Mastering the Currency Market: Forex Strategies for High and Low Volatility Markets - Hardcover

by Jay Norris (Author), Teresa Bell (Author), Al Gaskill (Author)

Make Volatility and Risk Work forYou with Forex Trading!

"This book should be in every trader/investor's library. As we come out of thisdepressed market . . . this book can be your companion, helping you avoidmistakes and enhance your trading/investment program."
--Bill M. Williams, author of Trading Chaos

"Whether you're just getting started trading the world's most exciting financial market, or you're looking to add to your trading edge, [the authors] have written an engagingbook packed with powerful techniques that you can use right now."
--Rob Booker, trader, author, educator, and founder and host of TraderRadio.net

The foreign exchange market is the largesttrading market in the world, withaverage daily volume well into the trillions.Because the market is always characterized byhigh liquidity, forex traders benefit most fromvolatile markets--making it the ideal investmentapproach today and well into the future.

Mastering the Currency Market is a comprehensiveguide to currency and futures tradingstrategies and techniques for both highly volatileand nonvolatile markets.

Putting to work their vast and highly diverseexperience in forex trading, the authors explainhow to take advantage of the many benefitsof foreign exchange trading, includingits low cost of entry afforded by margin, andthe dynamic pricing by nature of the competitivemarketplace. Mastering the CurrencyMarket is divided into five sections covering:

• The basics of trading currencies
• Fundamental analysis ofprice valuation
• Technical analysis andtrading charts
• Trading philosophy andpsychological discipline
• Volatility and risk management

With four decades of combined experience, the authors clearly communicate to you a tradingmethod that will give you the confidenceto both analyze markets and execute tradessuccessfully, regardless of underlying marketconditions.

As 2008 introduced nightmare scenarios forinvestors around the world, it was Al Gaskill'smost productive period of his trading career.He used the same trading methods spelled outin this book.

Apply the lessons inside and you'll see profitsrise during periods of high market volatility, and when the market slows down, you candownshift to countertrending methods. It'sa win-win investing method, and Masteringthe Currency Market leads you through it everystep of the way.

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Make Volatility and Risk Work for You with Forex Trading!

"This book should be in every trader/investor's library. As we come out of this depressed market . . . this book can be your companion, helping you avoid mistakes and enhance your trading/investment program."
--Bill M. Williams, author of Trading Chaos

"Whether you're just getting started trading the world's most exciting financial market, or you're looking to add to your trading edge, [the authors] have written an engaging book packed with powerful techniques that you can use right now."
--Rob Booker, trader, author, educator, and founder and host of TraderRadio.net

Forex traders perform exceptionally well in highly volatile, risky, and active markets. And with the leveling out of international markets and the increase in competition this breeds, dramatic growth is virtually assured--so now is the time to enter this exciting and lucrative market.

Mastering the Currency Market walks you through all the steps for entering the market with the confidence and smarts you need. It provides a solid foundation on the basics of foreign exchange, then examines more advanced topics, such as:

• Hedging against fluctuations in currency values
• Long-range planning and risk management
• Techniques applicable to countertrending and low-volatility markets

Author Biography

Jay Norris is a senior market strategist and trading instructor for BrewerFX in Chicago. He worked on the trading floor of the Chicago Board of Trade throughout the 1980s and 1990s in various roles before moving to the customer side of the business in 2001. He has published several articles about trading in Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities magazine.
Al Gaskill is an independent trader, an instructor, and a principal in Brewer Investment Group.
Teresa Bell is an educator for www.Trading-u.com.