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What Is Momentum Investing? How It Can Make You Rich?

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Ahmad Hassam

As a trader, you are always looking for short term profit. While as an investor, you are willing to invest long term in a company or a security to make capital gain. In trading, you are always looking for making profit from the volatility in the market. Day trading has a short term time horizon of only one day. A day trader opens a trade and closes that trade in the same day to make a quick profit. Day traders need quick reflexes as well as a keen observation of the market volatility. Many people day trade successfully. However, on the other hand hand, many people have a long term time horizon of many months to years. They have a long term financial goal and this matches with their investment style. Continue reading →

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stock trading question?

Posted on January 31, 2010 by

I want to clear something up for myself. Continue reading →

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Trading And Seasonality In The Markets

Posted on November 11, 2009 by Ahmad Hassam

Markets tend to react to the outside events. Markets react to the seasons. Markets react to holidays. Markets react to political crisis. Markets are what the people are thinking. The day before the Presidents day is the worst day and the day after the Easter is the worst day after. However, you should keep in mind that a lot of other factors also come into play and you have a lot of room for error. The next best holiday bets are the Labor Day and the Memorial Day because they fall before the first day of trading in September and June respectively. Continue reading →

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Trading The Seasonality

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Ahmad Hassam

The stock market is full of sayings like, Sell in May and go away, as well as the conventional wisdom about the, summer rally, the Santa Claus rally, the dark days of autumn, the presidential cycle, and so on. So the first question that comes to your mind is that are these seasonal cycles real in the markets and how you can time your trading with these cycles? Continue reading →

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Currency Profile Of British Pound (Part II)

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Ahmad Hassam

The Chancellor of the Exchequer still determines the inflation target for the economy. The monetary policy is dictated by the inflation target set by the Treasury Chancellor despite the independence of the Bank of England (BOE). BOE has the power to change interest rates to levels that it believes will allow it to meet this target. Continue reading →

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Fibonacci Trading (Part I)

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Ahmad Hassam

Did you see the movie, The DaVinci Code? You will find a scene in the movie where the characters talk about the Fibonacci number as part of a clue or code of some sort. What is Fibonacci trading? Fibonacci trading is based on the famous Fibonacci number series. Continue reading →

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British Pound Profile (Part III)

Posted on October 18, 2009 by Ahmad Hassam

UK tends to share a more common set of views with the United States. Economically, the United Kingdom is more free-market oriented than Europe. The United Kingdom cant totally disassociate itself from Europe at the same time, given its history and its geography. The upshot is a currency that is affected by politics at home and on the two continents to which its destiny is so closely related. Continue reading →

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British Pound Currency Profile (Part I)

Posted on October 17, 2009 by Ahmad Hassam

GBP/USD is the most liquid currency pair in the world and is highly popular with the currency traders. 90% of the global currency trading is pure speculation by the market players. Why is GBP so popular with the currency traders? What are the strength and weakness of GBP? Lets discuss the currency profile of GBP. Another name for the British Pound (GBP) is Pound Sterling. GBP is also known as the Cable. This name most probably struck in the early part of the twentieth century when most of the global trading used to be done through GBP via telex machines run on the cables. GBP used to be the international reserve currency of choice in those days. United Kingdom (UK) is the fourth largest economy in the world. UK has a service oriented economy with manufacturing representing a small part of GDP. Manufacturing is only equivalent to one fifth of GDP. Continue reading →

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GlfBook – Financial News Daily » Blog Archive » Forex Trading And …

Posted on September 21, 2009 by admin

The real magic of forex market unfolds when you combine it with other profit generating markets like the US Stock Market . Continue reading →

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What Is The Traders Mindset & Risk Psychology?

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Ahmad Hassam

Emotional demons like fear, greed or regret will try to haunt many traders. Even great traders struggle with their inner demons from time to time. Every great trader has a deep understanding of his/her psychology. Your personal trading psychology affects every trade entry and every trade exit that you make. Continue reading →

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