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Japanese Candlestick Patterns Explained

January 20th, 2009

Japanese Candlesticks are the oldest form of technical analysis. It is a system that has been used since the 1700s to trade. In the beginning, it was used to trade and analyze rice trading. Over the centuries it has become used for many other analyses including but not limited to securities, options, and Forex.

Japanese candlestick charts display market sentiment like no other form of charting can. With candlestick charts you have basically 2 moving parts. (If you will.) The real body, can be full or hallow, and the wicks or shadows can be long or short, or gone – either way, together you get a nice picture of price action today, or over a period of time.

A high is marked by the top of the upper shadow or a wick. It indicates the highest point of the day in trading. The low is marked by the bottom of the lower shadow. If a security closes higher than it opened, then a hollow body is drawn. The top line of the body itself would indicate the close and the bottom line of the body would indicate the open. If a security closes lower than the opening price, then a filled body is drawn with the top line indicating the opening and the lower one indicating the close. (See below.)

Candlestick charting is much more intuitive than any other form of chart reading once you learn some basics. A candlestick pattern can reveal price action relative to the past better than any other form of charting available. Not only do you get instant insight into current price action, but also that action relative to the past.

Different body sizes represent the distance between open and close. A longer hallow body represents a nice bullish candlestick where the close is higher than the open. A longer filled or black body represents a nice bearish session / day where the close is much lower than the open. In the flip side short bodies represent a close and open relatively close to each other.

Another characteristic would be a hollow or filled body with no shadows. These are called Marubozu or black & white. A white Marubozu would occur when the open equals the low and the close equals the high. A black Marubozu would occur when the open equals the high and the close equals the low.

A long or short shadow with a short body are called spinning tops. Spinning tops represent indecision. The short body indicates that there was little change in the trading and the long shadows indicate there was a lot of activity with both bulls and bears. However it also indicates that neither buyer nor seller could get the upper hand, resulting in somewhat of a standoff.

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January 20th, 2009 16:42:45

Automated Forex System Trading

January 16th, 2009

Author: Taipan

Article: Automated forex system trading is written about on the Internet quite a lot. The problem is that most of these forex trading systems work fine in back testing market movements but fall short when it comes to profitability trading real money in volatile forex markets.

However, a limited number of automatic trading systems use new technology and due to the continued efforts of their developers keep on improving all of the time. There is now an automated forex system trading robot that is capable of doubling your money every few weeks provided you retain your trading discipline and don’t use too much leverage. Of course, the same old cautions about speculative trading still apply. You should only risk true risk capital in the forex market no matter how well you expect a trading system to work. Sometimes systems work great for quite some time. Then the markets suddenly change and the forex systems stop working as they are now trading yesterday’s markets.

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Most forex trading robots base their “proof” of success on nearly worthless back testing. Sure they can show great results as the past price action is known and in back testing the robot can be tweaked to fit the market. The serious question is what the robots can do for you in the future with always changing market conditions.

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January 16th, 2009 10:16:53

Forex Trading – Unique Investing

December 18th, 2008

Forex trading is a unique opportunity in the investing world. In forex you have control over where and what your money does, you cant control the market but you can sit from your home computer and make split second decisions that could increase your account right then. There is risk in forex just like any other business, you are never entirely sure that your trade will be positive. There are however methods you can use to ensure you win more then you lose.

A forex course is vital to you forex education. Without a good course your forex education is going to suffer and your bank account will take the brunt of the consequences. Forex trading is risky and so with out a course you are basically just gambling away your money. Forex is risky because with great potential comes great risk, no great man though enter life without a risk or two.

There is no better security for your money then a good education. That good education starts with the right forex course, and a determination. Dont underestimate the power of a determined student in an effective course. Miracles can happen when you teach a determined man to fish. There are many concepts and ideas you will find in your forex course that will teach you to earn money. Is there a better thing to study? Something that will directly make you money.

No one would enter into a business opportunity without fully understanding the scope of the business plans, the future risks and the future payouts. Forex is like a business, when you understand the business plan and the skills necessary to succeed you are then prepared to earn money. If you look at forex like a business opportunity it will change how you study and how determined you are. It makes sense to be dedicated to something that directly makes you money.

Forex can be an exciting and rewarding field to study because unlike business you are the one that controls the decisions. You dont have to get it approved through a partner, you dont have to fill out reams of paperwork, it is your business to run the way you would like. Learn forex and get a good course and you will be excited about investing again. Forex trading could be more profitable to you than any other investment strategy, if you buckle down and learn the techniques.

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December 18th, 2008 10:40:33