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The Swiss National Bank has announced a minimal level of the national currency (Swiss franc) relative to the euro almost a week ago. During these 4 and a half days of trading, the EUR/CHF rate moved in a range slightly above 1.2 level — between 1.2009 and 1.2185, which is within 1.5% of the target …

To a complete newbie who’ve heard little about the global currency market, Forex might seem an over-complicated scientific-financial activity for some sorts of hacker-banker hybrid persons. When such a newbie reads some basic introduction to Forex and tries trading on the demo account, the previous belief usually transforms into a confidence …

There are many Forex indicators available to the traders nowadays. It’s pretty impossible to know how they all work, but there are also the indicators that are usually called “standard”, which are often included into various trading platforms (like MetaTrader or Web Trader). These standard …

While, some brokers limit the traders’ account currency choice to USD, with many Forex brokers it is possible to hold your trading account in currencies other than the US dollar. There are both advantages and disadvantages in keeping your FX account in other currencies. For example, if you believe …

Forex broker regulation is quite important to many traders, but many of them also pay a lot of attention to the country of origin of a given company. From my experience in communication with other traders, Switzerland, USA and Australia look to be quite popular host countries for traders that seek good online brokerage. …

There’s much ongoing debate on Forex regulation, but there’s one thing for sure — many traders look only for regulated brokers and pay a lot of attention to this quality. The point is that regulatory conditions differ greatly from country to country. That’s why it’s interesting to hear what Forex …

I’ve already discovered that Forex traders have a rather strong preference for the weekdays they trade. On the other hand, only one third of this blog readers is looking to trade during some specific Forex trading session (others don’t care). Today, I’d like to know, …

Forex is known as a 24/5 market — the trading is performed during the whole day, five days a week. For those of us who live in the time zones that are close to GMT (UTC), these five days are the traditional workdays — from Monday through Friday. For those who live far …

I mean how big are your positions when you trade Forex? Do you trade with cents or do you prefer mini-Forex lots? Or is that too small for you and you trade with full-size lots or even million-unit lots? Personally, I prefer cent lots for their flexibility, but …

What might seem a tragedy for many home-bred silver investors could be a profitable trading opportunity for silver skeptics. Although the silver is growing for the second day in a row today, it’s still far below its peak level of $49.73 per troy ounce that was reached on April 25. While …