Currency market
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Trading lot on the currency market is a unit of measurement of the volume of trading instruments. The standard lot means 100 thousand units of currency. That is, a long position of 1 lot on the euro/dollar pair implies the purchase of 100 thousand euros for dollars, and a short position of 2 lots on the currency pair USD/CAD - the sale of 200 thousand dollars in exchange for Canadian currency. Similar to the stock exchange, trading lot on the currency market is a standard contract size. It is worth noting that standard lots are not used in interbank practice. Banks sell and buy currency in any volume, that's why the very concept of "trading lot" is relevant only for .....
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Every trader sooner or later comes across the concept of leverage, margin, and collateral. And, having penetrated into the essence of the question, traders are divided into two camps. The first one associates high leverage with the inevitable loss of deposit. The others consider this tool useful, moreover, they connect it with the possibility of diversification due to small margin and good stock of free funds. There are other pluses as well as minuses. Shall we try to understand? What is a leverage? To begin with, let us answer the question: what is leverage? Leverage is a leverage, which increases the amount of money a trader gives as collateral to open and maintain a position. In doing so, the broker's role is to provide...
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One of the first rules of trading on the currency market, which is persistently put in the trader's head, is the obligatory placement of a stop-loss order to limit his possible loss if the price goes in the opposite direction to the open trade. There is no doubt that one of the most important qualities of a trader is the ability to manage his losses - this is the direct purpose of StopLoss order. What is StopLoss What is a Stop Loss Order for? How Stop Loss Order Works How to set Stop Loss Order in MetaTrader 4 Technical Rules for Setting a Stop Loss Order How to Calculate the Size of a Stop Loss Order What is Breakeven and How to Use it What is Trailing Stop Loss or Trailing...
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Successful trading of a trader consists of a huge number of factors. Even if we assume that a trader always feels comfortable in the market (psychological component) and has all the knowledge and skills of risk planning, it turns out that it is not enough to get profit on permanent basis. Confidence and emotional stability must go hand in hand with deep understanding of all market processes, and since the market is multifaceted and changeable, a successful trader always has a reference point, knows where he is and what to do in any given situation. Of course, just knowing all market indicators or trading episodes alone will not make a trader successful, however, it is this factor that will determine the effectiveness...
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Some time ago we published some lessons on trading with Ishimoku indicator by Andrew Lukin, the links to which you can find below. Today we will return to this topic, refresh our memory and try to answer some questions related to practical application of the rules of these lessons. This article is written in the form of a question-answer, but to fully understand the essence of the subject we recommend to take a look at the literacy on the Ishimoku indicator. Lessons on Yishimoku: the indicator, its components and basic signals Trading with the Yishimoku: the cloud, its purpose and trading signals Lessons on Yishimoku: market entry and stop orders Trading with the Yishimoku indicator: the Chinkou Span...
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Gap is the so-called "gap" of quotations on the trading chart, which can occur when there is a very rapid, sharp change in trading prices. A gap is shown as a strong "jump" of the trading price in any direction, as a result of which there is a noticeable gap between the closing levels of one period and the opening of the next. Gap can be observed only using a trading chart display mode - bars or Japanese candlesticks. The occurrence of Gap More often Gap can be seen after the weekend, when after the Friday's closure, the opening of the trading day on Monday on some currency pair strongly differs from the previous one. Clearly, it looks like a "gap" in price. The point is that on the weekend, the exchanges...
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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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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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The industry in CIS countries belongs to one of the poorly regulated segments of financial markets. The temporary absence of clear and understandable normative-legal base, regulating the activity of brokerage companies, alas, still generates many claims to brokers. Such a situation has led to the creation of unofficial organizations, which activity is somehow or other aimed to regulate the foreign exchange market. One of them is The Financial Commission. It should be understood that The Financial Commission, in fact, is not a full-fledged regulator because its functions and objectives are aimed at resolving a narrow range of problems and its ability to exert pressure on the participants in case of disputes is limited by a voluntarily accepted agreement. Official data Full name: The Financial Commission Official...
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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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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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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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One of the key qualities possessed by people who are successful in a wide variety of fields is the ability to take full responsibility for all actions, actions and results, for every step in life. It is well known that only a very small percentage of traders actually become successful. To be among them, you need to work hard - on your discipline and psychology, risk management and trading plan, overcome your fears and greed, learn to manage your emotions. All of this requires an enormous desire, a willingness to keep moving forward after losses, a desire to change your old habits. And this is impossible without learning to take responsibility for the trading process and for...
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In recent years, there are more and more people who want to try their hand as an investor in various financial markets, including the FOREX currency market. But, nevertheless, despite the appearance of new teaching methods, and despite the increase of the professional level of teachers themselves, I cannot help noticing that the most frequent mistakes among the beginners are passed on from year to year. In this article I want to analyze in detail what prevents new traders-investors to become successful at last. And to give some advice based on my life experience. Mistake 1: lack of knowledge So, let's start from the beginning. The first and most important mistake: the lack of the necessary base...
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In this article we will discuss the work with the mobile terminal MetaTrader 4 and 5. For example, let's take the installation of the application for android, which will be about the same as the first launch of MT4 on iOS on iPhone or iPad. Our life is becoming more and more remote from home computers, so this instruction will help you navigate the trading process on your mobile device. To install the MT4 mobile terminal on your device, you should first of all go to the Play Store and enter "MetaTrader" in the search box. From the list of applications found, select the one signed by MetaQuotes Software Corp. (as a rule, the first one in the list) and go to...
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Candlestick analysis of the currency market has been popular for over 200 years. Invented by the Japanese, it confirms its effectiveness today and therefore is in demand by traders. Candlestick patterns are a combination of market bars from 1 to 5, which predict further market movement. How to trade using candlestick analysis? When trading using candlestick patterns, known as candlestick analysis, you don't need anything but a streaming chart. The market indicators are the bars and their formations. This is especially useful for long term trading on higher timeframes when it is necessary to look into the terminal only once a day. Using the candlestick analysis in trading is quite simple - you just need to know...
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Everyone has heard about the "shale revolution" and the "shale boom" in the United States, but few people have any idea what shale oil is, how it is produced, or whether it is such a threat to "classic" oil. Types of shale oil Shale oil is a mineral and, like "classic" oil, is formed from organic residues that have fallen under the influence of certain geological factors. The modern energy industry distinguishes between two types of shale oil depending on how it is produced: Tight Oil This type of oil consists of light fractions and is found in reservoirs with low permeability, which is the reason for its name. Tight oil is produced by hydraulic fracturing and drilling...
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Looking for a trader - sections with such ads are present in almost all forums and specialized sites. - the most liquid market in the world. In spite of the fact that the risks in it are an order of magnitude greater than in classical investment, the flip side of the medal is a high yield, which cannot be compared to the income on bank deposits, dividends on securities, and so on. It is quite natural that many investors, who know about , but have no desire or opportunity to trade on their own, place ads looking for traders. Looking for a trader - a classic business model Ads like "Looking for a trader" are the implementation of the classic business model "customer-executor. In fact, we are dealing with trust management on...
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