Showing posts with label traders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label traders. Show all posts

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Disadvantages of Forex trading


High Leverage

While high leverage serves as an advantage to attract traders to the market, it can at times also act as a disadvantage for them. With such high levels of leverage available to traders in the Forex market, comes an equally high level of danger.
This can be true for the high stake positions which carry along with them, too much risk, leading to margin calls. This is where efficient money management comes into play for playing safe.

24 hours market
Although it is convenient for the trader to trade whenever it is suitable to him, it can be a rather tough job too. This is because, at times, it is not possible for an individual trader to keep track of the Forex market, 24 hours a day.
This is where a broker comes into the picture. Retail or individual investors should try taking help from a professional broker rather than doing all the dealings himself straight with the huge market.
The broker will be an experienced professional who will act as an equal in your transactions, keeping you informed and updated about minute to minute details and fluctuations, and even guide you about the conditions, when to and when not to trade in the market.
Like every other financial market, Forex market also has its share of advantages and disadvantages. But keeping in mind the two can surely help a trader become more vigilant and aware of what to expect while trading Forex.

[ForexGen Live Accounts Contest]

Trade, Compete, and Win - Begins the 1st of Every Month!
ForexGen has the pleasure to announce the launching of its first monthly Live Accounts contest,
This is NOT a demo contest

this is a live trading [competition] open for all live mini account holders. At the beginning of each month, the slate is wiped clean and traders have a new opportunity to win the monthly prizes.

What makes this contest unique?


All prizes are CASH prizes with no restrictions on withdrawing the prize money! How Do I Enter?
You don't have to pay any fee to enter this contest, all [ForexGen] mini Accounts with a balance of "$1000" and a default leverage of 1:200 are entitled to participate in this contest upon their account holder request by sending an e-mail request on live.contest@forexgen.com

For more information about our current and future promotions, kindly contact one of our customers support agents at promotions@forexgen.com

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Clicking and dealing

Many traders like the idea of opening a position by trading at the market as opposed to leaving an order that may or may not be executed. They prefer the certainty of knowing that they’re in the market. Actively buying and selling are also elements that make trading and speculating as much fun as hard work. Most forex brokers provide live streaming prices that you can deal on with a simple click of your computer mouse. To execute a trade on those platforms:

1. Specify the amount of the trade you want to make.

2. Click on the Buy or Sell button to execute the trade. The forex trading platform responds back, usually within a second or two, to let you know whether the trade went through:

_ If the trade went through, you’ll receive a pop-up confirmation from the platform and see your open position listing updated to reflect the new trade.
_ If the trade fails because the trading price changed before your request was received, you receive a response indicating “rates changed,” “price not available,” or something along those lines. You then need to repeat the steps to make another trade attempt. Attempts to trade at the market can sometimes fail in very fast-moving markets when prices are adjusting quickly, like after a data release or break of a key technical level or price point. Part of this stems from the latency effect of trading over the Internet, which refers to time lags between the platform price reaching your computer and your trade request reaching the platform’s server.
_ If the trade fails because the trade was too large based on your margin, you need to reduce the size of the trade. Understand from the get-go that any action you take on a trading platform is your responsibility. You may have meant to click Buy instead of Sell, but no one knows for sure except you.


[ForexGen Customer & Trading Support]

ForexGen Customer Service seeks to achieve the highest level of customer satisfaction.

[ForexGen online trading services] are available 24 hours a day from Sunday at 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST to support and offer the help needed by all ForexGen's clients through answering any questions they may have.
ForexGen provides full time assistances to support clients during the usage of [ForexGen platform], whenever our clients face any problems during downloading or installing the platform ForexGen experienced stuff will help to overcome it.

ForexGen provides clients with full scale demonstrations and help for the technical issues.

Dealing Rooms.

ForexGen dealing desk representatives are available during trading hours - 24/5 from Sunday 6:00pm EST to Friday at 2:00pm EST.

You are encouraged to contact the dealing room by phone ONLY in these situations:

* If you are not able to access the internet.
* Failing to receive a confirmation on an online order.

* Failing to connect to ForexGen server.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

FXcast Forex Broker Review

FXcast is an online forex broker based in Antigua that provides trading facilities to forex traders all over the world.They cater to both beginners and professional traders. Inexperienced traders can open a demo account to try out their platform and to become accustomed to placing trades, or they can start trading with real money for just $10.
The more experienced traders can benefit from the excellent Metatrader 4 platform, widely regarded as the best charting software available, which is ideal for traders who use technical analysis to determine their trading entries and exits.
Traders can also benefit from tight spreads and the ability to trade up to 35 different currencies if they so wish.

Also, one of the major benefits of Fxcast is that they promise guaranteed order execution and ensure that there is no slippage even during volatile periods. There are also no hidden costs or commissions.
You can deposit and withdraw money extremely easily with a range of payment options available including credit card, wire transfer and a host of e-currency and e-gold options.

[ForexGen Academy]


If you are an experienced ‘FOREX’ Trader or just a beginner looking for the opportunities offered in the ‘FOREX’ market, [Forexgen] has created ForexGen Academy to give you the chance to get a ‘FOREX’ education and improve your trading skills. No hard expressions, no buzz words, and no rocket science language are used throughout these lessons.

How to Get Started?

People are introduced to the exciting world of foreign exchange in many ways: friends, current events, newspapers, television, and many others. For those of you who are new to forex, the following guidelines cover the basics of currency trading.

also do you Know ForexGen Lowest spreads in the market with 0-1 pip spread in 10 pairs, no commissions, no swaps and instant account Activation.