Forex Market Trends - The Holy Grail Of Trading?
Forex market trends mean prolonged movement of the market in one specific direction, whether it is up or down. Different types of traders trade in different time frames. For a day trader a long term trend might last for a few hours. A medium term swing trader would consider a trend to be a price movement that lasts a week or two, while a long term trader look at price movements over a period of months or years.
Day traders make or lose money in a very short period of time. For them a long term trend would be a price movement that lasts from 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning. Day traders often buy and sell forex within the space of a few minutes. If you consider the fact that you have to pay commissions on trading this type of market is best left to people who know what they do. However, because day trading is quite exciting one often finds that beginners are attracted to this type of market. They very often lose a lot of money within a very short period of time.
Swing traders have a somewhat longer time frame in which they trade. For them a trend in the market is an upward or downward price movement that goes on for a few days or weeks. Although it's very easy to look at a chart and see that the price has been going up for a week, using that as a basis to assume it will be going up for another week might just be slightly flawed.
The third category of trader is the long term trader. They are not really traders at all, but should actually be called investors. They would only buy a currency if underlying economic factors (fundamental factors) indicate that the currency is on a long term upward trend. If the reverse is true, they would sell it (or go short in trading lingo). They do use technical indicators from time to time, but then over a much longer time frame than either day traders or swing traders.
The tools of choice for day traders are called technical indicators. These are a series of mathematical formulas often displayed visually in the form of charts. All of them have one thing in common: they use the historical behavior of the market to try and predict future price movements. The most basic technical indicator is probably the moving average. A moving average charts gives one a good visual impression of the direction the price of a currency has been moving in over the past five seconds, or five years, depending on the time frame you are trading in. Another popular group of technical indicators are the trending indicators. They are more refined than simple averages, but still attempt to predict future ups and downs in the price by analyzing past behavior, and then trying to project that into the future.
Long term traders prefer to call themselves investors, and most of the time they only look at fundamental factors to make buying or selling decisions. Banks and other investment houses do, however, often make use of basic technical indicators like the six month moving average of a currency.
Chart used by traders vary from the simple line chart, to candlesticks and bar charts. A line chart is basically just a line connecting today's closing price with that of the previous day and so forth. Bar charts show both the opening price and the closing price. The hugely popular candlestick charts display a lot more information: highest prices, lowest prices, as well as opening and closing prices.
A final note: Anyone who ever develops a system to clearly indicate the start and predict the end of forex market trends will become an instant billionaire. Clearly nobody has done so yet, otherwise all of us wouldn't still be looking for the holy grail of trading! - 23211
Day traders make or lose money in a very short period of time. For them a long term trend would be a price movement that lasts from 10:00 to 12:00 in the morning. Day traders often buy and sell forex within the space of a few minutes. If you consider the fact that you have to pay commissions on trading this type of market is best left to people who know what they do. However, because day trading is quite exciting one often finds that beginners are attracted to this type of market. They very often lose a lot of money within a very short period of time.
Swing traders have a somewhat longer time frame in which they trade. For them a trend in the market is an upward or downward price movement that goes on for a few days or weeks. Although it's very easy to look at a chart and see that the price has been going up for a week, using that as a basis to assume it will be going up for another week might just be slightly flawed.
The third category of trader is the long term trader. They are not really traders at all, but should actually be called investors. They would only buy a currency if underlying economic factors (fundamental factors) indicate that the currency is on a long term upward trend. If the reverse is true, they would sell it (or go short in trading lingo). They do use technical indicators from time to time, but then over a much longer time frame than either day traders or swing traders.
The tools of choice for day traders are called technical indicators. These are a series of mathematical formulas often displayed visually in the form of charts. All of them have one thing in common: they use the historical behavior of the market to try and predict future price movements. The most basic technical indicator is probably the moving average. A moving average charts gives one a good visual impression of the direction the price of a currency has been moving in over the past five seconds, or five years, depending on the time frame you are trading in. Another popular group of technical indicators are the trending indicators. They are more refined than simple averages, but still attempt to predict future ups and downs in the price by analyzing past behavior, and then trying to project that into the future.
Long term traders prefer to call themselves investors, and most of the time they only look at fundamental factors to make buying or selling decisions. Banks and other investment houses do, however, often make use of basic technical indicators like the six month moving average of a currency.
Chart used by traders vary from the simple line chart, to candlesticks and bar charts. A line chart is basically just a line connecting today's closing price with that of the previous day and so forth. Bar charts show both the opening price and the closing price. The hugely popular candlestick charts display a lot more information: highest prices, lowest prices, as well as opening and closing prices.
A final note: Anyone who ever develops a system to clearly indicate the start and predict the end of forex market trends will become an instant billionaire. Clearly nobody has done so yet, otherwise all of us wouldn't still be looking for the holy grail of trading! - 23211
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