Foreign Exchange News, Analysis, Education for Currency Traders
September 2014
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Iraqi Dinar, is it a good investment?
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GETTING TO KNOW YOUR PLATFORM
TOP 5 MYTHS ABOUT TRADING THE FOREX MARKET
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Pertaining to common myths about currency trading.
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WOLRD CURRENCY NEWS Iraqi Dinar, is it a good investment?
Why currency trading can be better than stock trading
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We devote in this section the understanding of the most used
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Allow me to help draw a line between trading in the Forex Market and trading in the stock market. There are some similarities but there are some differences as well. Below is a series of differences that could help you start thinking about looking into the Forex Market as an active trader.
TRADING HOURS
Both the stock market and the Forex market open and close at different times. This alone is a huge advantage. For example, most stock markets operate for 8 hours, and then close until the next morning when it reopens. Trading times for the New York Stock Exchange are 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. In contrast, there is no downtime in Forex trading. Forex markets operate 24hours a day in 3 shifts, throughout the entire year, choosing between the US, Asian or Europeans Forex trading hours. One can trade currency day or night.
Forex, unlike the stock markets, are not geographically tied down. It is in fact considered
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over-the-counter
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exchange. It can be conducted on a location best suited to the demand and convenience
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of the trader. On the other hand, stock markets are centralized. This means that it is located mainly in one place like New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in where all trades are entered or exited.
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WHY CURRENCY TRADING CAN BE BETTER THAN STOCK TRADING?
FINANCIAL FRICTION
The stock market always requires a middleman, which results in additional fees. Every time a stock is bought and sold, a middleman such as a broker or some other entity is always standing between buyer and seller. They make money just to facilitate the trade. That is not the case with Forex trading. In the Forex market, a trader can buy or sell directly by spot trading because the Forex market is not centralized. Forex brokers in comparison to stock brokers are compensated by the spread without additional commission.
TRADING SPEED
In stock markets a trader has to get his order to the trading floor, and from there, it
still takes several
minutes to be executed.
In Forex markets, a trader can use programs to automatically execute a Forex trade on a Forex trading signal. This makes Forex trading almost instantaneous. The bottom line is that you execute trades faster and there are no waiting times whatsoever.
COMPLEXITY When you think about it, the currency trading boils down to tracking just a few major currency pairs. By comparison, in the stock market there are thousands of stocks available to trade making research and technical analysis quite daunting. The name of the game is to be consistently profitable year after year.
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TOP MYTHS
ABOUT TRADING THE FOREX MARKET
I get questions all the time pertaining to common myths about currency trading. Here are some top myths that I wanted to share with you.
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I need a special license to trade currency
No license what so ever is required to start trading. Anyone over 18 years old can open up an account with a currency broker and start trading.
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You need large investment for Forex trading
There was a time when forex trading was allowed for only banks and large fund managers. That time has come to an end with advance internet and online trading concept. Now a day, you can open a forex trading account with as little as $50. As forex brokers allow high margin ratio, you can trade big size with a small investment. But you should be careful about using high margin or leverage as it carries a high risk beside high profitability. Almost every forex broker offers demo accounts. You can open a demo account without any deposit.
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The main requirement to be successful in Forex is a self-discipline and money management. There are many traders that make consistent profits with rather simple and old strategies.
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Nobody watches the market constantly. Each trader conducts his transactions when he sees the opportunity, at the time most suitable to him.
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The forex market is rigged
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In order to earn in Forex, you need to monitor the market 24hours a day, without losing time to eat and sleep.
Of course, at the time when he is resting or being busy with something else, he might miss a profitable opportunity. But that is something that might happen to anyone, even to the most expert trader. In addition, each person differs from another. Some people spend 2 hours per day on trading, while others spend every walking minute on their computer screen. It is also important to note, that not even the most experienced professional can accurately predict at any time where the price will go. A skilled and successful trader is the one who chooses to make his transactions only in times when currency movement is well predictable.
Sometimes you might hear a trader complaining that the market is against them. Every trade they make is a losing one. They blame the broker, the interbank, the government, the timing. The truth is this: foreign exchange rates change often and are too volatile to be rigged. Forex trading is not for the faint-hearted. Blaming everyone but yourself for bad trades will prevent you from learning and growing as a trader. The only person responsible for your poor trade performance is you. Franics Reyes & Robert Osorio, Forex Experts
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After the Iraq war, many people
and the vast resources of oil
difference
saw in the Iraqi dinar as a good
that Iraq has augmented this
creating even more division
opportunity for investment.
scenario.
and confusion inside the Iraqi
After all, history has shown
The problem that many people
government. And now we are
that after a country establishes
over looked was that; Iraq had
seeing the result of this chaos;
a new government; it opens
a very big internal problem.
the uprising of the different
doors to do business and the
Iraq has many factions that
factions boosted by the help
local currency does tend to
expected a more influential
of countries that want to have
appreciate against others. In
role in the new government,
their hands in the vast oil
this case, the influence of the
and hoped that their people
reserves, and the worrisome
US and its involvement with
could have a voice and an
of the international countries
Iraq could create a perfect
improvement in their quality
where they see the inevitable,
environment for the currency
of life.
This didn’t happen,
the end of Iraq and the
to appreciate at a fast pace,
and more and more their
beginning of a new countries.
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WORLD CURRENCY NEWS
The Iraqi Dinar, is it a good investment?
The problem that many people over looked was that; Iraq had a very big internal problem. Iraq has many factions that expected a more influential role in the new government, and hoped that their people could have a voice and an improvement in their quality of life. This didn’t happen, and more and more their difference were shown; creating even more division and confusion inside the Iraqi
where they see the inevitable, the end of Iraq and the beginning of a new countries. So where did the Iraqi Dinar became so popular as an investment? Why so many people were sold on the idea that by buying the Iraqi currency could lead them to become millionaires? A few years back, a plethora of “investment” companies that
after the war, the Vietnamese Dong appreciated at a fast pace, and people that have large quantities of the currency found themselves with a large wealth. That was the promise being made, that by investing small or large amounts of money, usually between $100 to a $1000 or even more, they will see a return that will boost their wealth to the sky. Of course, the catch was they have to wait for several years, and they would find themselves with a currency that even banks today label it as of high risk.
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Although most of these investment companies knew the risks; their goal of course was to make the money in the exchange of pennies, sell high buy low. Transactions where sky high, and they were moving the currency like hot commodities.
government. And now we are seeing the result of this chaos; the uprising of the different factions boosted by the help of countries that want to have their hands in the vast oil reserves, and the worrisome of the international countries artofforex.org
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sold new opportunities to their investors, came out with this new investment opportunity with a promise of great results. Their selling pitch was a historical event in the 1970’s, the Vietnam war. They reference that event, where
I was asked plenty of times in a 2 year period if the dinar was a good investment, that if I saw this currency as a possibility of a good return. More and more I try to explain that they needed to do their due diligence, and to get more knowledgable with the social political environment following the news closely if they wanted to go that route. 12
When making an investment,
Additionally
you need to
no case where the dinar could
there are several things to take
create and evaluate the ROI
appreciate at the rate promise.
in consideration. You need to
based in true results and not
At the present moment, the
research the macroeconomics
on something that people
dinar is sitting at a point
of the country, you need to
sells, and the most important
where it could disappear or
see the different factors like
thing is to quantify your risks.
depreciate even more.
unemployment, imports and
In the dinar case.
exports, the country interest
The major factors on why
As you can see on the chart,
rates, the way the central bank
this is not a good investment
the dinar is sitting at a range
is handling internal affairs,
are very simple. There is no
that has been there for the past
retail sales, industrial output
socio-political
5 years, and the technicals
and of course the socio-
established,
there
political environment . All of
agreement
between
this is call the Fundamental
factions in Iraq, and there is
Analysis.
environment is
no
are pointing to a depreciation
the
rather than to a appreciation.
Also the technical
analysis of the country and the currency, is vital to make
So, if anyone comes and suggest the dinar as a great
a clear and concise decision.
investment where your $100 can become a “million� in
When people get involve in the
a very short time, do your research, study the currency,
currency market, the previous
read the news and evaluate your consequences. At the
analysis mention is require, in addition there are two other
same time, I raise a warning with the Vietnam Dong.
more analysis that you have to take into consideration.
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