So here we have a trading strategy that has more winning trades on average than it does losing trades, as well as a strategy that when it does lose it loses less than what it does when it wins. I think most traders including myself would take that system any day of the week.
So we give these traders each this system and tell them to come back to us after 10 trades and show their results. As the system is the same for all traders, when they bring us back the trading results of their systems the entry points and exit points for each trade is going to be the same, leaving them only the position size as the factor that they can tweak.
As they are trading mini EUR/USD forex contracts the value of a 1 point move is $1 per contract traded. With this in mind after 10 trades the system produces the following results: (less)
401K Strategy
Produced By:
moneytalks on 15 Aug 2007
Category: Personal Finance
Description: If you're throwing a few bucks in the (more...) company 401k, that's a great way to save, but we'll tell you how to earn even more for your retirement. (less)
Views: 21
Comments: 0
Duration: 01:28
Investing For Beginners: Do I Need To Be Wealthy To Invest In Real Estate?
Produced By:
realestateinvesting09 on 16 Sep 2009
Category: Real Estate
Description: http://www.myrealestateinvestmentsecrets.com (more...) Investing For Beginners: Do I Need To Be Wealthy To Invest In Real Estate? The video basically answers the investing for beginners question "Do I Need To Be Wealthy To Invest In Real Estate?". Find out the secrets why this is just pure myth and how you can get a copy of a real estate investment course that can jump start your real estate investing career. http://www.myrealestateinvestmentsecrets.com
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