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Trading Timeframes


Long Term

Long term traders will work from end of day data and look to hold trades for a few weeks up to many months. Usually trend trading.

Advantages

No need to watch the markets intraday.

Fewer transactions means lower commission costs.

Cost of equipment and data is minimal.

Disadvantages

Large equity swings on single positions with large stops.

Usually only 1 or 2 exceptional trades a year so patience is essential.

Bigger capitalization required to ride longer term swings.

Frequent losing months.

Short Term

Working from intraday data and looking to hold for a day up to a week. Usually swing trading.

Advantages

More opportunities for trades.

Less chance of losing months.

Less reliance on one or two trades a year to make money.

Disadvantages

Transaction costs will be higher.

Intraday data adds to costs.

Overnight risk becomes a factor.

Day Trading

Working from intraday data the day trader will attempt to take small profits from intraday swings. All positions will be exited at the market close.

Advantages

Many trading opportunities in a day.

Much lower chance of losing months.

No overnight risk.

Reduced margin requirements due to no overnight risk.

Disadvantages

Transaction costs will be high.

Psychologically more difficult due to frequency of trading.

Profits are limited by needing to exit at the end of the day.

Data costs are high as real time data is essential.

Tim Wreford runs Online Futures Trading, a website that provides information and resources for traders. Tim also provides a free day trading system, the results of which are updated daily on the site.


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CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY
Forex Pros, British Virgin Islands - 9 hours ago
Initial support at 1.3547 (Jan 5 low) followed by 1.3378 (61.8% retrace 1.2549 to 1.4719). Initial resistance is now located at 1.3963 (Jan 5 high) at ...


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Forex Hound, NY - Jan 2, 2009
The Aussie and the kiwi are seeing improvement in currency trading on the FX market as things change in the global economy. There is hope that interest rate ...


CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY
Forex Pros, British Virgin Islands - Jan 5, 2009
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BBC News

Euro Falls to Three-Week Low on Speculation ECB Will Cut Rates
Bloomberg - 12 hours ago
“I am very bullish on the dollar throughout 2009,” said Matt Esteve, foreign-exchange trader at currency-trading firm Tempus Consulting Inc. in Washington, ...
Euro Falls on Speculation ECB Will Lower Rates as Economy Slows Bloomberg
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Brazil Real Rises to 2-Month High as Commodities Spark Inflows
Bloomberg - 5 hours ago
Reginaldo Galhardo, currency trading manager at Treviso Corretora de Cambio in Sao Paulo, said investors are looking to Brazilian bonds as global equity ...


Best Syndication

Forex Trading Signals Well-Positioned for Gains in the New Year
Daily FX, NY - 23 hours ago
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Forex world, full of new investment opportunities BigNews.biz (press release)
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Société Générale Boosts Currency Trading Team
Wall Street Journal - Dec 22, 2008
By RADI KHASAWNEH Société Générale SA has hired a global head of foreign-exchange derivative sales as the bank attempts to find new clients interested in ...


CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY
Forex Pros, British Virgin Islands - 9 hours ago
US Dollar Trading (USD) found strength against the Euro and JPY but lost ground against most other currencies which rebounded with improving market ...
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CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY
Forex Pros, British Virgin Islands - Jan 2, 2009
US Dollar Trading (USD) was mixed as stock rallied into the year’s end and commodities rebounded on 2009 hopes. The Dollar gained against the JPY but lost ...


CURRENCY TRADING SUMMARY
Forex Pros, British Virgin Islands - Dec 31, 2008
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