Forex Trading Calculating Profit And Loss In Foreign Currency Trading - kino forex trading system

Forex Trading Calculating Profit And Loss In Foreign Currency Trading ~ kino forex trading system

by: Gregory DeVictor


The foreign exchange market, or Forex market, is an around-the-clock cash market where the currencies of nations are bought and sold. Forex trading is always done in currency pairs. For example, you buy Euros, paying with U.S. Dollars, or you sell Canadian Dollars for Japanese Yen. The value of your Forex investment increases or decreases because of changes in the currency exchange rate or Forex rate. These changes can occur at any time, and often result from economic and political events. Using a hypothetical Forex investment, this article shows you how to calculate profit and loss in Forex trading.

To understand how the exchange rate can affect the value of your Forex investment, you need to learn how to read a Forex quote. Forex quotes are always expressed in pairs. In the following example, your pair of currencies are the U.S. Dollar (USD) and the Canadian Dollar (CAD). The Forex quote, USD/CAD = 170.50, means that one U.S. Dollar is equal to 170.50 Canadian Dollars. The currency to the left of the "/" (USD in this example) is referred to as base currency and its value is always 1. The currency to the right of the "/" (CAD in this example) is referred to as the counter currency. In this example, one USD can buy 170.50 CAD, because it is the stronger of the two currencies. The U.S. Dollar is regarded as the central currency of the Forex market, and it is always treated as the base currency in any Forex quote where it is one of the pairs.

Lets go now to our hypothetical Forex investment to show how you can profit or come up short in Forex trading. In this example, your pair of currencies are the U.S. Dollar and the Euro. The Forex rate of EUR/USD on August 26, 2003 was 1.0857, which means that one U.S. Dollar was equal to 1.0857 Euros, and was the weaker of the two currencies. If you had bought 1,000 Euros on that date, you would have paid $1,085.70.

One year later, the Forex rate of EUR/USD was 1.2083, which means that the value of the Euro increased in relation to the USD. If you had sold the 1,000 Euros one year later, you would have received $1,208.30, which is $122.60 more than what you had started with one year earlier.

Conversely, if the Forex rate one year later had been EUR/USD = 1.0576, the value of the Euro would have weakened in relation to the U.S. Dollar. If you had sold the 1,000 Euros at this Forex rate, you would have received $1,057.60, which is $28.10 less than what you had started out with one year earlier.

As with stocks and mutual funds, there is risk in Forex trading. The risk results from fluctuations in the currency exchange market. Investments with a low level of risk (for example, long-term government bonds) often have a low return. Investments with a higher level of risk (for example, Forex trading) can have a higher return. To achieve your short-term and long-term financial goals, you need to balance security and risk to the comfort level that works best for you.
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USD JPY SET FOR SHARP BREAKOUT - no risk forex trading system

USD JPY SET FOR SHARP BREAKOUT ~ no risk forex trading system

Having already rallied sharply by over 1500 Pips in just 2 months, we could still see further gains for the USD if a strong breakout takes place from the Daily Charts Pennant .

The pair is currently hovering above the Resistance of this Pennant, which was formed following that sharp breakout that started in October of 2014. Pennants and Ranges, which are setups that reflect low levels of liquidity, are usually formed after these aggressive market movements. 

DAILY CHART - PENNANT SETUP

This current Pennant setup is taking place within the context of a strong uptrend, which would provide added momentum for a Bullish Breakout.

DAILY CHART - UPTREND LINES

Taking a closer look at the Pennant, we can see that there has been a temporary breakout above Resistance that was quickly met by a bearish pullback. This has led to the formation of a Counter Trend Line (CTL) setup which, if broken by a strong enough Bullish Candle, will be the signal for us to start buying US Dollars.

DAILY CHART - COUNTER TREND LINE 

On the other hand, this pullback could also be the start of a move that carries us back down to the Support boundary.

DAILY CHART- BEARISH REVERSAL?

This would either followed by another rally back to Resistance or a breakout below Support to the Inner Uptrend Line.


TRADE DECISIONS

If a Bullish Candle forms above the CTL convincingly and confirms to our rules for Normal Candles, going long will be a strong possibility. If the bearish move were to continue towards Support instead, trading this may too risky given the small distance to this boundary. However, if a suitable bearish candle starts the breakout towards the Inner Uptrend Line, then this will be analyzed for a short trade.

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Duane Shepherd

(M.Sc. Economics, B.Sc. Management and Economics)

Currency Analyst/Trader

Contact: shepherdduane@gmail.com

Twitter: @WorldWide876

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Website: www.drfxswingtrading.com

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My interview stop loss and the Principle of Latest Information - forex trading strategies work

My interview stop loss and the Principle of Latest Information ~ forex trading strategies work

You can find an interview of me in the July 2009 issue of Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine. I mentioned in that interview and also in my book that I believe stop loss should only be applied to momentum strategies but not to mean-reverting strategies. I explained my reasoning better in my book than in the interview, and so I will paraphrase the explanation here.

In algorithmic trading, it is reasonable and intuitive that we should always make use of the latest information in determining whether we should enter into a position, whether that information is price, news, or some analysis. Lets call this the Principle of Latest Information. (If someone can think of a better or sexier name, let me know!)

So lets say we have a stock model based on price momentum, and we entered into a long position based on a recent positive return on price. A few minutes later, the price went down instead of up, causing a big loss on our position. If we now ran this momentum model again, very likely it would tell us to short the stock instead because of the recent negative return on price. If we did that, we would be exiting the previously long position and became flat. This is in effect a stop loss, and it follows strictly from adhering to our model and our Principle of Latest Information.

In contrast, suppose we now have a stock model based on mean-reversion, and we entered into a long position based on a recent drop in price. A few minutes later, the price went down further instead of up, again causing a big loss on our position. If we now ran this mean-reversion model again, it would definitely tell us to buy the stock again because of the ever cheaper price. The model would not ask you to exit this position and take a loss. Hence, adhering to the model and the Principle of Latest Information will not lead to a stop loss for a mean-reverting model.

(Now, if we hold this losing long position long enough, the model will incorporate new historical prices into determining its long or short signals as it retrain itself, as the Principle of Latest Information says it should! At that time, it may indeed recommend that we exit the previously held long position at a loss. But this adjustment takes place at a much longer time scale, and therefore cannot really be considered a stop-loss in its usual sense.)

More generally, I find that at every turn, and not only in the realm of stock trading, applying the Principle of Latest Information always help me to be disciplined and not be afraid to enter into new positions, take loss or endure a drawdown as the case may be.
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