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This year I visited ShowFx World in Kiev and I would like to tell you about the speech of Tom Hugard, one of the most successful traders in a very large hedge fund. I should point out right away that in this article I'm going to quote his words as I understood them for myself. I've realized once again that success in trading is determined by psychology, not by strategy. It's nice to hear another confirmation of my opinion from the lips of a professional of such a level. *The slides used in this article are taken from the author's presentation. Principles of 2% successful traders The first, most important principle that guides successful traders, is to buy the strong and discount the weak. What is this...
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What is a futures? Futures (futures contracts) is a derivative security (derivative) which is an agreement to set conditions for buying or selling a standard quantity of a certain asset at a certain time in the future, at a price set at the time of the transaction. There is a rule that there should be at least two working days between setting the terms of the transaction and its execution, otherwise the transaction is considered to be immediate. Why are futures contracts needed? Futures have three general purposes: the most important purpose of futures in general is to determine the price of an instrument. The applied meaning for market players can be one of two (or a combination): insurance against financial risks, i.e., hedging...
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What is a sideways trend (neutral) is also called a "flat" trend. A sideways trend reflects a stage in the development of the value of securities and other assets when price fluctuations are very small over a fairly long period of time. Most often, it occurs due to uncertainty in general world trends. A sideways trend is opposed to an uptrend or a downtrend. In technical analysis, a neutral trend is identified by a sideways channel. How to recognize and identify a neutral trend? The signs of a neutral trend or a flat on the price chart are price highs and lows, which are located approximately at the same level. A neutral trend on the price chart of a currency pair, as well as other types of trends,...
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What is a shelter currency? A sanctuary currency is a slang exchange term that defines a currency as a means of hedging or temporarily preserving assets during crises or increased volatility in the markets. Which currencies qualify as safe haven currencies? A safe haven currency is the currency of the country with the most stable economy and often a low interest rate. Historically this role has been played by the Swiss franc and Japanese yen as well as gold as the most liquid instrument in the market. Other articles on Forex Currency Types: Refuge and Commodity Currencies Forex Fundamental Analysis: Forex Features Worth Watching Hedging: Effective Insurance Against Trading Risks Interest Rates: Risk-free Returns
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Hotkeys are present in almost all modern computer programs, allowing the user to greatly accelerate their work. The MetaTrader 4 trading terminal is no exception and it has more built-in hotkeys than you can imagine. Hot keys moving through the price chart Let's start with the most common keys - "Up", "Down", "Right", "Left". They can be used to easily move on a price chart: "Up" or "Left" keys move the chart to the left; "Down" or "Right" keys move the chart to the right. Using these keys will replace the usual scrolling of the mouse wheel that most traders use to move on the chart. For faster movement you can use...
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What is equity? Equity is one of the trading account indicators representing the amount of free funds on the trader's deposit, i.e. the funds that can be used for trading. Calculation of equity is carried out according to the following formula: Equity = balance + floating profit - floating loss. Positions opened by the client at the moment of calculation of equity are taken into account. For example, the trader has a deposit of $1,000, on which there are 2 open transactions. On one transaction the current loss is $50, on the second transaction the current profit is $75. Equity will be equal to $1000 +75 - 50 = $1,025. Note that equity is...
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In the world of financial markets, the modern trader is increasingly using trading robots, entrusting money management to a cold-blooded program. However, many traders note that the results of EA trading in the real market differ significantly from the results of testing on historical data, and in a negative way. Often, due to the above-mentioned reason, the traders blame the broker for a special "faking" of the market situation in order to lose the deposit in real conditions. In order to dot all the "I "s and cross all the "t "s, let us analyze why the results of testing and trading by Expert Advisors are not always identical and see how to configure the test trading robot in such a way as to reduce the difference in the results. №1. Taking into Consideration Slippage and Spread Extension In the Strategy Tester completely...
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PTMC trading platform - for all markets As we know, in the market of trading platforms there are a huge number of different solutions that can perfectly fit only one market: Forex, stock market, derivatives market (futures and options). Simultaneous provision of trading access to all markets is a difficult task for companies and sometimes even expensive for a trader. Those solutions that do provide access to different markets are also not without drawbacks, which can manifest not only in the significant consumption of PC system resources, but also in the elementary lack of flexible settings of the interface for different tasks and requirements of the trader. The PTMC trading terminal is not only advantageously different...
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As a coach I cooperate with a small financial company, a professional participant of the securities market, which, among other things, provides trust management of clients' money. We have one trader, let's call him Mikhail, who for quite a long time showed very good, and most importantly stable results on a mini-account (about 3000 $). He was able to consistently bring his account up to about 5 000$ for a few months, and then withdrew 2 000 $ and started over again, repeating his success over and over again. In the end, we all agreed that Michael has abilities and skills of a trader. After examining his statement, we saw a certain stability: a good equity curve,...
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A temporary trend reversal (correction, pullback) is a temporary reversal of an established trading trend during the so-called moments of overbought and oversold market, when traders and investors decide to fix already profitable positions, since the activity of the initial movement has greatly decreased. Usually such a temporary reversal or correctional movement accounts for half or a third of the main movement. After that, the main trend movement regains its strength, recovers the pullback and strengthens, allowing the trader who caught the movement to make a significant profit. How to trade on a trend reversal and correction? Trading on a temporary trend reversal can be associated with large losses. It is not for nothing that the market says "The trend is a friend". Correction movement can...
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What is monetary policy? Monetary policy (MP) is also known as the monetary policy of the state and is a set of measures that are taken by the Central Bank of the country by influencing the state of credit and money circulation. These measures are a way to regulate business activity, create favorable economic conditions for citizens' living and doing business, strengthen the national currency rate, and maintain stability in the country and sustainability of the balance of payments. What are the objectives of monetary policy? The objectives of the state's monetary policy are: Regulating inflation Achieving full employment Regulating the growth rate of the economy Timely response to cyclical fluctuations in the economy Ensuring stability and regulating the balance of payments What are the instruments of monetary policy? The main instruments of monetary policy are...
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Almost every dealing center and broker has a group in the list of instruments, which is called CFD. With CFD on commodities and goods, everything is less clear, but CFD on stocks are less popular. This article is written in order to make this type of trading instruments more understandable for ordinary traders. It will be mostly written in a dictionary format with accessible explanations for traders with different level of training. Also, I will try to indicate the original English terms in brackets, because they are more universal and you will often come across them when working with CFD stocks. I will not make long introductions, we will go straight to the subject. CFD is absolutely...
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What is a trading plan, why do I need one and how do I make one? A trader's trading plan can be as simple or as complex as you want. Of course, a plan that is too simple is not informative enough to successfully implement key rules and/or strategies during each trading session. Conversely, if the plan is too complicated, it will be difficult for you to stick to it, and you may eventually give up using it altogether. Therefore, you need to think through the best option so that it is not time-consuming, while being detailed enough for self-analysis. The main task of a trading plan is to keep you calm and relaxed during...
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Despite the variety of all possible trading terminals, the MetaTrader 4 platform is still the most popular tool for trading on the foreign exchange market. The interface of the MetaTrader 4 trading platform is intuitive and does not require any special education. Nevertheless, the seemingly simple things sometimes cause questions for beginner traders. To assess your trading account or make a decision to open or close a position, you need to constantly monitor the main indicators of your account. The MetaTrader 4 terminal has five such indicators: Balance, Funds, Collateral or Margin, Free or Free Margin, and Level. These indicators are available in the Terminal tab. Let's take a closer look at what each...
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How to become consistently successful in trading? To answer this question we must first understand what makes millions of traders unsuccessful - what makes them lose money? What prevents them from analyzing the market and placing orders correctly? Why they succumb to fear, gambling and abandon the rules of trading strategy and capital management? In this article you will learn how the science of human brain - neurobiology - explains these processes, what happens on the subconscious level and who intercepts the control of our behavior. What does a trader think? So, let's begin. The first thing worth knowing is "what we think. Where, in our head, does market analysis and decision making take place...
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Articles in the economic media are full of the word "default," and the average reader with no economic education gets the impression that default is at least the local end of the world. And there is a widespread desire to urgently exchange the dollars (euros, Mexican pesos or Mongolian tugriks) stashed away for something that this "terrible default" will not touch. Let's find out what "default" really means. There are no shortage of defaults in the world First of all, we should note that the term "default" (Default) means any refusal to fulfill a debt obligation. In fact, default is the worst kind of bankruptcy. However...
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I recently had a chance to talk to a trader who said he had a goal to increase his trading deposit from 150,000 to 250,000 rubles in about two months. The markets were kind to him, and he reached his goal even a few days earlier than planned. Now he has replenished the deposit, increasing it to 500,000 rubles. Lack of experience - the main problem of beginners His new goal is 1 000 000 rubles by the end of this year. Something tells me that this goal is unlikely to be achieved. The fact is that this guy is a rookie. He got to know the market only a few months ago, and so far...
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The National Bank of the Republic of Belarus (NBRB) is the central bank as well as a state body of the Republic of Belarus. It acts to ensure and develop reliable and efficient functioning of the payment and banking system of Belarus, to ensure and protect the stability of the Belarusian ruble, and acts exclusively in the interests of the country. It is located in Minsk, the capital of the country. History of the NBRB The bank was founded by the Council of People's Commissars in 1922 as the Belarusian Republican Bank. Soon it became subordinated to the State Bank of the USSR. The bank was reorganized in 1959 and 1987, and in its present form it appeared in 1990. Functions of the National Bank of the Republic of Belarus In the process of accomplishing its tasks, the NBRB performs three main...
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In spite of the fact that scalping is one of the most technically and psychologically difficult types of trading, it has long enjoyed well-deserved popularity. Naturally, EA developers have not missed scalping either. Nowadays lots of free and paid scalper robots based on different principles and trading strategies are available to traders. Some advisors trade only at certain hours, some trade all the time. Some EAs work better and some work worse. However, as a rule, a scalping Expert Advisor shows profit for a certain period, after which there is a period of slack and a series of trades with losses. The implementation of scalping strategies in Expert Advisors often reaches the absurdity, which leads to...
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Options are growing in popularity among investors as hedging instruments for various asset classes, such as stocks and currencies. Panic in financial markets forces investors to look for attractive ways to allocate their portfolios and opportunities to earn on downtrends. Therefore, let's talk about options in more detail. Option - is a financial instrument, which gives the holder the right, but not obliged, to buy or sell the underlying asset at a stated price on or before the expiration date. There are 2 main types of options: Put option (put) gives the holder the right to sell the asset. It is purchased when the investor believes that the value of the asset will decrease before the expiration date. A call option...
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