Reports, White Papers, and Ebooks For Traders
A Compendium of Great Information Designed To Make You a Better FX Trader
Forex Trading Reports
Forex - Tell Me About It!
A comprehensive guide covering the major aspects of forex such as the participants in foreign exchange, the different types of market orders and how to use them, and how to perform fundamental and technical market analysis. Also has a comprehensive glossary section. Created by Easy Forex.
The iForex Book
Good 27-page manual covering important terms. A large part of this book is devoted to the 'glossary,' so I recommend coming back to it if you are ever confused about a term that you encounter.
The Forex Trader's Cheat Sheet
Very few forex guides are as valuable as this one. This tells you exactly WHEN the best times to trade are, at what times and on what days trends tend to be the strongest. I suggest you print this out and keep it with your computer (the last 4 pages are a printer-friendly version).
24/7 -- Trading Around The Clock, Around The World
This is a excerpt from Barbara Rockefeller's book about forex. There's lots of really good information in here, especially the part about how professional investors handle exchange rate fluctuations.
Forex Freedom - Turn $300 Into $30,000
This guide lays out a simple money management system for multiplying an account with as little as $300 and growing up to $30,000 or more. Maybe something you would want to follow if you are trading a mini-account.
Escalator To Pips - Pipping Your Way To The Top
Put out by one of the members at Forex Factory, this explains an interesting trading strategy using only one indicator used over several different time frame charts. Also, there's an interesting part about stop losses in this guide, about using stops to protect profits rather than mitigate losses.
Evolution of Forex - The Active Trader's Market
A 13-page guide created by GFT Forex, there is alot of good information in here about pretty much all aspects of forex. Probably the best part about this guide is the section on how banks and forex dealers operate.
4 Hour MACD Trading Strategy
A simple trading system that uses the Moving Average Convergence/Divergence (MACD) indicator across 4-hour charts. There are no links in this guide so I'm not really sure who made it.
Foreign Exchange As The Trader's Alternative
This article was originally published in Stocks & Commodities magazine, and it examines the forex market from the point of view of a stock trader, and as a way to diversify your investment portfolio.
Trading The Currency Markets: Is Gut Feeling Still State-Of-The-Art?
A very important aspect of currency trading is covered in this article: 'The Holy Grail' of forex trading, and why it does not exist. It talks about the massive failures of large banks during the 1990's to create advanced 'plug and play' profit systems, and shows that now more than ever the forex market is driven by emotions rather than just numbers.
Offset Trading
This is an interesting guide that I found which describes a strategy that is really not to different from my forex surfing strategy (though I created my strategy long before I found this). Basically this describes placing a 'saddle trade' minutes before an economic release.
Cooking In The Forex
A very interesting guide, this is presented by Rio Financial group and is surprisingly easy to read through. Many metaphors and comparisons are used, which makes it easy to understand, and it focuses mainly on technical analysis.
Analysis Paralysis And Other Trader's Rules Cliches
An article by Barbara Rockefeller describing how to integrate common sense trading rules into your own trading strategy.
Eight Part Trading Course Created By FXClub
Below you will find a comprehensive eight part course about most of the aspects essential to forex trading.
The Seeds of Success
Discusses the basics of trading success.
Forex, An Insider's Guide
Details the happenings of a fictional character named 'Joseph' as he opens a trading account and places trades.
Information Is Power -- Fundamental Analysis
Gives an excellent description of different economic indicators and how these affect the global economy. This one also covers many of the indicators I use in my own forex surfing strategy.
Technical Analysis -- What Goes Around Comes Around
Covers all of the different chart types such as bars and candlesticks, as well as important price formations.
Mathematics -- The Heart of Everything
Covers the mathematical forms of market analysis such as Fibonacci retracements, Elliot Wave theory, and other important indictors like moving averages and the Relative Strength Index (RSI).
Fore-warned Is Fore-armed
Demo accounts, the reality of making a living, and Winnie-the-Pooh all discussed in a rather hilarious manner.
Straight From The Horse's Mouth
A professional currency trader lays out the principles that he trades by, as well as the importance of trading systems.
Conclusion
A good conclusion to an informative series.