Book description
Your total plain-English guide to trading Forex
Open 24 hours a day, 5½ days per week, and trading nearly trillion
(US) per day, Forex is the biggest, fastest growing financial market
in the world. Your complete A-to-Z guide, FX Trading gets you
up to speed on everything you need to know to make a killing trading
Forex. Starting with the basics of money management, analysis, and FX
market trading mechanics, it swiftly advances into more advanced
territory, discussing trading strategies and wealth management.
From quotations, pips and spreads to the pros and cons of using
online brokers and websites to FX risk management, FX Trading
is an indispensable tool of the trade for beginners and experienced
Forex traders alike.
- Helps you to see past the media hype, while alerting you to
common Forex trading mistakes and pitfalls and how to avoid them
- Filled with invaluable expert insights and proven strategies,
backed by numerous examples, charts and checklists
- Updated to reflect the enormous growth in Forex trading and the
new players involved, as well as the many changes wrought by the
global financial crisis and the rapid evolution of electronic
trading platforms
Alex Douglas drew his fi rst currency chart by
hand in 1983. Th is opened the door to a career in the fi nancial
markets that has included being an FX voice broker, a trader on the fl
oor of the Sydney Futures Exchange and a director of global FX and
derivative trading fi rms. He has been a director and president of
several technical analyst associations around the world and has
established a solid media reputation for his lucid comments on
markets. Alex is currently the managing director of IBFX
Australia.
Views and opinions expressed in this book are not
necessarily those of IBFX. Visit Alex's website and follow him on
Twitter: @AlexDouglasFX
Larry Lovrencic GDipAppFin (FINSIA), Dip TA (ATAA), CFTe, SF
Fin has extensive experience trading fi nancial markets and teaching
technical analysis.
He is Vice President of Australian
Professional Technical Analysts (APTA), a member of the Market
Technicians Association (MTA), a Senior Fellow of the Financial
Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA) and was a Director of the
International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) and the
Australian Technical Analysts Association (ATAA).
Larry is
Executive Director of First Pacific Securities and IchimokuCharts.
com, which provide research and educational services.
He is
co-author of Charting for Dummies and FX Trading: An
Australian Guide to Trading Foreign Exchange.
Peter Pontikis is a capital markets and private wealth
management specialist for high net and ultra net worth families. He
has more than 30 years of institutional and corporate experience in
Australia and South-East Asia. Peter is past director and treasurer
of the International Federation of Technical Analysts (IFTA) and
Australian Technical Analysts Association (ATAA). He is an
accredited dealer with AFMA, and is a Fellow of CPA Australia as
well as a Senior Fellow of FINSIA, and sits on their financial
markets and national advisory councils. Peter has several degrees in
finance and economics as well as a master of arts.
