New Forex Trading

To rescue US economy, FOMC has cut interest rate from 6% to 0.25%, not much ammunition left. Japan which is the world’s 2nd biggest economy has suffered due to its strong yen. Even strong and stable Toyota has reported loss. China and Asia which have relied on US for most of their exports have started to show signs of weakness.

I say with confidence that 2009 will be a bad year for businesses, employees and global economy. We will see more cost cutting by firm in the form of retrenchments.

When people lose their jobs, they will spend conservatively. Some people may even have to sell stocks and property in order to raise cash for their daily expenses. Do you believe that in this kind of environment stock investments will do well?

Have you learned anything in 2009? If you have not, then learn that stock investment does not do well in all economy environment.

I think the current business cycle is moving downwards from the peak and we are still far from the bottom. I perceived that stock market is going to test its low and move down even much more in 2009.

I have since switched from stock investment to forex and commodity trading at the start of 2008. Here are some of my commodity trades.


14 trades were executed: 10 wins, 3 losses, 1 breakeven

Here are the trades on commodities from 1 Dec to 24 Dec:

1. On 23 Dec I closed my position at 10.41, profit is 28 ticks (US$280).

Original trade:
Shorted 1000 spot silver at 10.69
Stop level at 10.90
Target level at 10.08

2. On 23 Dec I closed my position at 39.33, profit is 33 ticks (US$66)

Original trade:
Shorted 2 lot supermini oil at 39.66
Stop level at 40.50
Target level at 38.72

3. On 19 Dec target level reached for silver. Close position at 11.12, 14 ticks profit (US$140).

Original trade:
Shorted 1000 spot silver at 10.91
Stop level at 11.12
Target level at 11.12

4. On 19 Dec I close my position at 10.97, profit is 10 ticks, US$99.65.

Original trade:
Shorted 1000 spot silver at 11.07
Stop level at 11.30
Target level at 10.87

5. On 17 Dec I close spot silver position at 11.44, profit is 25 ticks, US$250.

Original trade:
Bought 1000 spot silver at 11.19
Stop level at 10.79
Target level at 11.61

6. On 17 Dec target reached for silver. Profit is 49 ticks.

Original trade details:
Bought 1000 spot silver at 10.68
Stop level at 10.40
Target level at 11.17
Closed at 11.17 (Profit is 49 ticks, US$490)

7. On 16 Dec profit stop at 45.81 is triggered. Profit is 40 pips.

Original trade:
Bought 1 lot of supermini Oil at 45.41
Stop level at 43.70
Target level at 47.00

8. On 16 Dec oil trade triggered stop at 44.00. Loss is US$74.

Original trade:
I bought 1 lot of supermini Oil again at 45.41
Stop level at 43.70
Target level at 47.00

9. On 16 Dec oil trade stop triggered at breakeven

Original trade:
Open Long: 1 lot supermini Oil @ 44.67
Stop level: 44.67 (Shifted to breakeven)
Target level: 46.92

10. On 12 Dec gold trade triggered stop.

Original trade:
Open Long: 100 Spot Gold at 833.43
Stop level at 819.00
Target level at 846.38

11. On 10 Dec target level reached for oil

Original trade:
Open short: 1 Supermini Oil @ 44.25
Stop level: 45.00Target level: 43.13
Close at 43.13, profit is 112 ticks (US$112)

12. On 9 Dec cut loss on oil trade

Original trade:
Open Long: 1 supermini Oil @ 44.27
Stop level: 42.00
Target level: 46.80
Closed: 43.42 (Loss is US$32.00)

13. On 8 Dec took profit on gold

Original trade:
Open Long: 100 Spot Gold @ 770.25
Stop level: 739
Target level: 799.50Closed: 774.38 (Profit is US$413.00)

14. On 5 Dec target level reached for oil

Original trade:
Open Short: 1 lot Supermini Oil @ 45.56
Stop level: 48.10Target level: 42.83
Closed: 42.83 (Profit is US$273)
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Risk Disclosure:
Commodity trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them in order to participate in the futures trading markets. Don’t trade with money you can’t afford to lose. This website is neither a solicitation to invest nor an offer to Buy/Sell futures or options. The past performance of any trading system or methodology is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Spot Crude Oil Trading

As one of the most potentially profitable financial markets in the world, online crude oil trading is becoming increasingly popular with all types of traders and speculators.

Due to their price transparency and extreme liquidity, crude oil contracts are used as main international pricing benchmarks. Crude oil futures (and options) are also a good way for companies in the energy industry – on the production side as well as on the consumption side –to hedge their price risk and protect themselves against adverse price movements.

Volatility

Due to a record demand for oil throughout the world, increasing political tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program and various other global and local issues, crude oil prices have been breaking new records on a quasi-daily basis. In recent years, the high volatility of crude futures has made crude oil trading an investment with an extremely interesting potential return.

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Gold & Silver

Spot Gold Trading

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One of the main advantages of trading spot gold is that you can short sell, which means that you can benefit from a falling market.
You buy (go long) if you think prices will rise and you sell (go short) if you think they will fall.
Another great advantage of spot trading is leverage.
Unlike the bullion market, traders can enter the gold futures market with a relatively small capital thanks to margin trading opportunities provided by brokerage firms.
Also, when trading gold, you benefit from a greater liquidity which in turn provides accurate real-time prices.

Spot Silver Trading

Experienced traders and speculators know better and are quietly getting their hands on the silver trading market.
Indeed, as one of the most volatile major commodities, silver is becoming increasingly popular with all types of traders.
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Through its user-friendly and sophisticated trading system, ANG MARKETS gives you the opportunity to buy and sell silver spot contracts at very tight spreads.
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There are many entry barriers if you want to get associated with crude oil trading. The first and foremost entry barrier to this business is the amount of funds required to handle even smallest of the crude parcels. In case you have managed funds then comes the second hurdle i.e., getting allocation of crude from a refinery. Often getting allocation of oil from a Refinery is quite a challenging task, while there are many buyers willing to off take the parcels directly from the refinery the commercial supply of a refinery is limited. So does one get associated with this business and still can make some money? The answer to this can be working in the capacity of a ‘Facilitator’ in the business.

To become a ‘Facilitator’ in oil business you do not need loads of investment or excellent relationship with a refinery to get allocation of oil. What you actually need is right knowledge and expertise you hook up genuine buyers and sellers. One should be in the industry for long to have acquired knowledge related to the dynamics of this business. Your knowledge of the business will help you in identifying and impressing genuine buyers and sellers.

The first step involved in working as a facilitator is to get mandate from either buyer of the seller. It is very important that you can secure one end of the deal. You must have either the buyer or the seller in confidence before moving ahead with finding the right match. It always helps to get a written mandate from one of the parties appointing you as your legal representative in find the right match.

Once you have your legal mandate in place make your move in finding the right buyer or seller according to the case. From your past experience you might already have some leads which you can further explore for this deal otherwise internet can prove to be a useful tool here. You can visit and register with various B2B websites which offer a platform where buyers and sellers can meet. I am sure there you will find no shortage of matches you are looking for but now it is up to your skills to weed out the unwanted and fraudulent matches. It is very important that you do not pass on the details of any buyer or seller without scrutinizing them to your mandate provider. In case your recommended matches come out to be fake ones it will create a negative impact of your ability get the right match.

One your scrutinizing process is over you can forward the right match with necessary documentation to your mandate provider and seek their inputs on how to proceed on them. Direct meeting with some of the matches could be the next step to clinch a deal. You may earn a success fee or a pre agreed commission on successful completion of business.

1.                 The country cannot grow economically if it continues to rely solely on revenue from oil trade.

2.                 It will improve domestic competitiveness of local industries and non oil export sector of the economy, thereby preventing our country from dumping ground of products made from Asia and other advanced economies.

3.                 It will enable the country to have various streams of income

4.                 It will encourage individual and organizations to go into business of non oil export thereby increasing our foreign earnings

5.                 It will in long-term move the country from being an import based to export based. A very good example is how Ghana cocoa research institute has been able to catapult Ghana ‘s cocoa to about 700,000 tonnes from about 200,000 tonnes but in Nigeria we have remained at about 200,000 tonnes.

HOW TO GO ABOUT IMPROVING NON-OIL SECTOR

i.                    Government should expedite action and enforce policies towards resuscitating the failing non-oil export industry.

ii.                  Government should improve on export incentives and infrastructures.

iii.                Government should make information about non-oil export available to peoples through its agencies.

iv.                Government should review policies and practices that are not favourable to the exporters.

v.                  Government should apply a national export strategy which will inculcate the export culture in the country.

vi.                Nigerians should be encouraged about how to make use of Free Export Processing Zones located across the nation as it has immense benefits such as tax exemption, power, business advocacy etc.

vii.              Individual and organizations on their own should embrace non-oil export businesses and that is why organization like THE THY CONSULTING has been encouraging and teaching people about non-oil export.

Some of her works on non-oil export include the following

(a)              Bitter Kola Export

http://bitterkolaexport.tripod.com

(b)              Chorcoal Export

http://charcoalexport.tripod.com

Facilitators are present in most of the trading businesses and also have proven their worth for centuries. Facilitators perform certain important functions in a trade cycle so that it functions smoothly. Often they are aware of the best deals in the market and can help someone new in the business to survive and consolidate. However facilitator requirements for crude oil trading business are more advanced and unique. Crude Oil business has high stakes, involved both in terms of monetary requirements and incidental losses due to non compliance of sale deed. This nature of business requires more mature approach on part of the Facilitators of agents involved in this business. We will further study a few important reasons why facilitators involved in this business are not able to do well.

Lack of Experience and knowledge: Many people are attracted into this business because of kind of money one can earn on account of successful deals. Many agents fail to understand that requirements to succeed in this business are very demanding. Only those who have years of hands on experience and through knowledge of the industry can strive to do well as middle-men. Anyone thinking of making quick bucks getting involved with crude oil business may not do that well.

Many middlemen getting involved: Often it is observed number of middlemen get involved in a single deal and all of them have their own interest to protect. Often main focus of their business is changed from ensuring a smooth deal to protecting their own share of fee or commission. Also as the saying goes “too many cooks spoil the broth”, too many middle men getting involved in the deal often creates confusion and focus is lost.

Working without a legal Mandate: It is very important in order to succeed as an agent in oil trading business one must have clear mandate from either a genuine buyer or genuine seller. This mandate may be non-exclusive in nature but still having a mandate will mean that you have at least one strong end. Your efforts will be better rewarded only in the where you will have this mandate otherwise your jobs becomes very difficult and changes of success very dim.

Clarity with Buying and Selling Procedures: The agents must be well aware of all the procedures involved in sale of crude. Lack of knowledge or clarity in these procedures can create serious problems and can cause a deal in making to fizzle out.

As crude oil production has geographical limitations, its worldwide trading becomes an important and essential activity. There are very few countries in the world which are self sufficient in their requirement for crude and hence have no choice but to import this commodity into their country. Over the years oil trading has become an organized sector within international business which now follows certain industry norms. Further in this article we will discuss few of the trading terms or phrases which should be avoided as they won’t leave good impression of you. Anyone looking to get involved with this industry must have knowledge related to basic terms and phrases and their actual meaning. Just using certain terms because you have heard others use them doesn’t mean that they do any good for you.

The first term which is commonly used by many brokers and agents involved in oil business is CIF ASWP. This term is related to logistics part of trade process and defines the geographical threshold of prices offered by a seller. CIF stands for Cost Insurance and Freight, which means all these three components are covered in the price. Usually what follows CIF should be the name of the place till where the Cost, Insurance and Freight are covered. For example if your buyer is in China and wants delivery of the cargo on Shanghai port, what you would mention is CIF Shanghai. Term CIF Shanghai would mean that all the cost, insurance and freight up to Shanghai Port are covered in the given price and any expenses beyond this threshold would be on buyers account.

Now, if you have been using the term CIF ASWP what would that actually mean and signify anything? What it means would be Cost, Insurance and Freight to Any Safe World Port and would it actually signify something? Having now known the actual logic behind the concept it won’t be difficult to answer that term CIF ASWP doesn’t actually mean anything and it would just signify your lack of knowledge on the subject matter.

The second such commonly used term is ICPO. ICPO here stands for Irrevocable Corporate Purchase Order. This term is used in few countries only to signify seriousness or intent on part of the buyer to do business but when it comes to International Business this doesn’t mean anything at all. If you use the term ICPO in any formal communication with your supplier it will only give an impression that you do not know much about the business or you are trying to con him into something. So please avoid using this term from henceforth.

The third commonly used phrase is NCNDA which actually stands for Non Circumvention Non Disclosure Agreement. In legal terms NCNDA does not hold any good and should never be used while entering into to legally binding agreement. The usage of this terminology would only leave a negative impression of yours on the opposite party involved.

The last phrase which we will discuss in this article would be IMFPA. Now IMPA stands for is Irrevocable Master Fee Protection Agreement and what it trying to imply is that the brokers fee or commission remains protected. This again is an incorrect way of establish something which serves little purpose other than leaving a negative impression of yours. A real broker/agent with proper buyer/seller mandate need not fear of protecting his fee and should definitely use these improper tools to do so.

As we look at the stock market they seem to be on roller coaster ride with a northwards hike one day and a southwards slip the other day. The real estate market is no different either and indeed it appears to be on the blink of death. Under these circumstances if you are wondering where to invest your money safely and still take home some decent profit gold trading seems to be right on for you.

Why Gold trading?
Indeed gold trading has become a buzzword these days with stock market in mayhem and many investors are slowly shifting gears to silver and/or gold spot trading. You may wonder how when the price of these metals is down can fetch you some profit.
But it is this simple math. Isn’t it the right time to buy something when its price is low? It is indeed. Because the gold forecast says that the low metal’s price is only a temporary phenomenon and that it will soon go past 1000 clams for an ounce of it.

And, here, as you contemplate on gold trading you will first need to have an gold trading account opened with any spot trading broker. Its an online transaction account and one can buy and sell units of gold using broker’s account. It is then you should have a reliable gold broker or a gold trading service provider so you can trade online.
But like in any other investors’ market, gold trading market also is filled with low-profile service providers, who can be your rippers. So stay informed before you foray into gold spot trading.

Some important considerations in picking your gold trading broker:

• Should be well versed with the analysis of yellow metal market. Its better if the gold forecast signals are sent on a periodic basis. Not to mention the signals given by the broker should be confident enough.
• Should be available to you anytime to implement your transactions with a sense of honesty. Be learned of how the broker functions before hand.
• Cost effectiveness is another important consideration; although, it is not the sole consideration of choosing the gold spot trading broker.
• Hidden costs. It is where majority of traders skim the investors. So as you start your gold trading with a gold trading broker, you need to take time to look into the details of pesky fine prints and ensure there are no hidden terms and additional service charges than what they say.
• Alacrity is another virtue for selecting a broker as the prices in gold trading change very swiftly, the broker needs to implement your order with as much speed, a delay in a second may often times results in a havoc. So ensure that the service provider functions with alacrity.
• Check out on the fringe benefits or add-ons the service provider offers you for the same price.
• Check if the service provider asks for high account balance. Its wise to go with one that asks for a low balance.

 
Knowing these it is easy to narrow down to the best gold trading broker with whom you can start making some money.
You can start spot gold trading online just choose any good online broker i.e odlsecurities, fxpro, avafx, etc.

In recent years many people have began to trade the forex markets, and thus are asking the question what are the best forex gold trading hours. Over the last 3 or 4 years the global economy has been suffering from one of the biggest recessions for decades largely due to the heavily publicized banking woes in the United States and Europe. These troubles have left many households in financial trouble and some have even been left without work. This has prompted many people to seek new and exciting ways to make extra money or to attempt to create a new career.

Forex trading has been one of these methods this is the trading of currencies on a huge scale. This variety of trading until recently was only practiced by banks and other large corporations but with the recent introduction of a large number of Forex trading websites it has been opened up to normal member of the public with trades as low as $1 being allowed. Unlike other types of trading the Forex market is open 24 hours a day 5 days a week. The key to being successful at this type of trading is the time of the day that you place your trades as you are always looking to catch the largest moves of the day in order to make the most amount of profit that you can.

This leaves many traders asking the question what are the best forex gold trading hours. It is certainly not an easy question to answer and it obviously varies wherever you are in the world.

If you are trading the European or the London market which is the main hub for the forex market then the best hours to trade between are 2am and 12pm EST. As this is the most liquid of all the forex markets you will find the largest moves here. Between these hours you can easily see moves of 80 to 200 pips so if you are looking to trend trade as most do these are certainly the most profitable hours.

If you are based in Asia you will find that the liquidity here is fairly low and therefore the best trading hours are in the evenings between 7pm and 4am EST. This will give you the best chance of having a good profitability rate trading in this area.

The US market is the second largest in the world so you can see some big moves during the day however the best movements will generally be between 8am and midday as these are the hours when the European market is still trading. It is possible to trade this market up until 5pm though and still see some good moves. These are the best forex gold trading hours around the globe.

Its the dream of many savvy employees to start up a business, which they can nurture till it grows and start making them enough profit so overtime, they can be able to quit their jobs be their own boss, and be able to buy those fashionable luxuries they so much desire for their selves and families. But the question is, which lucrative business can an employee under a tight working schedule do, while he still keeps his job? The perfect answer to the question is online gold trading; and here are my reasons:

Online gold trading doesnt take much time. Unlike other business, both online and offline; online gold trading doesnt require someone to spend much time on it before he or she can be able to make good profit. At most 30 minutes daily is enough. As such, the employee can be doing the business very well while he still does his normal job very effectively. More so, the business can be done any time of the day-so the employee can either decide to be doing the business during his break period or after closing from work.

Another thing which makes online gold trading the ideal business for employees is, unlike other businesses which require allots of hard work before the business owner can make good profit, there is no stress whatsoever involved. You dont have to stress yourself too much before can make good profit from online gold trading and as such, the employee wont be having extra stress which may reduce his efficiency at his daily job. All he has to do is to just move mouse and click.

Even better, online gold trading, unlike other businesses, requires little start up capital. You can start with $100 or $200, only its advisable to start with $1,000 in other to start making tangible profit right from the very start. And be it as it may, the employee can afford to start up the business and yet still have enough money left to foot his normal bills.

Most importantly, online gold trading does not attract extra expenses like other business ventures. The only money you spend is the money you invest in the business. If you were to do other businesses without being there, you have to employ someone who youll be paying salary and be incurring extra expenses.

Online gold trading gives the employee the avenue to save his money so he can stop living from hand to mouth. Many employees when they receive salary, what they do is keep the money in the bank and whenever they are pressed, they rush to the bank to withdraw. They keep withdrawing till they exhaust all the money in their account before the arrival of the other salary. As such, living from hand to mouth. But if the employee uses part of his salary to buy gold, the money will be truly saved because no matter what, he wont be tempted to go and withdraw the money unless he sells the gold for profit

Every time we articulate of trading, this implies the investment and retailing of your respective items. What the large majority of potential traders and investors will conduct is order gold in largest part, store onto it for a little while, and after which offer for sale it the moment the rate of gold is higher.

Furthermore this is how one thing of how real gold stock trading works out. Those potential traders will order gold coming from the distributorat any charge considering these people get it in wholesale. Right after which the particular trader could offer it to several gold vendors as well as jewelers within a common amount in the market place. This will allow these people to turn a profit and finally earn even bigger returns fro their investment funds.

The rate of gold is absolutely not permanent, this vary each and every day. There tend to be times in which the actual price of gold increases and there’s times that it comes lower. You ought to be skillful related to real gold dealing and be good enough to work with this business. You have to stay frequently alert and knowledgeable of the rate changes in gold.

Real gold dealing is absolutely not an easy business. As such quite a few people prefer focussing on gold coins mainly because it can be quite simply transported other than the gold bullion bars. However all this depends on youwhich variety of gold bullion you choose to buy and offer for sale. Gold bullion can be bought in a variety of shapes either in bar or coin. Gold bullion coins are very simple to conceal every time you keep all of them in your place.

You may go online if perhaps you want to seek out many more related to gold coins and also gold bars. Gold coins come with assorted patterns and components, and so do gold bars. Searching on the net about real gold trading is much simpler and more easy.

There’s also a number of web-based trading internet sites where you’re able to study the selling prices of gold coins and gold bars. A majority of these websites will allow you to go online to window shop prior you invest in your preference of gold. You should be confident to find a well-known seller or dealer. At the same time be reminded to watch out any time buying gold via the internet. This kind of business enterprise needs huge amounts of money therefore, you have to be alert of scams with on-line actual physical gold bullion trading and investing business.