Economic Indicators for Dummies - Michael Griffiths WSJ Guide to the 50 Economic Indicators That Really Matter - Simon Constable & Robert Wright Currency Trading for Dummies - Brian Dolan Intermarket Analysis - John J. Murphy Currency Trading and ...

Need book recommendations for Macro analysis

I've sent copies of my passport to a few brokers. Like muzza said, as long as your broker is regulated it shouldn't be a problem. Ask for their privacy policy if you aren't sure, but I think you are being overly paranoid.

Sending copy of passport to broker

News releases often trigger a reversal, but to be sustained it needs to be either supported by a fundamental shift in investor sentiment or confirmed by swings in other markets. When I see USD change direction i look at equity indices, bond markets ...

How can you tell a continuation of a move?

Just because groups like this usually fizzle out after a few months, doesn't mean they were not productive - people get what they need then move on.

Forming a Private think tank

Harro I'm not sure how productive this could be, what could be gained in a private group setting that can't be gained by studying individually. problems I see: -people hear what they want to hear -people share what they want to share -everyone ...

Forming a Private think tank

If you apply that much effort to any other pursuit, I think you will get the same result - and trading is much harder than most professions. If you are not willing to make some major sacrifices in order to succeed, perhaps a less demanding hobby is ...

Traded three years - Not profitable

I meant 300% annually - if you double your account every 6 months, $1,000 turns into $4,000 in a year. 300% return. I know there are people who have turned ~$1k into millions in about 5 years, their annualized ROR isn't much higher than what you are ...

Here's the answer to "Can I make a living from forex"

OK. I trade higher TFs and only take 1 -2 trades per week, so I spend 20 - 30 hours analyzing and planning each and every trade. I can see how my approach is irrelevant here. When you are comparing EUR/USD to GBP/USD though I think using the USD ...

Currency Correlation And How to Profit From The Forex Market

The reason EUR/USD and GBP/USD are correlated is because the economic fortunes of Europe and Britain are intertwined with each other. Try superimposing one on the other, then comparing it to EUR/GBP. I didn't say you are wrong - I actually like your ...

Currency Correlation And How to Profit From The Forex Market

Nice to see americas foreign aid dollars being put to good use.

Ouch! Trader carrying heavy losses

To understand currency correlations, you need to think in terms of individual currencies rather than pairs of currencies. When something happens to drive up the value of a particular currency, it strengthens against all other currencies. When ...

Currency Correlation And How to Profit From The Forex Market

Doubling a live account in 6 months is a 300% return - that's as good as I have heard it getting, don't bit off more than you can chew. Did you do a risk of ruin analysis? If you can consistently double an account every 6 months with acceptable risk ...

Here's the answer to "Can I make a living from forex"

Very insightful and intelligent post - you obviously don't play in the front row.

Here's the answer to "Can I make a living from forex"

Something I see happening more and more around here is people pointing to traders in other markets attempting to explain what does and doesn't work in forex. Post 205 is an example of this, trying to prove a point by showing us a successful FUTURES ...

Do you believe moving average systems work?

Alchemy of finance, already mentioned Currency trading for dummies by Brian Dolan Intermarket Analysis by John Murphy Currency trading and intermarket analysis by Ashraf Laidi

Book recommendations: fundamentals, forex, and economics