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About Foreign Exchange (Forex)

Foreign exchange trading (Known as Forex or simply FX) offers investors and traders the opportunity to generate a profit from the changing differences in currencies.

Trading Quarter's Forex section offers its readership insightful analysis and commentary to the events that affect global currencies, written by industry respected and award winning FX analysts.

Using clear and concise language commentary, the Forex section publishes regular commentary on the leading currencies and pairs such as the EUR/USD, USD/JPY and AUD/USD.

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AUDIO: MetaTrader Masters - Crisis of the Euro Continues AUDIO: MetaTrader Masters - Crisis of the Euro Continues 11 May 2012 - Jomar Reyes, Editor, TradingQuarter.com
This week’s discussion with our MetaTrader Masters, Matti Williamson and Anton Hughes the ongoing debt crisis in Europe again was a the key theme. From the Greek elections to the expected Moodys downgrading of European banks, the Euro look to be entering yet another stormfront. Anton gives us some insights as to who are leading the way with using algorithmic trading, in particular the Expert Advisors functionality in the MetaTrader4 platform.
Ireland 2012 Referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty, Gold Is Buckling Under The Pressure Ireland 2012 Referendum on the Fiscal Compact Treaty, Gold Is Buckling Under The Pressure 11 May 2012 - Matti Williamson, FX and Commodities trader
Ireland 2012 referendum due on 31 May could have a similar impact as the Greece 2012 elections has on the financial markets. Gold weekly chart is begin reviewed as the uptrend in 2012 may come to abrupt change, possibly due to the referendum. We must learn from the past in order to predict the future, technical analysis at its best.
NEW: Trading Academy Content - MetaTrader4, RSI and Bollinger Bands NEW: Trading Academy Content - MetaTrader4, RSI and Bollinger Bands
08 May 2012 - Jomar Reyes, Editor, TradingQuarter.com
Since launching TradingQuarter last December, we’ve noticed that our educational content has been extremely popular. FX Editor Matti Williamson has lead the charge with insightful articles on charting, such as Bollinger Bands and Candlesticks. Our latest addition to the TradingQuarter editorial team, Anton Hughes has been lending some of his insights and the first MetaTrader Masters podcast has just been launched. Here is an overview of the latest education content hot off our digital press.
Special Report: Greece 2012 Elections, Is History Doomed to Repeat Itself? Special Report: Greece 2012 Elections, Is History Doomed to Repeat Itself?
01 May 2012 - Matti Williamson, FX and Commodities trader
Public elections have a great impact on the Forex market as well as on the leading stock exchanges, such as the DAX, CAC and FTSE. The 2012, Greek elections may unveil new leaders that could object the imposed austerity measures. World history has taught us how the global financial markets can be affected by government elections, now all we need to do is pay attention.
Audio: Weekly FX Grill - Government Bond Auctions and the Euro Audio: Weekly FX Grill - Government Bond Auctions and the Euro
27 Apr 2012 - Jomar Reyes, Editor, TradingQuarter.com
The issuing of bonds is a way that governments often raise capital to finance projects, infrastructure and other costs that a government may accrue. It is like public call for a loan, that may have investors, financial institutions or fund managers respond. The auction of government bonds, often has a direct effect on the currencies. Today we are putting Bonds on the grill and with our FX editor Matti Williamson, looking at just how the Euro will be sizzling as bond announcements are made in the
New Addition to TradingQuarter's Editorial Team - Anton Hughes New Addition to TradingQuarter's Editorial Team - Anton Hughes
27 Apr 2012 - Jomar Reyes, Editor, TradingQuarter.com
TradingQuarter welcomes a new member to the editorial team. Anton Hughes brings his 10 years of trading experience, with his core strengths with analysis and insights generated from data mining, statistics and artificial intelligence. These are valuable skills for the automated trading environment, which Anton applies as a highly experienced specialist on the MetaTrader4 platform and Expert Advisors.
Running MetaTrader4 on a Mac? Of course! 18 Apr 2012 - Jomar Reyes, Editor, TradingQuarter.com
Apple's Mac platform is moving into market dominance of the PC industry faster than ever before. Trading platforms have generally been developed for the PC environment, however, using emulation programs, software like MetaTrader4 run seamlessly on a Mac.
Audio: Weekly FX Grill - The AUD and the Australian economy 13 Apr 2012 - Jomar Reyes, Editor, TradingQuarter.com
The nation of Australia is almost the same size as the European continent, although 70% it is uninhabitable desert. This vast land is rich in deposits of Iron ore in high demand from China. This has meant that the Australian economy and the AUD has strengthened in recent times. But what direction is the economy headed in, particularly if China's manufacturing continues to slow down? With interest rates soon to be announced by the Reserve Bank of Australia, the consensus is a .5% of a rate cut.
The EUR/USD In The Eurozone Pinball 12 Apr 2012 - John J Hardy, Head of FX Strategy, Saxo Bank
Euro-zone bond spreads are widening once again but the FX market has decided to ignore it this time as Bernanke’s dovish tone was smeared all over in EUR/USD. The Bank of Japan (BoJ) continues to probe USD/JPY despite still monetary policy. SNB Jordan repeated his previous statement that the SNB is fully committed to EUR/CHF peg at 1.2000 and is willing to purchase unlimited quantities of foreign currencies to protect the pegging.
The 60 Minutes look at the Euro Crisis 11 Apr 2012 - Jomar Reyes, Editor, TradingQuarter.com
The most watched TV current affairs show 60 minutes focused on the Euro zone crisis. For it's American viewers, seeing the exposure to this crisis could provide a confidence blow to their fragile economic recovery, and now damped by the recent disappointing employment figures. With the two currencies being the most traded pair for currency and forex traders (EUR/USD), knowing the dynamics of these two major economic regions is imperative, as they both struggle to find economic recovery.