Inside Trade | Medium Trading

One of the requisites for successful trading is choosing a term suitable to your personality as a trader. The trading terms are categorized according to how long the it will take to complete the trading transaction. Long-term, medium-term, short-term, and super short-term are the 4 basic categories.

Medium-term trading are best for traders who cannot glue their eyes permanently at the screen and at the same time turns impatient after a short while. The term usually spans from a matter of days up to a  week.

It is really applicable to both seasoned and unseasoned traders because it connects both ends. Seasoned traders often trade in long-term positions while newbie often go with the short one.

Venturing on Forex | Withdrawal and Deposit

“you reap; what you sow”

During the summer season, farmers may already be seen out on the field even before the break of dawn. They rose up early to plow and tend the land which will be used to plant the seeds.  Investments are like those seeds. It is a thing meant for the future.  We stack and put those money in use, in hope to gain something more valuable in return. The tremendous effort that is exerted to plant the seeds is expected to provide a bountiful harvest in return.

In InstaForex, the seeds will be planted in a form of money deposit. Those deposits will be then traded in hope to gain a substantial amount in return. There are various ways to deposit in your account, depending on your preferred means and location. The payment procedure usually takes in a span of 1-4 working days and certain points must always be remembered. The payments system and currency of the deposit should be the same whenever money is deposited in the trading account. If you are having a hard time in finding the deposit page, please refer to this link: https://secure.instaforex.com/en/deposit.aspx.

After a long striving day of trading, it is always a joy to harvest the fruits of our efforts. We hope to acquire the very thing that pushes us to rise again and again after  disastrous defeats  – Profit. The prized achievement that does not only boost our very own ego, but also allows us to live and strive for an another day is acquired through the process of withdrawal. Our garnered profit may be withdrawn in a matter of 9 hours up to 7 working days depending on the payment system. The rules mentioned earlier also applies in the process of withdrawal. The withdrawal page may be found in this link: https://secure.instaforex.com/en/withdrawal.aspx

Inside Trade | Metals

Currencies are not the only instrument traded in Forex. Precious metals which serve its value as a reliable investment instrument and a very good industrial commodity is also being transacted. Gone are the days wherein the the gold determines the value of the commodity. But it doesn't mean that it ended there.

Metal are ranked and traded in troy ounces. The first one on the list is the gold followed by the silver, platinum, and many other more. The metal operations are conducted in various ways. It may be spot, swap, and forward deals.

Metals are mostly used as an instrument for speculations, for hedging purposes, and risk diversification.

Metal trading is also similar to forex. It is available round-the-clock and dictated by the demand and supply in the market. Its similarity to Forex is even visible in the way that it is traded. Moreover, the fundamental and technical analysis also applies to it. Macroeconomic indicators that defines the economic and political atmosphere dictates the price of metals. Technical Indicators are also applicable in speculating the price movements of metals.

The gold, which ranked first, served as safe haven whenever the greenback has a negative outlook. Silver, who took the next spot, has a lesser value but has faster growth rate compared to the former.

Inside Trade | Forex Participants

The vast field of currency exchange are composed of immeasurable number of participants. The over-flowing transactions that sums up to billions of dollars everyday is a concrete evidence of it.

The immeasurable currency market's participants are classified into two groups: Active and Passive.

Active participants are referred as market makers either because of the their ability to set prices; or by becoming a major participant through the heavy volumes of their transaction. This cluster is mainly composed of commercial and central banks, and major brokers.

On the other hand, Passive participants are referred as market users because they are only capable of using the services available in the market. This includes investors like us.

Brokers and commercial banks are in the center of things whose role is to connect the active and passive participants in the market.  The Central banks regulates rates which in turn will be passed on to the investors by means of commercial banks or brokers. Central banks may at certain times intervene to  strengthen or weaken a currency. One of its example is the ECB's planned intervention to save the euro.

There are also other notable market players aside from brokers and banks. The import and export companies are also considered as major players in the market because they are constantly using the currency market in their business transactions. They are both consumers and providers of different currencies at the same time.

Insurance and investment funds who are handling asset portfolio are players as well. International transactions are most commonly done in huge volumes thus resulting to a large volume of exchange.

Inside Trade | Distinction between the Stock market and Currency market

The two financial markets, stock and forex, are closely linked with each other and its not really surprising if similarities between them arises. But we'll tackle that some other time and instead focus on the difference between them.

The financial instrument

Both markets are involved in trading. The techniques and certain indicators used in trading apply to both of them but there is a difference in the instrument being traded. Currencies are being exchanged in Forex while securities are being traded in the stock market

Participants

Participants in the stock market are required to find each other. This complicates things because the loss may increase substantially if the traders won't find each other in time.

Location

The trading of stocks may only be done on stock exchanges unlike Forex wherein trading may take place as long as there's an access to the internet.

Leverage

Margin trading is not applicable to the stock market. A trader may only buy a stock that his/her money can afford.

Working hours

Since trading in the stock market are situated on stock exchange centers, there's an opening and closing time. The time to trade is limited unlike forex wherein trading is done 24/7.   

Forexpress | Best Trading, Luxury Driving

A brand new five sitter mid-size crossover from Porsche is being given away by InstaForex in its “Best Trading, Luxury Driving” contest. Early this year, the company has already given a brand new Lotus Evora in their “Fast Ride from the Best Broker” contest.

The luxury vehicle that is being raffled up to September 27,2013 is a brand new Porsche Cayenne which will surely make traders drool like the last time. The future owner of this premium class vehicle will be randomly drawn by means of a transparent algorithm called Porsche number.

In order to participate in the campaign, traders must replenish their trading account with InstaForex with at least $1,500 and fill up the application form in the registration page. If you are a member of InstaForex Club, you are only required to deposit $1000 to join to the contest.

Inside Trade | Acquaintance with the emotional wave – Elliot Waves

Expansion – enthusiasm – euphoria – recession – depression; the emotional chain that dictates both traders and prices. Ralph Nelson Elliot, in his study of the stock market, discovered that the crowd behavior has a sequence and revolves in a cycle. It is made up of 5 waves, 3 of which are known as the impulse waves which is directed to the main trend and the remaining 3 are called corrective waves which are directed against the trend. After the main trend has fully developed, there are 3 waves that will develop to correct the price movement.

In the image above, the waves labeled with numbers 1,3,5 are the impulse waves while 2,4 are corrective waves. As a rule, the longer the impulse waves are the longer will be the corrective waves.
 Meanwhile, the waves labeled with letters are the ones that will correct the price movement.

The point of this analysis is that the price movement has a natural and cyclical flow. As traders, our only objective is to identify these waves and use it to our own advantage.