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2. For the sake of simplicity, the examples that follow do not take into consideration commissions and other transaction fees, tax considerations, or margin requirements, which are factors that may significantly affect the economic consequences of a given strategy. An investor should review transaction costs, margin requirements and tax considerations with a broker and tax advisor before entering into any options strategy.
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4. About ISE FX Options www.ise.com/fx
Accessible through your options broker
Exchange-listed securities
Cash-settled in U.S. dollars
European style exercise
Can be traded as spreads
Currency
Convention
Symbol
Australian dollar
USD/AUD
AUX
British pound
USD/GBP
BPX
Canadian dollar
USD/CAD
CDD
Euro
USD/EUR
EUI
Swiss franc
USD/CHF
SFC
Japanese yen
USD/JPY
YUK
Investors can view the underlying rates from several leading market data vendors and financial websites, including Big Charts, Bloomberg, ILX, Reuters, and Yahoo! Finance.

5. Time Frame Analysis
In order to succeed in any market arena, you must have a firm understanding of how the time frame upon which you are focusing your efforts plays a role in determining your success in any position.

6. Toni’s Building Blocks
Support/Resistance Levels
Pace (aka Momentum)
Trend Development

7. Support & Resistance
Support & Resistance levels are price zones in the market where a security is liable to react in some manner that affects the trend which is in play as the support or resistance level hits.

8. Support & Resistance
Support & Resistance levels must be thought of as zones and not exact price levels.

9. Support & Resistance
Two Main Types of Support & Resistance used in technical analysis:
Prior highs or lows
Prior zones of congestion

10. Price S/R
Notice not exact prices… support becomes resistance when broken
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

11. Congestion S/R
Notice not exact prices… support becomes resistance when broken
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

12. Pace / Momentum
Pace is a measurement of the momentum of a trend move in a security as compared to not only the average move, but also the most recent move on a given time frame.

13. Measuring Pace

14. Pace / Momentum
Slower than average moves will often lead to continuations of the prior trend (A-B in pace chart).
Currency Name, Convention (Base/Quote (Counter Currency), Symbol

15. Gradual Momentum Insert chart of a security showing pace….
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

16. Pace / Momentum
Stronger than average moves will tend to correct more slowly, by either basing or pulling back gradually (B-C in pace chart). They can also correct by rounding off at highs or lows in order to shift the momentum.
Currency Name, Convention (Base/Quote (Counter Currency), Symbol

17. Strong Momentum
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

18. Pace / Momentum
Comparable moves back and forth will usually create trading ranges until the momentum within the range shifts once again (E-J in pace chart).
Currency Name, Convention (Base/Quote (Counter Currency), Symbol

19. Range & Momo Shift
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

20. The Nature of Trends
Trends are the primary direction of price movement at any given time. They are repetitive, but the placement of a pattern in the context of the larger trend is key to identifying target levels or to assess if the setup is even viable in the first place.

21. Trend Development
Most trend develop with two or three waves of buying or selling before a larger correction of that trend takes place.

22. Trend Development
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

23. Trend Development
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

24. Trend Development
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

25. Buy ??? USD/CAD
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

26. Buy Formation USD/CAD
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

27. Buy Formation USD/CAD
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

28. Trend Comparison
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

29. Trend Comparison
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

30. Buy Formation USD/CAD
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

31. Buy Formation USD/CAD
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

32. Trend Comparison
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

33. Failure? USD/CAD
Often a flat base will be followed by a larger price correction on the next wave
Chart © 2008 IntelliChart

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35. About ISE FX Options www.ise.com/fx
Accessible through your options broker
Exchange-listed securities
Cash-settled in U.S. dollars
European style exercise
Can be traded as spreads
Currency
Convention
Symbol
Australian dollar
USD/AUD
AUX
British pound
USD/GBP
BPX
Canadian dollar
USD/CAD
CDD
Euro
USD/EUR
EUI
Swiss franc
USD/CHF
SFC
Japanese yen
USD/JPY
YUK
Investors can view the underlying rates from several leading market data vendors and financial websites, including Big Charts, Bloomberg, ILX, Reuters, and Yahoo! Finance.

36. More FX Options Education
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FX Options Webinar Series
Date
Time
Toni Hansen on "Spotting Opportunities in the FX Market"
7/08/08
4:30 PM
Rob Booker on "What’s Next for the U.S. Dollar?"
7/15/08
The Market Guys on "Managing Risk in a Volatile Market using FX Options”
7/22/08
Steve Misic on "Entry & Exit Strategies Using FX Options"
7/29/08
Price Headley on "Trading the Trend using FX Options"
8/05/08
7:30 PM
John Person on "Staying on the Right Side of the FX Market"
8/12/08
FX Options Q&A Session: Ask the ISE
8/19/08
Toni Hansen on “Successful FX Strategies for Any Market Condition”
9/03/08