http://www.financealley.com en-us editorial@financealley.com China is making business headlines everywhere we look. It has the largest population, the fastest growing economy, the biggest export/import imbalance, most imposing foreign reserves. And, by many accounts, the most undervalued currency, which is, in par... http://www.financealley.com/article_604613_77.html 20th August 2008 The explosion of over the counter Forex trading led to increased competition on part of brokers. Over last few years trade execution has become much better, spreads went down and trading platforms have seen dramatic improvement in performance and functio... http://www.financealley.com/article_598582_77.html 14th August 2008 There is a lot of ways to trade Forex market. Some people are attracted to participate in it because of its long lasting primary trends. Others like large leverage available. Others still might like 24 hour nature of this markets, while yet another ano... http://www.financealley.com/article_591063_77.html 26th July 2008 With oil prices seemingly reaching new highs daily, a lot of Forex market participants have been trying to use this fact as a proxy for currency trading. General consensus is that some national currencies are correlated, to some degree, to major commod... http://www.financealley.com/article_583760_77.html 22nd July 2008 Popularity of Forex trading is bringing hundreds, if not thousands, of new traders into the markets every day. Most of these new participants are introduced to currencies because they purchased a trading book, course or some other tool which promises t... http://www.financealley.com/article_577381_77.html 16th July 2008 With financial markets in turmoil, press is full of speculation regarding US dollar and Euro. A lot of coverage is given to unprecedented commodities boom, especially record prices for oil and grains. Precious and industrial metals also draw a lot of atte... http://www.financealley.com/article_567212_77.html 01st July 2008 For a number of years US economy has enjoyed a relatively low inflation rate. According to official statements, annualized inflation over last decade or so has been in very low single digits. Depending on the source and method of calculation, the rate ha... http://www.financealley.com/article_561206_77.html 23rd June 2008 The carry trade is an investment strategy involving basic arbitrage between interest rates. Any Forex transaction comprises of simultaneously selling one currency and buying another. Object of the carry trade is to sell a currency with a low interest rate... http://www.financealley.com/article_556675_77.html 17th June 2008 Very quietly and almost unnoticed by financial media in US , the European Central Bank has reached an important milestone - 10 year anniversary. The ECB came into being June 1, 1998, as 11 European countries drew closer to merging their currencies. The Eu... http://www.financealley.com/article_551993_77.html 06th June 2008 Federal Reserve Bank's role as a market stabilizing force has been taken to new highs over last few months. In the aftermath of the "housing market bubble" and "credit crunch", popular media and Wall Street executives were pleading, well, demanding, f... http://www.financealley.com/article_547269_77.html 25th May 2008 Over last few weeks, some of the strongest behaving currencies have experienced measurable corrections against US Dollar. After marking all time highs, Euro pulled back about 700 pips and Swiss Franc bounced almost 1000 pips, Japanese Yen lost 900 pips.... http://www.financealley.com/article_542627_77.html 21st May 2008 We all know that prices of certain products and goods have reached the highest levels ever. Most people notice it daily during trips to a gas station. Four dollar a gallon gasoline certainly draws attention. Everybody is also aware of the fact, that U... http://www.financealley.com/article_532182_77.html 08th May 2008 For years now we have been witnessing, and even participating in, an unprecedented weakness of American Dollar. Since 2001 EUR went from about 0.8200 to 1.5900 last week against USD. That is, Euro almost doubled its value, or Dollar lost about half. This... http://www.financealley.com/article_501360_77.html 01st April 2008 The Forex market is to be regarded as a massive market that involves almost $1 trillion dollars every day; outstanding possibilities are offered to every investor and the Forex trading reviews show that the intrepid private investor is may take full advan... http://www.financealley.com/article_243306_77.html 08th November 2007 Forex currencies are always traded in pairs. For example, EUR/USD, which means Euro over US dollars, would be a typical pair. In this case, the Euro, being the first currency can be called the base currency. The second currency, by default USD, is called ... http://www.financealley.com/article_243131_77.html 08th November 2007 There can be and are whole books written on the topic of money management, but I like to keep things simple so I will just give you a few simple rules that you can follow to implement successful money management in your forex trading.Actually, to make it ... http://www.financealley.com/article_242809_77.html 08th November 2007 DollarDrops.com provides you with the latest information on FOREX related news with the rates, forecasts and background articles. DollarDrops.com is a very useful site which can help you with your online foreign exchange trading and deal with issues like ... http://www.financealley.com/article_237659_77.html 05th November 2007 Who doesn't want to make a quick buck? Or better yet, a cool grand for just about a week of virtually effortless trading in the foreign exchange market? But before you hand over your hard-earned money to that smooth-talking account executive who called yo... http://www.financealley.com/article_225029_77.html 08th October 2007 Who doesn't want to make a quick buck? Or better yet, a cool grand for just about a week of virtually effortless trading in the foreign exchange market? But before you hand over your hard-earned money to that smooth-talking account executive who called yo... http://www.financealley.com/article_225026_77.html 08th October 2007 Historically, central banks of just about every country, used to hold gold as national reserves, or some kind of last resort source of funding. That also was a storage of country's wealth. To some degree it's still true, but is not practical on a large sc... http://www.financealley.com/article_222932_77.html 04th October 2007 Here we are going to look at Forex Scalping methods and how they aim to achieve big consistent profits from day trading regularly and looking to accumulate small profits each day to build huge profits overtime. Let’s look at forex scalping in more detai... http://www.financealley.com/article_222784_77.html 04th October 2007 Over last couple of years there was a lot of discussion in Forex trading circles about Canadian dollar and oil prices. Why? Canada is major producer of oil and with surging oil prices people have been trying to find a correlation and take advantage of it... http://www.financealley.com/article_216348_77.html 21st September 2007 For last few years there has been few, if any, surprises, when it came to FED interest decisions. We enjoyed long a steady period of gradual rate increases, followed by a prolonged time span of no action policy. For most part these outcomes have been expe... http://www.financealley.com/article_214741_77.html 20th September 2007 What role do charts play in forex trading? Are they of any value? Can a retail trader only use charts for trading success? Using the chart for forex trading is the primary analysis tool for the retail trader. This is simply because the fundamental anal... http://www.financealley.com/article_210717_77.html 03rd September 2007 Entire libraries have been written and published on a subject of trading mistakes. Just about every trader with some experience has his own list of pitfalls. They can vary from under capitalization to over leveraging to lack of general market education. W... http://www.financealley.com/article_207589_77.html 28th August 2007 Forex trading can be learned by anyone yet few succeed so what separates winners from losers? While a method is important, so to is the right mindset and here we will look at 3 character traits all the top traders have. 1. Success Comes From Within ... http://www.financealley.com/article_207466_77.html 28th August 2007 Forex swing trading aims to take profits from movements within the major trends and the good news is - it's easy to learn, easy to apply, fun and can be very profitable and perfect for novice traders. Here we are going to show you how to swing trade su... http://www.financealley.com/article_207465_77.html 28th August 2007 How and why do forex prices move? The answer may sound obvious but most traders get the reasons wrong and lose. If you understand the following 3 points, then you will understand more above currency movement and get a head start in your quest for currency... http://www.financealley.com/article_207464_77.html 28th August 2007 Today we have better news resources than ever before to help Forex traders but the fact is most traders fail to use it correctly and lose. Let’s look at Forex fundamental analysis in more detail What is Forex Fundamental analysis? Quite simpl... http://www.financealley.com/article_207463_77.html 28th August 2007 If you are new to Forex trading you may consider day trading but beware of the fact that day traders ALWAYS lose for the following reason: All short-term price volatility is random There are countless millions of traders each day that trade trillion... http://www.financealley.com/article_207461_77.html 28th August 2007 There is one mistake made more often by novice traders than any other. If you make this mistake you will never win and never achieve currency trading success, lets take a closer look at it. The mistake that most novice Forex traders make is: They... http://www.financealley.com/article_207460_77.html 28th August 2007 Forex charts can make you money, technical analysis works and can make your forex trading strategy a success - but it only works if you use your forex charts in the RIGHT way and most traders fail to do this, which sees them make 3 fatal mistakes that cau... http://www.financealley.com/article_207459_77.html 28th August 2007 There are some currencies known in financial circles as “commodities currencies”. Their fortunes seem to be rising an falling in tandem with prices of raw materials. These are the “other dollars” CAD, AUD and, to a smaller degree, NZD. These c... http://www.financealley.com/article_206415_77.html 24th August 2007 Forex trading market is the huge market where, huge number of financial transaction takes place for different kinds of foreign currencies. Forex market enables the customers of the foreign currencies to know about the foreign currency exchange rates. Sinc... http://www.financealley.com/article_205727_77.html 24th August 2007 For those who trade currencies and Yen crosses in particular, last three weeks were truly eventful. We witnessed, or even participated in, very large moves. These kind of of moves were experienced for the first time by most current Forex traders. Why? Cur... http://www.financealley.com/article_203949_77.html 21st August 2007 The Forex market is one of the most fast paced markets and people have managed to make millions through Forex currency trading. Forex trading has tremendous potential to reap huge profits provided you know the right way to do it. Being one of the most pop... http://www.financealley.com/article_203915_77.html 21st August 2007 Many people tend to invest in either Forex trading or stock exchange market but most of them are not really aware of the difference between the two and do not know which is the right investment for them. Options are as well plenty when it comes to investm... http://www.financealley.com/article_202764_77.html 16th August 2007 Have you ever heard of forex commodity trading systems? Forex is an international foreign exchange market. It is one of the best and easiest ways to invest your money. If you are new to investing, then it is the perfect system because you do not have to s... http://www.financealley.com/article_202509_77.html 16th August 2007 Most newcomers to currencies markets are trying to trade it on very short time frames. Seems like everybody wants to focus on 15M and even 5M charts. While it's certainly possible to trade short term moves, and be successful at it, there is number of ser... http://www.financealley.com/article_202501_77.html 16th August 2007 Many people have made a lot of money through Forex trading. Forex trading may appear complicated initially, however once you know the rules of the game it would be become easier to plan your trades. Basically a foreign exchange market is where currencies ... http://www.financealley.com/article_202214_77.html 15th August 2007 Most forex traders think they have to predict where currencies will go next to win but this relies on hope and guessing and the market will kill you – most novice forex traders make this mistake and lose. There is another way and it will make you money ... http://www.financealley.com/article_201880_77.html 14th August 2007 If you are using forex charts then you need to know about the indicators we are about to discuss if you use forex charts and these great indicators you will enhance your profitability - so here they are. Here are your 5 indicators for bigger profits. ... http://www.financealley.com/article_201875_77.html 14th August 2007 The majority of forex traders think it is and make the same errors time and time again and there BASIC. Below I have outlined these errors, avoid them and accept the truth about forex trading and you can win and win big time. First let’s look at the ... http://www.financealley.com/article_201870_77.html 14th August 2007 In the previous article we covered some of general attributes of trading Forex. Those included liquidity, long term trends, availability of information or fundamental news, 24 H access and Forex as a tool for diversification. Here we are going to look at... http://www.financealley.com/article_201127_77.html 14th August 2007 Enclosed we are going to give you a simple tip that many forex traders ignore in their pursuit of profits but if you learn it, you will increase your profit potential and enjoy greater currency trading success. If you want bigger forex profits now the... http://www.financealley.com/article_200081_77.html 10th August 2007 Unfortunately we don’t have that luxury of knowing prices in advance when trading in the real world. The first rule is – no real time track record don’t buy it. 2. Check the logic Make sure you understand why the system is likely to m... http://www.financealley.com/article_200080_77.html 10th August 2007 As like many before you, when you first start trading on the Forex market you will soon realize that a lot of the traders lose money rather than gain. So if you do not want to end up in the same situation as many before you, here are some tips in relation... http://www.financealley.com/article_200063_77.html 10th August 2007 Forex charting is vital to guarantee that you have the latest numbers to make informed evaluations. Charts give the stockholders with readings from the stock market progresses, financier' odds in stocks pick up, since the readings show them the changes in... http://www.financealley.com/article_199570_77.html 09th August 2007 With the easy access to some better known financial instruments, what are the reasons people trade Forex? When a person wants to enter trading arena, one of the most important questions is “What should I trade?”. There is an overwhelming choice ... http://www.financealley.com/article_199212_77.html 08th August 2007 The forex market is the most liquid of today’s exchange, trading in excess of 1.6 trillion dollars daily. This is roughly greater than 5 times the daily trading volume of the U.S. Treasury Bond Market, and 160 times the average daily volume of the U.S. ... http://www.financealley.com/article_199057_77.html 08th August 2007 As the online Forex trading market becomes increasingly saturated and the choice of brokers becomes wider, the decision of which broker to run with becomes increasingly important for the trader. Although the majority of brokers provide the same basic trad... http://www.financealley.com/article_197892_77.html 07th August 2007 Using Forex charts is like being a ships captain at sea: Your charts can help you navigate successfully to port or you can hit the rocks and drown - the choice is yours. It’s the same with forex charts 95% of users drown – Let’s look at common err... http://www.financealley.com/article_197837_77.html 07th August 2007 The biggest myth in forex trading is that you will make money at it, you won't. If you are considering day trading then you need to look at one key fact that will guarantee that you will lose. This is the fact: All short term volatility is random.... http://www.financealley.com/article_197835_77.html 07th August 2007 At the start of this week we gave you four trades and made four profits. We are not going to tell you how clever we are, or were gurus - We are however traders with 25 years experience and here we will share an important forex lesson with you: Trade t... http://www.financealley.com/article_197834_77.html 07th August 2007 This is the best ebook on trading I have read in a very long time. Yes, its title does not betray that the ebook has anything to do with trading, and much less so with trading the Forex market, but it really does. To partially understand the origin of thi... http://www.financealley.com/article_197170_77.html 03rd August 2007 Forex is an abbreviated name for "foreign exchange."  The Forex trading market is an around-the-clock cash market where the currencies of nations are bought and sold, typically via brokers. For example, you buy Euros, paying with U.S. Dollars, or you se... http://www.financealley.com/article_197049_77.html 03rd August 2007 With the present condition majority of the people are showing keen interest to invest their dollars in order to grow it at a faster pace. There is one problem that not too much people are interested in investing as compared they prefer banks. It is no... http://www.financealley.com/article_196766_77.html 03rd August 2007 The basic rule of the Forex trading is maintaining the losses to the minimal as possible. With the small Forex trading failures you can survive those situations where you have faced losses in the market and be well-equipped for the time to come. To pr... http://www.financealley.com/article_196764_77.html 03rd August 2007 The professionals or experts those who were already into this trade are the best people to provide guidance to follow the various aspects of Forex trading. There are professionals those who started earning more as compared to what they were earning throug... http://www.financealley.com/article_196763_77.html 03rd August 2007 Through the method of Forex trading the dealers can earn quick profits and with the changes in the economic conditions the investors get attractive opportunities to invest. Although there are no fixed guidelines for the Forex trading but the specialists h... http://www.financealley.com/article_196761_77.html 03rd August 2007 Many individuals that trade currency use one of the automated forex trading systems that are readily available today. The advances in technology in recent years have enabled trading of all sorts of commodities to break though into the digital era, thus ma... http://www.financealley.com/article_196631_77.html 02nd August 2007 I just made 1000 pips yesterday daytrading the forex market now let me show you how! Does that statement sound familiar to you. It seems these days if you go online everyone and thier grand mother has an amazing new system for daytrading forex. Be... http://www.financealley.com/article_196616_77.html 02nd August 2007 In Search of the Holy Grail Of Forex Trading -- Turning Average People Into Millionaires Using The Retail Forex Market! FOREX - The Largest Market In The World The market for Forex Trading (or Currency Trading as it is often known) is the largest mo... http://www.financealley.com/article_196369_77.html 02nd August 2007 Forex , just like any financial market, is effected by a plethora of factors. Among many influences is economic data. That data is available to the public during economic news releases. Economic data is collected and distributed by numerous of sour... http://www.financealley.com/article_196335_77.html 02nd August 2007 For the past couple of years Forex market has become very famous. It is a common question that how many dealers make it in the Forex trading. Sadly only fiver percent are able to make it. One point can be that Forex dealers are not aware of the right area... http://www.financealley.com/article_196124_77.html 02nd August 2007 There are some questions that how to make money by trading the Forex market? What is the time period in which one becomes able to make living trading Forex market? These two points and other aspects are discussed in the article. Forex market trading has s... http://www.financealley.com/article_196120_77.html 02nd August 2007 If you are a forex trader, you can either trade via fundamental analysis or technical analysis but which is best? Lets compare the advantages and disadvantages of each. Fundamental Analysis Currencies are affected by the fundamentals and these incl... http://www.financealley.com/article_195402_77.html 01st August 2007 If you want to use forex technical analysis, then you will need to look at forex charts to decide where to execute your trading signals. You will of course need to combine indicators to do this – Here we will give you some essential ones, to help yo... http://www.financealley.com/article_195401_77.html 01st August 2007 In forex trading the bulk of traders experience mediocre gains or lose - this applies to 95% of traders. However many traders are closer than they think to achieving bigger gains and the simple tips below can be incorporated in any forex trading strategy ... http://www.financealley.com/article_195400_77.html 01st August 2007 As part of their forex education most new traders consider buying an e-book from a vendor and if you are one of them you need to ask one question: How qualified are they? Sure the advertising looks enticing but can you learn forex trading from the... http://www.financealley.com/article_195397_77.html 01st August 2007 One of the biggest myths in forex is that day traders make money longer term – they don’t and if you don’t believe me then consider these two facts: Fact 1 – No Valid Data to Work With Trillions of dollars are traded daily by millions of di... http://www.financealley.com/article_195396_77.html 01st August 2007 Almost all newcomers to the currency trading start their journey with the so called “majors”. And not surprisingly so. These instruments are the most popular, most liquid, and most prominent. They are also all dollar based. What are the “ma... http://www.financealley.com/article_194662_77.html 31st July 2007 In forex trading the bulk of traders experience mediocre gains or lose - this applies to 95% of traders. However many traders are closer than they think to achieving bigger gains and the simple tips below can be incorporated in any forex trading strategy ... http://www.financealley.com/article_194524_77.html 30th July 2007 We gave a live short trade in the British Pound and it’s piled up big profits and our entry point was spot on (see previous articles) and we have banked a great profit but where will the pound go next? Let’s take a look. The British Pound set ... http://www.financealley.com/article_194523_77.html 30th July 2007 If you are new to forex trading you have access to a lot of fundamental analysis as the click of a mouse from banks brokers and news wires you can look at and trade upon it - let's look at forex fundamental analysis and how to use it. A forex trader, w... http://www.financealley.com/article_194279_77.html 30th July 2007 Forex trading can be learned by anyone, yet 95% lose all their money so what makes forex trading so hard? It's not learning the right information - it's doing so and executing it with the right mindset. Let’s look at the traits of the really success... http://www.financealley.com/article_194278_77.html 30th July 2007 In this article we are going to look at one essential fact you need to succeed when trading currencies. If you understand it, you can will be taking your first step to learning forex trading correctly and achieving forex trading success – the fact you m... http://www.financealley.com/article_194277_77.html 30th July 2007 Many traders who trade forex markets think they need to predict what will happen to win but all this does is ensure they lose. 95% of forex traders lose and most try and predict forex prices so don’t join them. You can win but you need to understand... http://www.financealley.com/article_194276_77.html 30th July 2007 Foreign exchange market becomes new market for the people who are engaged in the activity of foreign exchange. Generally, large number of people enters the foreign exchange market at their interest and particularly more number of beginner’s investors fi... http://www.financealley.com/article_193953_77.html 27th July 2007 I read a lot of good information online to do with forex trading but most of the information I read is rubbish, yet many forex traders believe it. The myths I am going to cover here are mostly spread by so called market gurus and system sellers, so let’... http://www.financealley.com/article_193105_77.html 26th July 2007 As more and more people are considering investments as a way to take care of their futures, the forex market is booming. There is much material on the market, both in print and on the Internet, about the latest investment trend. Most of it boasts to offer... http://www.financealley.com/article_193043_77.html 26th July 2007 Learning forex trading can certainly be a daunting process if you have no idea where to start. Although forex is less complex than some other methods of trading because it only deals with one specific commodity, it can still be a chore to get to grips wit... http://www.financealley.com/article_193042_77.html 26th July 2007 Internet forex trading is the latest craze to hit the online financial industry and with good reason. Although the world of Internet forex trading can be extremely confusing for the novice, it has distinct advantages over other forms of investment opportu... http://www.financealley.com/article_193041_77.html 26th July 2007 Getting started in forex trading can be a chore, taking up much time and effort to even begin your foray into the world of investments. If an individual is not committed to the idea of trading currency then it can be extremely off putting. However, the pr... http://www.financealley.com/article_193039_77.html 26th July 2007 For the last couple of years or so, the buzz word in Forex circles has been the “carry trade”. In fact, it has become popular enough, that even CNBC gave it a mention on number of occasions. What is a “carry trade”? In a nutshell, it’s... http://www.financealley.com/article_191765_77.html 25th July 2007 The fact that foreign exchange trading can be very profitable makes it exciting, but there is one important aspect that shouldn’t be overlooked. The risk factors in FOREX trading are significant. A good FOREX trader must fully understand margin trading ... http://www.financealley.com/article_191096_77.html 25th July 2007 Foreign exchange, or FOREX, is the term used to refer to trading currencies. The trades on the FOREX market amount over $1.5 trillion daily, making it the world’s largest market. Just to get some idea of the amount of money that FOREX trading involves, ... http://www.financealley.com/article_191095_77.html 25th July 2007 Forex, FX and the Forex market are some widespread terms you would have heard for the Foreign Exchange market. In fact it is the major economic market in the globe, where currency is vended and purchased liberally. In its current situation the Forex marke... http://www.financealley.com/article_189604_77.html 24th July 2007 Before getting into the forex trading business, you need to arm yourself with some terminology that will be used in any course or software on trading forex. The following terms were put together to provide the novice forex trader with the fundamental conc... http://www.financealley.com/article_189279_77.html 24th July 2007 There are some facts that you simply must accept to have a fair chance to be successful at Forex trading. Let's have a look at what these facts are and if you can succeed in the worlds most exciting investment environment. Trading markets are not scien... http://www.financealley.com/article_189047_77.html 24th July 2007 The market The currency trading (FOREX) market is the biggest and the fastest growing market on earth. Its daily turnover is more than 2.5 trillion dollars, which is 100 times greater than the NASDAQ daily turnover. Markets are places to trade goods... http://www.financealley.com/article_188992_77.html 24th July 2007 The forex, or Foreign Exchange, market is the largest financial exchange market in the world. Every day, more than 1.8 trillion dollars are traded on the forex market. In the past, it was often difficult for smaller traders to take part in this huge money... http://www.financealley.com/article_188911_77.html 24th July 2007 Whatever you are trading, whether it is stocks, futures, bonds, foreign currency or anything else, there are certain conditions which must exist for the market to be attractive to the trader and profitable for him. The four characteristics of a good inves... http://www.financealley.com/article_188681_77.html 23rd July 2007 Finding a good Forex online broker trading service can be an extremely difficult task, but is essential if you want to ensure that you make as much profit as possible from your trades. Hiring the wrong company could lead to devastating results as if you w... http://www.financealley.com/article_188673_77.html 23rd July 2007 Forex? What is it, anyway? The market The currency trading (FOREX) market is the biggest and the fastest growing market on earth. Its daily turnover is more than 2.5 trillion dollars, which is 100 times greater than the NASDAQ daily turnover. (click... http://www.financealley.com/article_188290_77.html 23rd July 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Mark Molina Foreign Exchange is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another. The off exchange retail foreign currency market ( FOREX ) is the largest financial market in the world, with a volume of over $1.9 trilli... http://www.financealley.com/article_187658_77.html 23rd July 2007 Tips on How to Prepare Lower Salt Meals Add less salt at the table and in cooking. Reduce the amount a little each day until none is used. Try spices and herbs instead Cook with low-salt ingredients. Remove salt from recipes whenever possible. Ri... http://www.financealley.com/article_83145_77.html 21st August 2006 Before we go into 7 rules of Forex Trading, that have been approved by a number of full time and successful traders, I'd like to narrate this story. There was a lion, a donkey and a fox all keen to go out rabbit hunting together. After a productive day... http://www.financealley.com/article_40162_77.html 01st April 2006 Knowing when to enter the market is crucial to exercising a good technical trading strategy. There are many pitfalls that inexperienced traders experience because they are entering the market when the probability for making a successful trade is reduced.... http://www.financealley.com/article_39360_77.html 28th March 2006 You may have heard the saying 'A Trend is your Friend until it Bends'. Technical Analysis helps us to identify a trend so we can jump on and ride it until it changes. Since the Forex market has very strong trends, technical analysis is a very effective te... http://www.financealley.com/article_38839_77.html 28th March 2006