{"id":5392,"date":"2008-09-23T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2008-09-23T16:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/23\/can-forex-trading-strategies-be-the-key-to-forex-trading-success\/"},"modified":"2008-09-23T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2008-09-23T16:29:14","slug":"can-forex-trading-strategies-be-the-key-to-forex-trading-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=5392","title":{"rendered":"Can FOREX Trading Strategies Be The Key To Forex Trading Success?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style='italic;' class='uawbyline'>by Richard M. Davieess<\/div>\n<p>Being a successful FOREX trader requires a trading strategy. There is not one known strategy that will work for all traders. Instead, each trader has to develop a unique approach to FOREX trading. Some will depend entirely on technical analysis and others like to use fundamental analysis. However, a lot of successful traders employ a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to obtain an overview of market conditions. Based on the market conditions, these traders can plot entry and exit points.<\/p>\n<p>The most important concept that technical analysis relies on is that prices move by trends. A common saying in FOREX trading is &#8220;The trend is your friend.&#8221; There are identifiable patterns in market movements that have been analyzed for many years. A good understanding of these trends and how to read them makes up the foundation of a good trading strategy.<\/p>\n<p>Understanding market movements are made easier by using the many analytical tools that are available today. In order to gain knowledge about the applications and concepts, the FOREX trader should study each one individually. After getting a good concept of one, that one can be used while learning new ones. The tools will reinforce the others when they are used together.<\/p>\n<p>When using FOREX trading strategies, &#8216;Support&#8221; is the bottom price level and one where the price tends to rise. &#8216;Resistance &#8216; is that level at the upper end where the currency rarely trades higher. Both support and resistance levels reflect the limits of price movements over a period of time.<\/p>\n<p>The direction that the price is heading is expected to stay the same once they break through support or resistance levels. An example of this would be that the price begins to rise above the earlier resistance level, that price will more than likely continue to rise, which people consider bullish.<\/p>\n<p>Price charts needs to be analyzed to look for any unbroken support and resistance levels. Though charts with longer time frames show more important support\/resistance levels, analysis can occur over any amount of time. Support\/resistance levels are a tool that traders can use to figure out when to enter or exit a trade.<\/p>\n<p>SMA stands for the Simple Moving Average. It is a tool commonly used by FOREX trader to determine the tendency of a fall or rise in price. Generally speaking, if a price crosses over the SMA it will most likely continue in the direction in which it crossed the SMA.<\/p>\n<p>These two trading strategies can be used in combination or individually. To be successful, a FOREX trader should have a large portfolio of trading tools that allow him to examine the conditions of the market and to verify or disprove the findings of a given study. If several of these tools show that the market is moving in a certain direction, the trader can act more confidently than when using only a single indicator.<\/p>\n<p>It is easy to reinforce technical findings by using basic analysis. When deciding what direction is best, the FOREX trader should pay attention to multiple indicators.<\/p>\n<p>The keys to a good trading strategy are: having clear guidelines about when to enter and exit a trade, having clear expectations about market movement, and having realistic understandings about how much potential loss you can absorb. By keeping those guidelines in mind, you can be a successful forex trader.<\/p>\n<div class='uawresource'>\n<div style='italic;' class='uawabout'>About the Author:<\/div>\n<div class='uawlinks'>Uncover the greatest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexexaminer.com\/forex-trading-system-software\/\">Forex Charting Software<\/a> tips, tricks, and methods at Forex Examiner. Get the inside scoop with our complimentary Forex trading report. Grab your complimentary copy here <a href=\"http:\/\/www.forexexaminer.com\">http:\/\/www.ForexExaminer.com<\/a> today.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a successful FOREX trader requires a trading strategy. There is not one known strategy that will work for all traders. Instead, each trader has to develop a unique approach to FOREX trading. Some will depend entirely on technical analysis and others like to use fundamental analysis. However, a lot of successful traders employ a combination of fundamental and technical analysis to obtain an overview of market conditions. Based on the market conditions, these traders can plot entry and exit points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1818,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-5392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1818"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5392\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}