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This document provides an overview of forex trading and how to get started. It discusses that forex trading involves buying and selling currency pairs for profit. While risky, applying the right strategy can help traders profit. The document then outlines the four steps to start forex trading: 1) Open an account with a brokerage, 2) Download the MT4 trading platform, 3) Fund the account, and 4) Place trade orders on the platform by buying/selling currency pairs. Key terms like currency pairs, pips, leverage, and order types are also explained to prepare newcomers for trading.

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This document provides an overview of forex trading and how to get started. It discusses that forex trading involves buying and selling currency pairs for profit. While risky, applying the right strategy can help traders profit. The document then outlines the four steps to start forex trading: 1) Open an account with a brokerage, 2) Download the MT4 trading platform, 3) Fund the account, and 4) Place trade orders on the platform by buying/selling currency pairs. Key terms like currency pairs, pips, leverage, and order types are also explained to prepare newcomers for trading.

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Are you the type of person who enjoy looking at ​1% gains a day?

Or are you one of those who can stomach high volatility in the search for huge profits?

If you are looking for the ability and opportunity..

...to make huge returns from the financial markets then Forex Trading might be the ideal
financial market for you to trade.

Yes, no doubt that Forex Trading can be risky but it will not be when you apply the right
strategy when you trade.

This guide is written and designed to walk you through how any regular person can
profit the Forex Market.

By the end of this guide, you’ll gain an understanding of how people create passive
income in Forex using 3­steps.

If you’re reading this right now, I want to congratulate you for making the effort and first
step in your Forex journey.

Some Important Things You Need To Know Before We Begin

In the world of finance,

Bankers and investors always like to use very sophisticated language and investing
jargon to confuse the non­financially savvy people!

However in this guide, we will try to do away with as much financial jargon as we can…

So don’t get too uptight about the specific terms that you might come across!

Let’s get started...

So first of all some of you may be wondering:


What is Forex Trading?

Forex trading is essentially the art of buying & selling foreign currencies…
For a profit!

Remember how before you travel overseas…

You always have to go over to the money exchanger to convert your Singapore dollars
into another country’s currency?

What you are essentially doing is that you’re using your Singapore dollars…

To buy foreign currency from money exchanger!

And you would realize that even if you were to sell your foreign currency back to the
money exchange instantly,

You would have lost a bit of Singapore dollars in the converting process!

That is because the money changer makes a bit of money from you whenever he buys
and sells your currencies!

Even though the amount he makes might be very small due to the very small amounts
of currencies you convert,

Imagine how much he could possible earn if you had converted hundreds of thousand…
Or even millions of dollar with him?

When you trade Forex,


That’s essentially what you’re doing!

But How Can I Trade Forex Profitably When I Don’t


Have Millions of Dollars?

Of course, we aren’t going to ask you to lug suitcases of dollars notes to the banks or
money changer to buy and sell currencies!

Instead, what you need to know is that Forex is a ​leveraged ​product.

What this means is that…


Just by using a small amount of money,

You can control a huge amount of capital!

In the retail forex markets, leverage can be as much as 250:1,

This means if you had $1,000 in your brokerage account,

You can control up to $250,000!

Now… who says you can’t trade Forex profitably if you don’t have a million dollars?

2 Important Things You Need To Know Before


You Start Trading Forex

Firstly… How Do You Read A Currency Pair?

When trading Forex, you quickly notice that they always come in 2 currencies such as…

­ EUR/USD
­ GBP/USD
­ USD/CHF

That’s because…

Currencies are traded in pairs!

When you see a currency pair,

All you need to remember is that the first currency symbol you see in the pair,
Is the ​BASE CURRENCY.

Hence, when they quote EUR/USD at an exchange rate of 1.1534…

What they mean is that 1 Euro can buy you 1.1534 U.S. Dollar!

When the exchange rate of EUR/USD increase…


What it means is that the ​base currency (EUR) is increasing in value!
(This also implies that the USD currency is losing its value.)

On the other hand,

When the exchange rate of EUR/USD decrease…

What it means is that the ​base currency (EUR) is decreasing in value!


(This also implies that the USD currency is appreciating in value.)

The next question is...

What Is A Pip & How Do You Calculate Them?

As the Forex exchange rate changes in very minute amounts,

Currencies are typically traded…


Up to 4 decimal places!

Hence, many traders generally trade in something they call “Pips”.

Pips stands for “Price in Points”,

And a pip is basically the 4th decimal place of the exchange rate!

So when they say EUR/USD pair increase by 5 pips,

What it means is that the ​1.153​4​ exchange rate has increased to ​1.153​9​!

Mini Exercise:
1.3425 + 7 pips = ?
1.7623 + 24 pips = ?
Ans: 1.3432, 1.7647

So… How Do You Trade Forex?

Now that you know what currency pairs & pips are…
You’re ready to embark on your Forex trading journey!

In order for you to trade Forex,

You will need to follow these 4 simple steps:

Step 1: Open An Account With A Forex Brokerage

Opening an account with a Forex brokerage is a very simple thing to do.

There are many Forex brokerages in Singapore…

And they are all eager to have you open an account with them!

Below are some examples of the brokerages available in Singapore


● Oanda
● IG Markets
● City Index

Different brokerages have different charges,

Hence you might like to read this article about how you can select a low cost stock
brokerage.

After you have decided on a brokerage,

Opening an account is simply a matter of going to their website to fill up a form…

Or heading down to one of their branches to have their representative serve you.

One of the advantages of heading down is that they often assign someone to teach you
how to trade using their system,

So you will be able to pick up forex trading even faster!


(I personally prefer to head down personally because I dislike the hassle of mailing all
my documents.)
Step 2: Download MT4 Trading Platform

Besides opening for an account with a brokerage,

The other thing you need in order for you to track market trends, trade strategically or
even execute trade orders…

Is a trading platform!

We encourage you to download the highly popular MT4 trading platform because…

It is absolutely FREE!

Download the MT4 trading platform here!

http://www.metatrader4.com/en

Besides being very easy to use,

One of the best things about the MT4 trading account is that it allows you open a demo
account for you to trade!

We highly recommend you start off trading via a demo account first as this allows you to
get a hang of Forex trading…

Without losing a single cent!

Step 3: Fund The Account (Optional Step)

After you have set up your brokerage account and installed the MT4 trading platform,

The next thing you need to do is to fund the account…

As we will be teaching you how to trade using a demo account,

This is will be an optional step for you…

However, if you want to start trading with real money,


Funding your account is a very easy thing to do!

Most brokerages allow you to transfer funds via bank transfer…

Some of them even allow you to transfer funds by charging it to your credit card!

Regardless of transfer method,

Funding your account is a quick and simple process!

Step 4: Place Your Trade Order

Regardless whether you trade using a demo account or a live account,

Placing a trade is EXACTLY the same!


(For this example, I would be using MT4 trading platform as that is the trading platform I
use personally.)

If you were to log into your trading platform,

You will usually see a set of prices like these…


For every currency pair,

There will be a pair of Bid/Ask prices.

The reason for this is because for every counter,

There are always two parties required to make a successful transaction.

The prices under the BID section indicate the highest amount the buyers are willing to
pay for the stock,

While the prices under the ASK section indicate the lowest price the sellers are willing to
sell the stock for
So if you are looking to trade the EURUSD currency pair,

All you need to do is to double click on the currency pair and you will see a screen like
this…

So if you want to buy the EURUSD currency immediately,

You can place an instant execution order at the current price.

However if you an advanced trader who is only intending to buy the currency pair only
after it has hit a certain price,
You’ve got to switch the order type to ​“PENDING ORDER”…

And select ​“BUY STOP”.

After that,

All you need to do is to key in the target price you wish to buy the currency pair at…
And click on ​“Place”.

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