There are two types of capital flows you need to watch – physical flows and portfolio flows. Physical flows involve investment activity that produces products and services, while portfolio flows involve the exchange of equities, such as stocks and bonds.
The physical flows currency traders want to watch include:
- Foreign direct investment – whenever you read [...]
Fundamental analysts collect data about what is happening in the economy and try to understand how these economic conditions impact the current value of a particular currency, as well as predict what might happen to the currency’s future value. Many things can impact the state of the economy, including monetary policy set by government agencies, [...]
Most Forex traders use shorter-term charts to pick up intraday trading signals, but we used this longer-term chart because it is easier to discuss the trends on a less volatile chart. The ups and downs of the market are smoothed out when you look at a longer time frame, so it’s easier to see the [...]
Money makes the world go around, and lots of things can impact the value of that money. You can’t control any of these factors that change the value of money, but you definitely need to understand what they are so that you can make tactical decisions about when to buy or sell a particular currency.
Currency, [...]
Technical analysis looks at the historical price movements of a currency. Technical analysis believe all that needs to be known about a currency can be seen by tracking its historical price, and from that historical data you can spot trends and predict future price movements.
That’s very different from fundamental analysts, who look at economic data [...]
Every Forex trader needs to develop a sound trading strategy that they can follow regularly. We won’t recommend a specific strategy. That’s something you need to develop for yourself based on your own emotional tendencies, as well as your knowledge and understanding of the marketplace.
But no matter what strategies you develop, you should use the [...]
You don’t have to actually buy any currency to speculate in the foreign currency market. You can buy a foreign exchange or currency option contract. This contract gives you the right but not the obligation to buy or sell a specified amount of one currency for another at a specified price on a specified date.
Options [...]
Pricing Forex swaps
The cost of the Forex swap is set by the interest rate differential between the two currencies being swapped. The amount of interest that could be earned during the period of the swap is used by the dealer to calculate the price of the swap.
In calculating the cost for the swap, the dealer [...]
Swaps is a method which you can use it to borrow money for a certain period of time. An Forex swap allows you to exchange one currency for another and then re-exchange back to the currency you first held.
Banks and others in the dealer market use Forex swaps to shift temporarily into or out of [...]