Many hedge funds and other entities that manage money through forex trading use some form of autotrading in their daily activities. Autotrading is common in the currency trading.

Multiple time frame trading is a trading method used extensively by forex traders. It involves the use of multiple timeframes. In this method, a trader first looks at a longer timeframe like a monthly or weekly chart to determine the overall direction of the trend.

The New York time between 3:00 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST is best suited for scalping with the counter trend strategy. Off hours between 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM EST is when all the world banks are closed. The U.S. banks are closing their doors and the Asian banks have not yet opened. This is a great time to scalp the market using a counter-trend strategy, because no larger banks are moving money (i.e. the markets) at that time. Just as with the London close, there is no set way in which the New York afternoon market plays out. On more active days where prices have moved significantly, the lower liquidity can cause additional outsized price movements. So traders just need to be aware that lower liquidity conditions tend to prevail and adapt accordingly.

What is Fibonacci forex? Did you see the movie, The DaVinci Code? You will find a scene in the movie where the characters talk about the Fibonacci number as part of a clue or code of some sort.

When you start learning to trade commodities you will find yourself seeing commodity futures trading in a completely new light. Whether it is in a particular sector such as coal or copper or maybe across the whole range of commodity markets, your knowledge of these trading products will grow. Many have heard the mention of the New York Mercantile Exchange and crude oil trading against the background of a growing energy security concern and how many factors influence prices. Consider also what are the driving forces of prices in gold, palladium and other precious metals, and why do sugar prices spike?