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• Forex Focus: Surviving The Trappings Of Trends by Cornelius Luca

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Forex Focus: Surviving The Trappings Of Trends by Cornelius Luca Faced with a choppy trend? Here's how to analyze a trend and identify some realistic opportunities. AH! the dream and promise of trends! Traders rightfully seek and try to follow them. However, staying with the trend is not for the fainthearted, and unless you are Warren Buffett or have similarly deep pockets, you may not be able to survive the experience. The average trader will have to learn to shift between both short-term and medium-term strategies, and the long and short directions, regardless of the direction of the major...

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: OCT 2007SUBJECT: Forex Focus

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• Forex Focus: Gann And Forex by Cornelius Luca

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:5 (12-16): Forex Focus: Gann And Forex by Cornelius Luca Access to foreign exchange trading has opened up exciting trading options for the retail trader. You can now trade alongside corporations and institutions in a highly liquid market that is global, traded around the clock, and highly leveraged. Before jumping into this market, however, we must understand the factors that affect the forex market. With that in mind, STOCKS & COMMODITIES has introduced Forex Focus to better prepare the retail trader to participate in the currency market. Famed stocks and commodit...

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: MAY 2007SUBJECT: Forex Focus

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Forex Focus: Spotting Trend Reversals by Cornelius Luca

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: MAR 2007SUBJECT: Forex Focus

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• Forex Focus: Targeting Price And Time With Gann by Cornelius Luca

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Forex Focus: Targeting Price And Time With Gann by Cornelius Luca Want to improve your trading performance? Here's a look at some of W.D. Gann's methods. Stocks and commodities trader William Delbert Gann (1878?1955) made fortunes before, during, and after the stock market crash of 1929. His success was facilitated by set complex mathematical methods that combined time and price analysis. While his fans and retracement ratios have gained increasing access and understanding, some of Gann's methods are not as popular or clear, though they still are worth examining. Let us look at some of these...

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: Bonus Issue 2007SUBJECT: Forex Focus

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• Forex Focus: Bearish P&F Formations by Cornelius Luca

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:5 (34-38): Forex Focus: Bearish P&F Formations by Cornelius Luca Access to foreign exchange trading has opened up exciting trading options for the retail trader. You can now trade alongside corporations and institutions in a highly liquid market that is global, traded around the clock, and highly leveraged. Before jumping into this market, however, we must understand the factors that affect the forex market. With that in mind, STOCKS & COMMODITIES has introduced Forex Focus to better prepare the retail trader to participate in the currency market. BEARISH P&F FORMA...

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: MAY 2006SUBJECT: Forex Focus

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• Point & Figure & Forex by Cornelius Luca

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 24:4 (72-74): Point & Figure & Forex by Cornelius Luca Why are point & figure charts well suited for the 24-hour trading arena in foreign exchange? Typically, the majority of currency traders keep their eyes glued on bar and candlestick activity, but point & figure (P&F) charts can help them secure a profit. Line, bar, and candlestick charts need both prices and time periods for plotting. That's not the case for the P&F charts, because you need only prices. For the purposes of this chart, time is irrelevant. P&F charts' forte comes from the fact that they hide minor p...

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: APR 2006SUBJECT: Charting

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• Retracement Analysis Beyond The Horizonal by Cornelius Luca

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 23:6 (38-43): Retracement Analysis Beyond The Horizonal by Cornelius Luca If you are a currency trader, then you need to know your trends. Here's how you can monitor the health of a trend in the currency markets. Currencies may be one of the best-trending financial instruments, so monitoring the health of the trend is an extremely important responsibility for those who trade currencies. While at times you will enjoy surging trends, such as the downtrend experienced by the dollar/Norwegian krone in the last quarter of 2004 (Figure 1), this is the exception to the rule....

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: JUN 2005SUBJECT: Chart Patterns

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• The End Of The Trend by Cornelius Luca

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 22:12 (14-18): The End Of The Trend by Cornelius Luca You're riding along with the trend, watching your returns consistently increase. You know it's not going to go on forever? but how do you know when it'll end? As much as we like trends and their inherent profitability, all good things must eventually come to an end. Dealing with their demise is easier said than done; it's not only that traders loathe parting with a good thing, but ending trends is often a messy affair that can take its toll on your budget. However, there are several reversal formations you can watc...

AUTHOR: Cornelius LucaDATE: DEC 2004SUBJECT: Chart Patterns