1. Steve Alexander stev.alex@gmail.com 619-272-9729
Forex
Steve Alexander

2. What if there were a market where:
You could trade 24 hours a day?
It trended for months – or years?
It was very liquid?
It did not fluctuate with local news?
It did not change with CNN?
It was immune to the VIX?
Leverage was 100 to 1?

3. Forex trades in pairs EURUSD Euro dollar vs. US Dollar Quote = 1.23456
It takes $1.23 to buy 1 Euro
45 = 45 PIPS (price interest point)
6 = 10ths of a PIP
each PIP = $10 profit (loss)

4. Lots & Margin Standard lot = $100,000 (margin = $1,000) One PIP = $10
Mini lot = $10,000 (margin = $100)
One PIP = $1
Micro lot = $1,000 (margin = $10)
One PIP = $.10

5. The Trend can continue for months or even years

6. On a daily basis, there is enough movement to trade it

7. This plot is the Euro vs the US Dollar
This plot is the Euro vs the US Dollar. Since December the primary (Euro) has been getting weaker compared to the dollar

8. This weekly plot of the Euro vs the US Dollar shows the strength between the currency switching back and forth

9. The chart above shows when the different currencies are traded