Chapter 1: Foreign Exchange |
What is Forex?
Why trade Forex?
What Makes a Good Trading Market?
FX A Brief History
 Kinds of Forex
Spot Market
Forward Market
Futures Market
Options Market
Market Hours
2nd Tier: National Banks, Hedge Funds & Corporations
3rd Tier: Speculators and Investors
4th Tier: The World Traveler
Fair Trading Conditions
Negotiation Mode
Price Feed Manager
Risks of Trading on the Foreign Exchange Spot Market
Exchange rate risk
Interest rate risk
Settlement risk
International Mentality
Two Kinds of Software
Trading or Dealing software
Charting software
Chapter 2: Understanding Forex Market Structure |
Regional Reserve Currencies
Major Currencies
The U.S. Dollar
The Euro
The Japanese Yen
The British Pound
The Swiss Franc
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Codes
How a Forex Trade Works
Foreign Exchange rates
The Spread
Pips
Calculating profit and loss
Calculating "Pip" Values
Margin and "Variation of Margin"
Calculating Interest Rollover
Types Of Orders
Market Order
Limit Order
Stop Order
Entry Order - also known as Market If Touched - MIT
One Cancels the Other (OCO)
Phone Etiquette
Chapter 3: Fundamental Analysis |
Theories of Exchange Rate Determination
Interest Rate Parity Theory
Purchase Power Parity Theory
Asset Market Model
Balance of Payment Model
Theory of Elasticities
Sources of information
Start at "The Pit"
Interest Rates
International Trade
CPI: Consumer Price Index
Employment
Budget Deficit
Forex Sociopolitical factors
International Trade
Unemployment report
PPI: Producer Price Index
Treasury Budget
GDP: Gross Domestic Product
M2 (Money Supply)
NAPM: National Association of Purchasing Managers
Retail Sales
United Kingdom (GBP)
Influential Economic Leaders of Great Britain
Important Economic Indicators for the UK
European Monetary Union (EUR)
Executive Board of the ECB (European Central Bank)
Central Bankers of the ECB
Japan (JPY)
Bank of Japan (BOJ) Interest Rate Policy
Chapter 4: Technical Analysis |
Charts
Candlesticks
Chart Intervals
Tide Chart
Wave chart
Moving Average
Chapter 5: Technical Analysis II - Continuation Patterns |
Pennants
Rectangles
Flags
Ascending Triangles
Wedges
Reversal patterns
Support and Resistance
Candlestick Reversals
Mathematical Indicators
Fibonacci numbers / Retracement Levels
Bollinger Bands
Gann's Geometric angles
Linear regression
MACD (Moving Average Convergence / Divergence
Oscillators
Moving Average
Momentum
Relative Strength Index (RSI)
Stochastic
Chapter 6: Forex Trading Psychology |
Basic Trading Rules
Money Management Principles
Risk to Reward Ratios
2% Rule
Opening an Account
Reasons to do so
Choices
Begin Trading with Sufficient Capital
Dealing with Losses
Always use stops
Focus on Trading well
Glossary of Trading Terms
Central Banks list |
