http://realideal.com/forum/ Portal J Repository » Forum: [login | register] The FOREX - Recent Topics en Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:59:56 +0000 http://realideal.com/forum/topic/815#post-935 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:52:44 +0000 admin 935@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial size=3><br /> <center><img src="http://www.aalfie.com/images/arab-invest.jpg" width=660/></center><br /> <br /> Investors in the Middle East are increasingly seeking to gain from significant upsides in forex created by unprecedented currency volatility in the global market, according to ADS Securities. The Abu Dhabi-based forex and commodities trading platform has seen a rapid rise in forex trading volumes on its platform since it launched six months ago.<br /> <br /> Highlighting ADS Securities' participation, as one of the main sponsors, in the 9th Middle East Forex Expo, taking place in Abu Dhabi from 15-16 November, Claus Nikolajsen, Head of Sales, GCC and MENA, ADS Securities, said, "Forex is at the forefront of Middle East investors' move away from a portfolio dominated by traditional asset classes like equity and real estate to a multi-asset investment portfolio. The rise in forex volumes on our platform has surpassed our own expectations."<br /> <br /> ADS Securities is playing an increasing role in shaping the forex marketplace in the region due to its ability to offer globally competitive prices and spreads combined. The regionally-based platform operates 24/6 and delivers services tailored to the individual needs of regional clients. <br /> <br /> Commenting on the growing interest in forex trading in the region, Nikolajsen said, "More and more family offices and private investors in the region are prioritising forex investments and hedging in their portfolios while private wealth managers are increasingly looking to forex to widen their product range. The weakness of the US dollar has alerted businesses across the region to their exposure to currency risks and the need for sophisticated currency management." <br /> <br /> Increased forex trading is also being spurred by the growing adoption of algorithmic trading in the region, particularly high-frequency trading where a series of small trades executed in milliseconds take advantage of marginal price movements.<br /> <br /> "As forex volumes grow, many investors in the Middle East are seeking greater control over price discovery and trade execution as well as globally competitive prices, which overseas-based platforms have not been able to provide. ADS Securities has created a regionally-based trading platform that provides businesses and investors in the Middle East exceptional control over their currency trading and the ability to benefit from market fluctuations. We work with some of the world's largest and best known liquidity providers to offer clients market leading prices and spreads," said Nikolajsen.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/797#post-916 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 20:47:07 +0000 admin 916@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial size=3><br /> <center><img src="http://www.vegastodayandtomorrow.com/images/citycenter_overview_night.jpg" width=660/></center><br /> <br /> <b>Las Vegas no longer at the top of the foreclosure list</b><br /> <br /> Las Vegas is no longer the top foreclosure city in the country. A<br /> new Nevada law that went into effect in October caused many<br /> mortgage servicers to pause the foreclosure process, knocking<br /> Vegas off the spot it held for 22 consecutive months, RealtyTrac<br /> said in a report today. The top spot now belongs to Stockton,<br /> Calif., where one in every 143 homes received a foreclosure<br /> filing in October. Las Vegas dropped to No. 5. More than 230,600<br /> US properties received a foreclosure filing in October, a 7%<br /> increase from the previous month. It's another sign servicers are<br /> beginning to restart a process held up after months of delays to<br /> correct mistakes that surfaced one year ago. “The October<br /> foreclosure numbers continue to show strong signs that<br /> foreclosure activity is coming out of the rain delay we’ve been<br /> in for the past year as lenders corrected foreclosure paperwork<br /> and processing problems," CEO James Saccacio said. "However,<br /> recent state court rulings and new state laws keep changing the<br /> rules of the foreclosure game on the fly, creating more<br /> uncertainty in the housing market and threatening to prolong the<br /> road to a robust real estate recovery."<br /> <br /> Nevada State Assembly Bill 284 took effect Oct. 1, making it a<br /> felony if a mortgage servicer or trustee commits false<br /> representations concerning a title. There will also be a $5,000<br /> fine assessed if fraud, such as robo-signing, is detected.<br /> Servicers are required to provide a new affidavit that provides<br /> the amount due on the mortgage, who is in possession of the note<br /> and who has the authority to foreclose. Although Las Vegas<br /> doesn't hold the top foreclosure rate among cities anymore, the<br /> state of Nevada is still plagued by foreclosure problems. One in<br /> every 180 homes in Nevada received a foreclosure filing in<br /> October. Despite that being a 34% drop from the previous month,<br /> it's the still the state with the highest foreclosure rate in the<br /> country for the 58thconsecutive month. Officials within the<br /> Nevada attorney general's office sat down with servicers in<br /> October to clarify the law and to continue working on a model<br /> affidavit that would satisfy the requirements. "I'm confident we<br /> can move forward with nonjudicial foreclosures," said Cathe Cole<br /> at the time. She is the vice president of default for Trustee<br /> Corps., a designated foreclosure counsel for Freddie Mac. "Some<br /> are just waiting for what the uniform affidavits are."<br /> <br /> <b>Jobless claims down</b><br /> <br /> New US claims for unemployment benefits declined for the second<br /> straight week, to the lowest level since the first week of April,<br /> the Labor Department said today. Initial claims for state<br /> unemployment benefits fell 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted<br /> 390,000 in the week ended Nov. 5, slightly below the 400,000 that<br /> analysts polled by Reuters had expected. The government revised<br /> its estimate for claims during the prior week to 400,000 from<br /> 397,000. Weekly claims still remain well above pre-recession<br /> levels and have only dipped below 400,000 — a threshold many<br /> economists believe signifies improving labor market conditions<br /> — 10 times over the past year. The number of people still<br /> receiving benefits under regular state programs after an initial<br /> week of aid fell 92,000 in the week ended Oct. 29 to 3.615<br /> million. That was the steepest drop since February, and the<br /> lowest level since the week ended Sept. 20, 2008. The four-week<br /> moving average of claims, considered a better measure of labor<br /> market trends, fell to 400,000 from 405,250 the prior week, which<br /> was revised up from the previously reported 404,500. Meanwhile,<br /> a separate government report showed US import prices falling more<br /> than expected in the month, easing some concerns about a buildup<br /> in inflation pressure. Overall import prices fell 0.6%, the<br /> Labor Department said, after rising 0.3% in September. Economists<br /> polled by Reuters had expected prices to fall by 0.3% last month.<br /> Stripping out fuel and food costs, import prices fell 0.4%.<br /> <br /> <b>GOP offers housing cure</b><br /> <br /> Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, whose firm represented<br /> Freddie Mac at the height of the housing bubble, advocated<br /> abolishing Freddie and Fannie Mae during last night's GOP debate<br /> focused largely on the economy. Gingrich also took another jab<br /> at Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke while Congresswoman<br /> Michele Bachman (R-Minn.) said she'd repeal the Dodd-Frank Act if<br /> she's elected president. Republican presidential candidates’<br /> had a variety of ideas on how to solve the housing crisis during<br /> the debate “Your Money, Your Vote” broadcast on CNBC, which<br /> said housing has lost $7 trillion since 2007.<br /> <br /> Now five years into the housing crisis, the sector remains<br /> sluggish with some 4 million people behind on mortgage payments<br /> or in foreclosure and nearly 23% of residential properties upside<br /> down. Gingrich was asked what he did with $300,000 that Freddie<br /> paid his firm in 2006. “I offered them advice on precisely<br /> what they didn’t do,” Gingrich said, causing the audience to<br /> laugh and applaud. Gingrich denied that he was lobbying on<br /> behalf of Freddie Mac to prevent the Bush administration from<br /> curbing the GSEs' power. “I said to them at the time, ‘This<br /> is a bubble. This is insane. This is impossible.’ It turned<br /> out, unfortunately, I was right,” Gingrich said. “I think<br /> this is a good case for breaking up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac<br /> and getting much smaller institutions back into the private<br /> sector to be competitive and to be responsible for their<br /> behavior.” When asked if he would shut the GSEs down even if<br /> it meant higher interest rates for Americans, making it more<br /> difficult for Americans to obtain home loans, Herman Cain said he<br /> would first “fix the real problem, which is growing the<br /> economy,” by implementing his “bold” 9-9-9 plan. Cain said<br /> he would then move the GSEs “out of the way” so that small<br /> and medium-sized banks would have more certainty and be in a<br /> better position to help homeowners “reset” their mortgages.<br /> After doing that, he would turn the GSEs into private entities.<br /> “The government does not need to be in that business,” he<br /> said. “I would find a way to unwind Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac<br /> such that the marketplace can determine the future of the housing<br /> market.”<br /> <br /> Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney reiterated his previous<br /> view that the foreclosure process should play out so that the<br /> housing market can recover and free markets can work. We “have<br /> to allow the economy reboot,” he said. “The best thing you<br /> can do for housing is to get the economy going and get people<br /> working again,” he said. “What we know won’t work is what<br /> this president’s done, which is try to hold off the foreclosure<br /> process — the normal market process — to put money into a<br /> stimulus that failed, and to put in place a whole series of<br /> policies from Obama-care to Dodd-Frank that have made it hard for<br /> this economy to get going,” he said. Since February 2010, 2.7<br /> million jobs have been created but the housing market has<br /> continued to decline, according to statistics CNBC cited during<br /> the debate. Housing price levels are at 2003 levels, and if this<br /> trend continues, in five years, we’ll be at 1999 levels, the<br /> network said. “The reason we have the housing crisis we have<br /> is that the federal government played too heavy a role in our<br /> markets," Romney said. "Barney Frank and Chris Dodd told banks<br /> they had to give loans to people who couldn’t afford to pay<br /> them back.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/763#post-880 Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:23:40 +0000 admin 880@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial size=3><br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="700" height="437" id="viddler_jackmichaelson_171"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/faba73ca/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=0&loop=0&hd=0"/><embed src="//www.viddler.com/simple/faba73ca/" width="700" height="437" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_jackmichaelson_171" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=0&loop=0&hd=0"></embed></object></center><br /> <br /> Believe it or not, this is the calm before the storm.<br /> <br /> We’ve never seen anything like this happen before in America.<br /> <br /> We always believed we were somehow insulated from these kinds of catastrophes.<br /> <br /> But isn’t that always the case? Isn’t there always a calm before the storm? Aren’t people always caught by surprise when historic crises strike?<br /> <br /> After all — nobody believed the Soviet Union would collapse virtually overnight — and when it did, it caught everybody by surprise. Even our own C.I.A. failed to see that one coming.<br /> <br /> So WHEN should you expect to see this cataclysmic event — the moment when Washington runs out of money? Soon. VERY soon.<br /> <br /> I sincerely hope — for your family’s sake — that you are not one of the vast majority of Americans who will fail to heed this warning and fail to get ready for this crisis.<br /> <br /> Because the precautions required to weather the coming tempest are not difficult.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/762#post-879 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 21:11:29 +0000 admin 879@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial size=3><br /> <center><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f0/Lloyds-logo.PNG" width=640/></center><br />By Kevin Crowley and Jeff Black - Sep 21, 2011 3:55 AM PT<br /> <br /> Lloyd’s of London, concerned European governments may be unable to support lenders in a worsening debt crisis, has pulled deposits in some peripheral economies as the European Central Bank provided dollars to one euro-area institution.<br /> <br /> “There are a lot of banks who, because of the uncertainty around Europe, the market has stopped using to place deposits with,” Luke Savage, finance director of the world’s oldest insurance market, said today in a phone interview. “If you’re worried the government itself might be at risk, then you’re certainly worried the banks could be taken down with them.”<br /> <br /> European banks and their regulators are trying to reassure investors and customers that lenders have enough capital to withstand a default by Greece and slowing economic growth caused by governments’ austerity measures. Siemens AG (SIE), European’s biggest engineering company, withdrew short-term deposits from Societe Generale SA, France’s second-largest bank, in July, a person with knowledge of the matter said yesterday.<br /> <br /> Lloyd’s, which holds about a third of its 2.5 billion pounds ($3.9 billion) of central assets in cash, has stopped depositing money with some banks in Europe’s peripheral economies, Savage said, declining to name the countries or institutions.<br /> <br /> <b>ECB Lending</b><br /> <br /> The premium European banks pay to borrow in dollars through the swaps market is close to the highest level in almost three years. The cost of converting euro-based payments into dollars, as measured by the one-year cross-currency basis swap, was 95.6 basis points below the euro interbank offered rate, or Euribor, at 11:13 a.m. in Frankfurt, indicating a premium to buy the dollar. It widened to as much as 112.5 basis points earlier this month, the most since Dec. 2, 2008, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/702#post-813 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:10:04 +0000 admin 813@http://realideal.com/forum/ <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2011/09/0800-the-stupid-office-dachis.jpg"/><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Georgia, Times, 'Liberation Serif', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">You're a smart, productive person capable of amazing things, but every so often you're your own worst enemy. You'll often convince yourself you're going to fail, put off important tasks that need to get done, make choices based on pride rather than logic, and potentially end up making your work life miserable. Here's a look at the stupid things you do all day at the office and how you can fix them.</p><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2; ">Stupid Thing&nbsp;<a href="http://lifehacker.com/1/" class="posthashtag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(113, 150, 2); ">#1</a>: Psyching Yourself Out</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2011/09/0800-psych-out.jpg" class="image_1 right v10_medium" alt="The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)" title="The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px !important; float: right; "/>Presumably there has been at least one moment in your life where you've been tasked with something that seemed so huge you couldn't possibly conceive of success—and then you managed somehow or failed miserably. Either way, no matter how large the problem actually was you managed to magnify its size with a little&nbsp;self-handicapping.&nbsp;Most of what you approach in life is do-able, but challenges can be scary and the process of psyching yourself out is simply putting a comfortable cushion on failure. This way, when you fail, you can look at the over-amplified problem and blame the circumstances rather than yourself. This is terrible not only because you probably could have succeeded, but also because you're failing to take responsibility for your defeat.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Most issues rooted in self-delusion are solvable by simple boost in your awareness, but that's not necessarily the case with self-handicapping. Generally, when presented with a big task—let's use learning to code&nbsp;as an example—you psych yourself out because you're not able to imagine yourself succeeding. If you'd learned a different programming language in the past, or even another foreign language for that matter, you might have an easier time accepting the possibility of success. But simply because this challenge is new, your brain instantly starts magnifying the difficulty so the failure you believe is inevitable won't hurt so much when it comes swiftly down upon you. What you can do, however, is just&nbsp;pretend you're an expert.&nbsp;Imagine (or better yet, talk to) someone who would have no trouble approaching a brand new programming language. Consider what they'd do, and what they did in the past to gain the requisite knowledge to make this task easier. This will provide you with actionable steps that will at least get you started. You may also benefit from taking a&nbsp;systematic approach to problem solving, which will help you break a large problem into smaller, more digestible parts. This will help you create&nbsp;do-able to-do lists&nbsp;that contain actionable, relevant steps, and help make the problem feel smaller. And, on the very big upside, the more you overcome these daunting challenges the less you'll find you're psyching yourself out.</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; "></div><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2; ">Stupid Thing&nbsp;<a href="http://lifehacker.com/2/" class="posthashtag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(113, 150, 2); ">#2</a>: Clinging to Your Ideas and Methods Even When They're Bad</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2011/09/0800-idea-clinging.jpg" class="image_2 right v10_medium" alt="The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)" title="The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px !important; float: right; "/>When you work, you'll have ideas and projects and other important things in your days that matter to you. This can be a great source of motivation, but it can also make you stubborn and fail to see what you're wrong. This is because&nbsp;we have a tendency to stick with things we're invested in emotionally, regardless if they're good or bad. We'll even do this when we know the alternative is better, simply because we fear loss. This may be loss of spent time and effort, control, or anything else. A better solution becomes irrelevant because the loss of our emotional investment is harder to lose than a simple resolution is to gain.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">For example, imagine you've been keeping yourself organized through a task management system you designed. It works, but it's complicated and it takes a few hours out of your day. Along comes a web application that will provide the same results without the time sink. In most cases, you'll stick with your system because you've invested so much time in it. You'd rather lose hours each day—a loss you're accustomed to—than lose all the time you've spent devising a system. You'll tell yourself the software might be better for some people, but your way is better for you because you simply prefer it. You'll justify your inability to let go of something that just isn't as good.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">There really isn't anything you can do to prevent this stubbornness from surfacing within you, but you&nbsp;<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">can</em>&nbsp;watch for it. Whenever you're feeling frustrated, just ask yourself if the way you're approaching the problem is the best way. Is there a better solution that you've overlooked because you're invested in the current method? Pay attention to opportunities to change and question any justifications you make against them. Sometimes your way will be the best way, but if the situation isn't perfect you may find relief by entertaining other options.</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; "></div><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2; ">Stupid Thing&nbsp;<a href="http://lifehacker.com/3/" class="posthashtag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(113, 150, 2); ">#3</a>: Procrastinating When You Should Be Getting Things Done</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></p><div id="obj_937" class="videoContainer video_300" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; width: 300px; "><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/DJ2T4-rUUcs?wmode=Opaque&amp;showinfo=0" type="text/html" frameborder="0" width="300" height="200" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; display: block; "></iframe></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">As the Spanish proverb goes,&nbsp;tomorrow is often the busiest day of the week,&nbsp;Procrastination is one of the most frustrating problems we all share and can never seem to fully eliminate. This is due to something called&nbsp;present bias, or the phenomenon that causes us to choose what we want&nbsp;<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">right now&nbsp;</em>over what we should be doing. It's what's causing you to read this post instead of doing your work. The&nbsp;<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">now</em>&nbsp;version of yourself doesn't have to face the consequences that the&nbsp;<em style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: italic; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; ">future</em>&nbsp;version will have to face, so it can easily make the decision based on want. This leads you to procrastinate now and end up very frustrated, anxious, and stressed out in the future.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Solving the problem isn't hard, but it is uncomfortable. You have to override the idea that what you want now will make you happy in the future. This is something you probably understand in a logical sense, but your emotional side refuses to accept. One simple method is to use your imagination to bring about the negative side effects of procrastination before they're actually caused by your poor choices.&nbsp;Remember how draining they can be.&nbsp;Think about the times when you put off a project because you wanted to take a Facebook break. Make yourself worry about finishing on time and, if successful, you'll have a little fear to help keep you motivated.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">You can also make procrastination easier to avoid by&nbsp;creating good, relevant habits around your goals.&nbsp;The things you do when you procrastinate are attractive, in part, because you're comfortable with them. You know how to play video games, check your email, talk on the phone, and so on. You have history dictating that these are enjoyable activities and you understand how to do them. Conversely, your work is not necessarily habitual. It requires you to think. If you can, at least, make your starting task a habit, however, it may not feel so daunting. The simplest way to do this is to pick a part of what you need to get done that you know will be easy and start there. Maybe that means writing an outline, or even just searching online for an answer you need in order to successfully complete the task at hand. Whatever the case may be, if you pick something easy and relevant you can start forming good and relevant habit-forming actions that will make it easier to override your procrastinating nature.</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; "></div><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2; ">Stupid Thing&nbsp;<a href="http://lifehacker.com/4/" class="posthashtag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(113, 150, 2); ">#4</a>: Thinking You're Better Than You Are</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "></p><div class="lyteboxContainer right editorial" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: right; position: relative; z-index: 1000; width: 170px; height: 450px; "><div class="lyteboxLink" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 170px; height: 450px; text-indent: -1000em; position: absolute; "><a href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/17/2011/09/0800-you_re-the-best.jpg" class="noHrefOverride" rel="lytebox" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(113, 150, 2); display: block; height: 450px; text-indent: -100em; width: 170px; background-image: url(http://cache.lifehacker.com/assets/base.v10/img/lytebox/blank.gif); background-attachment: scroll; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: 100% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; ">Full size</a></div><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2011/09/0800-you_re-the-best.jpg" width="170" height="450" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 40px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; float: left; "/></div>Most people will consider themselves to be the best person they know. Most people will also deny this despite our&nbsp;self-serving bias actively telling us how amazing we are.&nbsp;We have a tendency to ignore our failures and praise our successes as a self-preservation mechanism. This is because&nbsp;we can synthesize happiness&nbsp;that's just as good as the real thing. It helps keep us feeling good when life isn't going so well. While we can be our own worst enemies, in times of need we can be our own best friends as well. This is great when we need it, but our self-serving bias doesn't really discriminate against failures we need to see as failures and unfortunate events where we need to find a silver lining. This can result in a lack of humility, and&nbsp;that can make you dumb at work.<p></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The problem with pride is that you often feel like you've got nothing to learn, when in reality&nbsp;your are blind to an incredible amount of information.&nbsp;When you assume you know the right answer and don't listen to others, you're shutting off your chances of learning something new. For example, if your computer is having issues at work and it's been having the same sort of issue for a long time, you may think you know what it is. You talk to IT and insist they replace it because the problem reoccurs no matter what you do, ignoring their suggestions. You get the new machine and find it has the same problem, leading you to discover you've been running some application that's causing a conflict. Instead of listening to IT's suggestions, you went through even more trouble to replace and set up a new machine with the exact same problem. A little humility could have resulted in a faster solution.</p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">The solution to this problem is very straightforward: listen to people and consider what they say. You shouldn't question yourself so much that it drives you mad, but take a moment and think about the things that others offer. You may not always learn something new, but you can be sure you won't if you don't listen at all.</p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; clear: both; "></div><h3 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; line-height: 1.2; ">Stupid Thing&nbsp;<a href="http://lifehacker.com/5/" class="posthashtag" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 21px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(113, 150, 2); ">#5</a>: Taking Your Pride to the Office</h3><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><img src="http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/lifehacker/2011/09/0800-money-eyes.jpg" class="image_4 right v10_medium" alt="The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)" title="The Stupid Things You Do at Work (and How to Fix Them)" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 40px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px !important; float: right; "/>To some extent, job titles are necessary to create a functional hierarchy in an organization. They're also a way to provide people with a level of status at the company, which is something we seem to care more about than our actual salaries. You Are Not So Smart, David McRaney's awesome blog of self-delusion,&nbsp;points to a study&nbsp;that demonstrates this dilemma:</p><blockquote style="margin-top: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px; padding-top: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-bottom: 1px; padding-left: 10px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 4px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: normal; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; quotes: ''; background-color: rgb(246, 246, 246); border-left-style: solid; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); "><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">Imagine you win $1 million in the lottery, but there's a catch. This is a new experimental lottery in which the state says you must share your winnings with a stranger. You get to decide how the money is split, but the other person can reject your offer. If they reject it, you both get nothing. You only get one chance, and the two of you will never see each other again. How much do you offer? When this experiment was performed with real money and real people in the lab, all offers less than 20 percent of the total amount are rejected. In this scenario, the bare minimum you would have to offer is $200,000 – even though you are the one who won the money. Give this problem to a computer, and it will take anything above zero. Something is better than nothing to a purely logical mind.</p></blockquote><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 13px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-style: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-family: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">This is, essentially, the same problem your employer faces when offering you a raise. Everyone should be happy when they find out they're going to be paid more money, but it seems&nbsp;most people resent a raise lower than 7%.&nbsp;Resentment didn't surface from getting no raise at all, but by getting a raise so seemingly insignificant that it came across as insulting. The easy solution? Take the extra money and shut up, or&nbsp;negotiate alternative benefits&nbsp;instead. The point is, ignore your pride when someone is offering an upgrade from nothing. Whether you hate or love your job is irrelevant—your pride won't do anything to improve the situation.</p></span></div> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/691#post-802 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:33:29 +0000 admin 802@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial size=3><br /> <center><object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aC19fEqR5bA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aC19fEqR5bA?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="640" height="390" allownetworking="internal" saveembedtags="true" enablehref="false" enablejsurl="false"></embed></object></center><br /> <br /> Here's a pretty remarkable interview with independent stock and forex trader Alessio Rastani on the BBC this morning, in which he's either being perfectly candid about how traders are viewing the Eurozone crisis, or he's just trolling. <br /> <br /> He says that the euro's collapse is inevitable and that the "<i>savings of millions of people are going to vanish</i>," within the next year, and there's not much that governments can do about it — not that he cares one way or the other:<br /> <br /> "<i>For most traders we don't really care about having a fixed economy, having a fixed situation, our job is to make money from it," he said. "Personally, I've been dreaming of this moment for three years. I go to bed every night and I dream of another recession</i>."<br /> <br /> And in case that's not already enough to guarantee paranoid circulation of this clip for years to come, he also notes, "<i>The governments don't rule the world, Goldman Sachs rules the world</i>."<br /> <br /> But there's an upside, says the trolling trader: You can bet against the Eurozone too!<br /> <br /> Rastani said traders aren't the only ones who can benefit from the crisis.<br /> <br /> "<i>When the market crashes... if you know what to do, if you have the right plan set up, you can make a lot of money from this</i>."<br /> <br /> This is probably an easier task, though, if you're a highly trained professional trader in the global financial markets.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/532#post-612 Sat, 18 Jun 2011 00:49:15 +0000 admin 612@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> - Understanding FX pairs<br /> - Quoting and pricing FOREX pairs<br /> - Rollovers<br /> - Currency Futures<br /> - Currency ETFs<br /> - Choosing the right venue for you<br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_jackmichaelson_140"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/3e49a605/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/3e49a605/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_jackmichaelson_140" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/531#post-611 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:10:44 +0000 admin 611@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> Live Trading Session commenced at 1:00am (Pacific) 06/16/2011<br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_jackmichaelson_139"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/678173fa/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/678173fa/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_jackmichaelson_139" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center><br /> <br /> Here are recent Trade Results for the Live Trading Sessions:<br /> <br /> 1) Sold EUR/JPY +10 Pips*<br /> 2) Sold EUR/JPY +9 Pips* and Sold EUR/USD +19 Pips (Report Spotlight Trade) - Sold USD/CHF +22* (MTTP)<br /> <br /> Here are recent Trade Results for the MTTP & DiversityFX Trading Plans:<br /> <br /> 1) MTTP: +59 pips<br /> 2) DiversityFX: EUR/USD is up about +200 pips on 2nd half of position (risk free)<br /> USD/JPY is up about +36 pips<br /> <br /> <b>Subscribers who began their subscription 4 weeks ago have had access to signals that produced the following results.</b>**<br /> <br /> <center><img src="http://www.aalfie.com/images/solomonfx.gif"/></center><br /> <br /> ** CFTC Rule 4.41: Hypothetical or simulated performance results have certain limitations. Unlike an actual performance record, simulated results do not represent actual trading. Also, since the trades have not been executed, the results may have under-or-over compensated for the impact, if any, of certain market factors, such as lack of liquidity. Simulated trading programs in general are also subject to the fact that they are designed with the benefit of hindsight. No representation is being made that any account will or is likely to achieve profit or losses similar to those shown.<br /> <br /> +Totals for the Live FX Trade Room does not include trades taken based on signals generated from our other trade plans (i.e. MTTP, RSP, & DFX).<br /> <br /> *Unlike the other Signal Plans where totals are reported as closed trades, the DiversityFX Signal Plan utilizes a longer-term strategy and therefore it currently has a few open trades that will affect the totals reported in the future.<br /> <br /> FOREX RISK DISCLOSURE<br /> National Futures Association (NFA) guidelines require that we inform our clients of the risks associated with trading currencies. All trade ideas and included information in this and all SolomonFX resources are intended as educational material to assist you in planning your own trades. Trading foreign exchange on margin carries a high level of risk, and may not be suitable for all investors. The high degree of leverage can work against you as well as for you. Before deciding to invest in foreign exchange you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. The client should be aware that SolomonFX does neither promise or guarantee that a client will in fact become a profitable trader with any product. Past performance is not indicative of future results. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment and you should therefore not trade any monies that you cannot afford to lose. You should be aware of all the risks associated with foreign exchange trading, and seek advice from an independent financial advisor if you have any doubts.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/525#post-605 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:10:29 +0000 admin 605@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> Jim Crimmins, President and Founder of Traders Accounting, explains the current 2011 tax compliance guidelines which allow you to increase your cash flow by thousands of dollars each year using business techniques as the keystone of your trading activities. A major factor being that there are two tax codes in this country: '<b>individual</b>' and '<b>business</b>' - the U.S. tax code allows businesses more than 250 additional tax write-offs and exemptions than what are known nor accessible to anyone filing their 'individual' tax returns.<br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_jackmichaelson_135"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/d4ec948c/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/d4ec948c/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_jackmichaelson_135" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/523#post-603 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:27:43 +0000 admin 603@http://realideal.com/forum/ <h2 style="TEXT-ALIGN: center">The only magazine for&nbsp;FX traders</h2><br /> <p align=center><br /> <table style="WIDTH: 228px; HEIGHT: 341px" cellSpacing=3 cellPadding=5 align=right border=0><br /> <tbody><br /> <tr align=middle><br /> <td><br /> <h3><span text-align="top"><b>The June issue <br />is now available</b></span></h3></td></tr><br /> <tr align=middle><br /> <td><br /> <h6><a title="Currency Trader magazine - November 2010 issue" href="http://www.currencytradermag.com/downloads/index.php"><img alt="" src="http://www.activetradermag.com/assets/static/ct-cover0611-200.gif" border=0/></a><a href="http://www.currencytradermag.com/downloads"></a> <br />Click on image to download</h6></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="http://www.currencytradermag.com/images/april08/april08cover_big.htm"><br /></a><b style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Currency Trader</b> is a full-feature monthly magazine that covers trading strategies, systems, analysis and news and for FX and currency futures traders. <a href="http://www.currencytradermag.com/index.php/c/Magazine_features">Click here</a> to learn more about <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Currency Trader</span>'s features. </p><br /> <ul><br /> <li><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">It's free! </span><a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.currencytradermag.com/subscribe/index.php">Sign up now</a> and receive a <span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">free</span> subscription. <br /> </li><li><b>User friendly: </b><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Currency Trader</span> is available in the easy-to-use Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) format. 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You accept full responsibilities for your actions, trades, profit or loss, and agree to hold SolomonFX.com and any authorized distributors of this information harmless in any and all ways.<br /> </font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/487#post-558 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:24:13 +0000 admin 558@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> When the currency of great nations and unions sinks steadily in value — as we are seeing now with the once-mighty U.S. dollar and even the once-proud euro — one must step back from the day-to-day fray of financial markets and look at current events from a much broader, historical perspective.<br /> What we see is a history littered with examples of horrendous crimes. But the biggest, the worst, and the most devastating have, almost without exception, been perpetrated in the name of the state. <br />- Claus Vogt</font><br /> <br /> <center><br /> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="424" id="viddler_jackmichaelson_121"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/910a1b27/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/910a1b27/" width="545" height="424" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_jackmichaelson_121" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center><br /> <center><br /> <table style="CLEAR: both; MARGIN: 0px 20px 0px 0px" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=85 align=left><br /> <tbody><br /> <tr> <td style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; PADDING-TOP: 5px"><img alt="" src="http://images.moneyandmarkets.com/editor-photos/mike/!-Mike-Larson_094.jpg" width=115 border=0/></td></tr></tbody></table></center><br /> <p align=left>We’ve been warning you about the painful symptoms of America’s decline from global economic preeminence, including:<br /> <br /> </p><p align=left><img src="http://images.moneyandmarkets.com/img/mis/red_check2.gif"/>A shrinking dollar, causing the buying power of your income, savings and retirement nest egg to evaporate before your very eyes ...<br /> <br /> </p><p align=left><img src="http://images.moneyandmarkets.com/img/mis/red_check2.gif"/>Soaring prices for energy and food, driving your cost of living sky-high, threatening to erode your quality of life as well as your longer-term financial security ...<br /> <br /> </p><p align=left><img src="http://images.moneyandmarkets.com/img/mis/red_check2.gif"/>Plus, the very real threat that cuts in government services and entitlements — including cuts to police and fire services — will lead to diminished physical security, even political unrest. <br /> <br /> </p><p align=left>But now, all signs are pointing to an <em>acceleration </em>of this decline! <br /> <br /> </p><p align=left>That’s why I urge you to view this video presentation — <em>American Apocalypse</em> right away.<br /> <br /> </p><p align=left>It will show you why this is all happening ... and why the American Dream — our entire way of life — is now endangered.<br /> <br /> </p><p align=left>Plus, it gives you a clear plan to insulate yourself, your family and your wealth as this historic catastrophe unfolds. <br /> <br /> </p><p align=left>Just watch it while there’s still time.<br /> <br /> </p><p align=left>Best wishes,<br /> <br /> </p><p align=left>Mike Larson</p> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/397#post-468 Sat, 11 Dec 2010 04:32:04 +0000 admin 468@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_Portal_J_172"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/606bd7fe/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/606bd7fe/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_Portal_J_172" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center><br /> <br /> <br /> The era of big government is ENDING ...<br /> <br /> To the surprise of many, free markets and free economies are NOT dying. What IS in danger of dying is big government!<br /> <br /> In China and most other emerging markets, governments are voluntarily downsizing to unleash their private sectors offering up unprecedented opportunities. <br /> <br /> And never forget that fully 84% of the world’s population — over 5.7 billion people — live in emerging markets and are now modernizing at a more rapid pace than ever before.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile ...<br /> <br /> In the U.S. and Europe, we see an entirely different picture! We see big governments that ...<br /> <br /> Bailed out the largest banks, brokers and insurers of the world. <br /> <br /> <br /> Artificially drove interest rates to nearly zero. <br /> <br /> <br /> Spent, lent, invested, guaranteed or PRINTED tens of trillions of dollars to prevent a global financial collapse. <br /> And we see governments that are now facing the NEXT phase of this great financial catastrophe<br /> <br /> A government debt crisis ...<br /> <br /> In this phase of the crisis, the tables are turned. In this phase, Big Government is not the savior. Big Government is the target, the victim<br /> <br /> The first victim to fall was Greece. The second was Ireland. Now under attack are the governments of Portugal, Spain and others. <br /> <br /> So here’s ...<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #1</b><br /> Nearly every debt-ridden government <br /> in Europe will be forced to take <br /> severe AUSTERITY measures in 2011<br /> <br /> The European governments will: <br /> <br /> Lay off hundreds of thousands of government employees ...<br /> <br /> <br /> Sell off government assets, and ...<br /> <br /> <br /> Freeze military spending. <br /> Plus, they will ...<br /> <br /> Slash government health care programs, and <br /> <br /> <br /> Reduce employee pensions or raise the retirement age. <br /> The PATTERN leading to austerity is clear ...<br /> <br /> FIRST, as in Greece and Ireland, global bond investors will attack. They will dump the country’s government bonds. And they will demand immediate action to reduce federal deficits.<br /> <br /> SECOND, as in Greece and Ireland, politicians will initially thumb their noses in stiff defiance. But soon thereafter, they will succumb. <br /> <br /> Yes, the people will rebel: Labor leaders will call general strikes and threaten to shut the country down. Students, workers and retired people will flood the streets in protest. <br /> <br /> But global investors won’t care. They want their money back! So austerity programs will go forward. <br /> <br /> Unfortunately, it will be too little, too late. The euro will get killed. So will investors who hold European stocks or bonds.<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #2</b><br /> Despite a gridlocked U.S. Congress,<br /> Washington will ALSO be forced<br /> to pass austerity measures in 2011.<br /> <br /> Already, as bond investors withdraw in fear, the U.S. bond markets are starting to fall. <br /> <br /> And already, Obama has announced a PAY FREEZE on federal employees. <br /> <br /> But this is just the beginning. In 2011, almost everything will be back on the table — on the chopping block. And in a major crunch, that could include ...<br /> <br /> Cuts in federal support for local services — police, fire, trash collection<br /> <br /> <br /> Sales of U.S. government assets<br /> <br /> <br /> More cuts in defense spending <br /> <br /> <br /> Cuts in higher education loan programs for Sallie Mae <br /> Plus, in order to truly gain control over the deficit, Congress could be forced to tax, cut, or devalue its biggest costs of all ...<br /> <br /> Your Medicare and Social Security benefits!<br /> <br /> Your wealth today — and your retirement wealth for the future — has never been at greater risk of being slashed! <br /> <br /> So here’s what to do ...<br /> <br /> FIRST, the attack of bond investors on the debt-ridden countries — Europe and the U.S. — has already begun. So if you haven’t already followed our recommendations to steer clear of long-term government bonds, get out of long-term bonds NOW.<br /> <br /> SECOND, the austerity measures will obviously hit the European and U.S. economies hard. So with some special exceptions, such as your core gold and resource holdings, greatly reduce your exposure to U.S. and European stocks. Now! <br /> <br /> THIRD, if you have retirement accounts that must hold equities, at least make sure you are not exposed to the most vulnerable companies — companies that depend on large government contracts or bailouts. <br /> <br /> I’ll give you some examples in a moment. Plus, I’ll also name the sectors that are most likely to survive — and THRIVE — despite the austerity programs.<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #3 </b><br /> China will revalue its currency higher <br /> — causing a de-facto dollar devaluation<br /> <br /> Look, Treasury Secretary Geithner wants to ease the burden of debts the U.S. must pay. And Fed Chairman Bernanke wants to fight off deflation. <br /> <br /> Their secret plan to accomplish both of those goals is to DEVALUE the U.S. dollar. They won’t admit that, of course. <br /> <br /> But Mr. Bernanke is already running the printing presses overtime — on track to create $600 billion dollars out of thin air by mid-year 2011.<br /> <br /> And Mr. Geithner is very vocal about getting the Chinese to boost the value of their currency — the yuan — against the dollar. <br /> <br /> But remember, by definition, a revaluation of the yuan is a devaluation of the U.S. dollar!<br /> <br /> Until now, China has resisted. But that’s going to change in 2011. <br /> <br /> In 2011, China’s big worry is INFLATION — plus supply shortages in almost all natural resources. And so far, China’s central bank has been unable to control inflation! <br /> <br /> So in 2011, Bernanke and Geithner’s wishes will come true. China will INCREASE THE VALUE OF ITS CURRENCY! <br /> <br /> For most people, this will be one of the BIG surprises of 2011.But it will also trigger some of the most outstanding profit opportunities for the year, and I’ll tell you more about those in just a moment.<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #4</b><br /> The U.S. Federal Reserve will <br /> shock the world with the <br /> most radical stimulus measures ever<br /> <br /> With housing still in a depression and austerity measures hitting Europe and the U.S., Mr. Bernanke will NOT stand idly by. Nor will he be content to ...<br /> <br /> Merely hold short-term interest rates at zero as he has been doing ... <br /> <br /> <br /> Just run the printing presses with more rounds of “quantitative easing” as he has been doing or ... <br /> <br /> <br /> Simply buy up government securities to monetize the deficit, as he also has been doing. <br /> Mr. Bernanke may also decide to ... <br /> <br /> Punish banks for holding cash — a kind of NEGATIVE interest rate to pressure them to make loans ... <br /> <br /> <br /> Reduce bank reserve requirements ...<br /> <br /> <br /> Even buy up STOCKS via ETFs, as the Bank of Japan has done recently! <br /> This will cause massive swings in nearly all markets. But it will also create massive buying opportunities in almost every tangible asset that rises when the dollar falls:<br /> <br /> Precious metals <br /> <br /> <br /> Key commodities<br /> <br /> <br /> Select foreign currencies <br /> <br /> <br /> Emerging markets <br /> We’ll name them for you later in this report.<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #5</b><br /> Expect a correction in emerging markets <br /> in early 2011, opening up <br /> major NEW buying opportunities<br /> <br /> The immediate causes of a correction: 1) The austerity in the U.S., and 2) The revaluation in China. <br /> <br /> At first, most investors will view these changes as negatives. They’ll claim that demand will slow down in Europe and the U.S. They’ll fear a slowdown in China as well. <br /> <br /> But I repeat: 84% of the world’s population — over 5.7 billion souls — live in emerging markets. As their currencies rise against the dollar, they will have more purchasing power than ever.<br /> <br /> Our recommendation: For now, reduce your exposure to emerging markets. Wait for the correction. And then go for the emerging markets with the best potential, which we’ll name in a moment.<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #6</b><br /> Precious metals will also suffer <br /> a healthy pullback in early 2011 <br /> — another major buying opportunity.<br /> <br /> Gold and silver have come too far too fast. So it should come as no surprise if many latecomers to these bull markets get cold feet, dump their positions in early 2011, and cause a correction. <br /> <br /> But mark our words: The corrections you see in precious metals will not alter their long-term bull market. Instead, the corrections will be opportunities to add to your positions. <br /> <br /> I’ll tell you how we plan to ride this wave in a moment. But first ...<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #7</b><br /> Other commodities could also <br /> suffer a correction. But Fed money <br /> printing and global demand <br /> will drive them back up.<br /> <br /> Among the outstanding performers in 2011 will be commodities like: <br /> <br /> Cocoa<br /> <br /> <br /> Coffee<br /> <br /> <br /> Sugar <br /> <br /> <br /> Other foods <br /> Meanwhile in grain markets, global food shortages will hit hard next year, causing the prices of wheat, corn and soybeans to soar to new record highs.<br /> <br /> <b>Forecast #8</b> <br /> Oil will soar to well over <br /> $100 a barrel, and alternative energy <br /> will also emerge as a major <br /> investment sector.<br /> <br /> Most investors will miss this boat entirely. They will blindly assume that, because the U.S. and Europe continue to sink and western governments are slashing budgets, the demand for energy will plunge. <br /> <br /> Yes, of course, we could see corrections. But billions of people in emerging markets need MORE oil, coal and gas than ever before. And the Federal Reserve’s moves to reflate the economy will merely add more fuel to the fire. <br /> <br /> So after a good correction, here are two trends you should take advantage of in 2011 ...<br /> <br /> FIRST, a move in the price of oil to $100 a barrel and beyond.<br /> <br /> SECOND, a resurgence of alternative, green energy as a viable investment sector, led by none other than China! <br /> <br /> China now leads the world in solar, wind, nuclear, and hydro technologies.<br /> <br /> Our Next Steps<br /> <br /> As you can see, the year ahead will be both loaded with financial dangers and rich with profit opportunities.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/373#post-442 Fri, 29 Oct 2010 01:23:27 +0000 admin 442@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Until there is fear that the bad times will return, the bull market continues. <br /> Fearfulness is the condition for a cycle top.<br /> <br /> Until there is hope that the favorable trend will resume, the bear market continues. <br /> Hopefulness is the condition for a new cycle. - Ralph Nelson Elliott (1871-1948)<br /> <br /> <br /> Purposes of the Wave Principle:<br /> <br /> 1) Know what market cycle you are in<br /> 2) Forecast price movement<br /> 3) Establish price target zones<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_Portal_J_171"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/d879d4f7/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/d879d4f7/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_Portal_J_171" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/349#post-418 Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:06:57 +0000 admin 418@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> There are only Three (3) Primary Waves (TRENDS) in the Markets:<br /> <br /> 1) UP Trend - a series of 'Higher Highs' and 'Higher Lows'<br /> <br /> 2) DOWN Trend - a series of 'Lower Highs' and 'Lower Lows'<br /> <br /> 3) SIDEWAYS Trend - a series of relatively 'Equal Highs' and 'Equal Lows'<br /> <br /> New Highs and New Lows are continuously being formed in the Markets. Therefore, Traders must identify these important levels to help in "mapping out" what the Markets are most likely going to do next.<br /> <br /> This presentation will aid in identifying if a market is Trending UP, DOWN, or trading SIDEWAYS, at the <i>Early Stages</i> of the Trend and not after the fact.<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_jackmichaelson_27"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/71423baf/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/71423baf/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_jackmichaelson_27" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/344#post-413 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:36:45 +0000 admin 413@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Trading the Non-Farm Payrolls 10-08-10<br /> <br /> "Good morning - welcome to FX Bootcamp's non-farm payrolls Live #53"<br /> <br /> "Pheewww... 53 times in a row - that's GOT to be a trend..." <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_jackmichaelson_24"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/6f0187dd/"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"/><param name="allowFullScreen"value="true"/><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"/><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/6f0187dd/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" allowNetworking="all" name="viddler_jackmichaelson_24" flashVars="f=1&autoplay=f&disablebranding=f"></embed></object></center><br /> <br /> <br /> "I'm going to trade in the direction the market takes us."<br /> <br /> "I look for green, green, green, RED " - Wayne McDonell<br /> <br /> <center><img src="http://www.aalfie.com/images/fxbootcamp.jpg"/></center><br /> <br /> "I predict it will rise for 20 minutes, fall for half-an-hour, and then rise for 3 hours..."<br /> <br /> "If you don't know what QE2 is, I summarize it as 'The Fed printing money" - Wayne McDonell</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/339#post-408 Sun, 26 Sep 2010 18:40:12 +0000 admin 408@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Wayne McDonell, Chief Currency Coach of FX Bootcamp, states that currency traders may learn how to trade the Asian trading session with a specific focus on the "over-night swing trade". Currency correlation, and fractal geometry are all components on any given day, with recent chart examples as the guide along with appropriate trade plans.<br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="430" id="viddler_5fd47e20"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/5fd47e20/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/5fd47e20/" width="545" height="430" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_5fd47e20"></embed></object></center></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/337#post-406 Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:04:42 +0000 admin 406@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><b>Tim Bourquin has interviewed a plethora of successful traders about how they approach the business of trading and find good opportunities in the markets each day. After hearing many wealthy traders describe the same things, he put together a list of the most successful habits and how they differ from the behavior of traders who struggle.<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="427" id="viddler_b46811a3"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/b46811a3/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/b46811a3/" width="545" height="427" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_b46811a3"></embed></object></center></b></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/336#post-405 Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:25:40 +0000 admin 405@http://realideal.com/forum/ <center><img src="http://www.aalfie.com/images/_steve.gif"/></center><br /> <br /> <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/3764007.js"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/3764007/">what do you think after seeing this flyer?</a><span style="font-size:9px;"><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">online survey</a></span> </noscript> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/335#post-404 Sat, 11 Sep 2010 21:50:16 +0000 admin 404@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font color=#bc7134><strong>Rob Booker</strong></font><br /> <br /> <h1><font color=#bc7134>What's happened to your leverage? Can you open an account offshore? Video update: </font></h1> <div class=editbox><font color=#bc7134></font><br /> <br /> <br /> <strong>Update: </strong>After talking with more people, and hearing back from the CFTC, it seems that the regulations are going to prohibit access to offshore retail forex accounts after October 18, 2010. For those of you who are going to be disrupted, or have questions about this, please leave a comment in the comment section below and I'll post again this week and address as many of your questions as I can. - Rob Booker<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_48ecbf8a"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/48ecbf8a/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/48ecbf8a/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_48ecbf8a"></embed></object></center></div> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/334#post-403 Fri, 27 Aug 2010 06:53:39 +0000 admin 403@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type=text/javascript><br /> <!--<br /> var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"]<br /> omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|")<br /> function disableselect(e){<br /> if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1)<br /> return false<br /> }<br /> function reEnable(){<br /> return true<br /> }<br /> if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined")<br /> document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false")<br /> else{<br /> document.onmousedown=disableselect<br /> document.onmouseup=reEnable<br /> }<br /> --><br /> </script><br /> <!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <h2>The ability to adjust to changing market circumstances is just one of the traits of a successful trader. In truth though, there are quite a few. Here are 8 more: </h2><br /> <div class=floatright>&nbsp;</div><br /> <div class=meta><br /> <div class=submitted><br /> <div class=clearline>By Toni Hansen </div>August 14, 2010 </div><br /> <div class="terms terms-inline"></div></div><br /> <div class=content><br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=192 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Neutral%20%20iStock_000002484499XSmall.jpg" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Professionals don't let the day oscillations in their accounts faze them.<br /></div><br /> <p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b><br />1. Staying Neutral </b><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">You're probably wondering away just what do I mean by “staying neutral.” When you are chatting with your trading buddies online or reading a message board and all you hear are how the market maker or specialist is out to get them, or how one minute they are a market god and the next they have what is certifiably the worst luck in the entire world, then you are dealing with a trader that is NOT staying neutral! They are letting each trade or each trading day rule their emotions and this pressure builds upon itself, making it very difficult to succeed. <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">The professionals don't let the day to day oscillations in their accounts faze them. The results of one day of trading, or even a few weeks or a month are not as important to them as the average over time. Among most of the professional traders I know, you cannot tell by their mere appearance whether or not they had a great day in the market or if they lost. Sure, they may tell you one way or the other.<br /><br />&nbsp; <br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=180 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Business_Plan_2010-08-12_1552.png" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Most successful traders have a business plan.<br />&nbsp;</div><!--Preparing the views--><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b>2. Have business Plan</b> <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Most successful traders also have a business plan. As in any other profession, it’s important to know what it entails in order to succeed. As in any business, this consists of a set of rules or guidelines to help keep the trader on track and from making decisions purely on a whim. <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Would you open a restaurant without a plan? No, or at least I really hope that you wouldn’t! A new restaurant owner must take into account the type of cuisine they wish to serve, the décor of the restaurant, the hours of operation, to whom they are catering as clientele, etc. <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">As in the restaurant business, traders must also have a business plan. A partial list of the questions you should be asking yourself and including in your trading plan are as follows: <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">How much time will you spend studying and trading? What techniques and strategies will you focus on? What are the expenses involved in becoming a trader? What is your maximum loss limit, not only per position, but on your account as a whole? What are your objectives? <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">The more comprehensive your plan is, the better. You can always go back and change it, modifying it to suit your development as a trader. I find that it is very helpful, for instance, to go back and read over my techniques and goals whenever I am in a slump and my progress has stalled. It helps me maintain the right frame of mind so that I can push forward.<br /><br />&nbsp; <br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=182 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Traders%20Journal%20iStock_000002807214XSmall.jpg" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Most traders don't even have a journal . . . but they should.<br />&nbsp;</div><!--Preparing the views--><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b>3. Keep a Journal</b> <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">One of the first questions I ask any of my new clients is whether or not they have a trading journal, and if you, what does it consist of. <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Most traders don’t even have a journal. Those that do have one typically keep it in a spreadsheet format. This offers very few insights into a trader’s personal style and strengths and weaknesses. Some things to consider when developing a trading journal are: <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">What techniques were used in locating the position? Did you follow your entry, stop and exit criteria? What pros and cons did the setup have? What, if anything could you have done better and what are you most proud of? <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">It is also important to print out a chart of your trade. Mark both the entry and exit on the chart. If necessary, print it out on several time frames to show the details of the position. <br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=274 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Focus%20%20iStock_000008217437XSmall.jpg" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Great traders have several strategies that are their bread and butter plays.<br /></div><!--Preparing the views--><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b><br />4. Focus on Several Techniques that Work Well</b> <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Let’s take a minute to look at a typical college student. What kind of person majors in general studies? Unless they go on to focus on a specific occupation in graduate school or law school, etc., well-paying jobs will be hard to find for most of these students upon graduation. Instead, for those who focus their studies in one field, and more specially, one subdivision of that field, demand for their skills will be much higher. If you focus on just a few techniques, it allows you to really become an expert on the technique you are using. Great traders have several strategies that are their bread and butter plays and they will focus on them for as long as the market conditions favor them. <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Remember: The jack of all trades and master of none is usually a low-paid, unskilled worker.<br /><br />&nbsp; <br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=206 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Money%20Manager%20%20iStock_000004911598XSmall.jpg" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Great traders are also great risk managers.<br />&nbsp;</div><!--Preparing the views--><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b>5. Being a Great Money Manager</b> <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Great traders are also great risk managers. They respect the risks they are taking and on each trade they risk a small amount of capital. Usually this is 1/4% to 1% per position (and no more than 2%). The idea is that you can't trade tomorrow if you blow out today and if you can't trade you won't be a great trader, now will you? <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Great traders protect their accounts. It's their baby. Each position is so small they don't really care what happens with it. It's just a nick... win, lose, or draw. So, if they have a 200K account and are risking 1/4% on each trade, if they take a stop they are out $500. That's a very small amount of money compared to the account. They can take a couple of hits and still be in the game.<br /><br />&nbsp; <br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=182 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Poker%20Player%20%20iStock_000003229542X.jpg" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Great traders are comfortable with risk.<br />&nbsp;</div><!--Preparing the views--><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b>6. Being Comfortable with Risk and Uncertainty</b> <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">The sixth trait of great traders is that they are comfortable with risk. Let's face it, trading is certainly risky and if you are afraid of the risk you won't last. If you are afraid you will lose money, then I can say with near-certainty that you will. <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Great traders are comfortable trading a pattern that is not a 100% sure-thing, because there simply is no such thing. Many new traders have a terrible time with this: the uncertainty of a trade, but you must overcome it. It is very easy to allow yourself to become frozen with fear over the risks and uncertainties of trading. Great traders get beyond it.<br /><br />&nbsp; <br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=182 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Personal%20Responsibilty%20iStock_000001565361XSmall.jpg" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Great traders accept personal responsibility for everything they do.<br />&nbsp;</div><!--Preparing the views--><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b>7. Accepting Personal Responsibility</b> <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Great traders accept personal responsibility for everything they do, even to an extreme. If I loan you $100 and you never pay me back, then yes, perhaps you are not a very honorable person, but I also made a poor choice to lend you the money in the first place. I made that choice, however, and I must accept personal responsibility for that action. <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">The same concept applies to trading. Many traders, lacking the expertise and confidence to make all their own decisions to begin with, will rely upon others for advice. The input may come from CNBC or it may come from a newsletter service or trading chat room or message board. It doesn’t matter where you get the original idea from, it is still up to you to implement it or not and you have the due diligence to stand behind your decisions and make them your own, whether they succeed or fail.<br /><br />&nbsp; <br /> <div class=articleimage align=center><img class="imagecache imagecache-front_art_image" title="" height=193 alt="" src="http://www.tradersreserve.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/front_art_image/Risk_Capital__2010-08-12_1604.png" width=275/> </div><br /> <div class=articleimagecaption align=center>Great traders use risk capital&nbsp;<br /></div><!--Preparing the views--><br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed"><b><br />8. Using Risk Capital to Trade</b> <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Finally, great traders use risk capital. This should be obvious. They trade with money they can afford to lose. It is very difficult to trade well if you are worrying about paying your mortgage or putting food on the table. I’ve also seen a number of traders over the years take out equity loans to open a trading account. You are supposed to be limiting your risk and outside stressors, not adding to them if you wish to succeed. If you think you can be one of the exceptions, then you should really think again! <br /> </p><p class="paging-pager-contents pager-processed">Trading with risk capital frees up your mind. It lets you trade and not worry about every little stop you have. You can just focus on trading correctly instead of trying to force yourself to meet certain financial needs. They say scared money never wins. Well, I have yet to see a person who has no other source of income or savings make a living off their $5,000 trading account.&nbsp; <br /><br /></p></div> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/332#post-401 Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:05:34 +0000 admin 401@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><b><br /> Profit by trading against, rather than with, the breakout.<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_fd0c69fe"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/fd0c69fe/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/fd0c69fe/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_fd0c69fe"></embed></object></center></b></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/331#post-400 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 01:28:23 +0000 admin 400@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><b><br /> To trade any trend system well, you need to get used to the idea of looking at more than just one chart.<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_906a0e35"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/906a0e35/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/906a0e35/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_906a0e35"></embed></object></center><br /> <br /> <br /> 95% of traders lose. <br /> <br /> Do you think most of them were using "conventional wisdom"? <br /> <br /> What about all of the fund managers who can not beat the index? <br /> <br /> What about all of the fund managers who have lost billions? <br /> <br /> THERE IS NO TREND. <br /> <br /> TREND IS A CONCEPT. <br /> <br /> TREND EXISTS ONLY IN THE MIND OF THE TRADER. <br /> <br /> Look at the chart and tell me if the trend is up or down. <br /> <br /> TREND IS RELATIVE TO THE OBSERVER JUST LIKE TIME WHICH IS ANOTHER CONCEPT. <br /> <br /> One must separate what is REAL from what is CONCEPTUAL. <br /> <br /> - TheRumpledOne<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> </b></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/330#post-399 Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:18:52 +0000 admin 399@http://realideal.com/forum/ <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><b><br /> In trading, you must master exit strategies in order to win in the long term.<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="545" height="429" id="viddler_f8f74be2"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/f8f74be2/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/f8f74be2/" width="545" height="429" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_f8f74be2"></embed></object></center></b></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/329#post-398 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 18:12:47 +0000 admin 398@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8" src="http://static.polldaddy.com/p/3577915.js"></script> <noscript> <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/3577915/">Do you prefer to attend Diana's Trendy THURSDAY webinars at 5PM or 8PM Pacific?</a><span style="font-size:9px;"><a href="http://polldaddy.com/features-surveys/">customer surveys</a></span> </noscript> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/303#post-371 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:02:38 +0000 admin 371@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type=text/javascript><br /> <!--<br /> var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"]<br /> omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|")<br /> function disableselect(e){<br /> if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1)<br /> return false<br /> }<br /> function reEnable(){<br /> return true<br /> }<br /> if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined")<br /> document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false")<br /> else{<br /> document.onmousedown=disableselect<br /> document.onmouseup=reEnable<br /> }<br /> --><br /> </script><br /> <!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <script type=text/javascript><!--var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"]omitformtags=omitformtags.<wbr>join("|")function disableselect(e){if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.<wbr>target.tagName.toLowerCase())=</wbr><wbr>=-1)return false}function reEnable(){return true}if (typeof document.onselectstart!="</wbr><wbr>undefined")document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false")else{document.onmousedown=</wbr><wbr>disableselectdocument.onmouseup=reEnable}--></wbr></script><br /> <!--StartFragment--><strong>Gary Gensler, the head of the CFTC wants to limit retail currency accounts to just 10x leverage. </strong><br /> <p align=center><strong>As we noted this weekend, that takes a lot of the "fun" and excitement out of the market (where retail leverage can go as high as 100x), and it means the industry could go the way of online poker.</strong> <br /> </p><p align=center><strong>As we poked more into the story, we realized the comparison is startlingly apt.</strong> <br /> </p><p align=center><strong>Forex is basically online poker all over again, and as such its future is dim.</strong> <br /> <div></div><br /> <div class=container sizcache="42" sizset="33"><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />The Forex industry is specifically going after poker players.</h2></div><br /> <div class="container slide-content" sizcache="42" sizset="35"><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="40" sizset="7"><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="The Forex industry is specifically going after poker players." src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b743d3a00000000002ffa1d-400-300/the-forex-industry-is-specifically-going-after-poker-players.jpg" border=0/></div><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="40" sizset="7"><strong>After regulators clamped down on online poker, many punters switched over to Forex. In fact, as seen by articles like "</strong><a href="http://www.currencytrading.net/2007/11-reasons-poker-players-make-great-forex-traders/"><font color=#1d637d><strong>11 reasons poker players make good Forex traders</strong></font></a><strong>," the industry is actively trying to recruit displaced players</strong></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title sizcache="40" sizset="7"><br />24-hour market</h2><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="53" sizset="7"><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="24-hour market" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b93ffc77f8b9aab49890200-400-300/24-hour-market.jpg" border=0/></div><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="40" sizset="7"><strong>Both Forex and poker offer round-the-clock action for adrenaline junkies big and small. Well, technically Forex is closed for a few hours on the weekend, when the wholesale currency market isn't operating. </strong></div><br /> <p class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="40" sizset="7"><br /> </p><p class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="40" sizset="7"><strong>But Forex reopens Sunday evening, which happens to be when the online poker sites have their huge tournaments of the week.</strong> <br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" sizcache="40" sizset="7"></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title sizcache="40" sizset="7"><br />They're both popular offshore</h2><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="64" sizset="7"><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="They're both popular offshore" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b93ff697f8b9a2641940000-400-300/theyre-both-popular-offshore.jpg" border=0/></div><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="40" sizset="7"><strong>Just like with online poker, Forex bucketshops are frequently located in the world's unregulated nether-regions, like </strong><a href="http://www.forexpros.com/directory/brokers-by-country/antigua-and-barbuda"><font color=#1d637d><strong>Antigua</strong></font></a><strong> or </strong><a href="http://www.offshorestockbrokers.com/gibraltar_links.html"><font color=#1d637d><strong>Gibraltar</strong></font></a><strong>!</strong></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title sizcache="40" sizset="7"><br />Both offer rakeback schemes:</h2></p></div><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="75" sizset="7"><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Both offer rakeback schemes:" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b93fee27f8b9a324a3e0000-400-300/both-offer-rakeback-schemes.jpg" border=0/></div><br /> <div align=center><strong>The online poker world aggressively employs so-called "rakebacks" as a way to give dedicated players a rebate on the house take. It's the same with Forex </strong></div><strong>Here's how it works:</strong> <br /> <ul><br /> <li><strong>Third party marketers get paid to deliver users to the houses/trading sites.</strong> <br /> </li><li><strong>Those third parties collect a permanent stream from the commissions of the users they deliver.</strong> <br /> </li><li><strong>To entice new players to sign up through them, those third parties then deliver to new users a share of their own commission.</strong></li></ul><br /> <div></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />Forex merchandise/gear</h2><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="86" sizset="7"><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Forex merchandise/gear" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b93fc467f8b9a9549020100-400-300/forex-merchandisegear.jpg" border=0/></div><br /> <div align=center><strong>Just like online poker shops, Forex shops offer merchandise based on points you accumulate. </strong></div><br /> </p><p align=center><br /> </p><p align=center sizcache="88" sizset="35"><strong>Here's </strong><a href="https://www.fxpro.com/merchandising"><font color=#1d637d><strong>FXPro.com's</strong></font></a><strong> shop. Here's </strong><a href="http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/store.php"><font color=#1d637d><strong>FullTiltPoker.com's shop</strong></font></a><strong>.</strong> <br /> <div></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />Teens who make a fortune</h2><br /> </p><p class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="97" sizset="7"><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Teens who make a fortune" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b93fc5f7f8b9a5f15ef0100-400-300/teens-who-make-a-fortune.jpg" border=0/>&nbsp; <br /> <div align=center><strong>Just like with online poker, there are teenagers making money doing it from home. And they're glorified. Meet Annie Casaro from Kentucky!</strong></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />Most lose</h2><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="108" sizset="7"><strong><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Most lose" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4ab27eb820aea5643bf2984e-400-300/most-lose.jpg" border=0/></strong></div><br /> <div align=center><strong>Just like with online poker. Most bettors lose money, according to the </strong><a href="http://www.cftc.gov/enf/enfunsafe.htm"><font color=#1d637d><strong>CFTC</strong></font></a><strong>. In both cases, only a few export sharks and bots really profit with any frequency.</strong></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />Fake-money practice accounts</h2><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="119" sizset="7"><strong><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Fake-money practice accounts" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b93fd977f8b9ad449970000-400-300/fake-money-practice-accounts.jpg" border=0/></strong></div><br /> <div align=center><strong>Just like with online poker, the Forex brokers lure you in with practice, play-money accounts (as if anything could replicate live, real-money action). Here's an ad from Forex.com. Check out a site like </strong><a href="http://www.pokerstars.net/"><font color=#1d637d><strong>PokerStarts.net</strong></font></a><strong> for the poker fake-money equivalent.</strong></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />It's the house that wins</h2><br /> <div class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="130" sizset="7"><strong><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="It's the house that wins" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b1422dd00000000006accad-400-300/its-the-house-that-wins.jpg" border=0/></strong></div><br /> <div align=center><strong>Just like with a casino, it's the house that wins. With online poker, the house wins by taking a substantial rake from every pot. </strong></div><br /> </p><p align=center><br /> </p><p align=center><strong>Forex shops, meanwhile, are literally trading against their customers. They actually consider their customers "counterparties" and make most of their money from their losses. </strong><br /> </p><p align=center sizcache="132" sizset="35"><strong>As </strong><a href="http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2009/11/02/80866/the-100bn-fx-hustle/"><font color=#1d637d><strong>FT Alphaville</strong></font></a><strong> explained, their profits come in two ways: One by taking advantage of the spread between the wholesale (read: the big boys) market and the prices they offer, while also taking advantage of stop-loss trades that guarantee their customers are liquidated at the first moment of volatility. </strong><br /> <div></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />Some sites literally advertise Forex and gambling services side by side.</h2><br /> </p><p align=center><strong><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Some sites literally advertise Forex and gambling services side by side." src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b9402a37f8b9aa640d30300-400-300/some-sites-literally-advertise-forex-and-gambling-services-side-by-side.jpg" border=0/> </strong><br /> <div></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title>Here you can see they're literally promoted side by side.</h2><br /> </p><p class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="152" sizset="7"><strong><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Here you can see they're literally promoted side by side." src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b9425ed7f8b9acc47790000-400-300/here-you-can-see-theyre-literally-promoted-side-by-side.jpg" border=0/> </strong><br /> <div align=center><strong>Look, the Forex trading even has a big button that says: "Play Now"</strong></div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />Just look at the marketing</h2><br /> </p><p align=center><strong><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Just look at the marketing" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b9402ed7f8b9ac94a910000-400-300/just-look-at-the-marketing.jpg" border=0/> </strong><br /> <div></div><br /> <div><br /> <h2 class=slide-title><br />Bottom line:</h2></div><br /> </p><p class="image-container slide-image" align=center sizcache="174" sizset="7"><strong><img class=slide-image style="CURSOR: pointer" alt="Bottom line:" src="http://static.businessinsider.com/image/4b9427ca7f8b9ad947860100-400-300/bottom-line.jpg" border=0/> </strong><br /> <div align=center><strong>The Forex industry more than quacks like a duck. It's basically the online poker model with the cards changed. </strong></div><br /> </p><p align=center><br /> </p><p align=center><strong>Literally banning it may be tough (because it is legitimately a financial market), so here's what's going to happen. Any institution in the US offering retail services will be forced to severely curtail leverage, basically making them worthless to investors who expect 50x-100x leverage on their trades. </strong><br /> </p><p align=center><strong>That will leave a huge hole open for foreign-based shops, to which regulators will respond by making it illegal (or very difficult) for banks/credit card companies to offer money transfers. </strong><br /> </p><p align=center><strong>As with online poker, it will still exist, and there will be a lot of traders, but it will be a major pain to get into and far smaller than the peak. </strong><br /> <div>&nbsp;</div></p> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/297#post-365 Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:04:19 +0000 admin 365@http://realideal.com/forum/ <center><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="425" height="344" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1SSIv6ocLIg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1SSIv6ocLIg&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> </center> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/291#post-359 Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:18:47 +0000 admin 359@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"] omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|") function disableselect(e){ if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1) return false } function reEnable(){ return true } if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined") document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") else{ document.onmousedown=disableselect document.onmouseup=reEnable } --> </script><!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <br /> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> <br /> Exposing the unvarnished facts about three disturbing new crises ... unveiling nine shocking new short-term and longer-term forecasts for stocks, bonds, currencies, gold, oil and more ... and revealing how you can know — with confidence — which asset classes offer you the greatest profit potential in 2010, 2011, 2012 and beyond.<br /> <br /> Learn more about the 5 steps you should be taking NOW and over the next 36 months.<br /> <br /> <br /> <center><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="437" height="349" id="viddler_e4f7598d"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple/e4f7598d/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple/e4f7598d/" width="437" height="349" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" name="viddler_e4f7598d"></embed></object><img src="http://deducer.googlepages.com/clickabove.jpg"/></center></font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/277#post-345 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 09:19:10 +0000 admin 345@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"] omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|") function disableselect(e){ if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1) return false } function reEnable(){ return true } if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined") document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") else{ document.onmousedown=disableselect document.onmouseup=reEnable } --> </script><!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <br /> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><br /> <br /> <b>1</b> Gold was probably the first metal worked by prehistoric man. Decorative gold objects <a href="http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/12/gold-rush/williams-text" target=0>found in Bulgaria</a> date back to 4,000 B.C., so the gold age actually overlaps with the Stone Age.<br /> <br /> <b>2</b> In the 7th century B.C., dentists in Italy used <a href="http://phoenicia.org/dentstry.html" target=0>gold wire</a> to attach fake teeth, and gold fillings were recommended for cavities as far back as the 16th century.<br /> <br /> <b>3</b> When the Spaniards <a href="http://www.ecuadorexplorer.com/incagold.html" target=0>landed in Peru</a> in 1532, the Incan Empire had one of the largest collections of gold ever amassed. After the Incan king Atahuallpa was captured by the conquistadores, he offered, as ransom, to fill a 22-by-18-foot room with gold as high as he could reach.<br /> <br /> <b>4</b> The Spanish killed him anyway.<br /> <br /> <b>5</b> The Aztec word for gold is teocuitlatl, which means “excrement of the gods.”<br /> <br /> <b>6</b> Conrad Reed found a 17-pound lump of gold on his father’s North Carolina farm in 1799, the first documented <a href="http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/reed/reed.htm" target=0>discovery of gold</a> in the United States. They used the rock as a doorstop for three years before a local jeweler identified it.<br /> <br /> <b>7</b> Reed’s father sold it to the jeweler for $3.50, less than one-thousandth of its true value. Eventually Reed caught on—the lump would be worth more than $100,000 today—and started the nation’s first commercial gold mine.<br /> <br /> <b>8</b> Contrary to what James Bond told you in Goldfinger, there’s no such thing as “skin suffocation.” But the film crew didn’t know that: When they covered actress Shirley Eaton in gold paint, they left bare a small patch on her tummy.<br /> <br /> <b>9</b> Gold is extremely malleable and ductile. A one-ounce piece can be beaten into a translucent sheet five-millionths of an inch thick or drawn out into 50 miles of wire five micrometers thick—one-tenth the diameter of a human hair.<br /> <br /> <b>10</b> The metal is also virtually indestructible and has been highly valued throughout history, so humans have always <a href="http://www.greenkarat.com/myKarat/recycle.asp" target=0>recycled it</a>. Upwards of 85 percent of all the gold ever found is still being used today.<br /> <br /> <b>11</b> Gold foil was wrapped around the Apollo lunar landing modules to protect the astronauts from radiation. A thin gold film over astronauts’ visors is still used to protect their eyes from glare.<br /> <br /> <b>12</b> For more than 70 years, the standard treatment for rheumatoid arthritis was regular injections of a liquid suspension of gold, which acts as an <a href="http://www.hopkins-arthritis.org/arthritis-info/rheumatoid-arthritis/rheum_treat.html#gold" target=0>anti-inflammatory</a>. Doctors still don’t know why.<br /> <br /> <b>13</b> The eternal quest of alchemists—to change base metals into gold—was actually achieved to a certain degree in Soviet nuclear reactors, where radioactivity transformed some lead nuclei into gold.<br /> <br /> <b>14</b> Gold is green: Windows in some apartment buildings are coated with gold to help reflect sun in the summer and retain heat in the winter.<br /> <br /> <b>15</b> Actually getting the metal is <a href="http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1995/ofr-95-0023/summit.htm" target=0>not so green</a>. Gold mines spew cyanide into waterways and nitrogen and sulfur oxides into the air; in 2000, a cyanide spill at a Romanian mine made the local water for 2.5 million people undrinkable.<br /> <br /> <b>16</b> Australian researchers have discovered <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/science/18observ.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Organizations/P/Princeton%20University" target=0>microorganisms</a> that “eat” trace amounts of gold within rocks and then deposit them into larger nuggets. Mining companies are looking to use the critters instead of cyanide to pull gold from ore, which would be much less environmentally destructive.<br /> <br /> <b>17</b> Nice threads: In terms of gold reserves, the United States has the world’s largest hoard. But if ornamentation is included, India takes the title—over 20 percent of the decorative gold used throughout the world is in the thread in Indian <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sari" target=0>saris</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>18</b> The largest reservoirs of gold on the surface of the earth, an estimated 10 billion tons, are the oceans. Unfortunately, there is no practical way to <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/15.03/undersea.html" target=0>get it out</a>.<br /> <br /> <b>19</b> That’s chump change compared with the amount of gold in outer space. In 1999, the NEAR spacecraft showed that a single asteroid, <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/401227.stm" target=0>Eros</a>, contains more gold than has ever been mined on Earth.<br /> <br /> <b>20</b> Calm down, space cowboys: There’s no way we can retrieve that gold either.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/266#post-333 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:38:07 +0000 admin 333@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"] omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|") function disableselect(e){ if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1) return false } function reEnable(){ return true } if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined") document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") else{ document.onmousedown=disableselect document.onmouseup=reEnable } --> </script><!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.fxcm.com/images/2008/home/logo-fxcm.gif"/><br /> <br /> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Dear Client:<br /> <br /> In early January, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)—the U.S. government agency responsible for the regulation of retail foreign exchange—proposed new rules for off-exchange retail foreign exchange. If enacted in their current form, these rules would have an enormous impact on the U.S. forex industry. The proposed rules call for restricting leverage to 10-to-1, even for the most widely traded currency pairs.<br /> <br /> While FXCM believes that increased regulation brings credibility to our growing industry, we feel that imposing onerous regulations is counterproductive in the marketplace. FXCM is actively lobbying against restricting leverage to 10-to-1. We are working with other Forex Dealer Members (FDMs), as part of the Foreign Exchange Dealers Coalition (FXDC), to provide a united industry front to lobby congress and the CFTC. <br /> <br /> Best regards,<br /> <br /> FXCM <br /> Institutional Client Relations<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://4xla.netfirms.com/images/IBFX.gif"/><br /> <br /> Dear Customer, <br /> <br /> IBFX will be fighting this 10:1 leverage proposal included in the Farm Bill. IBFX has joined a coalition made up of the top 8 brokers in the USA. We have hired lawyers and lobbyist who are working very hard in Washington to make sure this does not happen.<br /> <br /> If you would like to voice your concern for or against the proposal you can contact the CFTC by sending an email to <a href="mailto:secretary@cftc.gov">secretary@cftc.gov</a> with "Regulation of Retail Forex" in the subject line.<br /> <br /> We should also suggest you contact your local congressmen/women and voice your concerns. The more voices heard the better the likelihood of these rules not passing.<br /> <br /> If the worse was to happen and the rule does pass we will be able to offer accounts overseas based out of our London office which should be ready in the next couple of months.<br /> <br /> Best Regards,<br /> <br /> Jordi Sales<br /> Client Services<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://4xla.netfirms.com/images/oanda.gif"/><br /> The recently released CFTC regulatory proposal for retail forex transactions has rightly received considerable attention --- particularly the proposal to limit leverage to 10:1. (See CFTC press release.) <br /> <br /> I thought I should share with you OANDA's position on this new regulatory proposal. But first, I would like to point out that this is only a proposal at this time. The CFTC is seeking public comment, and they may well modify the proposed rules based on the feedback they receive.<br /> <br /> As most of you know, OANDA has always conducted its business very conservatively and has worked very hard to provide the best value possible for our trading clients. Moreover, we at OANDA very much welcome regulation and have operated within strongly regulated environments. We particularly welcome regulatory activity that makes the forex market more fair, efficient and open, and we welcome regulatory activity that protects trading clients.<br /> <br /> Occasionally, when important, we speak out on behalf of our clients, and in this particular case we strongly believe that limiting leverage to 10:1 is highly restrictive and discriminatory against retail clients because it limits their trading choices. The proposed limit is not in the best interest of the trading public and additionally discriminates against forex dealers operating out of the United States, further limiting choice. <br /> <br /> Hence, OANDA strongly opposes this new rule, and we believe it works against the open, accessible forex marketplace we have been trying to create. We will work hard to vigorously oppose the proposed leverage limit, and we are working together with other forex firms, such as FXCM and Gain Capital, to oppose this new rule.<br /> <br /> You can play an important role in this effort and help influence the CFTC. If you have views on this matter, then we would like to encourage you to make them known to the CFTC by sending them your feedback. You do not have to live in the United States or be a U.S. citizen for your views to be heard.<br /> <br /> The easiest way to give feedback is to send an email to <a href="mailto:secretary@cftc.gov">secretary@cftc.gov</a> with “Regulation of Retail Forex” in the subject line. However, you must provide your address and contact information in the email in order for it to be considered by the CFTC. Also, you should be aware that the CFTC has the right to publish your comments, and will publish your email on a public page on their website. The deadline for comments is March 13, 2010.<br /> <br /> Thank you for your interest and help in this matter.<br /> <br /> Michael Stumm<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <img src="http://4xla.netfirms.com/images/mbtrading.gif"/><br /> <br /> Dear MB Trading FX Client, <br /> <br /> On January 13, 2010, the CFTC announced proposed new regulations concerning retail foreign currency transactions. Many of the proposed changes would implement important consumer protection regulations, which MB Trading firmly favors. However, one of the proposed changes would radically lower Forex leverage from 100:1 to 10:1 for all NFA and CFTC regulated Forex firms. <br /> <br /> Under the proposed rule, here are some examples based on trading 10,000 USD: <br /> <br /> <center><img src="http://4xla.netfirms.com/images/margin.gif"/><br /> *Current margin requirements based on rates as of January 19th, 2010</center> <br /> <br /> The impact of these new requirements for a FOREX trader could be significant. Under existing rules and based on present day exchange rates, a $10,000 account could buy or short just over 700,000 EURUSD. With the new proposed rule, the same account would only be able to buy or short 70,000 EURUSD, significantly impacting the results of the trade. <br /> <br /> MB Trading recognizes the importance of regulation that strengthens industry oversight. We agree with policing and regulating the industry, as was Congress' intent when empowering the CFTC to create additional rules. However, we don't agree with policies that might clearly disadvantage firms in the United States which in turn disadvantage you, the client. We encourage you to voice your individual opinion directly to the CFTC. The Public Comment Period is open for 60 days from the date of publication, which was January 13, 2010. You may find the entire draft proposal here: CFTC.Gov and you may contact the CFTC directly by sending an email to <a href="mailto:secretary@cftc.gov">secretary@cftc.gov</a> with "Regulation of Retail Forex" in the subject line. <br /> <br /> Thank you for your support. <br /> <br /> Ross Ditlove<br /> CEO<br /> MB Trading <br /> </font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/265#post-332 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 18:03:15 +0000 admin 332@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"] omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|") function disableselect(e){ if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1) return false } function reEnable(){ return true } if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined") document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") else{ document.onmousedown=disableselect document.onmouseup=reEnable } --> </script><!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>Hello Everyone,<br /> <br /> Yes, unfortunately you read that right. As if the imposition of all the silly restrictions last year on hedging, trading CFDs, and what order you close your trades in wasn’t enough, the CFTC is now setting new standards in idiocy by proposing a 10:1 cap on leverage for retail FX. Why? Because the less attractive they make spot forex for you, the more likely you are to switch to trading futures. And we all know that both the CFTC and the NFA exist to further the interests of futures brokers not retail traders.<br /> <br /> Fortunately for the poor souls who live in the United States, there exist some offshore trading alternatives such as FXCM UK and Deutsche Bank . Keep in mind that the NFA’s enforcement authority extends to your place of residence, not citizenship. So you can also easily incorporate an offshore company or trust, or simply use the address of a relative or friend (you will need to send a bill or credit card statement there with your name on it, as this is often required when opening a new account). Using an offshore broker gets you past the hedging, FIFO, and leverage restrictions, but you will need a foreign address in order to trade CFDs (even with an offshore broker). Some brokers who offer CFDs such as FxPro have simply stopped taking on clients with U.S. addresses. This is how far this lunacy has gone.<br /> <br /> As we’ve seen, all the actions of the NFA have succeeded in accomplishing just one thing… driving US investment funds offshore (at a time when the US needs to be doing precisely the opposite - attracting foreign capital to help it recover from recession). Numbers don’t lie… I need only compare our commission statements from FXCM US vs. FXCM UK.<br /> <br /> So, yes, I’ve held my tongue (more or less) for over a year hoping the situation would improve. It has worsened. And it will continue to do so. Starting April 1st, the NFA intends to try and start legislating across borders, by forcing offshore brokers and IBs to register with them as well (and I’m still not quite sure why there are membership, capitalization, and audit requirements now for IBs, since IBs don’t touch a cent of client money… could it be that the NFA is short on funding?). <br /> <br /> I and several other service providers, rather than registering, intend to dump all our US clients in protest if that goes through (sorry US clients, you can always move or incorporate offshore). Luckily, the first attack will be just on offshore brokers and their IBs, but there are already murmurings about a potential proposal to regulate those who “offer advice” as well. Watch out.<br /> <br /> Andrei Pehar<br /> Chief Currency Strategist, fxKnight.com<br /> <br /> ------------------<br /> <br /> <br /> Well, no big secret that both the NFA and CFTC are severely short on funding. CFTC admitted themselves that their computer system is way behind and in need of severe upgrade but they lack the funds. <br /> They need to shut the hell up with making such foolish admissions. And just let them start an antagonistic stance against offshore firms. <br /> <br /> I mean, it isn’t enough to drive out US firms but they will also drive out UK and EU firms who have opened up offices in US. Unbelievable. I wonder how US would feel if FSA demanded stuff from them and from US trading firms? Huh? This level of arrogance and stupidity and total idiocy will end one way or the other. And it will come in the form of all US based forex firms including US, UK, and EU firms closing shops here and just moving out taking their customer base with them… including the wealthy traders and insititutional traders. <br /> <br /> Are you saying they also do not want 1:100 leverage? Come on… everyone wants and needs 1:100 leverage. Go after the shady and undercapitalized firms marketing forex as some get rich quick scheme instead rather than punishing the very business model and your average traders who want to give it a go with a modest $500 deposit. <br /> <br /> One thing to say about NFA and CFTC, they are all useless prick morons. They are only trying to line their pockets… this won’t even protect the brokers’ interests really. How when they will quickly lose over 95% of their traders’ accounts to UK and EU? <br /> <br /> Oh, and it’s no big deal if NFA and CFTC goes crazy and forces UK and EU firms to not accept US citizen’s applications. Wow… that is sooooooo insurmountable isn’t it? Not really… there are really reasonably priced mailbox serves in UK and EU. Or better yet, I may just move myself to UK altogether and totally renounce my US citizenship. Are you saying US is some smart powerhouse or a group of ninny regulatory pricks?<br /> <br /> Lee<br /> ------------------<br /> <br /> <br /> How can NFA/CFTC regulate brokers outside the US? I thought their jurisdiction is only US.<br /> <br /> sree<br /> ------------------<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> sree… Their argument is that if you have so much as a single US client, you are bound by US regulations, despite where you are located. This is why so many companies (such as FxPro) are simply dumping US clients. Another attempt by the US to play “world police” - and the world doesn’t like it!<br /> <br /> Andrei Pehar<br /> ------------------<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Would you BELIEVE it?? The CFTC actually took the text of their proposal offline! I guess they must have gotten TOO much public comment. Great job you guys - keep the pressure up.<br /> <br /> And, no worries… I have the proposal in its entirety posted here:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://mediaserver.fxstreet.com/Reports/58ee1f64-714c-4f21-9bd2-42c4cef34bf6/d2dc0728-621f-4657-8929-f5460df0d651.pdf" target=0>CFTC Proposed Rulings</a> (PDF file)<br /> <br /> <br /> Andrei Pehar</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/264#post-331 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:59:40 +0000 admin 331@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"] omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|") function disableselect(e){ if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1) return false } function reEnable(){ return true } if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined") document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") else{ document.onmousedown=disableselect document.onmouseup=reEnable } --> </script><!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <br /> <br /> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3><b>CFTC Forex Proposal; US Retail Market to Disappear?</b> <br /> Tue, Jan 19 2010, 08:48 GMT<br /> by James Bibbings<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> On January 13th, 2010 the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) issued a press release regarding its highly anticipated rule proposal for the regulation of retail forex transactions. The proposal seeks to adopt a new regulatory scheme to implement the CFTC Reauthorization Act of 2008. In particular it strives to address the way the federal agency will deal with off-exchange transactions in foreign currency with the retail public. Currently the CFTC’s proposal is open for public comment for sixty days (60) and was published in the Federal Register on January 7th, 2010. Before anyone can comment though, they’ll have to fully understand what the proposal says. <br /> <br /> <b>What the Proposal Attempts to Establish</b><br /> The following is a summary listing of the major provisions included in the CFTC’s proposal. While reading through these items please note that they are not the only changes to the law which have been proposed. Rather, these items represent what will be the most significant changes to the industry through the eyes of a former regulator and industry professional; they are presented in order of most important to least. <br /> <br /> <b>1)</b> The CFTC has revised its definition of “commodity interest” (i.e. futures) to include off-exchange retail forex transactions (“forex”). This change grants the CFTC jurisdiction over the United States retail forex market. <br /> <br /> <b>2)</b> With the authority found in item one above; the CFTC will create new registration categories for retail foreign currency firms as follows: <br /> <br /> <b>A)</b> Dealers (Currently FDM’s) in retail forex transactions will be required to register as retail foreign exchange dealers or (“RFEDs”). <br /> <br /> <b>B)</b> Persons or entities that solicit or accept orders for an RFED, a Futures Clearing Merchant (“FCM”), or an affiliate of an FCM will be required to register as Introducing Brokers (“IBs”). <br /> <br /> <b>C)</b> Persons or entities exercising discretionary authority over accounts will be required to register as Commodity Trading Advisors (“CTAs”). <br /> <br /> <b>D)</b> Persons or entities which operate or solicit funds or property for a pooled investment vehicle would be required to register as Commodity Pool Operators (“CPOs”). <br /> <br /> <b>E)</b> All persons who qualify as being “associated” with the foregoing registration categories will be required to become registered as associated persons (“AP’s). <br /> <br /> <b>3)</b> All Introducing Brokers (“IBs”) and all applicants working towards registration as IBs in connection with retail forex transactions will be required to enter into a guarantee agreement with an RFED. <br /> <br /> <b>4)</b> RFEDs and FCMs which engage in retail forex transactions will be required to collect from their customers a security deposit equal to no less than ten percent of the notional value of the retail forex transaction to be conducted; thus imposing a strict 10:1 leverage ratio.<br /> <br /> <b>The Implications <br /> Items 1 and 2: Revised Definition of “Commodity Interest”:</b> The definitional change of “Commodity interest” to include off-exchange retail forex transactions gives full authority of the US retail foreign currency market to the CFTC. Based on this definitional adjustment the CFTC will now have the legal ability to require forex professionals to register with the agency. It also means these professionals will be required to become members of a self regulatory organization (“SRO”) which in most instances will be the National Futures Association (“NFA”). Firms will be required to register by law as RFEDs, FCMs, IBs, CTAs, and/or CPOs to solicit for or accept retail customer orders. Many of these firm’s employees will then also be required to become APs and/or business principals. <br /> <br /> <b>Item 3: All IB’s Must Be Guaranteed by an RFED:</b> This provision of the proposal is likely to be more devastating to the United States forex industry than any other. The reason? Requiring RFED’s to be entirely liable for the solicitation activity and performance of all their introducing brokers will prove to be impossible. Since there will be no such thing as an independent forex IB, it does not seem reasonable to think that the handful of RFEDs in the United States will be willing to take on the risk of guaranteeing all of the nation’s introducing agents. If they were to do so, the level of liability as well as the capital required to stand behind the performance of such entities would be staggering. Further this requirement completely eliminates the role of an independent IB as it calls for each guaranteed IB to introduce client accounts to only its guarantor RFED. This will greatly reduce consumer and IB strategy options and may also cause clients to open relationships with multiple brokerage houses. For these two reasons, and the requirement discussed below in item 4, third party forex brokerage as it currently exists will be under tremendous stress.<br /> <br /> <b>Item 4: Forex Transactions Must Adhere to 10:1 leverage:</b> There has been more written about this portion of the CFTC proposal than any other and perhaps rightfully so. Currently in the US firms are able to offer clients 100:1 leverage, which is already lower than what is available in other parts of the world. At this time US customers appear to be satisfied with security deposit levels which currently reside at either 1% or 4% (by pair traded) of a contracts notional value. Although the CFTC may believe that lowering leverage from 100:1 may be better for clients (which in many cases it will be) I do not believe they have fully considered the ramifications of this action.<br /> <br /> It is largely anticipated that in the event leverage in the US is reduced from 100:1 to 10:1 most US accounts will migrate to the United Kingdom. Individual traders have voiced publically that they are unwilling to post higher levels of margin to trade within the United States. Specifically many have shared that as long as well regulated, financially similar, trading venues exist internationally; staying in the US will not make sense with a 10% security deposit. Therefore, if the objective of the CFTC is to protect US investors with their new proposal and this occurs, they may actually be making matters worse. If US clients are encouraged to move their accounts abroad on to pursue higher leverage, the CFTC will then no longer have jurisdiction over the companies handling those accounts and the point will become moot. <br /> <br /> In addition to potentially losing jurisdiction over US client monies, should a capital exodus occur on the count of reduced leverage, the CFTC will have also made US RFED’s less competitive internationally. The implications here are far reaching; especially when one considers the size of the global forex market space. Furthermore, reducing leverage by as much as ten times will also drastically reduce off exchange retail currency trading volumes for RFEDs. If this were to occur these firms would likely seek out new forms of revenue in order to supplement falling profit margins. They would likely do so through various fees and/or by additional commissions through wider trading spreads. This too will not be good for the US retail trader or the RFED’s which directly and indirectly create numerous employment opportunities. Worst yet, it is conceivable that an adjustment to the security deposit, especially when coupled with the requirement to guarantee IB’s, might move some RFEDs entirely out of the country. <br /> <br /> <b>Options and the Long Road Ahead<br /> Share Your Thoughts:</b> Now that the CFTC proposal exists, what’s next for retail forex traders and brokerage firms within the United States? The first thing that should be done if you’d like to comment on this proposal would be to submit your thoughts to the CFTC and your legislators. The CFTC will accept comments for at least sixty days (60) starting from January 7th, 2010. When sending in a comment it will be important to use the subject “Proposed CFTC Regulation of Retail Forex”; Federal Register - January 7th, 2010. After this be sure to include the proposals identification number which is RIN3038-AC61 in the body of your message.<br /> <br /> <b>Industry Professionals:</b> Industry professionals that have not yet registered with the CFTC and elected to become NFA members; now is the time. It is possible that the CFTC may alter some of its proposed amendments if it deems the comments received from the public are reasonable. However, it is highly unlikely that the requirement for all forex professionals to become CFTC registrants and members of a DSRO will be omitted. In just a short period of time every forex firm in the country will be required to register and this will create a massive back log with the NFA. To learn more about this process it would be advisable to contact a regulatory professional and seek advice immediately. Due to the time sensitive nature of this requirement it would also be wise to look for a company that is well versed in forex compliance. Most importantly they should be intimately aware of the CFTC’s current proposal.<br /> <br /> <b>Retail Traders:</b> Individuals who trade retail forex will need to consider the implications of having to post as much as ten times more capital to hold trades open. This will materially alter trading strategies and significantly reduce the size of the positions that a person can initiate. Customers should speak with their respective brokerage houses, the CFTC, NFA, and their legislators to let them know how this rule will impact their trading.</font> http://realideal.com/forum/topic/16#post-16 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:54:53 +0000 admin 16@http://realideal.com/forum/ <script type="text/javascript"> <!-- var omitformtags=["input", "textarea", "select"] omitformtags=omitformtags.join("|") function disableselect(e){ if (omitformtags.indexOf(e.target.tagName.toLowerCase())==-1) return false } function reEnable(){ return true } if (typeof document.onselectstart!="undefined") document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") else{ document.onmousedown=disableselect document.onmouseup=reEnable } --> </script><!--StartFragment--><a href="http://www.lombokdiving.nl/airlinesoft.php?q=67"></a><br /> <br /> <font face=Arial color=#000000 size=3>It all begins with the way you think.<br /> <br /> The "Victim" mindset usually leaves three indelible clues: <br /> 1. BLAME <br /> 2. 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This is great news, as most of us have retirement money invested in the stock market .<br /> <br /> Many of us have also been buying stocks and making money this year – perhaps as much as 118% if you were lucky enough to buy and hold and use 50% margin. Many of you option traders have profited way beyond 118% from selling puts, buying calls and other bull market option strategies; you know the power of leverage and you're who I want to talk to.<br /> <br /> Great Year for Trading Forex<br /> <br /> Between March 9, 2009 and November 13, 2009, a simple sell short and hold US dollar strategy would be up 3,000%, using the 100 to 1 standard leverage most forex brokers routinely offer.<br /> <br /> Let me spell that out for you; you're probably thinking it's a typo – three thousand percent in 8 months!<br /> <br /> Let's put this is real numbers. A $10,000 investment using leverage and catching the whole DOW move could have yielded a profit of $11,800. A $10,000 investment in a short sale trade in the US dollar could have yielded a profit of $300,000.<br /> <br /> Is it worth a couple of minutes more of your time to reading on?<br /> <br /> The Real Deal<br /> <br /> Hi, I'm Jimmy Young. I have been an FXTE content provider, instructor and coach since the very first live seminar in July 2005. You may have seen my best trade for 2008 presentation at OASIS. I looked at selling short the NZDJPY currency pair. By year end the pair dropped 40%, using leverage, a $10,000 investment would be worth $400,000 in 6 months!<br /> <br /> At OASIS in 2009 I did a best trade for 2009 presentation. I looked at selling short the US dollar. Since then, in less than 5 months the US dollar is down about 6%. A $10,000 investment would be worth $60,000 in less than 5 months!<br /> <br /> The reason I am telling you this is because I do more than just talk about what already happened. I make bold statements and put my credibility on the line. Not just once a year at OASIS but each and every trading day. I tell FXTE students exactly what I'm thinking, what I expect to be trading, and most importantly, I tell them WHY I'm trading that way. <br /> <br /> In my coaching class I take it a step further. I critique the trading ideas of my class so that the students can learn to think and trade like me.<br /> <br /> What qualifies me to teach others to trade forex?<br /> <br /> I spent 20 years, ten hours a day, at world class banks successfully trading their capital in the forex market.<br /> <br /> So you may ask "Why is Jimmy teaching FXTE customers to trade forex instead?"<br /> <br /> For one, I am gravely disappointed at the quality of other forex educational products. There are plenty of cheap products being hawked by unqualified traders, essentially marketers and salesman. <br /> <br /> Secondly, I consider myself blessed with a talent for both profitably trading forex and being able to teach others to do the same. It's my way of giving something back to the forex market which has done so much for me. I started trading in forex in 1978 and I was in debt. I was able to retire at 46 years old at the end of 1999. Considering my high school counselor advised me to become a police officer or a fireman, I feel very fortunate!<br /> <br /> Forex is Easier than You Think <br /> <br /> Forex is not a difficult business. Like the stock market it's driven by market sentiment, fundamentals and technical conditions. What I do is explain market sentiment is in terms you can understand and profit from.<br /> <br /> I teach you the fundamentals that matter - that impact your trades – and nothing more.<br /> <br /> I teach you the technical tools and trading systems I use in daily trading and analysis. I don't hold anything back. I give you the best I've got.<br /> <br /> The Sky's the Limit <br /> <br /> If you want a chance to learn the forex business from a true proven professional forex trader and be able to hear his views before the day begins (in other words to learn to trade and not just blindly follow trade calls), then read on.<br /> <br /> Your next question "Is it worth the money?"<br /> <br /> This week I sent out over 350 requests for feedback to my recent students and asked that very question. So far only one person said no and about 100 said yes. You do the math.<br /> <br /> How much does a first class forex education with a professional bank trader cost? Probably more than you can afford to spend. After all, stocks are up but we're still in a serious recession. With this in mind, FXTE is offering a special – kick start your 2010 forex trading special. Here it is:<br /> <br /> Special Promotion - What you'll receive:<br /> <br /> * You start with a special 3-hour systems and strategies live webinar on Wednesday, December 2nd. You start morphing into a forex trader in one evening (7:30 pm – 10:30 pm Eastern Time).<br /> <br /> * You'll get a daily live webinar recording before the trading day starts with the strategies and tactics and specific trade ideas each and every trading day for next eight weeks (at least 40 of them!).<br /> <br /> * You'll get the FXTE NewsTrader publication each week with specific trade ideas and strategies (which you already are familiar with from the Dec. 2nd super session) for the coming week (at least 8 publications). <br /> You'll attend a 90-minute LIVE webcast with Jimmy each Wednesday at 7:30 pm to discuss the past week's trades and look ahead to the next day's / week's trading ideas and strategies. <br /> <br /> * Your LIVE 3-hour super session on Dec. 2nd, your 7 weekly 90-minute LIVE webinars, and the daily TRADECASTs are all recorded and posted on the FXTE website for you to review and study as often as you like.<br /> <br /> FXTE's regular price for this kind of a program is at least $4,000 and - according to the recent survey I did – well worth it. FXTE is prepared to offer you this program at a ridiculously low price. But here's the catch. Our class size is limited so it is on a first come, first serve basis.<br /> <br /> If you wait, you'll likely miss out. So if you're serious about improving your life in 2010 sign up today and don't risk missing out.<br /> <br /> To help make your decision easier and put your mind at ease I have added some of the feedback I've received from students who have taken FXTE courses and currently are trading the forex market using the tools, techniques, and systems they learned:<br /> <br /> <center><img src="http://4xla.netfirms.com/images/jyoung.gif"/></center><br /> <br /> Get my FX Trade Tactics Coaching now for only $1,995!<br /> <br /> I decided that due to the upcoming holiday, I would extend this special for a couple more days. You are part of a select group of FXTE students who are eligible to attend my awe-inspiring 8 week online Forex coaching class at a very special price of only $1,995. You save $2,000 off of the regular retail price and you must sign up by Friday, Nov. 20th!<br /> <br /> Due to the extremely low price, this offer ends as of 5 pm PST on November 20, 2009! Don't miss out on your opportunity to get 8 weeks of Coaching with me!<br /> <br /> Regards,<br /> <br /> Jimmy Young<br /> FXTE Coach<br /> <br /> P.S. This is your chance to train with the best. Register now … you'll be glad you did.<br /> <br /> <br /> **Student may refund the FXTE Trade Tactics Coaching Program prior to the commencement of the 3rd scheduled session or within 14 days of the credit redemption, whichever comes first. To receive a refund, Student must notify the customer service department prior to the third online coaching session. The FXTE Trade Tactics Coaching program is provided online in multiple sessions and the schedules subject to change. Should a student miss one or more of the sessions, student's only recourse is to access the recorded archives of the sessions on the FXTE Web site which shall be available for one year from the date of the course.<br /> <br /> The FXTE live market demonstration consists of taking random positions in open spot markets. No money is gained or lost in these educational presentations. Instructors will discuss entry, profit targeting, and exit of a trade in the spot market on the days you attend. Instructors are strictly prohibited from taking or advocating any actual positions during the actual course.<br /> <br /> Trading foreign exchange carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for all investors. Before deciding to trade foreign exchange, you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and tolerance for risk. Do not invest money you cannot afford to lose. Trading (spot) currencies involves substantial risk of loss. FXTE is not a registered investment adviser, broker or dealer. FXTE employees and contractors do not give investment advice. FXTE courses are offered for educational purposes only. FXTE encourages consultation with a licensed professional regarding particular investments or the use of any investment strategy. ©2009 FX Trading Education Corp.<br /> <br /> FXTE<br /> 255 Shoreline Drive, Suite 100 Redwood City, CA 94065 http://realideal.com/forum/topic/146#post-193 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:35:35 +0000 admin 193@http://realideal.com/forum/ <center>From the Desk of Henry Liu<br /> <br /> Miami, FL U.S.A.<br /> <br /> Tuesday, October 2009<br /> <br /> 8:32 am NY Time<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.newsprofiteer.com/curren1.jpg"/></center><br /> <br /> <br /> Dear Forex Traders:<br /> <br /> Forex News Trading is probably one of the most lucrative methods to trading. 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