Company:     Ava FX
Online since:     2006
Regulation:     Unregulated
Payment options:     WebMoney, PayPal, Moneybookers, Western Union, e-gold, credit cards and bank wire
Minimum account size:     $100
Minimum lot size:     0.1 lot
Leverage:     1:200
Spreads:     3 pips on EUR/USD
Advantages:

* Variety of payment and withdrawl options available

Disadvantages:

* No Metatrader 4 software support.

-   Asian session. During this session, the most active trades are  in the  pairs of Dollar / Yen, Dollar / Euro, Euro / Yen and Dollar / Australian Dollar. The most common Asian session characterized by relatively calm exception - currency intervention, the central bank of Japan;

- European session. The beginning of the session starts by the opening of the market (at 7:00 GMT) in European financial centers: Zurich, Frankfurt, Paris, Luxembourg. The most dramatic fluctuations in the major pairs begin after the opening of the London market, which usually lasts for 2-3 hours, after which the dealers of European banks go to lunch and reduced market activity …

- American session. The next revival of the forex market begins by the opening in New York at 13:00 GMT, when embarking on the working hours of American banks dealers. At 17:00 GMT it the closing times of the European market and U.S. financial system remain the only active markets, a result which could heavily affect the rate of the dollar to other currencies.

- Pacific session. It is considered very quiet on the international currency market.

Knowing the characteristics of each forex trading session makes it easier to plan your actions in the market and build your strategy or system.

Companies engaged in foreign trade transactions worldwide are active participants in international Forex market. For exporters, there is a constant need to sell foreign currency, while importers - buy it. Currency exchange rates in the international currency market are constantly changing. As a result, the real value of buy or sell a currency for the goods or services can significantly change and profitable contract may not be profitable or unprofitable. Of course, and can reverse the situation when a change of exchange rates makes a profit, but the task of trading company is not profit from changes in exchange rates. For commercial companies, it is important to be able to plan the real cost of buy or sell a product, so the company is widely used in its operations hedge currency risks. Cash, as well as future income or expenses in foreign currencies subject to exchange rate risks. Normally, accounting for the company is in one currency (for example, in United States dollars), thus resulting from the revaluation of articles in foreign currencies may gain or loss when changing rates of these currencies.

Hedging currency risk

Hedging currency risk - is protected from adverse movements in exchange rates, which is to fix the present value of these funds by entering into transactions on the Forex market. Hedging leads to the fact that the company disappears risk rates, which makes it possible to plan activities and to see financial results are not distorted exchange fluctuations. Transactions in the Forex market are carried out under the principle of margin trading. This trade has a number of features, which made him very popular. A small start-up capital allows the transaction to the amount many times (in the tens and hundreds) of its excess. This surplus is called Leverage (Leverage). Trade is conducted without real money supply, which reduces overhead and provides an opportunity to open positions as buying or selling currency (including different from the currency deposit). A feature of hedging currency risk through transactions without the actual movement of funds (using leverage) you can not divert traffic from the company’s significant money.

There are two basic types of hedging - hedging buyer and seller hedging. Hedge buyer used to reduce the risks associated with a possible rise in the prices of goods. Hedge seller is in the opposite situation - to limit the risks associated with a possible decrease in prices of goods.

The general principle of hedging in the foreign trade transactions is to open foreign currency position on the trade account aside for future operations conversion of funds. The importer must buy foreign currency, so it opens up the position of pre-buying the currency on the trade account, and when the moment of real buying the currency in his bank, closing the position. Exporter must sell foreign currency, so it opens up the position of pre-selling the currency on the trade account, and when the time of the sale of real currency in his bank, closing the position.

History repeats itself.

Someone who uses technical analysis looks at the highest prices and lowest in a currency, the price of opening and closing and the volume of transactions.. The investor does not exceed finesse in the market, nor does the main trends in the long run, but just look what happened to the currency in the recent past, and expects that small fluctuations will continue just as they usually l Have done before.
. Fundamental analysis takes into consideration the current situation in the country of the currency, including factors such as economy, political situation and other related rumors.
. In terms of figures, the economy of a country depends on a number of quantifiable measures such as its central rate of bank interest, the level of unemployment, tax policy, interest rates and inflation.
. An investor can also add to the equation factors  that score less weight such as political factors and stability  which will also have an effect on the market.. Before all predictions based on these factors alone, it is important to remember that traders must also bear in mind the hopes and expectations of market participants. Like any market, the value of a currency is largely based on perceptions and expectations about him, not only on its reality.
So you ask your self what is the winning strategy? In reality Most small to big investors in financial markets use hybrid solution they choose one to be the basic strategy depending on their personal characteristics if one trust more in his technical abilities or if he depends more on his intuition but  a good trader will always compare his basic strategy analysis and conclusion to the conclusions extracted by using the second strategy and will execute the trade after combining both

3 / You should never depend on luck unless you go to the casino or you play the lotto. But never on the Forex because at one time or another you abandon your chance .*

4 / Analyze both success and failures.

6 / Put in place a very strict policy on the limit of losses accepted by trade. These limits should be between 3 and 10% of the balance of your account.

8 / mistakes and losses are one of the listed mandatory trading in all markets. The sooner you learn to lose faster you earn money. Do not you blame yourself or others, and even less the market.

9 / The main enemy of Trader is not the market. Accusing the market is like attacking the world. The biggest enemies of Traders are greed, impatience, maque emotional control, lack of self-confidence and a natural too oriented itself. direction .*

10 / Keep a diary of your operations
11 / Read the opinions of others, but basing your decisions solely on your own analysis and your feeling on the market.

12 / Always follow this rule immutable and respected markets Cut your losses as soon as possible and keep your winning positions as long as possible. *

14 / Do not think you learn a trader entering competitions with demo versions. You must enter a competition only after developing your own trading strategies,

15 / Try to work with your demo account as if they were your real account. The more quickly you’ll be convinced that trader on your demo account is equivalent to trader on the real account, the sooner you begin to develop your own technical trading. You must have the same attitude when you work with your demo account that when you’re on your real account, because the techniques that you put the point at this moment are identical to the ones you use on the real .*

As the online forex trading market are becoming more and more popular in recent years  unfortunately  so do forex scams.

The CFTC declares it has brought close to 100 enforcement actions, since 2000, against companies and

individuals accused of selling illegal foreign-exchange futures and options contracts.

Federal regulators have formed a task force to investigate and prosecute fraud in the forex retail market that trades foreign currencies outside of commodity exchanges.

How To Avoid Forex Scams:

1) Avoid sign up with unsolicited telemarketing calls and efforts to persuade an investor to transfer cash quickly.

2) Read reviews of forex brokers in top top forex trader’s blogs

3) Always check registration of company and regulation which the company is liable.

4) Check there is “some one home” in support desk by telephone.

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