Getting started in currency trading: winning in today's hottest marketplace

Includes companion website INDICE: Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I. The Foreign Exchange Markets. Chapter 1. The FOREX Landscape. Introduction What is FOREX? What is a SpotMarket? Which Currencies are Traded? Who Trades on the Foreign Exchange? How are Currency Prices Determined? Why Trade Foreign Currencies? What Tools Do I Need to Trade Currencies? What Does It Cost to Trade Currencies? FOREX versus Stocks. FOREX versus Futures. Summary. Chapter 2. A Brief History of Currency Trading. Introduction. Ancient Times. The Gold Standard 1816-1933. The 'Fed'. The Securities and Exchange Commission 1933-34. The Bretton Woods System 1944-73. The End of Bretton Woods and Floating Exchange Rates. International Monetary Market. Current Perspective. The Arrival of the EURO. Summary. Chapter 3. Spot or Futures FOREX? Introduction Futures Contracts. Currency Futures. Contract Specifications. Currency Trading Volume. U.S. Dollar Index. Summary. Part II. Getting Started. Chapter 4. The Regulatory Environment. Introduction. Regulation Today. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission. National Futures Association. Commodity Futures Modernization Act 2000. The Patriot Act. The CFTC Re-Authorization Act of 2005. Summary. Chapter 5. The FOREX Lexicon. Introduction. Currency Pairs. Major and Minor Currencies. Cross Currency. Base Currency. Quote Currency. Pips. Ticks. Margin. Leverage. Bid Price. Ask Price. Bid/Ask Spread. Quote Convention. Transaction Cost. Rollover. The Trader's Nemesis. Summary. Chapter 6. The Calculating Trader. Introduction. Leverage and Margin Percent. Pip Values. Calculating Profit and Loss. Calculating the Units Available.Calculating Margin Requirements. Calculating Transaction Cost. Calculating Account Summary Balance. For Futures Traders. Summary. Chapter 7. Selecting the Right FOREX Broker for You. Introduction. Broker-Dealer Due Diligence. Demo Accounts. Market Maker, ECN or IB? Introducing Brokers Platform Capabilities. Trading Tools. Order Execution and Accounting. News. Chat. Platform Stability and Backbone. Historical Data. Data Feed. Third-Party Offerings. Orders. Margin Requirements. Order Back-Up. Account Minimums. Pairs, Crosses and Exotics. Deposits and Withdrawals. Transaction Costs. Trading Hours. Customer Service. Documentation. Requoting. Financials. Rollovers and Interest. FOREX Broker-Dealers. Popular Broker-Dealers. The Big Three. For the Professional. Fraud, Scams and Off-Exchange. Summary. Chapter 8. Opening a FOREX Account. Introduction. Account Types. Opening the Account: Steps. Summary. Chapter 9. Pulling the Trigger. Introduction. Orders. Market Orders. Limit Orders. Stop Orders. Combination Orders. Specialty Orders. Order Placement Walk-through. Order Execution. Order Confirmation. Transaction Exposure. Summary. Part III. The Tools of the Trade. Chapter 10. Fundamental Analysis. Introduction. Supply and Demand. Interest Rates. Balance of Trade. Purchasing Power Parity. Gross Domestic Product. Intervention. Other Economic Indicators. Forecasting. Summary. Chapter 11. Technical Analysis. Introduction. Bar Charts. Trendlines. Support and Resistance. Recognizing Chart Patterns. Reversal Patterns. Continuation Patterns. Candlestick Charts. Point and Figure Charts. Chart Caveat: Prediction versus Description. Indicators and Oscillators. Relative Strength Indicator. Momentum Analysis.Moving Averages. Bollinger Bands. Indicator Caveat: Curve-Fitting. Swing Analysis. Cycle Analysis. Into the Future. The Technician's Creed. Summary. Chapter 12. The Toolbox Approach. Introduction. General Principles. A KIS Toolbox. The Goodman Swing Count System. GSCS Rules. '3C' Stands for Carryover, Compensation and Cancellation. The Nofri Congestion Phase Method. Pugh Swing Chart Formations. A Moving Average and Oscillator Battery. Contrary Opinion. Volume. Open Interest. Heuristics. Summary. Chapter 13. The FOREX Marketplace. Introduction Organizing Your Bookmarks. Cross Category Services. Portals, Forums, Reviews. Charting and Technical Services. FOREX Education. Trading Signals and Software. News, Announcement Services and Calendars. Live Data Streams. HistoricalData. System Development Tools. FOREX Managed Accounts. Odds and Ends. Summary. Part IV. The Complete FOREX Trader Chapter 14. The Psychology of SuccessfulTrading. Introduction. The Trading Pyramid. Fear and Greed, Greed and Fear. Profiling. The Attitude Heuristic. Characteristics of Successful Traders. Summary. Chapter 15. Money Management Made Simple. The Belgian Dentist. Expectations. Trader Profiles. Parameters for Trader Profiles. The Trade Campaign Method (TCM). Calculating TCM Profit and Loss. Stop-Loss Orders A Brief Discussion. Selecting Markets. Summary. Chapter 16. Tactics and Strategy. Introduction. Trading and Trending Markets. Market Environments (ME). Directional Movement (DM)and Volatility (V). Price and Time Rhythm (PR, TR). Thickness (T). Shape (S).Pretzels (PZ) ADDED. ME Applications. The Three Chart System. The Dagger Entry Principle. Sitting on Your Hands. Time Filters. Trading the News. Going Against the Crowd. Trading Methods. The Flyer. Bathtub Analysis. Summary. Chapter 17. When and How to Regroup. Introduction. Common Trading Errors. Performance Review. Heuristics Review. When to Say 'Uncle'. Summary. Chapter 18. For the Record. Introduction. Type of Records. The Rogers Method. The SnagIt Tool. Planning Records. Summary. Part V. Extra for Experts. Chapter 19. Options and Exotics. Introduction. Options. An Options Primer. Basic Options Terms. The Pros and Cons of Options. The Four Basic Options Strategies. Purchasing and Writing Options. Advanced Options Strategies. The Retail FOREX Options Landscape. Options for Trading. Options for Money Management. Exotics. Trading Exotics. Summary. Chapter 20. The Final Frontiers. Rollovers. Hedging. Arbitrage. Pros and Cons of Arbitrage. Artificial Intelligence. Complexity Theory Models. The TrendMachine. Automated Trading and 'Bots'. A Last Word. Appendix A. How the Game is Played. Appendix B. Retail FOREX Regulations. Appendix C. List of World Currencies and Symbols. Appendix D. Exchange Rates. Appendix E. The Euro. Appendix F. Time Zones and Global Trading Hours. Appendix G. Regulatory Agencies and Central Banks. Appendix H. FOREX Resources. Glossary.

• ISBN: 978-0-470-26777-6
• Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 288
• Fecha Publicación: 09/07/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés