In this article we’ll take a look at two related practices that are widely used by traders called Backtesting and Data Mining. These are techniques that are powerful and valuable if we use them correctly, however traders often misuse them. Therefore, we’ll also explore two common pitfalls of these techniques, known as the multiple hypothesis problem and overfitting and how to overcome these pitfalls.

Backtesting

Backtesting is just the process of using historical data to test the performance of some trading strategy. Backtesting generally starts with a strategy that we would like to test, for instance buying GBP/USD when it crosses above the 20-day moving average and selling when it crosses below that average. Now we could test that strategy by watching what the market does going forward, but that would take a long time. This is why we use historical data that is already available.

“But wait, wait!” I hear you say. “Couldn’t you cheat or at least be biased because you already know what happened in the past?” That’s definitely a concern, so a valid backtest will be one in which we aren’t familiar with the historical data. We can accomplish this by choosing random time periods or by choosing many different time periods in which to conduct the test.

Now I can hear another group of you saying, “But all that historical data just sitting there waiting to be analyzed is tempting isn’t it? Maybe there are profound secrets in that data just waiting for geeks like us to discover it. Would it be so wrong for us to examine that historical data first, to analyze it and see if we can find patterns hidden within it?” This argument is also valid, but it leads us into an area fraught with danger…the world of Data Mining

Data Mining

Data Mining involves searching through data in order to locate patterns and find possible correlations between variables. In the example above involving the 20-day moving average strategy, we just came up with that particular indicator out of the blue, but suppose we had no idea what type of strategy we wanted to test? That’s when data mining comes in handy. We could search through our historical data on GBP/USD to see how the price behaved after it crossed many different moving averages. We could check price movements against many other types of indicators as well and see which ones correspond to large price movements.

The subject of data mining can be controversial because as I discussed above it seems a bit like cheating or “looking ahead” in the data. Is data mining a valid scientific technique? On the one hand the scientific method says that we’re supposed to make a hypothesis first and then test it against our data, but on the other hand it seems appropriate to do some “exploration” of the data first in order to suggest a hypothesis. So which is right? We can look at the steps in the Scientific Method for a clue to the source of the confusion. The process in general looks like this:

Observation (data) >>> Hypothesis >>> Prediction >>> Experiment (data)

Notice that we can deal with data during both the Observation and Experiment stages. So both views are right. We must use data in order to create a sensible hypothesis, but we also test that hypothesis using data. The trick is simply to make sure that the two sets of data are not the same! We must never test our hypothesis using the same set of data that we used to suggest our hypothesis. In other words, if you use data mining in order to come up with strategy ideas, make sure you use a different set of data to backtest those ideas.

Now we’ll turn our attention to the main pitfalls of using data mining and backtesting incorrectly. The general problem is known as “over-optimization” and I prefer to break that problem down into two distinct types. These are the multiple hypothesis problem and overfitting. In a sense they are opposite ways of making the same error. The multiple hypothesis problem involves choosing many simple hypotheses while overfitting involves the creation of one very complex hypothesis.

The Multiple Hypothesis Problem

To see how this problem arises, let’s go back to our example where we backtested the 20-day moving average strategy. Let’s suppose that we backtest the strategy against ten years of historical market data and lo and behold guess what? The results are not very encouraging. However, being rough and tumble traders as we are, we decide not to give up so easily. What about a ten day moving average? That might work out a little better, so let’s backtest it! We run another backtest and we find that the results still aren’t stellar, but they’re a bit better than the 20-day results. We decide to explore a little and run similar tests with 5-day and 30-day moving averages. Finally it occurs to us that we could actually just test every single moving average up to some point and see how they all perform. So we test the 2-day, 3-day, 4-day, and so on, all the way up to the 50-day moving average.

Now certainly some of these averages will perform poorly and others will perform fairly well, but there will have to be one of them which is the absolute best. For instance we may find that the 32-day moving average turned out to be the best performer during this particular ten year period. Does this mean that there is something special about the 32-day average and that we should be confident that it will perform well in the future? Unfortunately many traders assume this to be the case, and they just stop their analysis at this point, thinking that they’ve discovered something profound. They have fallen into the “Multiple Hypothesis Problem” pitfall.

The problem is that there is nothing at all unusual or significant about the fact that some average turned out to be the best. After all, we tested almost fifty of them against the same data, so we’d expect to find a few good performers, just by chance. It doesn’t mean there’s anything special about the particular moving average that “won” in this case. The problem arises because we tested multiple hypotheses until we found one that worked, instead of choosing a single hypothesis and testing it.

Here’s a good classic analogy. We could come up with a single hypothesis such as “Scott is great at flipping heads on a coin.” From that, we could create a prediction that says, “If the hypothesis is true, Scott will be able to flip 10 heads in a row.” Then we can perform a simple experiment to test that hypothesis. If I can flip 10 heads in a row it actually doesn’t prove the hypothesis. However if I can’t accomplish this feat it definitely disproves the hypothesis. As we do repeated experiments which fail to disprove the hypothesis, then our confidence in its truth grows.

That’s the right way to do it. However, what if we had come up with 1,000 hypotheses instead of just the one about me being a good coin flipper? We could make the same hypothesis about 1,000 different people…me, Ed, Cindy, Bill, Sam, etc. Ok, now let’s test our multiple hypotheses. We ask all 1000 people to flip a coin. There will probably be about 500 who flip heads. Everyone else can go home. Now we ask those 500 people to flip again, and this time about 250 will flip heads. On the third flip about 125 people flip heads, on the fourth about 63 people are left, and on the fifth flip there are about 32. These 32 people are all pretty amazing aren’t they? They’ve all flipped five heads in a row! If we flip five more times and eliminate half the people each time on average, we will end up with 16, then 8, then 4, then 2 and finally one person left who has flipped ten heads in a row. It’s Bill! Bill is a “fantabulous” flipper of coins! Or is he?

Well we really don’t know, and that’s the point. Bill may have won our contest out of pure chance, or he may very well be the best flipper of heads this side of the Andromeda galaxy. By the same token, we don’t know if the 32-day moving average from our example above just performed well in our test by pure chance, or if there is really something special about it. But all we’ve done so far is to find a hypothesis, namely that the 32-day moving average strategy is profitable (or that Bill is a great coin flipper). We haven’t actually tested that hypothesis yet.

So now that we understand that we haven’t really discovered anything significant yet about the 32-day moving average or about Bill’s ability to flip coins, the natural question to ask is what should we do next? As I mentioned above, many traders never realize that there is a next step required at all. Well, in the case of Bill you’d probably ask, “Aha, but can he flip ten heads in a row again?” In the case of the 32-day moving average, we’d want to test it again, but certainly not against the same data sample that we used to choose that hypothesis. We would choose another ten-year period and see if the strategy worked just as well. We could continue to do this experiment as many times as we wanted until our supply of new ten-year periods ran out. We refer to this as “out of sample testing”, and it’s the way to avoid this pitfall. There are various methods of such testing, one of which is “cross validation”, but we won’t get into that much detail here.

Overfitting

Overfitting is really a kind of reversal of the above problem. In the multiple hypothesis example above, we looked at many simple hypotheses and picked the one that performed best in the past. In overfitting we first look at the past and then construct a single complex hypothesis that fits well with what happened. For example if I look at the USD/JPY rate over the past 10 days, I might see that the daily closes did this:

up, up, down, up, up, up, down, down, down, up.

Got it? See the pattern? Yeah, neither do I actually. But if I wanted to use this data to suggest a hypothesis, I might come up with…

My amazing hypothesis:

If the closing price goes up twice in a row then down for one day, or if it goes down for three days in a row we should buy,

but if it goes up three days in a row and then down three days in a row we should buy.

Huh? Sounds like a whacky hypothesis right? But if we had used this strategy over the past 10 days, we would have been right on every single trade we made! The “overfitter” uses backtesting and data mining differently than the “multiple hypothesis makers” do. The “overfitter” doesn’t come up with 400 different strategies to backtest. No way! The “overfitter” uses data mining tools to figure out just one strategy, no matter how complex, that would have had the best performance over the backtesting period. Will it work in the future?

Not likely, but we could always keep tweaking the model and testing the strategy in different samples (out of sample testing again) to see if our performance improves. When we stop getting performance improvements and the only thing that’s rising is the complexity of our model, then we know we’ve crossed the line into overfitting.

Conclusion

So in summary, we’ve seen that data mining is a way to use our historical price data to suggest a workable trading strategy, but that we have to be aware of the pitfalls of the multiple hypothesis problem and overfitting. The way to make sure that we don’t fall prey to these pitfalls is to backtest our strategy using a different dataset than the one we used during our data mining exploration. We commonly refer to this as “out of sample testing”.

Scott Percival
October 2006

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Trend lines are lines drawn on the historical price levels that depict general direction of where the marking is heading, and provide indications of support or resistance.

Drawing trend lines is a highly subjective matter. The best test of whether a trend line is a valid one is usually whether it looks like a good line. In an up trend, a trend line should connect the relative low points on the chart. A line connecting the lows in a longer-term rally will be a support line that can provide a floor for partial retracements. The down trend line that connects the relative highs on the chart will similarly act as resistance to shorter moves back higher.

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Any two relative highs or lows will be on the same line, so it is possible to draw a tentative trend line between any two points. Traders can use tentative trend lines as an indication of where support or resistance might be, but until a tentative line holds as support or resistance, it is not yet confirmed as valid.

Of course, the more times a trend line holds, the stronger it will be in the future. If a single line can connect 4 or 5 relative lows, then the chances of the next pullback bouncing off the line are high.

The best trend line?

It is an unusual situation where three points on a chart will exactly coincide with a straight line connecting them. More often, prices will be close to a line, and a best-fit line will have to suffice. This is where trend lines become more art than science. Different traders may draw different trend lines given the same chart or even connecting the same series of relative low points.

Sometimes a trend line will have to be revised as new relative highs or lows appear. Even if the trend line is a very close fit between three or more points, it is important to be flexible and redraw trend lines when necessary.

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Using High/Low or Close/Open

Often the differences in drawing trend lines depend on whether the high and low prices are used or whether the closing and opening prices are used to determine the line. On a candlestick chart, the question becomes using the wicks of the candlesticks instead of the solid bodies of the candles only.

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Generally closing prices are more significant points than the intra-day prices on a chart, and if a trend line can be drawn using the body rather than the wick of a candle, the body should be used. Similarly, when drawing a trend line, an intra-day spike through a line should not automatically invalidate it. If there is a candle that closed below the trend line, though, it would be a much more serious breach of the line.

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I am sure you are familiar with the stock exchange where people buy and sell shares in companies. Forex also involves buying and selling but in global currencies rather than stocks. A trade in Forex will involve selling one countries currency in order to buy another’s. For example, I may believe that the Euro is going to strengthen and so I sell some of my US dollars to buy some Euros.

In the stock market, the shares of hundreds of different companies are traded on a daily basis. With Forex, the situation is a little bit simpler in that around 85% of the daily trading involves a small set of major currencies. These are the US Dollar, British Pound, Euro, Japanese Yen, Swiss Franc and the Canadian and Australian Dollars. These currencies are the most liquid which means there should always be a buyer available to accommodate a seller and vice-versa.

Trading in Forex begins in the morning in Sydney and progress across the world over a period of 24 hours before arriving back to start again in Sydney the next morning. This is a further benefit of trading in Forex as traders are able to take advantage of any important fluctuations and changes at any time of the day.

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Online, Day trading has exploded across America. Some investors have been very successful and boast of huge gains made in incredibly short periods of time. However, there are many others who experience devastating losses because they have not tapped into the 6 critical factors necessary for successful Futures and FOREX Trading. Http://Free-Cash-Site.com

Success in any profession can be broken down into a number of critical factors. Trading is no different. A successful trading strategy incorporates the following 6 factors.

1. Determination of An Edge: Trading Futures is a zero sum game. There must be an identifiable edge over the other market participants.

2. Disciplined Execution:There is no point in identifying an edge if there is no discipline to follow thru. Create a plan, stick with it, then determine if the plan is successful. If it is not, change the plan. The important thing is disciplined execution.

3. Money Management: If the risk per trade is too aggressive, then there is the risk of blowing an account. If trades are too conservative, then the opportunity to optimize returns is missed. It is critical to establish the maximum expected draw down of any system and set money management rules accordingly.

4. Create a Trading Plan: A trading plan will determine what will be done in any given situation during the trade day. A plan helps keep one focused on execution and not distractions.

5. Responsibility: Responsibility lies with the trader. Gains, losses, success, or failure is determined by the skill, determination and discipline of the trader.

6. Commitment: There must be commitment to placing every trade according to plan, even through the losing periods where every trade seems to end up a loser. Trading seems to throw up extremes of good times and bad times. One must not be over confident during the good times, and one must not give up in the bad times. There also must be adequate time every day to compare actual performances against the trading plan.

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Forex Trading can be a mystery even for experts. One thing is clear, if you want to have a chance to trade profitably you have to learn the basics.

Remember to start off small, then grow as your success grows! Keep in the back of your mind that almost anybody has to lose sometime. The winners in Forex Trading are those who win most of the time, whether that be ‘the big one’ infrequently or lots of consistent small wins.

There are people flying around in expensive jets without the money for their next refuel, and there are those looking to buy their next executive plaything. Then of course there’s the teenager down the street working on his first million and grandma who mysteriously just bought a new car. So watch your head, mind your wallet and be keep in your thoughts that this Forex trading stuff is not a game to be taken lightly unless you know how to play!

Do it right and Forex Trading can buy you almost anything, even if you start out with just enough bucks to buy your first e-book on the subject. Get it wrong… well, the big boys use big calculators!

So where do you start to learn about Forex Trading? There are hundreds of websites, e-books and tutorials dedicated to the subject. For example http://www.learn-anything.com/Forex/Forex.htm fulfils a function and offers great resources and books that can help get you started.

A number of the big online trading houses offer ‘trial’ accounts where you get to play with ‘dummy-money’ and see actual results over the trial period. When I tried it, I lost my shirt, but then, I didn’t do any reading and to be fair, I had in the back of my mind all the time that it wasn’t real money I was betting with. I must say, for a while there, I was hooked and one day I’ll give the matter serious attention (when I feel brave and have read enough!).

There are lots of variables involved with Forex that you need to keep in mind. In my own experiment, I realized that a good understanding of basic economic factors (like budget announcements) have a big affect on the markets. Seasonal changes, corporate announcements, big-mergers, war, terrorism are just some of other important variables that effect FOREX.

I figured that I could have increased my chances if I had a plan, one that included my target currencies and a thorough history of trading over the last five years or more. In my view, I would want to know when government budgets are announced, and have an understanding of previous movements at similar times. I would also want a clear history of exchange movements affected by top corporate announcements and world plot correlations with past profit announcements. You will also need to have a good ‘feel’ for the abnormal, like droughts, hurricanes, forest fires, violent episodes like war, massive infrastructure building projects etc. You also want to be alert to new discoveries that might bring prosperity on a national scale to your target currency, like oil finds, medical breakthroughs, even hosting the Olympics can be a major currency mover.

Remember that little movements mean massive sums of money have changed hands. Don’t be fooled into thinking that a half pip isn’t much. If you have a chance to make money - take it and move on to your next trade. Don’t get all head-strong and greedy!

Above all, read what the experts have to say. Your best ever investment will be in your own understanding on the subject, so buy the books, read them all and then you will have a little of what you need to succeed in FOREX.

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Albert Einstein once said, “The definition of an idiot; someone who repeatedly does the same thing, but expects different results, not learning from the experience”. Yet this group will persuade themselves that

• it’s all part of the education process,
• the next system/methodology will be different - it will work,
• I’m determined not to give up, I’m not a failure and will ultimately succeed,
• I was unlucky …… the list could go on.

However, far from been of low intelligence or stupid, the profile of this group is in fact more often than not one of, well educated professionals, middle-class, successful business or career people of medium to high net worth. Typically, they are successful in other walks of life, particularly in their career or business and yet they fail to make a successful transition to a trading career. Furthermore, they spend vast sums of money on trader education typically accumulating a vast library of trading books and attend numerous expensive training courses and yet they still continually fail. With these apparent advantages why is it that they continue to fail (and on many occasions spectacularly so) over a prolonged period of time? The answer is that they attribute the failings to the wrong aspect of trading and incorrectly focus on resolving this. The 3 main aspects of trading are;

• the “Psychology” of trading,
• the “Methodology” or Systematic approach to entering/exiting trades,
• the “Money Management” of funds.

However, most people focus almost exclusively on the “methodology” (or system, often primarily using technical analysis) and give scant regard to the other two interrelated and more important elements. Consider a “system” that has a win/loss ratio of 50% and also a risk/reward ratio of 1:1. Such a hypothetical system is equivalent to “tossing-a-coin” and as such, ignoring transaction costs, would merely deliver breakeven returns and yet this is an inherently better performance than the majority of the trading hopefuls. However, most traders would argue (probably correctly) that from the knowledge and experience gained from studying technical analysis that firstly their win/loss ratio was better than 50%. That is, when planning and entering a trade they have used their skill and judgement to ensure that more often than not it will move in the direction they want. (If this were not true than you may as well toss a coin to determine when to trade!). Just a modest increase on tossing a coin, say 60%, meaning achieving 6 out of 10 winning trades should be easily achievable by applying correctly just a little knowledge. Secondly, they would argue that they can plan a trade that would have an initial minimum risk/reward ratio of 1:2, ensuring that on average, winning trades would be twice as profitable as any lossing ones. Given just a modest win/loss ratio of 60% and a risk/reward ratio of 1:2 most traders would be happy with achieving this (certainly as a launching point to a successful fulltime career). If most traders stuck to their “rules” they probably could in fact achieve comparable results however, in practice, other factors take over; greed, fear, ego, hesitation, hope ……

Whatever the good intentions of the initial plan, quickly the “Psychology” of trading becomes the most important aspect. It is an individual’s personality traits that are ultimately the determinate of the success or failure in the execution of any system or methodology. Simply put, they don’t stick to the plan for a variety of well documented reasons. This also has a dramatic impact on the “money management” side of trading. It becomes non-existent, unquantifiable and certainly impossible to do a risk assessment going forward when the trading style has become virtually arbitrary. If aspiring traders would only analyse past trades critically to categorise if it were in fact the system that failed or the failure was in the execution of the rules, then much progress would be made. However, this leads to another failure of novice traders in that a trading log/diary is seldom kept to allow this crucial evaluation.

Summary

Overall, unsuccessful traders rarely make the step up to a professional full-time trader because when the performance of a system doesn’t match expectations they discard it and move onto they next “system”. However, often it is not the system that is at fault but the application or adherence to the rules of that system. If a trader has spent a number of years pursuing this unproductive path of trying to find that allusive “system that works”, then more likely the problem lies within and not in the selection of a system. If this applies to you then, get those old trading books down from the shelf and focus more on the Psychology of trading and Money Management; you know those chapters that you skipped over and felt were not that relevant to you! If you want to succeed you need to reappraise your viewpoint and only then can you enjoy the wealth and lifestyle that is on offer to a fulltime professional trader. Choose a methodology (system) that works, stick with it and remain disciplined in its execution to ensure the success that has eluded you for so long. Your rebirth as a trader starts now.

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As we go in and out of our days in this life, on this world, we are all at one time or another intrigued by what-ifs? What if I had gone to college, or what if I had finished up grad school, or what if I had stayed at Company “A” so that I would have been promoted now? What-ifs are nothing but non-productive obstacles that get in the way of success. So you don’t make $80,000 USD a year. Big freaking deal. Focusing on a step in life that you should have made will not change the outcome. Only the steps that we take in the future will have a chance to affect us in the ways that we so wish.

Work-from-home-programs are a new what-if. What if I start part time working from home? Can I find something that is legitimate? Can I find something that will replace my current income and even surpass it? I am here to tell you the sad, sorry, cold hard facts… no…most likely not…well maybe. There are a lot of individuals that use the internet in one way or another to make their living. Some do it easier than others.

I have been through countless get-rich-quick programs, schemes, and scams. Obviously, I kept looking as those programs were as effective as burning my bankroll. You know exactly which programs I am talking about: Work from home, make $10,000,000 a year investing only one minute a month! Yup…sure….if it were that easy, we’d all have our own island, mansion, and Ferrari but without a butler because he’d have his own island, mansion, etc.

The point I’m trying to make is that most programs out there are scams. That leaves the programs that do work but most of those are a gamble. After that, I’ve found three programs that actually work. These three programs aren’t like clockwork, you won’t reap millions overnight by picking your nose and clicking the mouse a few times…but they work.

The first program is a Forex trading system that is remarkably easy to grasp and does actually work. If you do not know anything about Forex trading, go to http://www.forex.com/ You will be able to access “how to” sections and there is even a link where you can sign up with a practice account and trade with fake money.

The second program is an automated Forex leverage system that is really cool. You get the program, you do a little work, and Michael (the creator of the program) actually does everything for you! He even states that if you do not make any money with him, he will simply give you back your investment and you have no loss! (This is true…unbelievably true)

The last program is the most unique trading system that I have ever seen. On the home page, the author says, “This isn’t a system where you might make money, it’s a system where you will make money” and he is right. Out of these three programs that are guaranteed to make you money, this is the cheapest, the easiest, and the most effective. All of these programs have exactly what is needed to be successful. They are unique, guaranteed, and have a support staff to assist you along the way. In order of good to best, these are the only three opportunities I have ever come across that are worth the webpage they are printed on - J. W. Styers

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A trading course allows you to make the right trade decisions and to build up the kind of dealing strategy which is central to any investor?s success. There has been a great deal of research in to this kind of investment and a fair amount of technical information is available to help you proceed. While much of it may be second-nature to the most experienced and educated, it is essential for a beginner to take note.

A good Forex trading course will mentor your progress at every step through the expansion and development of your trading knowledge. It will equip you with the practical skills and intellectual prowess you need before making those first moves into the Forex marketplace. It will also introduce you to the foreign exchange trading software, which will give you a taste of how your Forex trading account will operate and allow you to gain the right level of self-belief before starting out. Investment should, at least in the early part of your career, be a relatively simple painless experience.

Some courses offer a ?virtual-money? trial run, in order for consumers to put their new-found skills into practise as soon as they complete the course. Some even boast of home-from-home training centres with every amenity you might require. This is to help you make a move into investment which feels as simple and comfortable as possible. Essentially, however, a good trading course never loses sight of the most important tools of investment.

Essentially, you must know your market. A jungle to most newcomers, your market must become your best friend if you are to succeed. Secondly, the principles of currency trading must become second-nature. From there, you should be able to carry out basic analysis of any fluctuation and act accordingly. Of course, a Forex course will also help you to implement successful money management plans, all part of the skill-set of the best investors. In addition to every tool and resource you could hope for, a course will introduce you to the psychological aspects of the business, how to ?read? an opposing investor and hold your nerve for best results.

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The foreign exchange market, or forex, being the largest financial market in the World has been the domain of government central banks as well as for commercial and investment banks in a scandalous manner and it exists wherever one currency is traded for another. But recently more numbers of individuals are handling the forex market as it offers trading 24-hours a day, five days a week, and the daily dollar volume of currencies traded in the currency market that exceeds $1.9 trillion daily, making it the largest liquid market in the world.

“Foreign Exchange” is the place where the money of one nation is traded with the other nation. The most popular pair of exchange in the forex market is “Euro Dollar”. You can view these pairs in all forex display screens as “EUR/USD”. Forex trading strategies are the key to triumphant forex trading or online currency trading. The management team of One World Capital Group bid proficiency in both Forex trading and internet technologies and proven track records that deals with large, global trading and brokerage operations as well. Forex made easy is as simple as you would want it to be.

Forex trading is different from trading in stocks entirely and it uses Forex trading strategies that will give you lot of advantages as well as help you to comprehend greater profits in the short term. There are wide ranges of forex trading strategies that are available to investors. It is one of the most useful of these forex trading strategies called as leverage. Knowledge of these Forex trading strategies can imply the difference between profits along with a loss and so it is essential that you fully grasp the strategies that are being used in Forex trading. The world of Forex trading is highly complicated and success requires education and familiarity with terms, charts, signals and indicators.

As you can be able to access it from home or office from any parts of the country, Global Forex trading is the most profitable and attractive internet income opportunity. And you do not need to do anything or there is no need of internet promotion for getting succeeded. Forex Capital Markets are nothing but foreign exchange markets where the currencies are been bought and sold continuously for profits. These capital markets of forex are present globally and their transactions are always non-stop in this forex cash market. A managed Forex account is forex made easy. Many different companies offer these accounts to their clients. The foreign exchange market is a worldwide market and as per to some estimates is almost as big as thirty times the turnover of the US Equity markets.

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With thousands of stocks, mutual funds and exchange traded funds to choose from, it may seem like a daunting task to separate the wheat from the chaff.

Don’t let the shear numbers discourage you.

By applying three simple steps, you’ll quickly have a small list of strong performing stocks… ready to work for you, putting money in your pocket!

First… you need to identify which stock sectors are performing better relative to the broad market.

This is called Relative Performance Analysis.

For example, you might compare Healthcare, Oil, Computer and Retail sectors against the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index.

Start by comparing the last three months of price activity. This is a significant time period for identifying emerging trends.

You’ll want to select sectors and indices that are positioned well above the broad market… those in a strong uptrend.

The higher the percentage reading, the better the index is performing.

There are many Web sites to help you do this quickly and efficiently. For instance, StockCharts.com has a section called PerfCharts which already has predefined comparisons ready to go.

Additionally, you can customize your analysis by entering your own index, sector or stock symbols. Take the time to familiarize yourself with this powerful stock analyzing tool. You’ll be using it often.

Second… take the strongest sector and compare it against the component stocks that make up the sector.

For example, if the AMEX Morgan Stanley Healthcare Providers Index (RXH) is performing well, compare it against LifePoint Hospitals (LPNT), Universal Health Services (UHS), Tenet Healthcare (THC) and Triad Hospitals (TRI)… all component stocks of the index.

Some component stocks will out-perform their index. Others will not.

Take the strongest stocks (highest percentage) and add them to your list.

If the PHLX Oil Service Sector (OSX) was another strong performer, take the component stocks and compare them to the index itself. Then, add the best stocks to your list.

A list of component stocks can be found at each exchange that sponsors a sector or index. Some exchange Web sites include: amex.com, phlx.com and cboe.com.

Third… once you have compiled a short list of stocks you’ll want to apply some simple technical indicators in order to determine appropriate entry points and price target objectives.

You might use Elliott Wave, Fibonacci or candlestick analysis to help you make your decision.

Now, it’s time to pull the trigger… make the trade and let the profits run.

You’ll find relative performance analysis a choice addition to your investment toolbox.

Let it be your starting point and basis for all your trading decisions.

Good trading!

About the Author

Russ Schmidt is the President of Stock-Charts-Made-Easy.com, a Web site dedicated to showing how conventional charting indicators and technical analysis can be used to uncover stock price turning points. Discover trading systems and methods which can be applied to stocks, futures, mutual funds and Forex markets.

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