The Miracle of Forex

My father, who owns a small parts store and garage for vintage British sports cars, called me up recently and droned on and on about how he is getting killed by the Euro. Confused as to how the Euro could possibly be affecting his small and seemingly insignificant business, I asked him how. "Because of the Euro!"

He went on to explain, after calming down of course, that the distributor that he orders his vintage parts from had increased their prices by roughly 30% due to the dollar's poor performance against the Euro. Apparently, it takes about $1.30 USD to buy the same merchandise that may be acquired with 1 Euro.

Essentially, the relationship between the dollar and the Euro is the same as we have always had with the Canadians-only we have become the Canadians in this bizarre scenario!

After getting off the phone with dad I decided to investigate this currency exchange question a lot further and came to one startling but very true realization-the stock market is for chumps! Foreign Exchange is where it's at.

The act of exchanging the legal tender of one country for that of another. People who play the currency exchange market (Forex) do precisely that! With the same amount of analysis or less in most cases, people anticipate the rate at which one currency will convert into another and Presto!-profits please!

So if one anticipates that the Euro will be stronger next week compared with the dollar and I convert $50,000 into Euros, then next week when the Euro does in fact rise I can convert those Euros back into more dollars than I initially invested only a few days earlier-or even the previous day! Why have your money tied up for extended periods of time praying for a good quarterly earnings report or being grateful for the peanuts thrown to you in the form of a dividend?

My father's misfortune illuminated a new world for me. Trading currencies is simply better than playing the stock market and more profitable. Just as with the stocks, you learn which indicators to track and the fundamental principles which propel the market in one direction or the other. There are of course programs and courses out there offered by people who have played this game for years and who are now sitting back in luxury while the rest of us have seen our retirement plans devastated by that volatile mistress known as the stock market. So I ordered a Forex course and learned what I had to in order to start cashing in on this phenomenon. I stopped waiting on earnings reports and praying for those stocks to go up and started making money daily on in the currency exchange market!

My actual startup costs were only $300. Of course I already had my computer and internet connection, but for me the possibility of working only an hour a day from home and earning an extra few hundred dollars a week was amazing.

The course I ordered was Peter Bain's Commercial Currency Trading Secrets. I just liked the idea of having a Successful Trader at my side at all times. And Peter's course allowed me to do that through his DVD's.

This for me is a great way to earn extra income. I might even quit my job one day soon and do this full time. Learn more about this extremely profitable business for yourself. Just go to: http://tinyurl.com/8udgt and check it out for yourself.

Paul Sanford
http://1forex.blogspot.com/

In The News:


AFP

Asian currencies lower against dollar
Economic Times, India - 10 hours ago
Yuzo Sakai, currency trading manager at Tokyo Forex and Ueda Harlow, predicted before the Labor Department report that the yen could rise again. ...
Yen Rises on Speculation Stock Declines to Crimp Carry Trades Bloomberg
Yen rallies as PM Fukuda resigns The Age
Dollar slips from highs as yen gets stronger International Herald Tribune
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Forex – Currency Trading Absentee
Corsavoo.com, France - 20 hours ago
Such tools include the various type indicators applied against a FOREX chart for the desired currency pair. Depending on your risk tolerance, you may decide ...
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Jordan's mufti issues fatwa against electronic currency trading
Monsters and Critics.com - Sep 6, 2008
... the trading of currencies on the internet after scores of citizens went bankrupt, suffering big losses in currency trading with foreign markets. ...

The Moscow Times

Ruble Rises Against Currency Basket After Central Bank Steps In
Bloomberg - Sep 5, 2008
Total currency trading volumes reached a record $8.5 billion yesterday, compared with daily trading of about $3 billion to $4 billion, said Denis Uvchukhov, ...
Russian assets tumble amid worries about ruble MarketWatch
Big Summer Sell-Off Hits the Russian Stock Market New York Times
Russian Stocks, Bonds Tumble as Central Bank Props Up Ruble Bloomberg
MarketWatchall 35 news articles

KBS

Gov't to Ease Foreign Currency Trading Rules
KBS, South Korea - Sep 5, 2008
Most forms of personal foreign currency trading under ten-thousand dollars will be permitted starting next year. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance said ...

Rupee regains strength vs dollar
Daily Times, Pakistan - 14 hours ago
The rupee ended the week’s trading on a positive note and continued to post recovery versus the greenback. The national currency gained 30 paisas during the ...

Wall Street Journal Blogs

Currency Trading’s Growing Asian Hub
Wall Street Journal Blogs, NY - Aug 28, 2008
A decade ago, some government officials in Southeast Asia lambasted currency traders, blaming them for driving down the value of many Asian currencies. ...

3 News NZ

NZ dollar takes a bath in choppiest trading in years
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Sep 5, 2008
"It's pretty much consistent with what we're seeing across the rest of the forex market," said Royal Bank of Canada currency strategist Sue Trinh. ...
Kiwi dollar slumps Stuff.co.nz
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LIVENEWS.com.au

Dollar drops on falling commodity prices
The Age, Australia - Sep 2, 2008
Mr Waterer said commodities prices would dominate currency trading during the overnight session. "If we see an extension of that commodity weakness, ...
$A weaker at noon, down 1.6 US cents Sydney Morning Herald
Dollar gains despite trade figures NEWS.com.au
Australian dollar stronger on rebound The Australian
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Hindu Business Line

NSE currency futures trade drifts to realistic levels
Hindu Business Line, India - Sep 5, 2008
“At present, banks are using currency derivatives only for proprietary trading. One will see real liquidity once customers start accessing the markets. ...
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