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Friday, May 1, 2009

The Easy Forex Strategy For Beginners That Really Works

By Michael Jones

Are you new to trading, seeking out a reliable Forex strategy?

A challenge facing many new traders when developing their forex strategy is the ability to identify the overall trend for intra-day trading.

The 200 EMA (Exponential Moving Average) can solve the problem.

Forex traders around the world voted the 200 EMA indicator as one of their all time favorites. That should make us sit up and take note. In view of the power of psychology, if that number of traders take note once price gets within reach of the 200 EMA, there is bound to be a reaction in the market most times.

How To Use The 200 EMA

To use this very powerful Forex strategy, create charts on 3 time frames:

A 4 hour chart

1 hour

15 Minute Chart

Now add the 200 EMA indicator to each chart for the 3 time frames. You could color it red or whatever you prefer to make it stand out.

Preferably tile the 3 windows containing your 3 charts into a vertical fashion so you can see the 3 time frames next to each other. It will squeeze up the information on the charts somewhat but for the purpose of this strategy that doesn't matter.

Now scroll through the various currency pairs you like to trade.

If you prefer to trade only pairs with a smaller pip spread, they amount to about 9.

Here they are:

EUR/USD | GBP/USD | USD/CHF | USD/JPY | EUR/JPY | USD/CAD | AUD/USD | NZD/USD | EUR/CHF

What you are looking for is any currency pair that bucks the 200 EMA on the 15 minute chart.

Take as an example the EUR/USD pair. Make a note of where price is in relation to the 200 EMA on the three different times frames.

Price is what we call 'bucking the trend' if it is well above the 200 EMA on the 4 hour and 1 hour charts but below it on the 15 minute chart.

So price is temporarily going against the overall trend and is in a retracement mode.

Look for a good point to get into the market in harmony with the basic trading maxim of selling rallies in a down trend or conversely, buying dips in an up trend.

Using the EUR/USD example, you would look out for a distinctive candle that would indicate possible price exhaustion as it bucks the trend on the 15 minute chart. The probability is it would soon resume moving in the direction of the trend.

Taking only a few minutes, do this little exercise a couple of times and day and see if you can pick up some good setups.

Take Note When Price Bucks The Trend

As soon as you see price crossing the 200 EMA on the 15 minute chart whereas it is well beyond the 200 EMA in the opposite direction on the 4 and 1 hour charts, FOCUS! Snatch the opportunity to get into the market and make a profit.

Once you see how powerful this easy Forex strategy is, after a little practice in a demo account, you will no doubt be convinced it deserves a place in your trading tool kit. - 23211

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