Currency Trading Information

Trading Timeframes


Long Term

Long term traders will work from end of day data and look to hold trades for a few weeks up to many months. Usually trend trading.

Advantages

No need to watch the markets intraday.

Fewer transactions means lower commission costs.

Cost of equipment and data is minimal.

Disadvantages

Large equity swings on single positions with large stops.

Usually only 1 or 2 exceptional trades a year so patience is essential.

Bigger capitalization required to ride longer term swings.

Frequent losing months.

Short Term

Working from intraday data and looking to hold for a day up to a week. Usually swing trading.

Advantages

More opportunities for trades.

Less chance of losing months.

Less reliance on one or two trades a year to make money.

Disadvantages

Transaction costs will be higher.

Intraday data adds to costs.

Overnight risk becomes a factor.

Day Trading

Working from intraday data the day trader will attempt to take small profits from intraday swings. All positions will be exited at the market close.

Advantages

Many trading opportunities in a day.

Much lower chance of losing months.

No overnight risk.

Reduced margin requirements due to no overnight risk.

Disadvantages

Transaction costs will be high.

Psychologically more difficult due to frequency of trading.

Profits are limited by needing to exit at the end of the day.

Data costs are high as real time data is essential.

Tim Wreford runs Online Futures Trading, a website that provides information and resources for traders. Tim also provides a free day trading system, the results of which are updated daily on the site.

  


MORE RESOURCES:

ABC News

Iceland's Krona Currency Trading Halts as Kaupthing Taken Over
Bloomberg - Oct 9, 2008
... a currency analyst in Frankfurt at Commerzbank AG, Germany's second-largest lender. The krona plummeted to 350 per euro this week in trading between ...
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Wall Street Journal - Oct 9, 2008
Meanwhile, hedging against foreign-exchange risk has become more difficult as options related to currency trading have become more expensive, Mr. Liu said. ...


CNBC

Yen Rises on Speculation Stocks Rout Will Reverse Carry Trades
Bloomberg - Oct 9, 2008
``It's an absolute panic in stocks,'' said Brian Dolan, chief currency strategist at FOREX.com, a unit of online currency trading firm Gain Capital in ...
Dollar gains as global equities keep sinking Forbes
Dollar rises on global financial turmoil The Associated Press
Japan's yen on track for week of historic gains MarketWatch
RTT News - Bloomberg
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Growing Fears, High Dollar Demand Engulf FX Market
동아일보, South Korea - Oct 9, 2008
“Unless the market has sufficient foreign currency trading volume to absorb the impact of foreign stock sell-offs, a sharp depreciation cannot be avoided,” ...


Sify

MCX Stock Exchange begins currency trading
Sify, India - Oct 7, 2008
Mumbai: MCX Stock Exchange (MCX-SX) has recorded a turnover of Rs 287.49 crore with 59952 contracts valued at $1000 traded on the first day of currency ...


CityNews

Loonie takes steepest one-day dive ever, trading extremely volatile
The Canadian Press, TORONTO - Oct 10, 2008
However, the volatile trading in the currency makes it difficult for companies and consumers to adapt to such rapid changes. ...
Loonie pounded again, heading for worst week since '71 CBC.ca
Loonie takes steepest one-day dive ever, trading extremely volatile 660 News
Loonie’s tumble continues TheChronicleHerald.ca
HoweStreet.com - The Associated Press
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Ninemsn

Dollar bounces back
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Oct 8, 2008
The local currency was trading at $US0.6698 just before the data was released at 11.30am, but fell to $US0.6684 shortly afterwards. ...
$A opens lower after weak Wall St finish The Age
Dollar falls lower, to US66c NEWS.com.au
Dollar closes down, at US66c The Australian
Sydney Morning Herald - NEWS.com.au
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Calgary Herald

Markets in Europe and Asia Plunge
New York Times, United States - Oct 10, 2008
... dropping as low as $82.59 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The realignment in the currency markets continued, ...
GLOBAL MARKETS - Selling frenzy persists as confidence crumbles Reuters India
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A Week of Fear and Turmoil in Global Markets
THISDAY, Nigeria - 2 hours ago
•By Thursday October 9, the Icelandic króna was trading at 340 to the euro when the government suspended all trade in the currency. •On Thursday, October 9, ...
Freefalling stocks pile pressure on G7 Canada.com
Global market wrap: Everywhere you look, carnage Crikey (subscription)
Global markets tumble before G7 meeting Forex Pros
Right Side News - guardian.co.uk
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Forex Trading Signals Outperform on Explosive Market Volatility ...
Daily FX, NY - Oct 9, 2008
Forex markets continue to see tremendous volatility on persistent turmoil in broader financial markets, and our “Breakout” currency trading signals have ...
Euro/US Dollar Forecast to Decline According to Forex Trading Signals Daily FX
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