Search Result (11 Snaps)

Adding Leverage To Your Forex Trading | PL: 10  Category: General | Comments (0) 2010-08-09 08:48:22 Adding Leverage To Your Forex Trading In the foreign exchange markets, it is common to find leverage of 100:1 or even more. However, just because the market maker or broker may offer you leverage as high as 100:1, it doesn't mean you have to use all the leverage available. In fact, if you are a savvy trader, you will only use high leverage when you can calculate and manage the risks associated with the high leverage to your advantage. We'll show you how this is profitable without being problematic. Margin and Leverage...   Tags: leverage, margin, pips   Member: Rudi, Munic | 4 Snaps

Forex Money Management: Leverage and Margin Basics | PL: 17  Category: General | Comments (0) 2010-06-14 08:51:53 Forex Money Management: Leverage and Margin Basics Two very important concepts of forex money management are leverage and margin. Leverage allows forex traders to invest much more into currency trading than is available in their trading accounts. Thus, forex traders can operate larger funds. Margin is the real funds that are required to be held in the trading account as a collateral to cover any possible losses. Forex Money Management: Leverage Profits and losses in the forex market tend to be higher than what you would experience in the...   Tags: Money Management, Leverage, Margin Basics   Member: EF | 53 Snaps

Investment Myths And The Forex Markets | PL: 18  Category: General | Comments (0) 2010-06-09 08:09:39 Natural size Investment Myths And The Forex Markets First what is Forex: The FOREX or Foreign Exchange market is the largest financial market in the world, with an volume of more than $1.5 trillion daily, dealing in currencies. Unlike other financial markets, the Forex market has no physical location, no central exchange. It operates through an electronic network of banks, corporations and individuals trading one currency for another. What is a myth: A myth is often thought to be a lesson in story form which has deep explanatory or symbolic...   Tags: forex trading, forex basics, forex market, leverage   Member: EF | 53 Snaps

Forex Leverage: A Double-Edged Sword | PL: 15  Category: General | Comments (0) 2010-04-06 09:01:10 Natural size Forex Leverage: A Double-Edged Sword One of the reasons why so many people are attracted to trading forex compared to other financial instruments is that with forex, you can usually get much higher leverage than you would with stocks. While many traders have heard of the word leverage, few have a clue about what leverage is, how leverage works, and how leverage can directly impact their bottom line. What is leverage? Leverage involves borrowing a certain amount of the money needed to invest in something. In the case of...   Tags: forex leverage, margin, required margin, margin-based leverage   Member: Luíz, São Paulo | 3 Snaps

The DDRL Equation – A New Look at Risk and Money Management | PL: 14  Category: Training | Comments (0) 2010-01-07 07:59:28 Natural size The DDRL Equation – A New Look at Risk and Money Management As you sit looking at the monitor eyes transfixed on the screen, you keep going over all the analysis in your head that lead to the decision to buy. Your heart begins to pound as you reach for the mouse. You pause for one last look at the chart before committing to the trade. With a push of the button you are in and then, suddenly it hits you, the one thing you forgot. How could you have over looked it? An analysis of your individual direction, discipline, risk, and leverage equation - the...   Tags: DDRL, direction, discipline, risk, leverage equation, forex trading, trading methodology   Member: dailyforex | 13 Snaps

Forex Trading – Lose More than Invested | PL: 15  Category: General | Comments (0) 2009-12-24 07:14:23 Forex Trading – Lose More than Invested Thanks to margin, today online forex trading is available to any investor. Margin allows a trader to control 100 - 500 times more the amount of money actually deposited. When there is a chance of profit, there is also a possibility of loss. By borrowing sums that a trader doesn’t actually possess, is it possible to lose more money than invested? Is there a possibility of negative balance? Can you end up owing a large sum of money to the forex broker? And if so, how can you protect yourself from...   Tags: forex loss, forex risk, margin, leverage   Member: Brian | 1 Snaps

How to Use Leverage Responsibly in your Forex Trading | PL: 43  Category: Training | Comments (0) 2009-11-12 07:36:50 How to Use Leverage Responsibly in your Forex Trading By: Hillel Fuld The Forex market is a unique one. It is unique for many different reasons. It is the biggest market on the globe with anywhere between 3 and 5 trillion dollars traded every day, depending who you ask. It is also the most leveraged market with the possibility to trade positions of $20,000 with as little as $50 in your account, if you are using the market's maximum 400:1 leverage. The topic of leverage is a sensitive one, with some experts swearing by it as the best...   Tags: Leverage, Forex Trading, risk, money management   Member: dailyforex | 13 Snaps

Forex trading margin and leveraging explained | PL: 57  Category: Training | Comments (0) 2009-11-04 07:17:50 Forex trading margin and leveraging explained Traders tend to confuse the concept of margin and leveraging. This is one of the aspects in forex trading that confuses many traders and also to include the new traders. Forex trading is very complex and beginners have to understand the basics before they jump into the market. In this section we will look at the margin and leveraging and it will be outlined in brief detail so that the beginners and other traders will understand its meaning. Generally, trading with borrowed money is...   Tags: Broker, capital, forex trading, leverage, lot, margin   Member: ecommerce-journal | 147 Snaps

Make bigger trades and gain more profits with forex leverage | PL: 72  Category: Advisory Service | Comments (0) 2009-03-14 07:29:05 Natural size Make bigger trades and gain more profits with forex leverage To invest in the forex market you need to make deals in lots and one lot is actually contains 100,000 units of currency. Therefore, to purchase even one lot requires a large amount of initial capital as it can sum up to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and of course will turn down those small traders are out of the forex market. To overcome this issue, a leverage account was introduced in the forex trading. Leveraged account is a kind of credit given by the brokers and it is backed up by...   Tags: Forex, leverage, forex trading   Member: fairyjadoo | 1 Snaps

Leverage the Killer | PL: 100  Category: Training | Comments (0) 2008-08-29 21:53:10 Natural size Leverage the Killer Most professional traders and money managers trade one standard lot for every $50,000 in their account. If they traded a mini account, this means they trade one mini lot for every $5,000 in their account. Let that sink into your head for a couple seconds. If pros trade like this, why do less experienced traders think they can succeed by trading 100K standard lots with a $2,000 account or 10K mini lots with $250? No matter what the forex brokers tell you, don’t ever open a...   Tags: Forex Training, Leverage   Member: babypips | 3 Snaps