Forex

Source: http://blog.mundoforex.net/

ebook length: 75 pages:

ebook contents:

1. Common knowledge about the trading on Forex

1.1. Forex as a part of the global financial market

A brief history about the rise and development of Forex.
The factors that caused Foreign Exchange Volume Growth on Forex (Exchange Rate

Volatility, Business Internationalization, Increasing of Traders’ Sophistication, Developments in

Telecommunications, Computer and Programming Development). The role of the U.S. Federal Reserve

System and central banks of other G-7 countries on Forex.

1.2. Risks by the trading on Forex

1.3. Forex sectors

Spot Market
Forward Market
Futures Market
Currency Options

2. Major currencies and trade systems

2.1. Major currencies

The U.S. Dollar
The Euro
The Japanese Yen
The British Pound
The Swiss Franc

2.2. Trade systems on Forex

Trading with brokers
Direct dealing

3. Fundamental analysis by trading on Forex

3.1 Theories of exchange rate determination

Purchasing Power Parity
Theory of Elasticities
Modern monetary theories on exchange rate volatility

3.2. Indicators for the fundamental analysis

Economic indicators
The Gross National Product
The Gross Domestic Product
Consumption Spending
Investment Spending
Government Spending
Net Trading
Industrial sector indicators
Industrial Production
Capacity Utilization
Factory Orders
Durable Goods Orders
Business Inventories
Construction Data
Inflation Indicators
Producer Price Index
Consumer Price Index
Gross National Product Implicit Deflator
Gross Domestic Product Implicit Deflator
Commodity Research Bureau’s Futures Index
The Journal of Commerce Industrial Price
Balance of Payments
Merchandise Trade Balance
The U.S. – Japan Merchandise Trade Balance
Employment Indicators
Employment Cost Index
Consumer Spending Indicators
Retail Sales
Consumer Sentiment
Auto Sales
Leading Indicators
Personal Income

3.3. Forex dependence on financial and sociopolitical factors

The Role of Financial Factors
Political Crises Influence

4. Technical analysis

4.1. The destination and fundamentals of technical analysis

Theory of Dow
Percent measures of prices reverse

4.2. Charts for the technical analysis

Kinds of prices and time units
Kinds of charts
Line Chart
Bar Chart
Candlestick Chart

4.3. Trends, Support and Resistance lines

Trend Line and Trade Channel
Lines of Support and Resistance

4.4. Trend Reversal patterns

Head-and-Shoulders
Inverted Head-and-Shoulders
Double Top
Double Bottom
Triple Top
Triple Bottom
Round Top, Round Bottom, Saucer, Inverted Saucer

4.5. Trend Continuation patterns

Flags
Pennants
Triangles
Wedges
Rectangles

4.6. Gaps

Common Gaps
Breakaway Gaps
Runaway Gaps
Exhaustion Gaps

4.7. Mathematical trading methods (Technical indicators)

Moving Averages
Envelops
Ballinger Bands
Average True Range
Median Price
Oscillators
Commodity Channel Index
Directional Movement
Stochastics
Moving Average Convergence-
Momentum
The Relative Strength
Rate of Change (ROC)
Larry Williams’s %R
Indicators combination
Ichimoku Indicator