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[25 Nov 2009 | One Comment | 112 views]

Q:   In order to make a more stable investment it better to have many Forex operators in different brokers and spread the money among them or just one?
A:   You mean hedging your positions in different accounts? Some people do that, others think it hamstrings their profits. If you want to hedge, try different trading methods, instead of just opening a long position with one account then shorting with another.
The primary methods of hedging currency trades for the retail forex trader is through spot contracts and foreign currency options. Spot contracts …

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[25 Nov 2009 | 5 Comments | 202 views]

Q:  1. I am a aggresive investor seeking to invest my money for higher returns. I know hedge funds gives you the best return in short time, other may be S&P and Real Estate (maybe i dont know), what i am searching is theoritically hedge funds give you the best high return or not is there any more big investment (other then starting your own private business)
2. Hedge Funds have the best of the managers found in any industry, they have all big strategies, they invest in stock, S&P, forex, …

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[24 Nov 2009 | One Comment | 96 views]

Q: I would like to know who are “Non-Dealing Desk Forex Traders” ? Because most of the brokers who earn on spreads trade against their clients. They don’t have any interest in their clients. On the other hand these Non-Dealing Desk Forex Traders should be ok. Please comment if I’m wrong.
A:  You are correct in that a no dealing desk (STP) broker will profit onlyl through the spread or a commission and not by trading against their traders. Dealing desk brokers can trade against their traders which creates a conflict of …

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[24 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | 104 views]

Q:  I am new to the online forex trading and wanted to know some info on it. Irrespective to the experience and knowledge of trading, is it reliable to trade with the online forex brokers such as forex.com, efxnow.com, and so on…I mean to say is that is it ok to invest or is it like one day I wake up and see the company fled with my money.
A:  Some Forex brokers are reliable. On the other hand, some are semi-scams, which may fail to return your money. When evaluating a …

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[24 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | 97 views]

Its hard to find a broker that offers forex options. The one I know is Saxobank. When I tried the demo account, it lets you choose the exact strike price (5 pip increments) and the expiry date, day by day. They are way to customized and the pip spread is always 15 pips on most of them. This tells me one thing, saxo bank is trading against their clients, so its in their interest to manipuate the spread and win when client loses.
Why are there no standardized options for forex …

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[24 Nov 2009 | 5 Comments | 86 views]

Q:  Banks offer about 5.0 percent return annually. Average Mutual Funds about 15 percent return annually. Bonds offer 4.8 percent return. Hedge Funds can yield over 30 percent return with insane risk and luck. All these numbers are wonderful, but is it that difficult or impossible to outperform all of these things, which are presumed to be nice investment tools (excluding hedge funds).
Anyone heard of  Forex? It allows you to play with margins of 1:1 up to 400:1, meaning for everyone dollar you put in there, they are willing to …

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[24 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | 96 views]

Q:  I am new at the forex market And obviously I have several questions:
1. What to buy now?
I see some people who look at the forex too “philosophically”.
As I said I am newbie at this market, so they can be right, but…why someone would ask about the “Eliot theory” to make money in forex when you just can read news and predictions and see the chart?
Thus, my question is not whether Eliot works or not , but is it good to buy NZD against the USD, or against the …

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[24 Nov 2009 | 2 Comments | 105 views]

Q:Why When Signing Up For A Forex Account?Through an online forex broker they need my passport number?A:they ask for your passport (or in other cases, a valid social security number) for a few reasons. For one this can help to prevent money laundering (one person “depositing funds” in an account that lives in the u.s. and another person, say from columbia or mexico “withdrawing funds” only to be using that as a means of transfering payment for a marijuana or coccaine deal or something like that.
Also another reason (at least …