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CFD TRADING - Contracts for Dummies?
By JupaFX

Contracts for Difference (CFDs) are an important financial innovation, and their use by hedge funds and individual traders has grown exponentially over the past few years, especially in the UK, Continental Europe and in Australia. CFDs are mostly traded OTC and only the ASX (Australian Stock Exchange) has been providing some standardized regulated CFDs since 2007. But what are these CFDs exactly? Why do our forex brokers seem to be continuously enhancing their product offering with more CFDs? Why should a trader prefer a CFD over a stock or future trade? Let's try to answer these questions in this article.

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yes but how we know what u are teaching is coming from someone who is making the money themself?
fair question no?

sgp

Do you have any problems with the site because today I can not access it?

have a nice day

Hi Darkstar, I would like to ask you if you are going to post a myfxbook account in your site proving that you are a profitable trader, the reason why I am asking, is that after 4 years involved in the Forex industry I have yet to find an educational forex service that provides myfxbook accounts the supports the claims made by the owners of the site.

You wanna watch me make money day in and day out? Come see me do it live: http://www.orderflowtrading.com/Chat.aspx

As I explained in a previous post, they don't support my broker.

Trading Metrics - How to measure your trading success (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/9908/Trading-Metrics-How-to-measure-your-trading-success.aspx)
By JupaFX

After you have been trading for a certain period of time, recording your trades and creating a performance track record, you're ready to evaluate your results. But how do you define “good trading system” vs. “bad trading system”? And how can you showcase your results, in order to attract capital or investors? Many people simply look at the net profit assuming the system with the more profit must be the better system. It's like a doctor saying “this man looks healthier than the next” without doing a proper tests. In this article, we'll explore some solid metrics to evaluate your trading results that can tell you much more about your trading than the mere profit margin can. 1. Why do we need performance metrics? Imagine wanting to allocate capital to a trader that has a proven strategy. You have many traders to choose from, that trade many different “systems” they have created. Which one do you choose? There is no one single score you can use that ...

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What are Central Banks - The big boys in the park (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/10398/What-are-Central-Banks-The-big-boys-in-the-park.aspx)
By JupaFX

One of the main drivers of the currency market in particular, is interest rates. Interest rate differentials create the Carry Trade strategy, and they also influence currency trends. Basically, interest rates (and thus, yields) drive money flows, so it's only natural that we would be interested in knowing who commands interest rates. Central Banks command interest rates, and we should get to know them better. Just remember: it's not the actual level of the interest rates that's important; it's the expectation of where rates are going in the future that drives our day-to-day flow in the markets.

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What is Benchmarking? (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/10474/What-is-Benchmarking.aspx)
By JupaFX

Performance measurement is generally viewed as an objective process, and we have covered various statistical metrics that can be used in a previous article. However, there is one subjective element that cannot be underestimated: benchmark selection. Professional investment managers must adhere to very strict criteria for performance reporting, and yet they are generally free to choose the benchmark they compare their performance against. Active managers that strive to attain alpha, frequently criticize benchmarks. Managers that have difficulty attaining alpha, instead, can't live without them. In this article, we shall try to understand exactly what the purpose of a benchmark is and why the big fuss about them.

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One way of using information (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/10587/One-way-of-using-information.aspx)
By pandasr

A key to being a good trader is the ability to deduce future price movements. It is about finding situations where people will move the market in your favour after you enter a trade. There are many ways to skin a cat. All methods are valid as long as they have an edge and work for the individual trader.

The most popular approaches to trading in recent years revolve around information in the charts, namely technical analysis, tape reading and price action trading. It is no surprise that they are popular given the ease of learning and somewhat mechanical applications.

But, given that we are living in an information age, it seems pretty wasteful if traders are not making use of information available outside of the charts (I shall refer this as outside information from this point on) to improve on their own performance.

There are many ways to using outside information to get what you need...

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Hive Minds: How Pokémon Anarchy and Financial Markets are Ridiculously Similar (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/10670/Hive-Minds-How-Pokemon-Anarchy-and-Financial-Markets-are-Ridiculously-Similar.aspx)
By Efficacy

A little over three weeks ago, a genius social experiment was unleashed upon the internet. If you aren’t familiar with Twitch.tv, it’s a website that allows gamers to stream their gameplay to the web while adding commentary, building followers, and all of the things that come with the social media experience. As fate would have it, one user decided that just having a community watching other people play wouldn’t be nearly as interesting as letting an entire community collectively play a single game.

The end result is called TwitchPlaysPokémon and it’s equal parts hilariously frustrating and downright impressive. Through the chat input, users simply type ‘left’, ‘right’, ‘a’, ‘b’, or ‘start’ to mimic the button options of a Gameboy. A code was written to take those inputs and enact those commands into a virtual copy of the original Pokémon game that all of those users get to see. An interesting twist is that these commands aren’t registered immediately, but instead lag 20-60 seconds behind...

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If the Russia-Ukraine Crisis Were a Bar Fight (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/10762/If-the-Russia-Ukraine-Crisis-Were-a-Bar-Fight.aspx)
By Efficacy

Russia walks into the bar, feeling pretty awesome for throwing a massive party that everyone went to. There he sees Ukraine in a drunken mess, crying and beating himself up over all of his personal problems. This hurts Russia to watch because they used to be pretty sweet bros and even though things have changed, he hates seeing Ukraine like this. Russia also realizes this could be an opportunity to help Ukraine pick up the pieces and rekindle their friendship.

Before Russia can step in, European Union has a hunch what Russia is thinking and wanders over to Ukraine. European Union basically tells Ukraine, “I’ll be here for you buddy. I’ve got your back. But, you have to promise me you won’t get deeply involved with Russia again.” Russia gets a little irritated by this, but maintains his composure and offers to pay for Ukraine’s drinks because he knows Ukraine’s having some money troubles.

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Buy the Rumor, Sell the Fact (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/10924/Buy-the-Rumor-Sell-the-Fact.aspx)
By JupaFX

What do Wall Street Maxims Mean? Triple Witching? No one can beat the market? Short Skirts? Never fall in love with horses or stocks? There is certainly a wide array of popular beliefs that have stem up from the “street” during the years, but do they still apply today? In this article, we'll explore some of the more robust beliefs from Wall Street and find out exactly what they mean and whether they still apply today. 1. Nobody can beat the market We really don't know whether this belief came from a broker or from a professional investor. It seems strange that an industry built on profit making would actually suggest that nobody can beat the market. So let's dig into it. Who on Wall Street can profit from this belief? Index funds, mutual funds, pension funds, and any passive investing approach. Most of the asset managing that goes on is actually passive in nature (replicating market indexes or some other similar strategy) so the managers can collect their commissions and manageme ...

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Value Investing - Basic Concepts and Issues (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/11076/Value-Investing-Basic-Concepts-and-Issues.aspx)
By Pandasr

What is value investing? It’s an approach to investing in stocks where you buy companies that are fundamentally strong when you can enter at a price that is less than what they’re worth. At its heart, there are only two major concepts involved: The Uncertainty of the Future & The Margin of Safety Uncertainty of the Future The first concept is just as the name description implies: acknowledging that the future is uncertain. This acknowledgement is why the focus is investing in fundamentally strong companies, as they have a higher probability of coming out ahead of their peers through time. This also lends itself to viewing diversification as a main cornerstone of value investing because it’s still possible for a company or even several companies to fail despite everything good we can see about it at present. You don’t want all of your eggs in one basket when that basket is about to be set on fire. How do you determine if a company is cheap at its current price? In general, this first involves a careful ...

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Price Action – Pt 3 (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/11170/Price-Action-Pt-3.aspx)
By TheDuchess

In this third extension, we will go over the topic of refining our entries even further using a technique known as “blind touch trading”. This is an advanced lesson and if you found your way here without reading Part 1 and Part 2, make sure you go back and absorb that information. Some Prerequisites First Without the proper background knowledge, you’ll find this entire article to be confusing and unhelpful. Before going ahead, there’s a set of skills you should have. 1. You should be able to determine these areas of interest on your chart: · Support and resistance levels · Trend lines · Fibonacci retracements · Big round numbers · Significant moving average 2. You should also be able to identify these key price action patterns when viewing candlesticks: · Outside bars · Pin bars / Dojis · Inside bars All of the above should be old news to you. You’ve recognized, analyzed, and acted upon these things numerous times in the past.

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The Importance of a Trading Journal (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/11261/The-Importance-of-a-Trading-Journal.aspx)
By JupaFX

Honing in on Homework: A Thorough Look at the Use of a Trading Journal by JupaFX In this article we're going to explore a subject that everyone talks about but very few explain in detail: record keeping. Unfortunately it's one of the boring aspects of trading, but just as good businesses do their book keeping, good traders that treat this as a business should have flawless records. 1. The Importance of a Trading Journal In previous articles we have touched on the importance of maintaining good records. But why exactly is it so important to have good records in the first place? Keeping good records acts like an attentive coach, quickly spotting where your problems are. For example, at a certain point of my career, I had a tremendous win:loss ratio but I still managed to lose money. My trading journal told me what I was doing wrong: cutting winners at their knees. The journal also informed me of what I was doing right—cutting losses equally fast—but when looking at the whole picture, my average win wa ...

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Spot Forex vs Currency Futures (http://www.orderflowtrading.com/ForexNews/Articles/tabid/392/entryid/11532/Spot-Forex-vs-Currency-Futures.aspx)
By JupaFX

It's about time to start thinking about alternative ways of trading currencies. The recent FX probes have been shedding light on many unethical practices, among which “banging the close” (i.e., price manipulation done by colluding banks right before or at the London fix) took the spotlight. The bottom line is that regulators are really digging deep into the opaque FX trading practices at tier-1 investment banks, while regulated exchanges are starting to enhance their product offerings, investing more into FX products to attract clients that no longer have faith in the traditional spot FX market. This brings us to a very pertinent question: If the spot FX market is showing some flaws, what other vehicles are available for trading currencies? The easiest answer is currency futures! And in this article, we'll compare spot FX and currency futures to see which one is right for your own necessities. What are currency futures? A currency futures contract is a standardized and easily tran ...

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Even for an active trader, 'portfolio' is not a dirty word.

An Introduction to Portfolio Investing: Why can portfolio investing be interesting?

Investors, whether they are individuals or institutions, may choose to hold “portfolios”, which is a fancy name that means “a collection of various securities”. Much of the innovation in investment research over the past 40 years (since Harry Markowitz presented his dissertation) has been the development of a theory of portfolio management. The question it attempts to answer is, “What rate of return will you demand in order to hold a risky security in your portfolio?” To answer this question, we first must consider what type of investor you are (what objectives you have), how to define return, and how to define risk.

Another interesting question is, “Why should we be interested in portfolio investing, if we can just trade forex or futures as usual?” The answer is diversification. Just like holding a portfolio of various securities can decrease the actual risk of the portfolio itself, by not having all your eggs in one basket (trading outright) you can try to generate income in another manner. Also, with portfolios, the timing component is not as influential as it is with trading, which can give you a break from a lot of the stress that comes with frequently trading.We'll talk more about this later on.

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