Lesson 3 – Introduction to charting
Charting in the Forex Charting is a primary tool of use by the forex trader. Combined with solid fundamental analysis, it give traders insight into trade timing and potential profitability. Reading and analyzing charts is something that you get better at with time and experience. But it’s also easy to abuse, as it’s a highly subjective exercise that you must learn to adapt to.
Lesson 2 – Earning Interest in Forex and other portfolio strategies
Another unique factor in forex trading is Interest, or carry. Each currency pair has an interest payment or charge associated with holding the position long or short. For instance, on some pairs, a payment may be made if you are in a long position, and a charge is made if you are short the pair. That charge or payment is the interest or carry for that particular pair. “Interest,”.
Lesson 2 – Pair characteristics, majors and crosses
Understanding Forex Pairs Forex pairs are divided into two broad categories. There are the majors that include the most frequently traded and most liquid currency pairs and the crosses. The majors all include the USD as either the base or quote currency. The cross currency pairs do not include the dollar because they “cross” two other currencies with each other. The Majors The.
Lesson 1 – Forex? How Does It Work?
Know your forex terms Before we delve any deeper into the possibilities that exist in the Forex market, we need to go over some basic Forex market terms. Pip: A pip (percentage in point) or point, is usually the smallest unit of measurement in the Forex market. Most currency pair quotes are carried out four decimal places—i.e. 1.4500. When you work with Alpari quotes are carried out to.


