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Forex Traders - Assisting In Expand Your Success
By greywolf
Although the role of the Forex broker is relatively redundant as a product of technological advancement and amplified awareness, we cannot completely underestimate his role. The new paradigm shift has had something of a democratizing effect on the financial market, and in the years that have followed a glut of banks and brokerages have extended the range of their services to a new market by packaging up their online trading systems for the retail market, enabling the more modest investor to trade from their own computer screen - even on the previously out-of-reach markets. This is where the actual role of Forex broker starts.
PIP is nothing special but Price Interest Points. In the forex market, currencies are always priced in pairs. The quoted price is the level where we, acting as the market maker, are willing to buy/sell the pair. In the wholesale market, currencies are quoted out to four decimal places, with the last placeholder called a point or a pip. A pip in most currencies is one /10,000th of an trade toll (in USD/JPY, it is one /100th, likewise you can find for others).
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REG-MW TOPS GLOBAL ALPHA GBP SHARES: Index Levels and Weightings <IEB52F6F4.I>
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<a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/idUS139288+03-Sep-2010+HUG20100903" style="font-size:1.2em">REG-MW TOPS GLOBAL ALPHA GBP SHARES: Index Levels and Weightings <IEB52F6F4.I></a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Reuters</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">4 hours ago </span>
<div style="width:80%;">MW TOPS GLOBAL ALPHA INDEX (the "INDEX") INDEX LEVEL AND INDEX WEIGHTINGS The index level and weightings of each of the undermentioned three currency lines of the Index as at the close of business ...</div>
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British Pound Testing Channel Resistance
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<a href="http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/technical/elliott_wave/gbp-usd/2010/09/03/ewaves_oil.html" style="font-size:1.2em">British Pound Testing Channel Resistance</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Daily FX</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">5 hours ago </span>
<div style="width:80%;">No change: ?The British Pound has not found the support that the Euro has enjoyed. Watch the channel for support as well as 15250 and 15125. The pattern of the decline from 16000 is not clear-so ...</div>
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Bullish Pressure Building on CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Tr; FXB
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<a href="http://www.learningmarkets.com/News-Feed/2010090344187/bullish-pressure-building-on-currencyshares-british-pound-sterling-tr-fxb.html" style="font-size:1.2em">Bullish Pressure Building on CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Tr; FXB</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Learning Markets</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">10 hours ago </span>
<div style="width:80%;">CurrencyShares British Pound Sterling Tr (FXB) [Chart - Analysis - News] lost some ground during trading yesterday, but it appears there is some bullish pressure building up in the background ...</div>
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Great British Pound (GBP) Technical Major Currencies (2010-09-03)
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<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/48995/20100903/great-british-pound-gbp-technical-major-currencies-2010-09-03.htm" style="font-size:1.2em">Great British Pound (GBP) Technical Major Currencies (2010-09-03)</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">International Business Times</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">13 hours ago </span>
<div style="width:80%;">The pair continues to trade within the short-term descending channel, where another subsidiary deprecating channel is forming that is keeping the negative pressures on the pair's trading, which is ...</div>
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Great British Pound vs. Japanese Yen (2010-09-03)
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<a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/48972/20100903/great-british-pound-vs-japanese-yen-2010-09-03.htm" style="font-size:1.2em">Great British Pound vs. Japanese Yen (2010-09-03)</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">International Business Times</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">14 hours ago </span>
<div style="width:80%;">The GBP/JPY pair is still building a base to be able to breach the key resistance of 130.50 and whilst the uptrend line which carries the upside momentum still hold. Consequently, we keep our ...</div>
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UK Economy Cooling; Pound Downside Target Remains 1.5113
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<a href="http://www.forexhound.com/article/Pattern_Price_Time/Analysis/UK_Economy_Cooling_Pound_Downside_Target_Remains_15113/234427" style="font-size:1.2em">UK Economy Cooling; Pound Downside Target Remains 1.5113</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Forex Hound</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">17 hours ago </span>
<div style="width:80%;">Concerns over a slowdown in UK manufacturing growth and mortgage market worries helped pressure the British Pound. Sterling investors seem to be pre-occupied lately over the new austerity measures ...</div>
<a href="http://www.economy-news.co.uk/british-pound-03201009.html">Exchange rates: Service data pressures the British Pound</a> - <span style="color:#888888">Economy News</span><br>
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Forex: GBP/USD rises to 1.5425, intra-day high
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<a href="http://www.fxstreet.com/news/forex-news/article.aspx?storyid=989db3d3-27f6-47f7-a33c-5f8e7d2ec68e" style="font-size:1.2em">Forex: GBP/USD rises to 1.5425, intra-day high</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">FXstreet.com The Forex Market</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">18 hours ago </span>
<div style="width:80%;">FXstreet.com (Barcelona) - The British Pound edged up against the Greenback overnight, moving further away from a 1-month low at 1.5325 reached on Aug 31. The upmove hit an intra-day high at 1 ...</div>
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British Pound Forecast to decline Against Japanese Yen
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<a href="http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/technical/ssi/gbp-jpy/2010/09/02/ssi_gbp-jpy.html" style="font-size:1.2em">British Pound Forecast to decline Against Japanese Yen</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Daily FX</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 2, 2010 </span>
<div style="width:80%;">GBPJPY ?The ratio of long to short positions in the GBPJPY stands at 2.04 as nearly 67% of traders are long. Yesterday, the ratio was at 1.46 as 59% of open positions were long. In detail, long ...</div>
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British Pound Decline May Extend Below 15000
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<a href="http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/technical/elliott_wave/gbp-usd/2010/09/02/British_Pound_Decline_May_Extend_Below_15000.html" style="font-size:1.2em">British Pound Decline May Extend Below 15000</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Daily FX</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 2, 2010 </span>
<div style="width:80%;">The pattern of the decline from 16000 is not clear-so the decline is probably not complete. One possibility is a double zigzag. The 2 legs would be equal at 14980, which is defended by the July ...</div>
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British Pound Under Pressure Amid IMF Debt Concerns, Weak Housing Data
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<a href="http://www.dailyfx.com/forex/fundamental/daily_briefing/daily_pieces/top_fx_headlines/2010/09/02/British_Pound_Under_Pressure_Amid_IMF_Debt_Concerns.html" style="font-size:1.2em">British Pound Under Pressure Amid IMF Debt Concerns, Weak Housing Data</a>
<br> <span style="color:#888888;">Daily FX</span> - <span style="white-space:nowrap">Sep 2, 2010 </span>
<div style="width:80%;">During the overnight trade, the IMF warned that Portugal, Italy, and Greece are amongst the countries with the highest risk of unsustainable debt, while also adding that UK's debt to GDP could ...</div>
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As with all financial products, forex quotes include terms like 'bid' and 'ask"'. The 'bid', in its simplest terms is the price at which a broker is willing to buy (and clients can sell) the base in exchange for the counter currency. The 'ask' is the price at which dealer will sell (and clients can buy) the base in exchange for the counter currency. The difference between the bid and the ask price is referred to as the spread. The spread defines the trader's cost, which can be recovered with a favorable move in the market. The value of a pip is determined by the pair of currencies being traded, the toll at which the pair is trading and the extent of the position being traded.
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