Profiting With Forex

The Most Effective Tools and Techniques for Trading Currencies

By: John Jagerson, S. Wade Hansen

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Hardcover | 1 July 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Profiting with Forex introduces investors to all the advantages of the global foreign exchange market and shows them how to capitalize on it. Readers will learn why forex is the perfect supplement to stock and bond investing; why it is unrivaled in terms of protection, profit potential, and ease of use; and how it can generate profits, whether the other markets are up of down.

Written by two leading forex experts, this complete investing resource uses basic economic principles, solid technical analysis, and lots of common sense to develop an arsenal of tools and techniques that will lead to winning results in the lucrative foreign exchange marketplace. Profiting with Forex includes everything that investors need to know about:

The many advantages of the forex market: huge market size, ease of entry, profit potential, tax incentives, 24-hour trading, no commissions, increased leverage, and guaranteed stops

The basic terms of forex trading: definitions of important concepts, including "pip," "currency pair," "contract" or "lot," and more

Genesis and growth of the forex market: how the forex market emerged out of a changing global financial landscape and continues to changes and adapt with that same volatile landscape

Fundamental factors that shape the Forex market: the U.S. government, inflation, the U.S. stock market, China and other emerging markets, oil, and breaking news

Fundamental tools for tracking Forex market changes: interest rates, Treasury International Capital Data, Consumer Price Index, S&P 500, U.S. dollar vs. Chinese yuan, balance of trade, crude oil futures, and news media

Technical analysis tools and indicators for gauging market sentiment:

moving averages, oscillating indicators such as, stochastics, Commodity Channel Index, Relative Strength Index, Fibonacci analysis, and others

Filled with over 150 illustrations and figures, Profiting with Forex also shows investors how to combine their newly acquired knowledge of Forex fundamentals with proven trading techniques that can generate great rewards in the market.

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Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Profiting with Forex	p. 1
What Is the Forex Market?	p. 3
The Advantages of the Forex Market	p. 3
Mind the Gaps	p. 8
Life Is Going to Happen	p. 22
Diversification	p. 25
Protect and Multiply	p. 26
The Forex Can Be Fickle	p. 28
The Skeptic's FAQ	p. 29
Taking Advantage of the Forex Market	p. 33
Basic Lingo Lesson	p. 37
Pip	p. 37
Currency Pair	p. 38
Contract (or Lot)	p. 41
How the Forex Market Works	p. 43
Genesis and Growth of the Forex Market	p. 51
The Modern Gold Standard	p. 52
It Has All Happened Before	p. 58
Profiting from History	p. 65
Fundamental Analysis Tools	p. 67
The U.S. Government	p. 71
The Fundamental Factor	p. 71
The National Debt	p. 72
The Fundamental Tool: TIC Data	p. 79
Interest Rates	p. 82
The Fundamental Tool: The Target Interest Rate	p. 84
Using the Tools	p. 89
Inflation	p. 91
The Fundamental Factor	p. 91
Combating Inflation	p. 94
The Fundamental Tool: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)	p. 96
Using the Tools	p. 100
The U.S. Stock Market	p. 101
The Fundamental Factor	p. 101
The Fundamental Tool: The S&P 500 via the SPY	p. 105
Using the Tools	p. 111
China	p. 113
The Fundamental Factor	p. 113
United States' Dependence on China	p. 117
The Fundamental Tool: USD/CNY Exchange Rate	p. 119
The Asian Financial Crisis of 1997	p. 121
The Fundamental Tool: Balance of Trade	p. 126
Using the Tools	p. 129
Oil	p. 131
The Fundamental Factor	p. 131
What Is Oil?	p. 132
The Genesis of Big Oil	p. 132
OPEC	p. 136
Oil and Your Portfolio	p. 138
The Fundamental Tool: NYMEX Crude Oil Futures	p. 141
Using the Tools	p. 145
Breaking News	p. 147
The Fundamental Factor	p. 147
Guessing Right	p. 149
Guessing Wrong	p. 152
The Fundamental Tool: Technical Analysis	p. 152
Using the Tools	p. 154
Seesaw of Supply and Demand	p. 155
The Seesaw and Individual Currencies	p. 155
The Seesaw and Currency Pairs	p. 158
Interest Rates and the GBP/JPY	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 163
Technical Analysis Tools	p. 165
Technical Indicators	p. 167
Technical Analysis Tool: The Moving Average	p. 169
Technical Analysis Tool: Oscillating Indicators	p. 170
Terms of the Trade	p. 173
Support, Resistance, and Fibonacci	p. 175
Support and Resistance	p. 176
Fibonacci	p. 197
Using the Tools	p. 212
Putting It All Together-Trading Techniques	p. 213
The Carry Trade	p. 214
Trading Economic Announcements	p. 220
Following Oil	p. 224
Following Gold	p. 228
Technical Divergences	p. 234
More Trading Techniques	p. 238
Money Management	p. 239
Money Management Pitfalls	p. 240
Money Management Rules	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 248
Getting Started	p. 249
Thanks, but No Thanks	p. 249
Profit with a Professional	p. 250
I'm Ready to Dive In	p. 250
Conclusion	p. 253
Fat Tails	p. 255
Index	p. 261
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