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Forex trading is one of the several types of trading happening in the US. If you’re making an investment in the foreign exchange market, you’re getting yourself involved in the foreign currency trading business. Forex has come up as a great way of making fast money especially at this time when the whole world has been facing a deep financial crisis. This article focuses on how you can erase your debts faster through foreign exchange investments. You may go to a credit counselor to find solutions to your debt issues, but there’s no way you’ll ever make your way out of debt unless you have the necessary funds.

 

The purpose behind Forex investments

 

It isn’t that Forex trading is all about addressing debt issues. There are lots of other financial goals that people have in mind as they make investments in the foreign exchange market. Making extra cash is one of the many reasons that people go into Forex trading for. Aside from that, people arrange funds to cover expenses for their vacations. Well, out of all the reasons that people choose Forex trading for, erasing debt is the most important. This is because Forex trading brings huge benefits as one seeks his/her way out of debts.

 

Erasing debt with Forex trading

 

It’s nothing but adequate availability of funds that’s going to help you repay your debts. With Forex trading, you have a smart source of income as well as a definite way of making sure that you are regular on your debt payments. Since Forex trading is a type of investment, you’ll need to have adequate knowledge to be able to carry on with the trading process successfully. It’s very important that you have an equal amount of practical knowledge so that you can prevent the loss of huge amounts of money in the trade. Additional losses in the trade are going to make your debt situation worse.

 

The following are some of the reasons why Forex trading has come up as a popular trade all over the world:

 

Flexibility in investment – You’re free to invest any amount in the Forex market. There are no upper or lower limits as such. Benefits will always be there for you if you have done your homework well.

 

Easily accessible – Access the Forex market without the time and location constraints. Internet connectivity is all that you’re going to need to link to your Forex trading account irrespective of time and location.

 

Impressive liquidity – You won’t find any other investment market as liquid as the Forex market. As an investor, you can get money whenever you want.

 

Low expenses – There is no reason to be worried about the Forex trading expenses. Low transactional costs and zero commissions and brokerages make sure Forex trading continues to remain attractive to investors worldwide.

 

It is wise to work with an expert if you don’t have adequate practical knowledge in this area. Working tactfully is what matters the most as you seek income through Forex trading.  

The ATR chart of AAPL is interesting as it is based on the average true range of the chart length selected. The example below shows one year, where the ATR is $13.30.

The Labor Department released unemployment figures this morning and at first blush things look well. The report shows the unemployment rate has dropped to only 7.7%. The reality behind that figure tells a much different story. The labor force participation rate has dropped to levels not seen since 1980 and 1982.  Would-be workers have given up on finding jobs.  Furthermore the last two months of labor statistics have been revised down by some 49,000 jobs from the numbers they originally reported.

As always, it's good to have perspective about what's really going on behind the scenes when headlines flash great news. 

I frequently review the progress of the futures I trade against this hourly chart with a VWAP study applied. Traditional use of VWAP (Volume Weighted Average Price) is for intra-day movement and is often tied into algo trading.  For my purposes, I change the study to reflect the Monthly VWAP price along with one and two deviations above and below.  

When trading on Wednesday took a decidedly north turn, the target immediately became 1408.5 which was achieved shortly before the closing bell.  Overnight action has pushed further north and caused me to watch for another compression/squeeze setup that could easily retest 1408.5 with an opportunity to reach that 1430 level again.

Several of us at New Level Traders have been watching crude oil futures on the daily chart as it is currently in a squeeze. It has recently as of last week found a bit of a lift from divergent prices into the $84 range. Momentum was looking as if this chart would break to the upside but currently it is still compressed.  Patients will be required to see how this unfolds.

Still seeing the 1386 - 1388 resistance level.

 

 

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The recent push in the 1370's on the E-mini S&P was following a recent bullish channel trend.  The problem that requires more attention is the fact that price levels during the mid July timeframe had become quite divergent and thus prone to a pullback. This downward pressure started on July 20th and continues still; through Apple and other signifigant earnings.  

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GRPN has been falling ever since it IPO'd at the end of October.  I wondered when we might bottom out.  Last week's weekly candle looked like it could signal a reversal. Now with better than expected news we had a strong push to the upside during regular trading hours and then after the bell.  I see a bit of resistance from November 2011 around the 14.80 level then again around 16.00.  Tomorrow I'll watch to see if we retrace any of this after hours move and look for an entry to the long side...or even a short if we can't get over these highs at 14.00

Aapl has been unable to sustain those gap up levels of 620 after a spectacular earnings report and it's struggled ever since.  Now we are coming into some interesting support levels around 548 to 555.00.  But can we hold here?  This latest selling is on lower than average volume but so far we've stayed below the 50ma on the daily chart.  It's been choppy trading on the smaller timeframe charts and daytrading it has been challenging.  Overall market conditions haven't been favorable for many long trading opportunities..so I'm waiting for us to get to these key levels and I would be interested in a long.   

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Three parts of Demark theory working together here.  A TD setup fired and completed in February.  That was followed by a perfected TD Countdown (13) recently.  Importantly, a second TD Sequence completed yesterday where the 9th bar failed to close about the high of the 6th bar; (an import topic in Demark theory).  As such, per my discussing in the trading room yesterday, I am expecting the ES to pull back from here.  Please note, this does not mean that the market is going to entirely roll over at this point.

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Crude Futures have been in sharp compression for at least the last week.  As of this writing, Friday Feb 17, that compression is resolving to the upside. The frequently leads to a strong move and should be reviewed on your chart setups.

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