Thursday, September 4, 2008

Participants in Forex market and their importance

Forex market is a very specific nonstop cash market where different currencies are being traded, usually by brokers. All the currencies are constantly bought and sold on many local and global markets. Investments increase or decrease in value following every movement of the currency pairs. Foreign exchange market is very vulnerable to real-time events.

Typically Forex offers:

v 24/5 nonstop access by the online platforms.

v Enormously liquid market.

v Volatile markets offering excellent opportunities.

v Different instruments giving easy control over risk exposure.

v Ability to gain profit in both rising and falling markets.

v Leveraged trading having low margin requirements.

v Many possibilities for zero commission trading.

Friday, July 25, 2008

SigmaForex LTD Registrations And Regulations





SigmaForex LTD is leading European professional online trading Brokers registered in the United Kingdom and most of the EU countries.

What is meaning by registered?

means that there is a company called SigmaForex LTD inside united kingdom & registered by United Kingdom Law & follow the governmental rules.

SigmaForex LTD registered & follows the governmental rules in United Kingdom and anyone can check that by visiting this official website: http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/ this is a UK governmental website.

http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/d8846c7fe805874be7c646b1ed4f10ce/companysearch?disp=1&frfsh=1216759237#result this is the full link where you can find SigmaForex LTD with the registration number.

SigmaForex LTD Regulations:

SigmaForex LTD working now to be regulated with FSA (United Kingdom Financial Service Authority) but now SigmaForex LTD is complying with FSA and many financial authorities like NFA, CFTC, FSC and others.

Why SigmaForex LTD not working in the regulation of NFA?

Most of Traders ask this question and it's a common question for any broker. Here's the answer; NFA (National Future Association) regulate the Financial Companies that based in United State and have Future Trading. SigmaForex LTD not inside United State and doesn't has Future Trading. But NFA rules are compatible with the rules that SigmaForex is following and you can check with your self.

Complying: Means that this company follows the rules 100% and meet their regulatory obligations efficiently.

Dear Trader, you must be involved and know the difference between FSA and NFA. Many Forex Brokers inside united State not regulated by NFA because they don't work with Future Trading but they are complying with them & follow the same rules as the Forex broker that regulated with NFA.

Forex Broker Regulation - Part One

The Bank of EnglandWhat good is forex broker that you can trade and make money with, but when it comes time to take your money, they don't give it to you, because they don’t have it?

Forex Broker Bust Story. Refco was the biggest forex broker that was worth around $4 billion dollars. In October of 2005, Refco shut down its operations and every trader who had money with them got screwed big time.

Refco was regulated and for some time they were spending not only their profits but also deposits of their clients.
The amounts of money that traders saw on their trading platforms and the amounts of money Refco had in their bank accounts were different by $400 million.

So when the news hit the wire that Refco is running at such deficit, traders panicked and started asking for withdrawals. The only problem was that Refco was $400 million short of what it owed to traders.

There was a trial of course, and whatever assets the company had the court ordered to distribute among traders. I knew some people that had money with Refco. As far as I remember, after all assets were sold they got around 10% of what was owed to them. That means if person had $10,000 in his trading account, he got only $1,000 of it.

Forex Broker Regulation - Part Three

FSA's headquarters, 25 The North Collonade, Ca...

The difference Between NFA (National Future Association) And FSA (Financial Services Authority)

NFA [National Future Association]:
To Be Able To Register in NFA you must have the following:
  1. You Brokerage Firm Based in United State
  2. Working in Futures
These two rules are basically must be there to be able to regulate with NFA

FSA [Financial Services Authority]:
To be able to register with The FSA your brokerage firm must be exist & based in United Kingdom

Question: I have a brokerage Firm in United Kingdom. Can I register with NFA?
Answer: No You Can't. But If you have branches in USA you can do it

Question:
I have a brokerage Firm in USA. Can I register with FSA?
Answer: No You Can't

SigmaForex Answers You!

Question: Is SigmaForex Partner with FXCM?

Question: Is SigmaForex Partner with North Finance?

Question: Is SigmaForex Partner With Interbankfx?

Answer: For Sure SigmaForex is an independent broker.

Question: Why I see in the statement of SigmaForex Another broker.

Answer: Because you don't follow the instructions of Meta Trader 4

Question: What are these instructions?

Answer: 1st You have to make sure that your new installation is separated from the other installations that already exist.

Question: Please, open a channel of understanding for me

Answer: Tell You What?!

Look there is a problem in Meta Trader which is that most of brokers are using it as a trading station. Also most of traders are using it without any suffer because it's so easy & so simple while trading.

But because most of brokers are using it so you may find a conflict inside your Meta trader & another Meta Trader for a different broker inside our PC.

For Example: SigmaForex & North finance: the both are different brokers

After installing Meta Trader of SigmaForex & After Installing the Meta Trader of North Finance I found SigmaForex-Demo inside North Finance Meta Trader 4! I thought they are related to each others but the truth is that they are different independent brokers, but while installing one of them a file has been transferred from one Meta Trader to the other.

Open C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - SigmaForex\config

Open C:\Program Files\FxPro MetaTrader\config

You Will find SigmaForex.srv

SRV file is a linkage between your setup & the server of the broker, so if one or more from these files transferred from one setup to another it will show you two brokers in the same Platform!

Errors In The MetaTrader 4 | SigmaForex

Strange and unbelievable!

Meta Trader 4 has the option that you can enter more than type of account for different brokers through the same platform.

For Example If you installed SigmaForex Platform, you will find in your drive C: / the following Pass: [C:\Program Files\MetaTrader – SigmaForex]

If you installed another Meta Trader 4 for another broker a conflict can be occurred because 2 Meta Trader 4 but for different Brokers.

Let's continue our example with another broker like FXCM or Interbankfx or Swiss Global Broker. All of them are using Meta Trader 4 as trading station. Let's Install FXCM Software.

You will find this pass in your Drive C: / [C:\Program Files\FXCM Trader 4]

N.B: Some Versions of windows copy the same folders while installing the same version of the software

That you may find FXCM installed inside SigmaForex & this one from the disadvantage in Meta Trader 4 & Meta Quote published this issue in their FAQs to be available for Traders to solve the issue.

The Solution is to open the platform that you are using e.g.: SigmaForex. Then Open a folder called Config. [C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - SigmaForex\config]

You have to erase All SRV files for other brokers & just leave SigmaForex-Demo.svr and SigmaForex-live.svr

And here's the post of the Meta quote from their website:

"Client terminal allows you to connect to any MetaTrader 4 Server. If you connected to another company's server from your client terminal, the parameters of that connection were stored in a special configuration SRV file in the "\MetaTrader 4\config\" folder of the client terminal.

To remove foreign servers from the server list of your client terminal, just go to the "\MetaTrader 4\config\" folder of the client terminal and delete the unnecessary SRV files.

MetaTrader4 Creats Conflict between SigmaForex and InterBank FX

Confusions seem to be endless with technical programs. As a result of using MetaTrader4 program, many intersections between different platforms occur.

Applying this fact between SigmaForex platform and that of InterBank FX, while installing any of them.

InterBank FX MetaTrader4: After installing InterBank FX MetaTrader4 you will find the extension

[C:\Program Files\Interbank FX Trader 4\config]

Open the folder that called "config" you will find InterBank FX Demo.srv and InterBank FX -Live.srv

SigmaForex also have the same Forex Software but under their name Meta Trader 4.

Let's run the setup of this software & go the same extension again [C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - SigmaForex\config], Open also [C:\Program Files\InterBank FX Trader 4\config]

The Same Folders, The Same Software make some version of windows rewrite the files in these folders with different names.

The Result:

That you will be able to be connected with two kinds of servers through one program!

MetaTrader4 Creats Conflict between SigmaForex and FXCM


Let's Do It Again Using SigmaForex and FXCM (Forex Capital Market)

MetaTrader4 is mostly used among brokers because it is so simple in use & easier for new traders in Forex market, and more accurate.

There are many advantages for this Forex Software but as we know that there is no perfectness without drawbacks; so, one of the most known drawbacks of Meta Trader4 that there is conflict in SRV files in its configuration.

For An Example:

FXCM Meta Trader 4: After installing FXCM Meta Trader4, you will find in C:/ driver a folder named Program Files

C:\Program Files\FXCM Trader 4 this is the extension of the FXCM Meta trader 4

Open the folder that called "config" you will find FXCM-Demo.srv and FXCM-Live.srv

SigmaForex also have the same Forex Software but under their name Meta Trader 4.

I want you to run the setup of this software & go the same extension again [C:\Program Files\MetaTrader - SigmaForex\config], Open also [C:\Program Files\FXCM Trader 4\config]

The Same Folders, The Same Software make some version of windows rewrite the files in these folders with different names

The Result:

That you will be able to be connected with two kinds of servers through one program!

Monday, July 21, 2008

SigmaForex Indicators





Trust Your Indicators.
It is easy to get caught up with the movement of the candlesticks and start trying to pick tops and bottoms. We should learn to take a loss and look for the next signal to get back in the market going in the right direction. Don’t get greedy or try to get even on the next trade by going for the home run. Learning how to lose is probably more important than winning. If a trader does not learn how to lose they will stay out of profitable trades wondering what happened to them. By learning and following a trading strategy you will find it easier to get right back into the market. Discipline is another key factor in trading. It is a learned trait that takes a bit of time to get used too. So accept your losses and move on; trust the indicators, as they are usually right.


SigmaForex Protection


Always Protect Profits
We have talked about preventing large losses with the use of a stop loss. Now lets talk about protecting our profits. When a trade is profitable and you have moved the stop loss so that the worst you can do is make a small profit, we like to change the name of the stop loss and call it a “
PROTECT PROFIT.” We follow the profitable trade with a protect profit and let the market tell us when it is ready to change directions. By using different time frames a trader can learn which time frame will give them the most profit on a longer-term trade. It is hard if not impossible to lose money while taking a profit. Learning to take a good profit out of the middle of a trade is when you are on your way to success.


SigmaForex Invetment

Trade With Investment Capital Not Grocery Money
A very important rule to follow is to trade with money that you can afford to lose. This takes a lot of pressure off. If you can lose the money and not have any emotions about it then you can be focused on trading and not on your pocket book. One of the reasons we trade is to improve our life style. We all need the odds in our favor so trading with extra money helps with the odds and is one more thing to help give us the advantage.
If you need to get some trading money together then save a little each week while you are learning how to trade. You might also consider getting a part time job to get your trading money.
The practice of saving to get the money or working to get the money will help to develop the discipline you need in your trading career. Trading is not a race, it is a well thought out plan to make money, and it takes discipline and patience to become a successful trader.



SigmaForex Strategy

Trading is just as much about losing as it is about winning. Where the advantage comes in is with proper Money Management. Forex Strategy Secrets has a very effective entry and exit method that enables traders to trade on the side of probabilities all of the time, when traded correctly. Markets move up, down, and sideways and even with the best programs there will be a losing trade once in a while. One thing you must realize is that all professional money managers have losses. They make money by using good Money Management techniques!
The thing about traders is that they primarily focus on making money and not preservation of capital or keeping what they have. By making a guess you could be right half of the time. Once you have made your entry into the market, you need to protect your position in the event your guess was wrong.
First of all, you should only enter the market with a small number of lots, then set your stop so there will only be a small loss. When the trade goes in your direction you should add onto the trade for greater profits. For every dollar you lose you can make 3 to 5 times that amount by adding onto the trade and managing your money. You might ask: how do I know how and when to add on to a trade? That will be covered at another time.
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