Whatever your family’s financial situation, why not give Forex auto a go? Provided you have the proper tools, it is relatively easy to work at odd hours to supplement your income. Forex auto trader prepped and eager to help provide you with an additional income without much trouble on your part. To generate the maximum amount of income, experienced traders keep an eye on the various market trends carefully and use the many hints and tricks that they’ve collected through their careers to identify the best sources of money. However, such a job is a full-time commitment and requires a tremendous amount of staying power and effort. But if a simpler solution would appeal to you, Forex auto trading software can provide it. To begin with, it is not recommended to storm in unprepared and untrained and expect immediate results — rather you should pace yourself and practice for a little while. That way you’ll be able to adapt to the business, and make and learn from your mistakes before you start playing the game for real.

Whatever you might need the Forex auto trader system for, it has been designed to be easily customizable and can integrate many forms of information thus making it simple to use. The system is able to become fully self-regulating as soon as you have filled in the relevant data. A forex robot can only function as successfully as its owner will allow, however, so you should bear the following bits of advice in mind. Be aware of the Forex trader’s limitations in that it is a computer program trying to match shifting market changes; it simply is incapable of protecting and earning money for you all of the time, dependably nor continuously. It’s great for executing your demands rather than to personally watch out for market changes. It is the ideal multi-tasking tool for those times when the market is hot at the same time as you have other problems to solve.

We recommend you monitor it periodically, to understand exactly what is happening. The Forex auto trader requires sustained updates to match your chosen market’s changing patterns. In conclusion, Forex auto trader is perfect for dealing with your market shares and investments, if used in the correct manner. Take a bit-by-bit approach. So, to circumvent the tension of modern day trading, always remember that you can do it another way using the Forex auto trader.

The majority of successful speculators understand that it’s a good thing to allocate investment within several asset classes whose profits aren’t related completely with one another. Many of them hold funds in real estate, debt instruments, equities, and cash. The first group is generally under-represented within the investors? profile, yet it adds a necessary state of security into an investor?s profits, due to the impressive stability of growth of real estate over a period of time compared to another asset class.

By holding and buying residences to guarantee profits through increases in value along with taking advantage of tax benefits, especially depreciation, the potential to put off tax liabilities through the utilization of 1031 tax-deferred deals and long-term capital gains managing, are the methods that nearly all massive fortunes have been made in real estate. Hanging on to and acquiring a home provides the greatest tax advantages, security and results available.

It is necessary to begin by dealing in residential houses for sale. How come? For the reason that this is the ideal time to do so. As you will be entering a buyers’ market, investing in such properties offers a potentially rewarding endeavor. Yes, it’s a fact that there’s a large quantity of inexpensive properties nowadays. The great thing about this is that the houses are on the market at prices that are below market value. Families should be the targeted sector. Buying new houses available for sale is being identified as a good option by more and more folks nowadays.

Commence your property investment buying venture in uncovering affordable, high standard houses. If you are contemplating flipping homes for quick gain, it is better to obtain homes from sellers who are driven. Home owners such as them have made up their minds already that they want to sell the properties as soon as possible. Some of the popular factors why they wish to do so are job loss, death in the family or divorce. They need to put the home up for sale as it not possible for them to stay in it.

It is practical to buy reasonably priced properties, flip them immediately to create speedy cash by producing property or home ventures along the lines of these. Locate them in suitable locations.

Peter is a professional trader, Paul is not. Peter has a tested, proven, written trading plan that he follows each time he enters a trade, Paul does not. Peter has agreed to meet with Paul to help Paul become a more successful trader.

Paul was early for his first appointment to see Peter a few days later – he was feeling both excited and apprehensive. Peter had told him he would show him how to use technical analysis and swing trading strategies to trade Stock market trends with confidence – but could he really do it?

Did he have the ability to become a successful trader after losing so much money in the market these last two years? Was he just wasting Peter’s time?

As he waited, he thought about the look Beth had given him when he had told her about his trading losses…the sense of failure he had experienced as she just walked away. The feeling of utter helplessness he had felt as the enormity of his losses had finally dawned on him. He had been so close to financial freedom, but now that had been taken away from him.

He was just starting to feel sorry for himself again when Peter strode into the foyer of the office building and wished everyone good morning – feeling sorry for himself would have to wait until later.

Peter motioned him to follow him to the elevator. Paul did so and they chatted as the lift took them to Peters 30th floor office. It was smaller than he had imagined, just a receptionists desk in the waiting room and one office with a view of the city.

He expected something grander, but the office was functional, and besides, Peter didn’t have a need for any more space as he had only 1 staff member, Kim, his Secretary and receptionist, host, coffee maker and confidant.

The focal point of Peter’s office was his trading screen – a triple screen plasma display monitor over 4 foot wide. “Not that’s a screen,” Paul thought to himself.

Kim brought in coffee and then left them alone. Paul poured them both a cup and took a seat.

Peter gazed out the window towards the city for more than a minute before speaking. “So you want to be a trader?” he finally asked. “Yes, but more than that, I want to be a great trader,” Paul answered, “Like you.”

“How do you know I am a great trader? And anyway, what is your definition of a great trader?” Peter asked.

“I heard you talking at the diner the other day – you certainly know what you are doing, and the market is up 5 days straight and more than 130 points since you bought the S&P 500 Index, that’s 20% in a week!” Paul explained. “I think anyone who can take their profits on the day of a major low like that and then have the ability to turn around and buy…and be dead right, is a great trader.”

“That is true, the Index is up a long way. And yes, I did get in at the low, didn’t I? So I guess, by your definition, I am a great trader,” Peter chuckled to himself.

“How far do you think the market will go up before it has a breather?” Peter asked. “I have no idea,” Paul replied. “Neither do I, that’s why I have placed my sell orders below the daily lows each day in case it turns around again and I’m ready to go short again,” Peter explained.

“It’s not so much picking the low that is important or even necessary, it’s managing the trade as it progresses that makes the money,” Peter added.

“But we’ll get to that later, let’s have a look at a chart and tell me what you see,” Peter said. He opened his charting software and soon they were looking at a monthly chart of the S&P 500 Index. Chart available at Stock Trading Review.com

“This is the last 3 years price history of the S&P 500 – what can you tell me about the direction of the trend?” Peter asked.

“It’s been going down,” Paul replied. “Correct, and which way have you been trading this market that has been in a clear down trend?” Peter continued. “I haven’t been trading it at all, I’ve just been fully invested, losing money,” Paul replied.

“Then you have indeed been trading it, my friend.” Peter continued. “By sitting on your hands for the last 2 and a half years while prices continued to fall, you have been fighting the trend. People who fight the trend always lose money.

“Then, you finally sold in a panic, like all the other small traders who finally gave up hope last week. You sold to people like me. The same thing happens every time there is a correction or bear market – the small traders hang on until they can’t stand to be in the market any longer, they all sell together in a panic and then the market goes up.”

“Tell me, looking at this chart, when did the downtrend start?” Peter asked.

“Well I guess around December, 2000 is where it looked like it started to fall away,” Paul replied. “Correct,” replied Peter.

“That means that from December 2000, there was no reason to be buying this Index, or buying Stocks that were showing the same chart pattern, and there was every reason to have your Stock portfolio hedged if you didn’t sell or have your money in cash.”

Paul looked at the chart and of course it was easy to see the trend was down with hindsight.

Before he could say anything, Peter continued. “Of course, hindsight trading is perfect, so how would you have known the best time to get out of the market or hedge your portfolio?” Paul looked at the chart and said, “I guess when the moving averages crossed over.”

“Correct,” said Peter. “So, for the last 2 and a half years, the trend on the monthly chart was down. “What else does this chart tell you about the market?”

Paul looked at the chart, but he wasn’t really sure what Peter wanted to know. “I’m not sure,” he finally confessed.

“Take a close look at the reactions within the downtrend. Notice that the largest one only managed to go against the trend for 3 months. In any timeframe, a market or Stock that can only go against the major trend for a few bars like this is in a very strong trend.

“Also, the Index was consistently closing below the short term moving average, and always closed below the longer term moving average – this is not something you want to sit through fully invested, holding on and hoping,” Peter continued.

Paul could see now the reason for his huge losses. He had looked at charts before but he had never looked at the big picture. The monthly chart showed the trend clearly – and it had been down. A simple moving average crossover sell signal would have saved his fortune…

“This simple timing system is what I use for my long term portfolio,” Peter continued. “I have 70% of the funds I have allocated to the Stock market invested for the long term in leveraged S&P 500 Index Funds. My investment in these funds forms the core of my Stock portfolio.

“I initially entered when I got a buy signal in 1994 and added more funds each month – 50-70% of my net short term trading profits and other income. I kept an eye on the monthly chart and didn’t get a sell signal until the end of 2000. I was fully invested in those funds from around 500 points to 1450 points.”

Peter then showed Paul a monthly chart going back to 1994. Paul looked at it in disbelief. He was looking at probably the greatest wealth creation trend in history and he had missed most of it because of his short term focus. Chart available at Stock Trading Review.com.

“Remember this Paul,” Peter said as they studied the long term chart, “Wealth comes from looking at the big picture. Many people believe that holding for the long term means forever. I prefer to hold things that are rising in value. If the trend turns down, I take my money and wait until the trend turns up again.

“This strategy of timing the market with a simple moving average crossover has made me a fortune while millions of people in this country have lost their life savings.

“Smart investors always invest the majority of their capital for the long term, but have clear guidelines for preserving it if the trend changes. They only trade with a small amount of money that they are prepared to lose.

“Your trading will be more profitable if you know that you have a substantial portfolio invested long term and it is increasing your wealth. By trading your entire account, and not managing it properly, you risked, and finally lost, most of it.

“And even though I bought a small position in Index futures a few days ago, my long term portfolio is still fully invested in Mutual Funds that trade inversely to the Index – in other words, the unit price of those Funds increases if the Index goes down.

“The trend is still down on the monthly chart as you can see, so that’s the way I want to be positioned with the majority of my portfolio. I think we have seen the low, but I am not prepared to risk my wealth on it. If the trend changes, then I will change with it. As you can see, I don’t have to make decisions very often.

“The market took nearly a year to form a top and start down. It might take a year to form a base if I am right and we are near the low. Patience and emotional control will make you a fortune -fear and greed will destroy your wealth.”

Peter let the enormity of the previous rally and subsequent bear market sink in, and then said, OK, “Now we’ve had a look at the big picture, let’s have a look at the weekly trend.” Chart available at Stock Trading Review.com.

As they looked at the weekly chart, Peter continued, “We know that the monthly trend is down – this weekly chart shows the most recent leg down that may have brought in the low for this bear market. The remaining 30% of my Stock market allocation is used to trade shorter term trends using both this timeframe and the daily chart.

“Bearing in mind that we are looking for trades with the major trend, we are looking to enter this market as soon as it confirms that the fast move down is indeed under way again after each of the bear market rallies that typically come along every few months. I have drawn a swing chart over the bar chart to highlight the swings of the market as it moved lower.

“Tell me what you see here,” Peter asked. “Again I see a down trend – the moving averages are more often than not heading down and the swing chart you have drawn over the bars is making lower tops and bottoms – the trend is definitely down,” Paul replied.

“And still you held on, while billions of dollars was wiped off the value of the Stock market all around you!” Peter said. “You knew the market was going down as you are somewhat familiar with charts, why did you not do anything to protect yourself?”

“I was always told that I should hang in for the long term – that the market always came back, and that it had never failed to make a new price high after every bear market. I guess I was too scared to do anything in case I got out right at the bottom. As it turned out, I did that anyway,” Paul said.

Peter continued, “Notice on this chart that the rallies were also no more than one or two bars. This indicates a very strong trend – not something anyone should be buying into or holding if they want to protect their wealth.

“There were many people buying the dips as the down trend unfolded. This strategy had worked well in the bull market, but it failed miserably when the bear market came along. Every rally failed, forcing buyers to become sellers as the trend continued down.

“Trading the market requires us to adapt – the market has seasons – if we are out of season with the market, we get crushed.

“The rallies were just traps. Every bear market has them, and every time, traders think they have picked the bottom, only to find that they have not.”

Paul looked at the chart and for the first time, with the help of the swing chart overlaid on top of the bars and the moving averages set as they were, he could see how simple it was to determine the trend. Especially the last few weeks – it was certainly a panic.

“Now, let’s have a look at the last few weeks to see what we can determine.” Chart available at Stock Trading Review.com.

“Again, I have drawn a swing chart over the price bars on this daily chart. Once you understand swing charts, you will be able to draw these lines in your mind and you will not need to draw them on your charts any more,” Peter said.

“As you can see, the moving averages are again moving down at a fair clip and the reactions to the down trend are no more than 3 bars. With the Monthly and Weekly trends strongly down, and a daily trend that is showing very weak rallies in this fashion, what else is a trader to do but short sell this market?” Peter asked.

Paul could see it clearly now, the trend was blindingly obvious -why had he not taken any notice before? There had been a fortune for the taking and he had not seen it.

“But how did you know for sure the market would turn on that day?” he asked Peter. “Ah, that is a lesson for another day my young friend. For now, lets make sure you understand trend trading first. Once you know what a trend looks like, you will be in a position to make consistent profits from the market, not before.”

With that, their first meeting was over. Peter had some important visitors waiting in the reception area to discuss a Joint Venture in a property development. It was time for Paul to go.

He thanked Peter for his time and left the office. As walked out through the reception area, Peter called out behind him, “When you get home, set up all the Stocks you owned in a watchlist on Incrediblecharts.com, set it to monthly, put some moving averages on them and work out where you should have exited – that is your homework for this week. I will see you next Wednesday at 8.00am. Don’t be late…”

Paul arrived home with a renewed sense of purpose.

He did as Peter ordered and as he went through his previous portfolio, he saw that he should have sold every Stock he had owned by January 2001 at the latest. He felt disgusted with himself at having not been able to see this sooner, but he consoled himself that at least now he was on the right track.

He was still apprehensive, but he had a chance to put things right for his family. He was determined to make it as a trader, and with Peter’s help, he felt he could indeed succeed…

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The demand for world oil is increasing while world reserves are decreasing. This is a known fact. The current price of oil can certainly confirm this statement. Consensus also agrees that we will never see $25.00 oil again. The logical conclusion to our above statement is oil stocks should be a good long term investment. However, the location of the oil companies’ reserves can affect their bottom line and valuation.

Some of the largest reserves in the world are found in Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Russia and Canada. Political unrest in Venezuela, unstable and unpredictable government in Russia and Osama Bin Laden targeting Saudi Arabia leave Canada, namely the Alberta Oil Sands, as the largest, most reliable oil reserves in the world.

Companies like Exxon Mobil Corp., Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. are planning to spend billions during the next 10 years to develop Alberta’s unusual oil deposits as demand for crude rises and output from existing reserves decline. Oil sands output in Alberta may double to 2 million barrels a day by 2013, according to a presentation by Enbridge Inc. earlier this month. Oil sands are deposits of bitumen – heavy oil that must be treated to convert it into crude oil for use in refineries to produce gasoline and diesel fuels. The U.S. Energy Department revised its global oil resource estimates to include the oil sands 174 billion barrels of proven reserves that can be recovered using current technology.

With demand for oil and other commodities from China and India increasing due to their growing economies, strong trading relationships are procuring with Canada – a country with numerous resources, political stability and neutral military views.

Companies with reserves in the Alberta oil sands look like a great investment for the next decade
There are many companies with reserves in the Oil Sands here are some with strong exposure.

Suncor Energy Inc. SU.tse , Western Oil Sands Inc. WTO.tse and the Canadian Oil Sands Trust COS/UN.tse

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Candlestick charts are an effective way to study the emotions of other traders. Candlestick patterns provide a trader with a picture of human emotions that are used to make buy and sell decisions.

On a piece of paper, write down the following statement with a big black marker:

There is nothing on a chart that matters more than price. Everything else is secondary.

Take that piece of paper and tape it to the top of your monitor! I think too often swing traders get caught up in so many other forms of technical analysis that they miss the most important thing on a chart. You do not need anything else on a chart but candles to be a successful swing trader! There is nothing that can improve your trading more than learning the art of reading candlestick charts.

There are only two groups of people in the stock market. There are buyers and sellers. We want to find out which group is in control of the price action now. We use candles to figure that out. When stocks close at the bottom of the range we conclude that the sellers are in control. When stocks close at the top of the range we conclude that buyers are in control.

In the stock market, for every buyer there has to be a seller and for every seller there has to be a buyer. If a stock closes at the top of the range, this means that buyers were more aggressive and were willing to get in at any price. The sellers were only willing to sell at higher prices. This causes the stock to move up.

If a stock closes at the bottom of the range, this means that sellers were more aggressive and were willing to get out at any price. The buyers were only willing to buy at lower prices. This causes the stock to move down.

Where a stock closes in relation to the range tells us who is winning the war between buyers and sellers. This is the most important thing to know when reading candlestick charts. We can classify candles in two categories: wide range candles (WRC) and narrow range candles (NRC). Wide range candles state that there is high volatility (interest in the stock) and narrow range candles state that there is low volatility (little interest in the stock). Stocks tend to move in the direction of wide range candles.

The number one rule when reading candlestick charts is this: You want to buy a stock when nobody wants it and sell a stock when everybody wants it! This is the only way to consistently make money swing trading!

I know what you’re thinking. You thought this was going to be about hammers, doji’s, and shooting stars. Sorry to disappoint you, but knowing all of the different types of candlestick patterns is really not at all necessary once you understand why a candle represents the struggle between buyers and sellers.

Take the hammer candlestick pattern. What happened to make up this candle? The stock opened, then at some point the sellers took control of the stock and pushed it lower. But in the end, the buyers “won the war” and had enough strength to close the stock at the top of the range.

When we are reading candlestick charts, why would we need to know the name of the pattern? What we do need to know is why the candle looks the way that it does rather than spending our time memorizing candlestick patterns!

Craig Ferguson is a part-time swing trader. Visit http://www.swing-trade-stocks.com/ to learn his complete swing trading strategy using candlestick charts.

The business of investing in stocks is an inventory “buying & selling” business. Naturally, the companies that sell stock to the public want you to buy and hold it forever in order to maintain its value. But if you are buying without any selling, you are literally driving without any brakes. That is a horrifyingly unsafe position for your principal. The most effective defensive brake system for your money is a stop-loss order on your stocks.

A stop-loss order is an order you give your broker to sell your shares if a stock falls below a certain price. You can select a stop-loss price for your stock based upon chart patterns or a percentage drop from your purchase price. And some brokers automatically move them as a stock moves up in price to lock-in profits for you.

The first time I learned this lesson (not the last unfortunately), I was just 18 years old. One of my early stock purchases, recommended by a stockbroker from a famous brokerage firm, was stock in a famous airline – just before it trailed off into bankruptcy. Had I read this article before the airlines’ financial calamity, I would have rescued most of my $5,000 and prevented my own financial calamity.

But you cry, “The greatest investor Warren Buffett is a buy & hold investor!” No, I’m afraid he is not. Mr. Buffett mainly buys whole companies or controlling interest in a company. He buys control so that if there are problems with the company, he can hire/fire/make changes. If there are critical problems with the company whose stock you own, the only control you have to protect your principal is to sell.

When a public company goes bankrupt, 70% of the time the shareholders receive no money at all. How many stocks do you want in your portfolio worth $0? I know exactly how many that I want, and I know that stop-loss orders prevent it from happening.

There are a few “loss-recovery” methods, but you’ll never sell enough covered calls to recover from a stock trading under $5, or be able to buy puts on a stock that has been de-listed from an exchange. But the nearly certain protection is to place a stop-loss order on the stocks you own. You can choose any percentage loss amount (5%-25%) based on your experience, but you must have a stop-loss order in place to protect your capital.

There a zillions of old stock market sayings. Here is one of them for those of you who are still skeptical, “If the smart-money has sold and moved on, what type of money still own the stock?”

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