WELCOME TO THE “FOREX TRADE OF THE DAY” SITE

May 26th, 2008 expert

This is YOUR online Forex trading site.

This FREE site has been created for the benefit of online Forex traders of all levels and is intended to be educational and informative. HERE, YOU can get answers or debate  ANY Forex trading question you may have. Our team of traders and analysts will do our best to answer these questions.  Please submit your personal trading questions directly to info@expert4x.com. Please feel free to use the comment button to submit your questions or market observations on any of the articles on this blog. Please allow a few days for your questions to be answered. The answers will be posted on this blog or alternatively if they are regarding a personal trading matter your comments will be Emailed. Also FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOU OWN TRADE OF THE DAY that will be interesting and educational for fellow online Forex traders.

OUR MAIN TOPICS AS SHOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND MENU AS CATAGORY LISTINGS ARE:

#       Alert Services, Training and Books.

#       Entry Strategies

#       Exit Strategies

#       Trading Concepts and Notes

#       Barry Thornton

You can also search for any topic on Forex trading using the Google search facility page. We also routinely post interesting and educational trades and trading notes on this site for your benefit. Please use the search function to find any information on any trading topic of interest. If you can not find the information you need please use the comment facility to communicate with a trader or analyst.

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No Stop, Hedged, Forex Trading Grid Trading Course

April 2nd, 2008 expert

Expert4x have launched a hedged grid trading course. We hope you find the information supplied useful. We are looking forward to any positive or constructive feedback you may have which will improve the understanding and presentation of the course.  Please send any feedback to info@expert4x.com

CONTENT

Module 1 : Introduction
Module 2: Basic Concepts
Module 3: The Hedged Grid trading rule
Module 4: How you make money
Module 5: Grid Trading success factors: simultaneous transactions
Module 6: Grid trading success factors: Volatility of currency
Module 7: Grid Trading Success factors: Interest Charges
Module 8: Automating the transactions
Module 9: How to Manage trending markets
Module 10: Grid Trading Strategies
Module 11: Capital Required
Module 12: Real live trading examples
Module 13: Conclusion
Module 14: Question and Answers

The course can be accessed at GRID COURSE

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FOREX TRADING DOMINANT ANGLES: The latest Forex Trading Phenomenon

March 3rd, 2008 expert

Trading Currency Dominant angles is rocketing through the forex trading community as the latest high probability forex trading technique since Fibonacci. In fact some key dominant angles are sometime viewed as Fibonacci angles or Gann square lines. This refined technique has previously been used by only a handful of Banks but is now becoming known to the individual Forex Trader

Currency traders have always realized that in the Forex trading market currencies have specific bear channels (angles) that currency prices follow and certain bull channels (angles) that they follow. Using this trading strategy one can quickly bring order into what seems a random moving market. It also dispels the Chaos theory.

Below are a few currency trading charts that show this concept in action. It also challenges the trading concept that most support and resistance levels are horizontal. The forex trading charts clearly show that there is a very strong support and resistance relationship using dominant angles than the traditional horizontal support and resistance areas determined by Fibonacci ratios and pivot points.

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These dominant angles are great for determining bounce and breakout points at the start of a new currency price trend. It is used very well with the candle spike and long candle trading approach.

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Barry Thornton

February 1st, 2008 expert

In its search for Forex Trading excellence Expert4x has come across many amazing forex trading performances.

Expert4x recently interviewed a private Forex Trader who had produced a phenomenal 2600 pips (on a 1 lot basis) in a 3 week trading period. Barry Thornton is a private Forex Trader who has learnt forex trading the hard way – by trial and error. He further enhanced his development by presenting international Forex workshops to selected groups of traders and thereby getting involved in mentorship, training and subscription services. He has become independently wealthy from trading his own capital and specialises purely on the Forex market.

Expert4x has been given access to the trading records, pretrading analysis charts, result charts of Barry’s trading that produced the 2600 pips. Barry Thornton has further given his personal comments on each trade as well as giving Expert4x an opportunity to ask as many questions as it wants to understand the trading techniques used during these trades.Your are now given an opportunity to access the interview and the detailed trades over this period (if you wish). Further more Barry has agreed to answer any further questions that members of Expert4x and visitors to the various sites may have. He has agreed to provide personal mentorship feedback which maybe of benefit to any Forex Traders.

By obtaining a password to the website pages on which this information available you are not only getting valuable trading information on Barry Thornton the Forex trader but it will entitle you to ask any questions you like regarding any Forex Trading challenges you maybe encountering or the material presented.The cost of the password is $19.95 and once you have the password you may share it with as many Forex Trading associates as you wish. They will however not be entitled to the question and answer part of this service. Please allow up to 48 hours for your Barry Thornton password.

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Retest of support / resistance (kissing the the breakout point goodbye)

January 18th, 2008 expert

Online Forex Trading concepts: Double Top reversal price patterns, Momentum divergences, Moving average crossovers, Trendline violations, retesting of support / resistance, trading signals, trading targets.

Although not a spectacular gain, the EURGBP provided a great example a technical analysis principles working together to provide a good technical trade.

The EURGBP was trading in an upward sloping channel. A double top formation (reversal price pattern) was formed. At the same time sell divergences were made on the MACD momentum indicator which gave a forewarning of a possible sell transaction. Further more the MACD crossed over the 50 line a went into the sell zone. The 4 and 6 moving averages based on the price highs gave a crossover sell signal. The final sell signal came when the price violated the lower channel line / trendline. Normally this would trigger the sell transaction. However we missed it.

In general it is not a good idea to chase a missed entry. When there is a trendline violation the price often returns to the trendline for a 2nd time before it resumes the trend. We made use of this principle to place a sell order behind the price near the violated trendline. In this case the price did retest the trendline (Support become resistance) triggering the sell entry and then heading south as all the signals indicated. We exited before the last low which represents a support level.

This raises the point that traders need to establish which technical analysis indicators are SIGNALS and which ones are TRIGGERS. Signals warn about a possible transaction but the TRIGGER is the activity that creates the entry. In this case the double top, the moving average crossovers, the momentum divergences, the MACD moving into the sell zone were all SIGNALS. The trendline violation would normally have been the TRIGGER for the transaction but we missed it so the retesting of the violated trendline became our TRIGGER.

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Trending and sideways trading markets

December 21st, 2007 expert

Online Forex Trading concepts: Trending markets, Trading Markets, momentum indicators, moving averages, trendline violations, economic announcements, price formations, candle formations.

One of the most important trading skills a trader can develop is to be able to tell whether the currency in a trending market or a trading market. In general momentum indicators are highly unreliable in a trending market and trending indicators like moving average based techniques perform very badly in sideways trading markets. It has been estimated that markets trade sideways between 80% to 90% of the time and trade only 20% to 10% of the time.

A trending market is generally when the market is making higher highs and higher lows relative to the time span being traded. (A down trend makes lower highs and lower lows). Other indication of a trending market is when trendlines and / or moving averages point in a definite upwards or downwards direction. In general one should always trade in the direction of the trend when the market is trending until reversal signals are encountered. A trend must be assumed to continue until the weight of the evidence confirms a new trend relative to the time span being traded.

A non trending market is where new highs or new lows are not being made relative to the time span being traded and the price trades between a recent high and recent low. The trendlines and moving averages tend to be horizontal. One can trade in any direction in a sideways trading market.

Events that typically result in trend changes are Economic announcements or meetings, Political or important news or events, Market openings, Historic support and resistance areas and the ongoing battle between the bulls and the bears

Some Indicators that signal a trend change are A trendline violation, A moving average crossover, Momentum indicators signaling changes in momentum, reversal price formations, channel lines violations, bounces off a support or resistance areas, multiple moving average crossovers and candle formations.

Trend changing signals provide excellent signals to ENTER transactions as well as excellent signals to EXIT transactions, either as a stop loss or as a profit.

Most mechanical systems are programmed to be successful in one type of market and very seldom in both.

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Protected: A return of 475% in 1 month - Introduction and Basic transaction list

November 1st, 2007 expert

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Head and Shoulder reversal (26/7/07) - 400pips!!

October 26th, 2007 expert

Online Forex Trading concepts used:  Price patterns, Head and shoulders reversal formation, using expectations for exits, relative volatility of currencies.

The Head and shoulder formation is not always pretty and horizontal as can be seen from the trade below. We noticed that the GBPJPY again started forming a Head and Shoulder reversal formation and was battling to break through the breakout neckline. There where 3 blue candels next to 4 red channels where the price tried to break through. We placed a sell order below the the neckline and a target at 400 pips lower which was the expectation established by the approximate height of the channel in which the Head and shoulders formation formed. The price broke out and reached the target very quickly!! (only 2 x 4hour candles). The GBPJPY is the most volatile currency and these big moves are not uncommon.

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Protected: Interview with Barry Thornton: 2600 pips in 2 weeks!!

September 6th, 2007 expert

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Protected: Barry Thornton - Trade 1: 1200 pips

September 5th, 2007 expert

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Protected: Barry Thornton - Trade 2: 300 pips

September 4th, 2007 expert

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Protected: Barry Thornton - Trade 3: 550 pips

September 2nd, 2007 expert

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September 1st, 2007 expert

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Moving Averages acting as Support & Resistance

August 3rd, 2007 expert

Online Forex Trading concepts: Moving averages creating support and resistance 

Moving averages can sometimes act a good support and resistance areas. The 200, 100 and 50 moving averages on the daily charts are of particular importance as these are watched by the bigger Forex market participants. It is always a good idea to have the on your daily charts. When these moving averages converge there is a very good chance of a huge volatility breakout. 

Below is a good example of a moving average acting as support and resistance.

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Head and shoulders reversals:- GBPJPY 180 pips

July 25th, 2007 expert

Online Forex Trading concepts used:  Price patterns, Head and shoulders reversal formation, using expectations for exits, momentum divergences, relative volatility of currencies.

This trade was taken from directly our subscription service this week (180 pips in one transaction). We noticed that the GBPJPY had started forming a Head and Shoulder reversal formation and was battling to break through the breakout neckline. There where no less than 5 spikes where the price tried to break through. We recommended a sell just below the neckline and a target at 180pips lower which was the expectation established by the approximate height of the channel in which the Head and shoulders formation formed. The price broke out and reached the target very quickly. The GBPJPY is the most volatile currency and these big moves are not uncommon.

Although momentum indicators tend to give unreliable signals when the currency is trending there was a particularly strong sell divergence supporting the breakout.

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Using Forex Candle spikes to spot revesals

July 24th, 2007 expert

Online Forex Trading Topic: Candle Spikes, Reversal formations, trend indicators.

When in doubt about where strong support or resistance is it is often a good idea to look for candle spikes. These spikes normally show areas where the price slipped into but where very quickly sent back from where it came. This shows strong support or resistance. The chart below shows how they could have acted as good trading support signals. Remember that long blue candle next to a red candle (or the other way round) is often also a disgusted spike because if you add them together they become a spike.

A stronger reversal formation is candle tweezers where 2 spikes occur directly next to each other (not shown in the chart).   

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The Forex investment GRID system

July 23rd, 2007 expert

What are the most common problems YOU as an online Forex Trader face??? (Any  trader for that matter)

#  YOU get the direction wrong

#  The market whipsaws and takes out YOUR stop and then reaches your target.

#  YOU get your stop wrong. Too small when they should be big and too big when they should be small.

#  YOU cash in at the wrong time only to see the market run another 200 pips in the direction you where in.

Because of the ongoing market dynamics these problems occur with mechanical and manual trading systems

Imagine a trading system where you:-

* YOU can cash in a positive deal no matter which direction the market moves.
* YOU don’t need stops because deals are hedged by other transactions / options.
* The system is so mechanical that it can be traded without charts.

To good to be true?

Not so. Using the INVESTMENT GRID system we simply setup a series of hedges (Self financed transactions) which effectively allow you to cash in on EVERY move of the market (up or down). No need for stops.

Background to the Investment GRID System.

Many financial organisations use hedge and forex option principles to setup low risk trading processes. The magic system sets up its own network of hedges which allow you to cash in on EVERY move of the market.

This INVESTMENT GRID system has been marketed for thousands of $’s with a money back guarantee if any purchaser can prove that the system did not work using any currency over the last 15 years. No refunds have ever been made. Over the years we have made some changes to refine the system. We are now offering the INVESTMENT GRID system to be traded on a subscription basis.

What makes this system so unique:- 

We believe that the average trader is so focused on trading one transaction at a time that they loose sight of what they are try to achieve (Make lots of money from trading). They can’t see the wood for the trees.

The INVESTMENT GRID System is based on the philosophy that says:  Why not invest in hedges placed above (say 1000 pips) and below (say 1000 pips) the market which allow you to cash in on every buy and sell move in the market. As the market tend to trade sideways and retrace, much more than it trends, with careful currency selection your hedges way never be hit for years and years and in the meantime you are cashing in on every move of the market. The money generated can exceed the cost of the hedge very quickly a thereby eliminate the risk very quickly.

The INVESTMENT GRID system is therefore not a true trading system but more related to an Investment on which continuous returns are being generated (ROI). It has been developed by financial and actuarial people rather than traders and is therefore a different approach to maximising income from the natural movement of the market. See the examples below: Sometimes the investment can last 1 hour and sometimes the investment takes days or weeks to mature profitably.
   
Conventional trading

We recently mentored a competent trader who had generated 700 pips during June making over $ 6 000 in the process. Not bad for a month of skilful trading. He did 160 trades with an average stop of 40 pips. During this period the trader had invested an amazing $ 60 000 in having stop losses (160 transactions x 40pips x $9.50per pip). Some were hit and other not. Using a fraction of $ 60 000 the trader could rather have invested in a hedging system which would have allowed a much freer way of trading and would have eliminated many of the stop out encountered. The INVESTMENT GRID system can easily be adapted for further optimisation by competent traders. 

Why not add up (calculate) all the negative (stopped out) transactions you have had in the last month as well as the risk you took on the positive transactions and you will be amazed at how much you risked (In $ and in pips) for the return that you made. If you do this you will start seeing the benefits of using hedging to finance stops rather than being stopped out.

The INVESTMENT GRID system investments using hedges.

Very Simple examples of the concept:

The market goes up by 100 pips and then down by 100 pips. Cashed in $200 (you benefit from all moves and no concerns about stops being hit.) less the cost of the hedge $ 100 = Profit of $100. No more risk. Start a new investment.

The market goes up by 200 pips and then down by 100 pips. Cashed in $300 (you benefit from all moves and no concerns about stops being hit) less the cost of the hedges $200 = Profit of $ 100. No more risk. Start a new investment.

You may not need any of your own capital after a number of transactions.

What are the key success factors impacting your trading returns when using the Magic system.
 
? You need to use currencies that have a low spreads.
? You need to use currencies that have a low over night interest charge as some currencies may not move over say 100 pips every day.
? The size of your “cash in move” should be 100 pips or more depending on the volatility of the market.
? The market must move – doesn’t matter in which direction.
How do I start trading the INVESTMENT GRID system:

The system is easy to trade as all the entry orders are preset to cover a 1000 pip movement in the market. The system only requires you to replace cashed in transactions on the GRID as soon as possible so that you can cash them in again in the future.

The system is published regularly on our website and a new investment group is started every Monday. Every Monday a small change is made to the investment criteria. You are free to move from one group to the next.

For the 1st month we strongly suggest that you demo trade the system. Mainly because the psychologically this is not a trading system but an investment process and it takes a while for traders to get comfortable with the new concept. They for instance keep on looking at the charts and trying to manage the process. 

You need either 2 trading mini accounts to facilitate buy transactions and sell transactions in the same currency at the same time, or alternatively a broker mini account that allows the above. The hedges will be created in these accounts.
 
To trade live you will need $ 5 000 available to invest. Depending on the market conditions when you start, you may only end up risking as little as $1 000 to setup the hedges. The balance is of the capital may not be needed at all!  $ 5000 in capital can hedge a move of 3000 pips so you have plenty. 

What returns has the system generated.

The returns of this system are proportionate to the size of the cash in (50pips, 100pips and 150pips and 200 pips), the currencies used, the interest rates charges by brokers on overnight deals, the market phases, time started etc. Each user of the system applies these variables according to the size hedges they can afford. Adding more than 1 hedge results in exponential increase in returns rather than just doubling returns.

This is the 1st time that the investment GRID is being offered on a subscription service. We will be using a set of variable best suited for the subscription service and wherefore there is no track record. We would rather be conservative and not give an indication of the returns enjoyed.

We would strongly suggest that you demo trade your 1st month subscription to access the profitability of version of the system that will be traded for the subscription service.

 The Grid system is traded as a subscription trading service. You can enroll for this service by subscribing for $24.95 a month on the following link - http://www.forextradersupportservices.com/subscribe.html
Alternatively I see that information regarding a similar hedged trading methodology is available at www.fxcm.com/hedging.jsp 

This is not a completely mechanical system and choosing the appropriate currency to trade, the grid size and what to do in a trending market takes trading experience and that is why it is presented as a subscription service.

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Free Online Forex Trading charts, dealing stations and data feeds

July 22nd, 2007 expert

Online Forex Trading concepts: Trading charts, dealing stations, data feeds, technical analysis.  

One of the first things a forex student has to do is obtain free charts, a demo trading account and a knowledge of how to operate both the dealing and charting software. There are a number of brokers who offer demo accounts, trading charts, basic training and support.

When visiting these sites please review all the information on the sites. It is good to read 3 or 4 sites to obtain different perspectives of the same topics. Below are some suggested brokers to get started with:-

FXCM:

www.fxcm.com. FXCM supplies al the tools a new trader would need to get started so spend some time getting to know the company and the services offered. They are particularly good at offering live support on any questions you may have on virtually every page of their websites. There is further support given on their site www.dailyfx.com.

Demo account registration:  http://www.fxcm.com/open-free-100k.jsp
Charts:    http://www.fxcm.com/charting-options-exchange.jsp
METATRADER:

www.metaqoutes.net  MetaTrader supplies numerous brokers with there integrated charting and dealing software. The charting system is particularly good in that it supplies considerable history.

MetaTrader 4   http://www.metaquotes.net/downloads/
Technical analysis courses http://www.metaquotes.net/techanalysis/

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Volatile economic announcement trades

July 19th, 2007 expert

Economic announcements can produce some high volitile price breakouts (and Whipsaws). These are generally high risk times that many traders avoid and often close out their deals prior to the announcement. The Payroll trade on the 1st Friday of every month is a particular high volitile announcement.  It takes considerable trading competency and experience to trade high volitile economic announcement trades. 

The following is a way trading these announcements:-

* Establish the exact time of the important announcement.
Confirmation of the importance of the announcement will be a narrow rangebound price movement (30 pips) with a bear or bull trap(false break) before the announcement.
* 2 minutes before the announcement input entry orders to straddle the current price (buy +15 to 20 pips / sell –10 to 15 pips).
* Wait for the break and cancel the unactivated leg of the straddle (or use it as a stop).
* Alternatively buy and sell market  orders could be activated 2 minutes before the time and stops moved within 15 to 20 pips from the price just before the announcement. 

Many brokers systems can not cope with the fast movement of the price so make sure that your broker is comfortable with these tipe of trades.

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More notes on straddle trades
* They are subject to whipsaws so research prior announcement results and the conditions in the market thoroughly before planning an announcement straddle or hedge.
* Announcements are generally regarded as risk events and careful consideration should be given to the trade.
* The Payroll announcement on the 1st Friday of every month has given the most volatile and dependable results.

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Using long term charts to review the trading environment

July 17th, 2007 expert

Online Forex Trading Topics: Long term charts, analysing the trading envirinment, new highs and lows, trendlines violations.

Most of the currencies have either broken through major trendline resistance / support or started making new highs / lows. This is a period when the bulls and bears have their biggest fights. The monthly and weekly charts below shows the status of all currencies. The analysis of the relative strength of currencies available on the blog shows how weak the US$ and JPY is compared to the EUR and GBP. We will therefore be favouring buying the EUR / GBP as they are strong and selling the USD / JPY as they a weak in the next few weeks. We will also be increasing the size of our stops and targets.

Please click on the charts below to enlarge them.

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