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                                        <title>JOBS VACANCIES ANNOUCEMENTS</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/africa_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=137491'&gt;Mrs. Belinda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:21 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Hello Everyone, &lt;br /&gt;
       We take this opportunity to publicly make this last announcement   to every liked minded individual, that the TOTAL ENERGY PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY (UK) PLC. Is hereby announcing jobs vacancies/ training programme 2009 in United Kingdom    . We need the services of able men and women around the globe to fill in the jobs gap placement in our company in United Kingdom. Below are the summaries  &lt;br /&gt;
list of jobs vacancies    with Total Energy Company  as follow :- Accounting / Audit / Taxation Jobs, Administration / Clerical Support / Service, Jobs, Banking, Business Analysis / Data Analysis Jobs, Business Consultancy Jobs, Business Development Jobs, Call Centre Jobs, Civil Services Jobs, Company Secretary Jobs, Customer Service Jobs, Design Jobs, Documentary Credit / Bills Processing, Energy / Natural Resources / Oil &amp;amp; Gas, Engineering Jobs, General Management Jobs, Hospitality / Hotel Services Jobs, Human Resources / Recruitment Jobs, Information Technology (I.T.) Jobs, Insurance Jobs, Junior Executive Jobs, Legal &amp;amp; Compliance Jobs, Inventorying, Marketing / Public Relations Jobs, Merchandising Jobs, Order Processing &amp;amp; Operation / Setting, Others Jobs, Petroleum / Petrochemical Jobs, Procurement / Purchasing / Sourcing &lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>Gold and Metal Detectors for YOU</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/africa_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=118389'&gt;ntwoelectronics&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 8:48 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>BEWARE OF THIS FRAUD WEBSITE</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/africa_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=8806'&gt;shrell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 4:09 pm&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      Dear all,&lt;br /&gt;
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                                        <title>FX Currency Trading / FX Forex Trading Online - Know More</title>
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                                      Author: &lt;a href='http://www.alloexpat.com/africa_expat_forum/profile.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=2'&gt;admin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
                                      Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 6:36 am&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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                                      &lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 24px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Forex Trading / FX Trading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Foreign Exchange&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
This short introduction explains the basics of trading Forex online, a brief explanation of the markets and the major benefits of trading Forex online. There are also two scenarios describing the implications of trading in a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G4#G4&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;bear&lt;/a&gt; as well as &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G7#G7&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;bull&lt;/a&gt; market to better acquaint you with some of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G26#G26&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;risks&lt;/a&gt; and opportunities in the largest and most &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G19#G19&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;liquid&lt;/a&gt; market in the world. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
As an additional aid for those who are new to Forex, there is also a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#10%2310&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;glossary&lt;/a&gt; at the bottom of this text which explains some of the terms used in connection with currency trading. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Overview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G13%23G13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Foreign exchange&lt;/a&gt; , &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G13%23G13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;forex&lt;/a&gt; or just &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G13%23G13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Forex&lt;/a&gt; are all terms used to describe the trading of the world's many currencies. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G13%23G13&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;forex market&lt;/a&gt; is the largest market in the world, with trades amounting to more than $1.5 trillion every day. This is more than one hundred times the daily trading on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G21%23G21&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)&lt;/a&gt; . Most forex trading is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G30%23G30&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;speculative&lt;/a&gt; , with only a few percent of market activity representing governments' and companies' fundamental currency conversion needs.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Unlike trading on the stock market, the forex market is not carried out by a central exchange, but on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G14%23G14&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;interbank&amp;quot; market&lt;/a&gt; , which is thought of as an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G17%23G17&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;OTC (over the counter&lt;/a&gt; ) market. Trading takes place directly between the two counterparts necessary to make a trade, whether over the telephone or on electronic networks all over the world. The main centres for trading are Sydney, Tokyo, London, Frankfurt and New York. This worldwide distribution of trading centres means that the forex market is a 24-hour market.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Trading Forex&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A currency trade is the simultaneous buying of one currency and selling of another one. The currency combination used in the trade is called a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G8%23G8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;cross&lt;/a&gt; (for example, the Euro/US Dollar, or the GB Pound/Japanese Yen.). The most commonly traded currencies are the so-called &amp;quot;majors&amp;quot; - EURUSD, USDJPY, USDCHF and GBPUSD.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The most important forex market is the spot market as it has the largest volume. The market is called the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G31%23G31&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;spot&lt;/a&gt; market because trades are settled &amp;quot;immediately&amp;quot; or on the spot. In practice this means within two banking days.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Trading on Margin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Trading on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G20%23G20&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;margin&lt;/a&gt; means that you can buy and sell assets that represent more value than the capital in your account. Forex trading is usually done with relatively little margin since currency &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G11%23G11&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;exchange rate fluctuations&lt;/a&gt; tend to be less than one or two percent on any given day. To take an example, a margin of 2.0% means you can trade up to $500,000 even though you only have $10,000 in your account. In terms of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G16%23G16&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;leverage&lt;/a&gt; this corresponds to 50:1, because 50 times $10,000 is $500,000, or put another way, $10,000 is 2.0% of $500.000. Using this much leverage gives you the possibility to make profits very quickly, but there is also a greater risk of incurring large losses and even being completely wiped out. Therefore, it is inadvisable to maximise your leveraging as the risks can be very high. For more information on the trading conditions at Saxo Bank, go to the Account Summary on your Client Station and open the section entitled &amp;quot;Trading Conditions&amp;quot; found in the top right-hand corner of the Account Summary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Why trade Forex?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;24 hour trading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
One of the major advantages of trading forex is the opportunity to trade 24 hours a day from Sunday evening (20:00 GMT) to Friday evening (22:00 GMT). This gives you a unique opportunity to react instantly to breaking news that is affecting the markets.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Superior liquidity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The forex market is so liquid that there are always buyers and sellers to trade with. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G19%23G19&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;liquidity&lt;/a&gt; of this market, especially that of the major currencies, helps ensure price stability and low &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G33%23G33&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;spreads&lt;/a&gt; . The liquidity comes mainly from large and smaller banks that provide liquidity to investors, companies, institutions and other currency market players.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;No commissions&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The fact that forex is often traded without commissions makes it very attractive as an investment opportunity for investors who want to deal on a frequent basis. Trading the &amp;quot;majors&amp;quot; is also cheaper than trading other &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G8%23G8&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;crosss&lt;/a&gt; because of the high level of liquidity. For more information on the trading conditions at Saxo Bank, go to the Account Summary on your Client Station and open the section entitled &amp;quot;Trading Conditions&amp;quot; found in the top right-hand corner of the Account Summary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;50:1 Leverage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
With a minimum account of USD 10,000, for example, you can trade up to USD 500,000. The USD 10,000 is posted on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G20%23G20&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;margin&lt;/a&gt; as a guarantee for the future performance of your position.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Profit potential in falling markets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Since the market is constantly moving, there are always trading opportunities, whether a currency is strengthening or weakening in relation to another currency. When you trade currencies, they literally work against each other. If the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G12%23G12&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;EURUSD&lt;/a&gt; declines, for example, it is because the U.S. dollar gets stronger against the Euro and vice versa. So, if you think the EURUSD will decline (that is, that the Euro will weaken versus the dollar), you would sell EUR now and then later you buy Euro back at a lower price and take your profits. The opposite trading scenario would occur if the EURUSD &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G1%23G1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;appreciates&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Important Forex Trading Terms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Spread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G33%23G33&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;spread&lt;/a&gt; is the difference between the price that you can sell currency at ( &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G5%23G5&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Bid&lt;/a&gt; ) and the price you can buy currency at ( &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G2%23G2&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Ask&lt;/a&gt; ). The spread on majors is usually 5 pips under normal market conditions. For more information on the trading conditions at Saxo Bank, go to the Account Summary on your Client Station and open the section entitled &amp;quot;Trading Conditions&amp;quot; found in the top right-hand corner of the Account Summary.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Pips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
A pip is the smallest unit by which a cross price quote changes. When trading forex you will often hear that there is a 5-pip &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G33%23G33&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;spread&lt;/a&gt; when you trade the majors. This spread is revealed when you compare the bid and the ask price, for example &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G12%23G12&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;EURUSD&lt;/a&gt; is quoted at a bid price of 0.9875 and an ask price of 0.9880. The difference is USD 0.0005, which is equal to 5 &amp;quot;pips&amp;quot;. On a contract or position, the value of a pip can easily be calculated. You know that the EURUSD is quoted with four decimals, so all you have to do is the cancel-out the four zeros on the amount you trade and you will have one pip. Thus, on a EURUSD 100,000 contract, one pip is USD 10. On a USDJPY 100,000 contract, one pip is equal to 1000 yen, because USDJPY is quoted with only two decimals.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Trading Scenario - Trading Rising Prices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If you believe that the Euro will strengthen against the dollar you'll want to buy Euro now and sell it back later at a higher price.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;You buy Euro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;We quote &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G12%23G12&quot;&gt;EURUSD&lt;/A&gt; at &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G5%23G5&quot;&gt;Bid&lt;/A&gt; 0.9875 and &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G2%23G2&quot;&gt;Ask&lt;/A&gt; 0.9880, which means that you can sell 1 Euro for 0.9875 USD or buy 1 Euro for 0.9880 USD. In this example you buy Euro 100,000, at the quote price of 0.9880 (ask price) per Euro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;The market turns&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Later the market turns in favour of the Euro and the &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G12%23G12&quot;&gt;EURUSD&lt;/A&gt; is now quoted at Bid 0.9894 and Ask 0.9899.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Now you want to sell your Euro and get the profit &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;You sell Euro at a &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G5%23G5&quot;&gt;Bid&lt;/A&gt; price of 0.9894.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;The profit is calculated as follows: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Sell price-buy price x size of trade (0.9894 minus 0.9880) multiplied by 100.000 = $140 Profit (Note that the profit or loss is always expressed in the &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G27%23G27&quot;&gt;secondary currency&lt;/A&gt; )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Trading Scenario - Trading Falling Prices&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
If, on the other hand, you believe that the Euro will weaken against the dollar, you'll want to sell EURUSD.&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;You sell Euro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;We quote &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G9%23G9&quot;&gt;EURUSD&lt;/A&gt; at a &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G5%23G5&quot;&gt;Bid&lt;/A&gt; price of 0.9875 and &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G2%23G2&quot;&gt;Ask&lt;/A&gt; price of 0.9880 and you decide to &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;sell&lt;/span&gt;Euro 100,000 at a &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G5%23G5&quot;&gt;Bid&lt;/A&gt; price of 0.9875.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;The market moves in your favour&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;The Euro weakens against the dollar and the &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G9%23G9&quot;&gt;EURUSD&lt;/A&gt; is now quoted at bid 0.9744 and ask 0.9749.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Now you buy back your Euro&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;You buy EUR at an &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#G2%23G2&quot;&gt;ask&lt;/A&gt; price of 0.9749.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Your Profit/loss is then&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Sell price-buy price x size of trade (0.9875 minus 0.9749) multiplied by 100.000 = $ 1260 Profit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Remember that trading EUR 100,000 as we have done in our examples, does not mean that you have to put up Euro 100,000 yourself. It means that you have to deposit 2.0% of Euro 100,000, which is Euro 2,000 on margin as a guarantee for the future performance of your position.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Further Reading&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
To see how you can trade the forex market and benefit from our toolbox of information and live quotes, please proceed to our Forex Quick Start found under the Trading menu on the toolbar, under Forex. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 18px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Glossary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Appreciation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Anincrease in the value of a currency. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Ask&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Theprice at which you can buy. Traders also speak of an ask price,the price requested. This usually indicates the lowest price aseller will accept. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Basecurrency &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Thecurrency that the investor buys or sells (i.e. EUR in EURUSD). &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Bear&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Someonewho believes prices are heading down. A bear market is one inwhich there is a sustained fall in prices and which does not looklike it will recover quickly. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Bid&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Theprice at which you can sell. Traders also speak of a bid price,the price offered. This usually indicates the top price apurchaser will pay. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Bid/Ask&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;TheBid rate is the rate at which you sell. The Ask (or offer) rate isthe rate at which you can buy. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Bull&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Someonewho is optimistic about the market. A bull market is characterisedby enthusiastic and sustained buying. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;cross&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Whentrading currencies, the investor buys one currency againstanother. These two currencies form the cross: for example, EURUSD.&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Crossrate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Anexchange rate that is calculated from two other exchange rates. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Depreciation/decline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Afall in the value of a currency. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Exchangerate &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Whatone currency is worth in terms of another, for example the $Amight be worth 58 US cents or 70 yen. Currencies traded freely onforeign-exchange markets have a spot rate (applying to tradessettled 'spot', ie, two working days hence) and a forward rate.Countries can determine their exchange rates in a variety of ways:a floating exchange rate system where the currency finds its ownlevel in the market; a crawling or flexible peg system which is acombination of an officially fixed rate and frequent smalladjustments which in theory work against a build-up of speculationabout a revaluation or devaluation; a fixed exchange-rate systemwhere the value of the currency is set by the government and/orthe central bank. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;EURUSD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Meansthat you trade EUR against dollars. If you buy Euro you pay indollars and if you sell Euro you receive dollars. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;FX,Forex, Foreign Exchange &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Allnames for the transaction of one currency for another, e.g. youbuy �100.00 with $150.25 or sell $150.25 for �100.00.&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Interbank&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Short-term(often overnight) borrowing and lending between banks, as distinctfrom banks' business with their corporate clients or otherfinancial institutions. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Interestrate differential &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Theyield spread between two otherwise comparable debt instrumentsdenominated in different currencies. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Leverage(gearing) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Inthis case leverage means that the investor only funds part of theamount traded. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Long&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Tobuy. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Longposition &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Aposition that increases its value if market prices increase. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Liquid(-ity) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Thecapacity to be converted easily and with minimum loss into cash.Ultra-short-dated treasury notes are an example of a liquidinvestment. A liquid market is one in which there is enoughactivity to satisfy both buyers and sellers. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Margin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Theinitial amount or deposit required when entering into a position.Margin is a guarantee for future performance. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;NYSE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Acomputerised system providing brokers with the prices of sharesand securities traded on the New York stock exchange and over thecounter. The quotes are published in real-time. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Openposition &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Aposition in a currency that has not yet been offset. For example,if you have bought 100,000 USDJPY, you have an open position inUSDJPY until you offset it by selling 100,000 USDJPY. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;Overthe counter&amp;quot; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Whentrading takes place directly between two parties, rather than onan exchange. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Pips&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Apip is the smallest unit by which a cross price quote changes. Soif EURUSD bid is now quoted at 0.9767 and it moves up 2 pips, itwill now be quoted at 0.9769. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Position&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Money-market,futures, foreign-exchange and sharemarket traders talk of 'takinga position' which simply means buying or selling one currencycross. 'Position' can also refer to a trader'scash/securities/currencies balance, whether he or she is short ofcash, has money to lend, is overbought or oversold in a currency,etc. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Risk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Tryingto control outcomes to a known or predictable range of gains orlosses. Risk management involves a set of steps which begin with asound understanding of one's business and the exposures or risksthat have to be covered to protect the value of that business.Then an assessment should be made of the types of variables thatcan affect the business and how best to protect against unwelcomeoutcomes. Consideration must also be given to the preferred riskprofile - whether one is risk- averse or fairly aggressive inapproach. This also involves deciding which instruments to use tomanage risk, and whether a natural hedge exists that can be used.Once undertaken, a risk-management strategy should be continuallyassessed for effectiveness and cost. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Secondarycurrency (variable currency or counter currency) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Thecurrency that the investor trades the base currency against (i.e.USD in EURUSD). &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Shortposition &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Aposition that benefits from a decline in market prices. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Short&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Tosell. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Speculative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Buyingand selling in the hope of making a profit, rather than doing sofor some fundamental business-related need. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Spot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;ASpot rate is the current market price of an asset. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Spotmarket &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Thepart of the market calling for spot settlement of transactions.The precise meaning of 'spot' will depend on local custom for acommodity, security or currency. In the UK, US and Australianforeign-exchange markets, 'spot' means delivery two working dayshence. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Spread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;Thedifference between the bid and the ask rate. &lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forextrading.com/articles/HowToTrade.aspx#top%23top&quot;&gt;&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;table cellpadding=&quot;3&quot;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;B&gt;Today'sForex News&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.forbes.com/breakingnews/&quot;&gt;ForbesBreaking News&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/news/index.html&quot;&gt;BloombergNews&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://biz.yahoo.com/n/z/z0006.html&quot;&gt;YahooCurrency News&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.nni.nikkei.co.jp/&quot;&gt;NikkeiNews&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://news.google.com/news/en/us/business.html&quot;&gt;GoogleBusiness News&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://home.kyodo.co.jp/&quot;&gt;KyodoNews&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;A HREF=&quot;http://www.reuters.com/finance.jhtml&quot;&gt;ReutersFinancial News&lt;/A&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td valign=&quot;top&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12px; line-height: normal&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Live Updates&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.global-view.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Live Forex Quotes and Charts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Forex Market Information&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.newyorkfed.org/education/addpub/usfxm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Federal Reserve Banks' &amp;quot;All About the Foreign Exchange Markets in the United States&amp;quot; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Forex Related Sites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forexcentral.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;ForexCentral.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forexdirectory.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Forex&lt;br /&gt;
Directory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forexfactory.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Forex Factory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fxstreet.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;FXstreet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://global-view.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Global View&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.moneytec.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;MoneyTec&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thefinancials.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;TheFinancials&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Economic Calendars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com/markets/ecalendar/index.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Bloomberg Economic Calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.briefing.com/Silver/Calendars/EconomicCalendar.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Briefing.com Economic Calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://biz.yahoo.com/c/e.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Yahoo U.S. Economic Calendar&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Central Banks &amp;amp; Regulatory Agencies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bank-banque-canada.ca&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Bank of Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bankofgermany.co.uk&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Bank of Germany&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bis.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Bank of International Settlements&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boj.or.jp/en/index.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Bank of Japan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cftc.gov&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Commodity Futures Trading Commission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ecb.int&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;European Central Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ny.frb.org&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Federal Reserve Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rba.gov.au&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Reserve Bank of Australia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.snb.ch/e/index3.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Swiss National Bank&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;News&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bloomberg.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://cnnfn.cnn.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;CNNfn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.reuters.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Reuters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fxweek.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;FX Week&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Other Useful Links&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bestdaytrader.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Best Day Trader&lt;/a&gt; - The best performing professional level day trading site and swing&lt;br /&gt;
trading newsletter.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cashcowmag.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Cash Cow&lt;/a&gt; - Online financial magazine focused on penny stock information and the company research of growing yet undervalued small-cap companies.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.consensus-inc.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;CONSENSUS National Futures &amp;amp; Financial Weekly&lt;/a&gt; - CONSENSUS is one of the largest ONLINE sources of in-depth research for trading the markets. The investment newspaper used daily by stock and futures traders. Your research library ONLINE. For over 30 years, CONSENSUS has published market letters with fundamental and technical buy/sell advice from over 100 top national and international sources.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fiercefinance.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;FierceFinance&lt;/a&gt; - free daily email briefing for investment bankers, venture capitalists, CFOs and other financial industry leaders.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forexdaytrading.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Forex-Day-Trading.com - Currency Trading with FREE Training&lt;/a&gt; - Learn how to day trade currencies with our free training. Try a free forex trading demo for 30 days.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forexpredictions.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Forexpredictions&lt;/a&gt; - daily and weekly high/low currency forecasts.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.forex-business.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Forex Business&lt;/a&gt; - All about Forex Business&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investorsresource.info&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Forex Investors Resource&lt;/a&gt; - The Ultimate Forex Portal with a multitude of forex trading resources and free educational tools.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.futuresweb.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;FuturesWeb&lt;/a&gt; - Futures and Options portal offering FREE charts &amp;amp; quotes, news, research, software, books, futures directory and more!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.goforex.net&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Go Forex&lt;/a&gt; - Your Guide to Foreign Exchange Trading&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.investionary.com/foreign-exchange-trading.htm&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Investionary.com&lt;/a&gt; - Foreign Exchange Trading resource directory.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.momentumcd.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Momentum&lt;/a&gt; - Provides links to over 5,000 investor related sites.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tradingacademy.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Online Trading Academy&lt;/a&gt; - Online Trading Academy is a cutting-edge training firm focusing on&lt;br /&gt;
day trading training products and services. Our professional trainers will teach you to trade in any market condition!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.optrading.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;OpForums Stock Forum - Online Stock Investing and Options Trading Discussion Forums&lt;/a&gt; - Learn online option trading and stock investing strategy from other traders.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sniper.at&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;&amp;quot;SNIPER&amp;quot; - Stock and bond market timing&lt;/a&gt; - Offers market timing and trading systems for international stock and treasury bond markets plus a weekly global stock market risk and crash indication.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.stockstoshop.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Stockstoshop&lt;/a&gt; - Stock and trading services information, market news, quotes and charts.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.theinvestingsite.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;The Investing Site&lt;/a&gt; - The Ultimate Financial Directory.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thetradepros.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;TradePro - Direct access day trading broker&lt;/a&gt; - TradePro LLC offers direct access trading software for equity, futures, and option trading. We specialize in fast executions, institutional trading, and low commission costs. Our motto is &amp;quot;We focus on you, so you can focus on the markets&amp;quot;!&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tradingequity.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot; class=&quot;postlink&quot;&gt;Trading Equity&lt;/a&gt; - Swing trading service with suggested entry, exit, and stop prices. Technical investment analysis for stock trading.&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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