Explain with a numerical example.

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Forex Margin is the amount of money required by a forex broker from a forex trader to open a trade or position in the foreign exchange market. Trading on margin is nothing but taking a short term loan from your forex broker. Before you can start trading on margin youâll have to set up a forex trading account with a forex broker, and deposit money in this account.

Generally, for margin trading of 1% the broker will ask you to deposit only $1000 in your account. Basically, you are providing just 1% of your trading capital, the remaining 99% is provided by your forex broker. You now have the possibility to buy up to $ 100,000 worth of currencies with only $ 1,000 or put technically you have leveraged your account by 100 times.

Numerical Example:

You must calculate the margin required as a percentage of the lot value.If your account is denominated in USD the margin required per transaction is calculated in USD. For example, retail forex brokers always quote currency pair such as EUR/USD (i.e. EUR in terms of USD). If the EUR/USD is trading at 1.2500, that is one Euro is worth 1.2500 US Dollars, and you want to buy 10,000 Euros or 10 K, you would sell 12,500 USD to get those 10,000 Euros. Basically your margin required will be 1% of $12,500 which equals $125.00.

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Forex profits on margin?

Hi guys, im 14 years old already trading on the forex market with the mt5 paltform using technical analysis. I would like to know what do you think of my results i started with $10k on demo account and in 3 days reached 14k not trading full day with a 1:100 leverage is that good ? I would like to compare myself to others am i average ? good ? very good ? thanks for your future answers
I'm not trying to show off just need some feedback

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Demo trading of forex is a joke, nothing like real life.

You can't open a live money account until age 18, the legal age for signing a contract.

Retail forex is full of scams. Please read the warning link below from CFTC, the US regulator for forex.


Study stocks instead. Far greater chance of success. Two excellent books that should be in any library, both suitable for an ambitious 14 year old:

One Up On Wall Street - Peter Lynch
A Random Walk Down Wall Street - Burton Malkiel

Hi everyone!

I am new to forex and have only just found out about all these automated forex robots and such that are supposed to really take a lot of the risk out of forex trading. I need an real working automated forex robots, automated forex system that really works. Can anyone suggest a good one?

Thank you!

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You can get the Leading Automated Forex Trading System Here for Free:
http://www.ava-fx.com/
Avafx has a forex autotrading service called Avafx Auto Trader, a platform that allows its forex brokerage clients to choose from various trading signals providers and have those signals traded automatically in their live trading account. With a free 30-day demo, decent web-based platform and comprehensive signals performance, the Avafx Auto Trader is a very good broker-based service to look at when comparing autotrading providers. This service does come highly recommended for traders looking to add autotrading to their forex portfolio.

Firstly, the Avafx Auto Trader platform is fairly easy to navigate and start up its 30-day demo. The demo allots an account of $100,000 to trade with. Avafx allows trading on 23 different currency pairs. The performance page is very comprehensive to compare and choose from the hundreds of expert trading signal providers: you can filter the trade signal providers by profit($), max draw down, profit factor, date started, average pip profit, winning percentage, and currency pair. You can also set your maximum number of trades that you wish to be open for your trading account, your lot sizes per signal provider, or maximum stop losses per trade provider. Right away you can pick up to 10 different signal providers, choose pairs and lot sizes, and have the platform take over from there, automatically trading your account with your selected trading signals. Your computer does not need to be on for the signals to be traded in your account, as this service uses a remote server.

Now, to go live with a live autotraded account there are a few rules. Your trading account minimum investment is $1000. Also, Avafx charges you 1 pip commission on each round trip trade on top of their normal spread to use their autotrade system. Seem unfair? Not really. Comparing ZuluTrade to Avafx Auto Trader, Avafx actually comes out on top. Yes, ZuluTrade does not charge a commission, however comparing the best signal providers, Avafx appears to have the best performing signals. Avafxâs performance comparison is actually much more user-friendly than ZuluTradeâs performance page: you can quickly compare important trading system factors like risk adjustment rate (RAR) and profit factor which cannot even be determined on ZuluTrade. Both do provide maximum drawdown for each signal provider, which is one of the most important. But when looking at the RAR, total pips accumulated divided by max draw down, the Avafx providers have a much better RAR than the ZuluTrade signals providers. Is that worth the 1 pip commission per trade? Absolutely. Now, if your trading account is $50,000 or more, you are then a VIP level account which means you will not be charged the 1 pip commission and you will get a better deal on the spreads as well. Another thing to note: Avafx is an approved broker for ZuluTrade. So, if you try out Avafx Auto Trader signals and are not impressed, then it will be very easy to set up a ZuluTrade account using Avafx as your broker.

On the negative side, the Help section and Support Center are not very helpful regarding the Auto Trader. However, the Live chat help was very responsive and they answered most of my questions quickly. There was one question that remains with Auto Trader: there is a very large disclaimer at the bottom of the trading platform about âHypothetical trading results and performance dataâ. It is unclear if Avafx Auto Trader signals providers are using live trading accounts or DEMO accounts for their trading performance data. I would think that DEMO trading is likely to be less accurate than live trading performance data. Avafx support did not answer this question directly. Also the Avafx Auto Trader does not have the Margin-call-ometer that ZuluTrade does, which is a very nice feature that explains and guards against account margin calls. However, Avafxâs platform does have some decent features to help clients remain positive and not margin call their accounts.

In writing this review, only a demo account was used to try out the system and platform. Avafx insists that the platform and service are identical whether trading demo or live with them.

Overall the Avafx Auto Trader receives 4 stars and comes highly recommended.

What are some of the differences between trading stocks vs. futures vs. forex?

I trade only stocks right now but I've heard people swear by trading futures or forex. I've never tried either. Is one more volatile and therefore easier to make more money?

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The main difference between trading stocks and futures is the leverage involved.

In a stock margin account, you can trade at 2:1 or 4:1 leverage. In a futures account, you can trade the E-mini or Dow mini futures with 20:1 or 40:1 leverage. This causes your profits and losses and account value to be extermely volatile, and very dangerous if you trade at maximum leverage. In a futures account, you can lose more than you have invested.

Forex is just another form of futures account, except here, the maximum leverage is 200:1. Wo, how much trouble can we get into now? You have to be aware of the economic reports for the currencies traded and the US reports, like GDP, retail sales, and particularly interest rate adjustments and differentials. Unless you are willing to trade gap trades, the opportunity is very little here compared to the huge move from the report. These trades can be very plodding, in between reports. Or some big news announcement will break, or someone declares war, or sets off a bomb, and blows you completely out of the trade. Trading the forex is not for the beginner or faint of heart. Find a good simulator and practice, practice.