7 Winning Strategies For Trading Forex

About The Author
Preface
Introduction

PART I - TRADING FOREX

1. Getting started
Unique Characteristics of the Forex Market
Investing vs Trading
Trading Time Frames
Warming Up
- Opening an account
- Currency codes
- Currencies are traded in pairs
- Trade size
- Pips
- Reading forex rates
- Understanding rollover
- What sort of leverage can I get?
- Trading
- Volatility
- Common types of order
How to Choose a Broker
Forex Trading Is A Serious Business
A Day in the Life of a Full-Time Forex Trader

2. Spot Forex Market Structure

Market Players
- Banks
- Large companies
- Central banks
- Institutional investors/speculators
- Forex brokers
How the OTC Structure Affects Self-Directed Traders
Summary

3. How To Overcome The Odds Of Trading Forex

Mind
- Do You Have the Mental Strength?
- Fear and Greed
- Face And Control Your Fears
- Focus On the Big Picture

Money
- Preserve Your Capital
- Be Well-Capitalized
- Cap Your Losses and Get Your Profits

Method
- The old question: technicals or fundamentals?
- Method is malleable
Summary

4. The Ten Rules of Trading Forex


PART II - STRATEGIES

Strategy 1 - Market Sentiment
What Is Market Sentiment?
What Factors Influence Market Sentiment?
- Interest rates
- Economic growth
- Geopolitical risks
Ways of Measuring Market Sentiment
1. Commitment Of Traders (COT) report
2. Market's reactions to news
Summary

Strategy 2 - Trend Riding
Time Frames of Trends
Trend Directions
Stages of a Trend
Using Currency Price Charts
- Trendlines
- Measuring trend strength
Technical Execution Of The Strategy
Summary

Strategy 3 - Breakout Fading
The Crowd Likes to Trade Breakouts
Why Most Breakouts Fail
Tricks of Institutional Dealers and Traders
- Lack of fresh blood
Identifying The Opportunities
- Where potential fakeouts occur
- Chart patterns
- Best market condition to fade breakouts
Summary

Strategy 4 - Breakout Trading
Types of Breakouts
Measuring Reversal Breakouts
Identifying the Opportunities
- Where potential breakouts occur
- Chart patterns
Filtering False Breakouts
Summary

Strategy 5 - Decreased Volatility Breakout
The Volatility Rollercoaster
Ways of Measuring Volatility
1. Moving average
2. Bollinger bands
Triangles
- Identifying the particular type of triangle
- Technical execution of the strategy
- Further strategy enhancement
Summary

Strategy 6 - Carry Trade
What Is A Carry Trade?
More Money Will Follow The Money
Factors Supportive Of Carry Trades
Risks Involved In Carry Trade
Points of Entry
Summary

Strategy 7 - News Straddling
The Importance of News
Market's Reaction to News
Identifying the Opportunities
Single out market-moving news
Note the schedule of news releases
Which currency pair to trade for this strategy?
Technical considerations
Summary

Appendices
Forex Glossary
Currency Codes
Major Regulatory Agencies