FOREX NEWS

The dollar extended overnight losses in the New York session, shedding nearly 1.3% versus the British pound and sliding by almost 1% against the Australian dollar. Improved risk-appetite was the key driver in the markets at the start of the week, with the sharp rally in the European and US equity bourses. London’s FTSE 100 rallied by 2.65%, the Dow Jones index closed higher by 2% and the S&P 500 advanced by 2.2%. Crude oil surged by 3.24% to trade at its highest level since May 14th, trading to $81.77-per barrel.

The catalyst to the initial gains was strong earnings reports from HSBC and BNP Paribas as well as soft manufacturing data from China. The weaker manufacturing PMI in July for China tempers market expectations for further policy tightening from the government to tap the brakes on an overheating economy. Also propping markets higher was a stronger than expected US July manufacturing ISM report, which beat calls for a decline to 54.0, instead printing at 55.5 from 56.2 from June.

Economic reports will be the key driver in the currency markets this week, with the data culminating in the closely watched labor report on Friday. The Tuesday session will see June personal income, personal spending, the June PCE index, factory orders and pending home sales. The June personal income and personal spending are seen lower, drifting to 0.2% and 0.1%, respectively. The pending home sales report in June is estimated to sharply reverse the record plunge from May, which printed at -30.0%, instead increasing by 3.7%

Some of Forex Glossarys

ADX (Average Directional Index) — standard technical indicator that measures the strength of a trend.
Ask (Offer) — price of the offer, the price you buy for.
Aussie — a Forex slang name for the Australian dollar.
Bank Rate — the percentage rate at which central bank of a country lends money to the country's commercial banks.
Bid — price of the demand, the price you sell for.
Broker — the market participating body which serves as the middleman between retail traders and larger commercial institutions.
Cable — a Forex traders slang word GBP/USD currency pair.
Carry Trade — in Forex, holding a position with a positive overnight interest return in hope of gaining profits, without closing the position, just for the central banks interest rates difference.
CCI (Commodity Channel Index) — a cyclical technical indicator that is often used to detect overbought/oversold states of the market.
CFD — a Contract for Difference — special trading instrument that allows financial speculation on stocks, commodities and other instruments without actually buying.
Commission — broker commissions for operation handling.
CPI — consumer price index the statistical measure of inflation based upon changes of prices of a specified set of goods.
EA (Expert Advisor) — an automated script which is used by the trading platform software to manage positions and orders automatically without (or with little) manual control.
ECN Broker — a type of Forex brokerage firm that provide its clients direct access to other Forex market participants. ECN brokers don't discourage scalping, don't trade against the client, don't charge spread (low spread is defined by current market prices) but charge commissions for every order.
ECB (European Central Bank) — the main regulatory body of the European Union financial system.
Fed (Federal Reserve) — the main regulatory body of the United States of America financial system, which division — FOMC (Federal Open Market Committee) — regulates, among other things, federal interest rates.
Fibonacci Retracements — the levels with a high probability of trend break or bounce, calculated as the 23.6%, 32.8%, 50% and 61.8% of the trend range.
Flat (Square) — neutral state when all your positions are closed.
Fundamental Analysis — the analysis based only on news, economic indicators and global events.
Gap — a difference between the previous period's close price and the next period's open price. In Forex usually only occurs during weekends — between the Friday's close and the Monday's open price.
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) — is a measure of the national income and output for the country's economy; it's one of the most important Forex indicators.
GTC (Good Till Canceled) — order to buy or sell of a currency with a fixed price or worse. The order is alive (good) until execution or cancellation.

Forex Books for Beginners

Here you will find the Forex e-books that provide the basic information on Forex trading. You can learn basic concepts of the Forex market, the technical and fundamental analysis. While all these e-books are recommended for every new Forex trader, they won't be very useful to the very experienced traders.
Almost all Forex e-books are in .pdf format. You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these e-books. Some of the e-books (those that are in parts) are zipped.
If you are the copyright owner of any of these e-books and don't want me to share them, please, contact me and I will gladly remove them.
Candlesticks For Support And Resistance — The basics of trading with candlesticks charts by John H. Forman.
Online Trading Courses — Course #1 lesson #1 by Jake Bernstein.
Commodity Futures Trading for Beginners — by Bruce Babcock.
Hidden Divergence — by Barbara Star, Ph.D.
Peaks and Troughs — by Martin J. Pring.
Reverse Divergences And Momentum — by Martin J. Pring.
Strategy:10 — Low-risk, high-return forex trading by W. R. Booker & Co.
The NYSE Tick Index And Candlesticks — by Tim Ord.
Trend Determination — A quick, accurate and effective methodology by John Hayden.
The Original Turtle Trading Rules — by OrignalTurtles.org.
Introduction to Forex — by 1st Forex Trading Academy. This trading course intends to provide to all of the students analytical tools on the trading system and methodologies. In this respect, the purpose of the course is to provide an overview of the many strategies that are being used in Forex market and to discuss the steps and tools that are needed in order to use these strategies successfully.
The Six Forces of Forex — by Scott Owens. A small e-book covering the basic and the main problems of Forex trading.
Study Book for Successful Foreign Exchange Dealing — by Royal Forex.
Forex. On-Line Manual for Successful Trading — an introduction into every aspect of the Forex trading including detailed descriptions of the technical and fundamental analysis techniques, by unknown author.
18 Trading Champions Share Their Keys to Top Trading Profits — as the name suggests, the book shares the secrets of the 18 prominent traders with the Forex beginners, by FWN.
The Way to Trade Forex — a 1st chapter of the book that will show you not only Forex basics but also some unusual techniques and strategies that can work for the newbie traders, by Jay Lakhani.
The Truth About Fibonacci Trading — the basic facts and information about Fibonacci levels and their application to the Forex trading, by Bill Poulos.
Quick Guide to Forex Trading — a 2008 edition of the Forex guide for the beginners and private traders issued by Easy-Forex.
Chart Patterns and Technical Indicators — an explanation of the most popular chart patterns and some technical indicators, by unknown author.

Profiting From Day Trading Forex Currency

You should learn many things ahead when using the Forex market for the first time. There are many people who become interested in day trading Forex currency since it is one way to invest without having to use a broker to do so. In the day trading of Forex currency, each person has their own account that they can manage and buy and sell currency on the market. It seems like it would be a simple system at the outset, but there are different terms that need to be understood to properly analyze the market and make buying and selling decisions. There are some people who offer systems that have supposedly made them a lot of money on the Forex market, day trading currency, but these are usually scams that do not make money for the consumer.