Archer / Bickford Getting Started in Currency Trading

Winning in Today's Hottest Marketplace
1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-471-73833-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: The Getting Started In Series

Getting Started in Currency Trading is both an introductionand reference tool for beginning and intermediate foreign exchange(Forex) traders. This information-packed resource opens with adescription of the Forex market and a section of clearly definedForex terms with examples. You'll learn how to open your owntrading account by following step-by-step instructions and numerousscreen shots that show you what expect inside a dealer's tradingplatform. You'll walk through the physical process of placing andliquidating currency orders. Later chapters introduce varioustrading strategies and tactics in detail, along with somefundamental and technical analysis that will help you win in theexploding foreign exchange trading market.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Archer, Michael D.

Bickford, James Lauren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
About This Book.
How This Book Is Organized.
Disclaimer.
PART 1: THEN AND NOW.
Chapter 1: Getting Started.
Chapter 2: History of Currency Trading.
Chapter 3: Currency Futures and the IMM.
PART 2: WHAT EVERY TRADER MUST KNOW.
Chapter 4: FOREX Terms.
Chapter 5: Selecting a FOREX Broker.
Chapter 6: Opening an Online Trading Account.
Chapter 7: Mechanics of FOREX Trading.
Chapter 8: The Calculating Trader.
PART 3: HOW TO BEAT THE MARKET (MAYBE).
Chapter 9: Fundamental Analysis.
Chapter 10: Technical Analysis.
PART 4: THE BUSINESS OF TRADING.
Chapter 11: Money Management and Psychology.
Chapter 12: Trading Tactics.
Chapter 13: What to Do If Things Go Wrong.
Chapter 14: Record Keeping.
PART 5: ADVANCED TOPICS.
Chapter 15: Advanced Topics.
Appendix A: List of World Currencies and Symbols.
Appendix B: Exchange Rates.
Appendix C: Euro Currency Unit.
Appendix D: Time Zones and Global Banking Hours.
Appendix E: Central Banks and Regulatory Agencies.
Appendix F: Resources.
Glossary.
Index.
About the Authors.

Über Autor(innen)

Michael Duane Archer (Golden, CO) has been an activecommodity futures and Forex trader for over thirty years. He hasalso worked in various advisory capacities, notably as a CommodityTrading Advisor and SEC registered Investment Advisor. He iscurrently CEO of CommTools, Inc., a think-tank focusing on cellularautomata and complexity theory market forecasting solutions.
Jim L. Bickford is a twenty-seven-year softwareengineering veteran, technical analyst, and a very active FOREX daytrader with an academic background in applied mathematics andstatistics. He has numerous books to his credit and recentlypublished Chart Plotting Algorithms for TechnicalAnalysts.