Archive for October, 2009

How To Profit From Surprise in FX

Forex Trading Tips: Rules of the Trade?

Rules of the Trade?
Joe Ross posted this clip on Elite Trader as the markets closed on Friday and I thought it was interesting enough to deconstruct. My responses are in italics.

1. Focus on markets, trading vehicles (i.e., equities, futures, options, spreads), strategies, and time frames that are comfortable for you and that suit your personality. The [...]

Forex Trading Tips - Things My Algo Taught Me

Things My Algo Taught Me
This week I finally automated my scalping strategy. Yes it uses Bollinger bands. Yes it’s a reversion to the mean idea. No I won’t reveal the specifics, so please don’t ask me. What I do want to talk about, however, is the idea of algo trading itself. For a purely discretionary [...]

Kathy Lien Coming to Sydney, Australia!

I will be on vacation for the next week but then I will be headed to Sydney for the very first time. I know that there are many Australians reading my blog and I would be delighted to meet you in person. Here is my itinerary. Hopefully we can cross paths:
Friday October [...]

Forex Trading Tips: Four Ways To Beat The Market - The Tao of Trading

Four Ways To Beat The Market - The Tao of Trading
Can you beat the market? Many academics will tell you no. The markets are just too efficient in the long run. Those who appear to be winning are simply lucky fools who will get their comeuppance eventually. Are the efficient theory proponents [...]

Aussie and Kiwi Not Overvalued

I was on CNBC tonight talking about why I believe the Australian and New Zealand dollars are NOT overvalued. On FX360.com I published an article talking about the relative Purchasing Power Parity values of the major currencies and how undervalued the U.S. dollar really is. Enjoy!

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Forex Trading Tips: Staying Alive

Staying Alive
This week K and I attended the Bloomberg FX 09 conference and aside from getting a tremendous ego boost when we found out that that we have an enthusiastic following on the institutional as well as the retail side, we also got to spend the day with some of the smartest currency [...]

Triggers for Australian Dollar

I was on CNBC last night talking about the triggers for further Aussie strength:

Outlook for Currency Market and the Dollar

I was on Bloomberg Television earlier today talking about the outlook for the Australian dollar, the outlook for the U.S. dollar and gold. Hope you enjoy the interview!

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