Futures

November 19, 2009

A future is a derivative instrument that involves a contract to buy or sell an asset (stock index, commodity, currency, fixed income or other security) for delivery at a future date at a specific price.

 

Derivatives

November 19, 2009
Financial contracts such as futures, options and various securities that offer 'synthetic' access to an underlying asset such as a commodity, stock market or fixed income security. The price movements of a derivative generally follow the price movements of the underlying asset but derivatives generally require only small amounts of capital (margin) to gain exposure to the underlying asset.

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Leverage

November 19, 2009

Leverage
and gearing effectively mean the same thing: the process or effect of 'gearing up' or magnifying exposure to an investment strategy, manager or asset. Leverage can be achieved by borrowing capital or using derivatives. A leveraged investment is subject to a multiplied effect in the profit or loss resulting from a comparatively small change in price. Thus leverage offers the opportunity to achieve enhanced returns, but at the same time can result in a loss that is proportionally great...
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Daily forex analysis for forex traders

November 7, 2009

Daily technical and fundamental analysis are available for all visitors of GoLearnForex.net, but now this cutting-edge platform is also generating unique analysis to cater to forex traders.

Many traders in foreign exchange depend heavily on market information from trusted analysts before investing. GoLearnForex has become a one-stop-shop to enable traders to have all market analysis centralized and easy to navigate.

In one given day there can be many fundamental reasons to see diversion on the ...
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New forex strategy to strengthen portfolios and reduce volatility

October 23, 2009
New forex portfolio model created by Saxo Bank's strategy team unveiled by Trading Floor.

The Portfolio model offers a way to reduce total portfolio volatility in the wake of the stock market rally that saw many investors turn away from forex trading.

"Many investors are staying out of the forex market - either because they lost money and have given up, or because they simply don't know where to put their money," said David Karsbøl, Chief Economist at Saxo Bank and Trading Floor commentat...

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Introduction to forex trading

October 5, 2009
Forex trading offers traders an incredible opportunity to make money and have fun while doing it. With the forex market open 24 hours a day, 6 days a week, this is perhaps one of the most tradable markets in the world. If you are considering trading forex, then there are a few things you need to do before you start trading.

Find a reliable broker. As with any kind of trading you will need to find a broker that matches your needs and you are happy with. Before opening a live account with a br...
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How you should NOT trade forex

October 4, 2009

Here is a both funny and sad example of how you should not trade forex. In this video you will see a guy standing on stage learing people how to make 100 % successful forex trades. The guy obviously has no shame at all, telling a big audience that he is the most successful forex trader in the world and that they will make USD 100 000 in their first year following his system.


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Binary Options Trading

October 3, 2009
TradeSmarter, a leading provider of financial products for the financial gaming industry launches an innovative Options Trading Platform. The TradeSmarter platform offers a simplified hourly-options trading experience to both the experienced and novice trader, and will enable everyone to speculate on the financial markets.

After the successful beta launch of its first financial game and recent partnership with an online Australian brand, TradeSmarter is now looking to expand into worldwide p...
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Financial spread betting video

August 2, 2009

We have now published a short introduction video about financial spread betting. Spread betting, or spread trading, is available for most kind of financial products, even exotic ones and forex.

Have a look at the financial spread betting video


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Ravenpack launches a new real-time news sentiment analysis service

May 28, 2009

RavenPack, a leading provider of news analytics technology and content, today announced a new real-time news sentiment analysis service that improves risk management and trading.

RavenPack News Scores gauges the health of global companies by weighing the balance of sentiment in articles published online by thousands of financial sites, newspapers, and blogs.

Powered by a proprietary text analysis platform, RavenPack analyzes stories published in all major news sources to look for key ev...


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