James L.Bickford – Charting the Major Forex Pairs

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James L.Bickford – Charting the Major Forex Pairs

A revolutionary strategy to analyzing the international change markets

All markets transfer in patterns. Being in a position to visualize and analyze these patterns can provide highly effective benefits for merchants in each market. Traditionally, although, technical evaluation has been the most popular approach for Forex merchants. In this pioneering e-book, Michael Archer and James Bickford broaden upon the use of technical indicators by finding out and charting the mostly traded foreign money pairs. Featuring quite a few historic charts generated by proprietary software program and charting system, Charting the Major Forex Pairs supplies Forex merchants with a graphical interpretation of the markets, enabling them to immediately see patterns, and to enter into and exit positions with confidence.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment.

About the Authors.

Introduction.

PART I Getting Started.

CHAPTER 1 Understanding Forex Data.

Overview.

Streaming Data.

Interval Data.

CHAPTER 2 Tools of the Trade.

Overview.

Activity.

Direction.

Absolute Range.

Midrange.

Relative Range.

Absolute Momentum.

Standard Deviation.

Coefficient of Variation.

Composite Charts.

PART II Euro Currency.

CHAPTER 3 History of the Euro Currency.

Why Trade the Euro Currency?

Historical Perspective.

Banknotes and Coins.

Euro Currency versus Euro Dollar.

CHAPTER 4 Annual Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 5 Monthly Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 6 Composite Charts.

Daily Composite Charts.

Weekly Composite Charts.

Caveat.

PART III British Pound.

CHAPTER 7 History of the Pound.

Why Trade the British Pound?

Historical Perspective.

The Gold Standard.

Banknotes and Coins.

CHAPTER 8 Annual Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 9 Monthly Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 10 Composite Charts.

Daily Composite Charts.

Weekly Composite Charts.

PART IV Swiss Franc.

CHAPTER 11 History of the Swiss Franc.

Why Trade the Swiss Franc?

Historical Perspective.

Banknotes and Coins.

CHAPTER 12 Annual Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 13 Monthly Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 14 Composite Charts.

Daily Composite Charts.

Weekly Composite Charts.

PART V Japanese Yen.

CHAPTER 15 History of the Japanese Yen.

Why Trade the Yen?

Historical Perspective.

Banknotes and Coins.

CHAPTER 16 Annual Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 17 Monthly Charts.

OHLC and Activity Charts.

Statistics.

CHAPTER 18 Composite Charts.

Daily Composite Charts.

Weekly Composite Charts.

PART VI Cross Rates.

CHAPTER 19 Cross Rates Charts.

Overview.

Monthly OHLC and Activity Charts.

Daily OHLC and Activity Charts.

Composite Activity Charts.

CHAPTER 20 Cross Rate Statistics.

Cross Rate Activity Summary.

Single Currency Activity.

PART VII Comparative Studies.

CHAPTER 21 Major Currencies and Currency Futures.

Overview.

Futures Volume and Open Interest.

Pip Differential Oscillator.

Activity versus Volume and Open Interest.

CHAPTER 22 Major Currencies and Precious Metals.

Overview.

Gold Charts.

Gold Statistics.

Silver Charts.

Silver Statistics.

Caveat.

CHAPTER 23 The Mundo Currency.

Overview.

International Currency Unit.

Mundo Calculation.

Mundo Differential Chart.

Usage.

APPENDIXES.

1. ISO Currencies Pairs.
2. Exchange Rates.
3. Global Banking Hours.

Resources.

Index.

Author Information

James L. Bickford started buying and selling in commodity futures in the early 1980s. Since 2001, he has centered his funding efforts solely on buying and selling spot foreign money pairs through on-line Forex sellers. Bickford’s tutorial background is in pc science, arithmetic, and statistics. By career, he has been a software program engineer for almost three many years. Bickford can be coauthor of Getting Started in Currency Trading and The Forex Chartist Companion, each printed by Wiley.

Michael Archer has been an energetic commodity futures and Forex dealer for over thirty years. He has labored in numerous advisory capacities, notably as a commodity buying and selling advisor and an SEC-registered funding advisor. Archer operates www.fxpraxis.com and is knowledgeable Forex cash supervisor. He can be the writer of Getting Started in Forex Trading Strategies and coauthor of Getting Started in Currency Trading and The Forex Chartist Companion, all printed by Wiley.