Forex Hedging Strategy 2009
The use of scales in the Forex Market
Copyright (c) 2009 Jay Meisler
I can not believe I'm writing about this again, but the recent falling dollar has highlighted the need for proper money management and trade with stops. My focus is the forex market so I can only speak From this perspective, but what I am saying applies not only to trading forex trading but everyone. If you want to stay in the game, trade with stops. I can not say more clear. The aim of this paper is to use the current trends of the Forex market as an example of why a trader needs to be disciplined and use stops.
I can? I can believe I'm writing about this new, but the recent dollar decline has highlighted the need to trade with stops. My focus is the foreign exchange market by what can only speak from this perspective, but what I say applies not only to trading forex trading but everyone. If you want to stay in the game, trade with stops. I can not say it clearer. The purpose of this article is to use the current trends of the Forex market as an example of why an employer must ceases to be disciplined and consumption.
It feels like d? vu every time there is a trend. I get calls from traders wondering what to do with a position long or short it is under water. Always the same question, "Where was your stop?? The usual answer is that didn? T use. I don 't get same.
Why not? Merchants do not stop using? There is no clear answer, but one reason may be a reluctance to assume a loss despite leak is part of the company and a pillar of proper money management. This is the reason? Coverage? has become popular in the forex trading platforms for retail but in essence it is a flat and more often an excuse not to book a loss. It is a topic for discussion at a future article.
Another reason may be that the foreign exchange market transactions often at intervals of time, even for trends when there is consolidation. These ranges can last for days, weeks or months. During these periods, the works range in price and stick to a position, even one that is under water, often given the opportunity to recover loss or gain. The problem is when they break ranks and trends take over. In these periods of disruption often no turning back as a market operator escapes range. Traders who follow a strategy of outreach and trade with stops should be fine. It is the trader who trades undisciplined, without faces scale disasters, especially in a market such as currency, which trades with leverage.
Take the current market as an example. From the beginning July after peaking at 1.6744 on June 30, GBP / USD, except for a brief respite from a day of 1.60, traded in a range from 1.60 to 1.66 with most of activity within 1.63 to 1.66 since mid-July. This was a good market for traders range as there was a lot of volatility in this range. However, the market broke the top of the range on the last day of July and continued to rise at the beginning of August to reach 1.7005 on 4 August. For those with short trading range and using a stop, this was part of the strategy ranges do not last forever. For an extensive trade from the short side without a stop, the result could be fatal and the operating account deleted. Although you were able to stay solvent without using a stop and the market finally returned to their income level, costs emotional opportunity and not worth the risk.
There are traders who use stops experts dynamic rather than fixed stops or other techniques to handle a situation. However, there is no operator to know who has stayed in the game without the use of prudent money management. Forex trader to retail, this means at bus stops.
About the Author
Jay Meisler has been a forex trader since the 1970s and has traded for a bank, managed a fund and been an independent trader. He is a co-founder of Gllobal-View.com, the leading forex discussion site that attracts members from over 170 countries. Traders from around the globe come to Global-View in search of trading ideas, latest news, flows and rumors => http://www.global-view.com
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