FOREX

Forex is a popular abbreviation for “foreign exchange” markets, a form of commodities futures investing.

Forex can be viewed as a big virtual interbank market where the biggest world currencies are traded. Investors who believe that the value of one currency is going to change in relation to the value of another currency will exchange one for the other, and sometimes back again, attempting to make a profit from the difference.

There are many blogs offering advice and recommendations about forex trading, though it is unclear how many of them may profit from the advice they provide.

There are different levels of access in forex, which is different from the majority of markets. Large banks and funds trade based on information and at rates unavailable to smaller banks and funds. Individuals usually trade using forex brokers, which generally promise better rates than banks offer their customers, or forex software that relies on forex brokers.

As with all investments, increased rewards are coupled with increased risks.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “FOREX”

• Technical Analysis for Crosses

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  The collapse towards the full correctional level of Fibonacci at 139.00 areas has opened the door for the GBP/JPY pair to seek for extended target for our suggested harmonic structure, seen on the daily chart. Now, the bounce form 139.25 areas is a normal technical effect from facing this cluster... More...
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• German Import Prices

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  On the release of*worse than expected German Import Prices for October, the Euro came off 20 pips against the USD. The details of the realse are as follows: Import Price Index (MoM) - Survey: -7.9%** Actual: -8.1%** Prior: -0.9% Import Price Index… More...
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• Gold & Armageddon: Conclusion Part 4

  
  Ethical Foreclosure Fortunes — Authority: 151
  your mind to another point of view. And if u haven’t thought threw the other side of the gold/dollar collapse issue, then you’re probably not that conscious of your own position and most likely not as secure of your own position as you might think. How much do you know about what factors are affecting the gold ...
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• German Import Prices

  
  Forex News and Commentary by FXDD — Authority: 455
  On the release of worse than expected German Import Prices for October, the Euro came off 20 pips against the USD. The details of the realse are as follows: Import Price Index (MoM) - Survey: -7.9%   Actual: -8.1%   Prior: -0.9% Import Price Index (YoY) - Survey: -7.8%   Actual: -8.1%  Prior: -11.0%
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• Technical Analysis Daily: EUR/USD

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  After the sharp rise on Wednesday, Euro/Dollar started correcting on Thursday down to 1.4963, forming divergence on the daily chart. After unconvincing break up of the downward channel, quotes started dropping, closing the day at 1.5011, and continuing descending this morning down to 1.4902. Of the 3 hour chart the... ...
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• Nikkei closes down 296

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  The Nikkei fell more than 3% to a four month low mianly on concerns over debt problems in Dubai. The 296 point drop brought the markt down to 9086.74. Eur/Usd tested session lows of 1.4901 at time of close and… More...
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• Nikkei closes down 296

  
  Forex News and Commentary by FXDD — Authority: 455
  The Nikkei fell more than 3% to a four month low mianly on concerns over debt problems in Dubai. The 296 point drop brought the markt down to 9086.74. Eur/Usd tested session lows of 1.4901 at time of close and has rebounded 20 pips , trading at 1.4925. Usd/Jpy dipped below 86.00.
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• Daily Technical Analysis

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  As I had expected, the USDJPY continued its bearish momentum yesterday, bottomed at 86.28 and closed at 86.39. Earlier today in Asian session, the pair attempted to push lower, bottomed at 84.79 but concern about Japanese government intervention brought the pair higher around 85.95 at the time I wrote this... More...
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• Happy Black Friday! Took this quote off a forex forum as follows:

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  Dubai has been in problems since the start of Financial Crisis and in fact much earlier than that. I’ve spent a long time in Dubai (grew up there) and we’ve seen the rags to riches sort of journey but then in 2005 I decided to say good bye and move to Australia as things started to get out of control over there. ...
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• Trading the Dollar With USDX (source: Action Forex)

  
  Forex Killer App. Blog — Authority: 439
  The US dollar index (USDX) is an important analytical tool for traders in just about any market. The USDX is actually a futures contract which means that if you have a futures trading account you could trade this instrument like corn, oil, gold or currency… (source: Action Forex) - RSS feeds and Feed widget on [...]
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• Why Japan is Swine Flus Greatest Victim

  
  Forex Killer App. Blog — Authority: 439
  Japan’s retail sales fell for a seventh consecutive month in March as weakening labor market prompted households to cut spending in a clear sign that Japan’s economy is seeing no evidence of a rebound in consumer demand. Sales declined by 3.9% earlier which was actually a bit better than the market consensus ...
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• The Daily Forecaster: EURUSD

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  Price rallied more directly than expected on Wednesday and stalled 3 pips below the 1.5146 target… It could well be that weve seen the end of the larger uptrend for now but I want to be flexible in case and alternative structure could cause one final push higher. A break... More...
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• Forex and Dow Jones Recommended Levels

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  EUR/USD Todays support: - 1.4878 and 1.4853(main), where correction is possible. Break would give 1.4816, where correction also may be. Then follows 1.4794. Break of the latter would result in 1.4772. If a strong impulse, we would see 1.4757. Continuation will give 1.4732. More...
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• Buy A Good And Reliable Forex Money Trading Solution By Doing Proper Research

  
  Mysupergenie Forex Trading Resource — Authority: 136
  There are many forex money trading solutions that are present in the market to enable you to achieve success in the field. These trading software not only do the basic functions of buying and selling of currency but also provide market analysis, show current market status and project future trends, manage ...
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• Eur/Usd approaching 200 hour M/A

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  Eur/Usd is approaching its 200 hour M/A of 1.4954. If the pair can get above this level we may be in for a partial retracement of move down from 1.5142. The 38.2% Fibo lies at 1.5000 and 100 hour M/A… More...
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• Forex: AUD/USD falls sharply and is trading at 0.9046

  
  Team Forex — Authority: 165
  Forex: AUD/USD falls sharply and is trading at 0.9046FITITOL–>FXstreet.com (Sydney) – The Aussie… For more information, read our latest forex news.
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• Eur/Usd approaching 200 hour M/A

  
  Forex News and Commentary by FXDD — Authority: 455
  Eur/Usd is approaching its 200 hour M/A of 1.4954. If the pair can get above this level we may be in for a partial retracement of move down from 1.5142. The 38.2% Fibo lies at 1.5000 and 100 hour M/A at 1.5004 fro added resistance. This would be next level to upside. If it can’t break above a move back to lows of ...
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• FX Technical Commentary

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
  Euro 1.4940 Initial support at 1.4889 (Nov 24 low) followed by 1.4833 (Nov 23 low). Initial resistance is now located at 1.5144 (Nov 25 high) followed by 1.5285 (May 08 08 low) More...
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• 11-27 Economic Calendar

  
  Stock Market Forum, Penny Stocks, FOREX, NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE, Live Chat — Authority: 174
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