The Forex Edge: Uncover the Secret Scams and Tricks to Profit in the World's Largest Financial Market

by Dicks, James

• ISBN13: 9780071781183
• ISBN10: 0071781188
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-12-14
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

Avoid common scams for safe Forex investing In The Forex Edge, leading Forex educator and investor James Dicks applies his vast experience behind the scenes to reveal how Forex brokers have created a system that profits them ”at the expense of Soutsiders like you. You'll learn all the tricks that unscrupulous brokers use to systematically create an unfair advantage in their favor, so you can turn the tables and reap consistent profits in the world's largest financial market. James Dicks (Altamore Springs, FL)is the president and CEO of a group of financial companies including Premierfx, LLC, that provide education, training and support to forex traders. He is the founder of Forex Made Easy, the single largest introducer of spot retail forex customers in the US.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Disclaimer	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The Forex Market and Alternatives
The Forex Market and Fraud	p. 3
You versus Them	p. 19
Forex Options	p. 41
Contracts for Difference 101	p. 65
Spread Betting	p. 79
Forwards and Swaps	p. 93
Trading as a Business	p. 105
Regulation in the Forex
Commodity Futures Modernization Act	p. 117
The Farm Bill	p. 123
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act	p. 127
Regulatory Action in the Forex	p. 133
Forex Broker Schemes
Back-Office Software Scams	p. 149
Slow Servers and Errors	p. 153
Slippage and Stop Hunting	p. 159
Forex Broker Margin Scams	p. 169
The Demo Bait and Switch	p. 175
The Broker B-Book	p. 181
Dealing Desk or Not	p. 185
How to Trade and Where to Trade
Trading Strategies to Beat the Broker	p. 193
Which Brokers to Trade With and Why	p. 199
Forex Trading Strategies
The Simple S/R Price Action Strategy	p. 207
The Contrarian BB Strategy	p. 221
Hedging Strategies	p. 249
Forex Options Strategies	p. 271
Forex Automated Trading
Forex Automation	p. 317
Forex Robot Reviews	p. 323
Back-Testing	p. 331
EA Demo versus Live	p. 343
Conclusion	p. 347
Glossary	p. 351
Bibliography	p. 367
Index	p. 371
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