Market Wizards and Inside the House of Money — I love the first market wizards book. That is my favorite. It seems a bit out of date, however, so if you're looking for current stories it's not going to fit the bill. But a lot of the wisdom in ...

which market wizards book is best for forex?

My Number for NFP — My guess, and that's all it is right now, is 55,000.

NFP report

Spreadsheet with Numbers — Here is (attached) a spreadsheet with NFP numbers back to 1999 or so.

NFP report

Baked Beans — Things aren't so bad! But I will say that the trend in the actual numbers is moving down, from the chart, and that ADP forecasts a negative number for the payrolls. It is going to be an exciting release at a critical stage in the ...

NFP report

Ism Non Manf — Sorry for the delay. No, it's not as big a mover. It's not as important as the ISM index for manufacturing.

The ISM Report for January 3, 2007

Update on the AUDJPY — The pair did fall and hit the line. It has now crossed the line, but I'm not getting in the way of the savage uptrend.

Aussie Pairs

Analysis of Economics — Here are some places that I have gone/used in the past to get the types of information that you are asking about. Keep in mind that the best analysis is your own analysis that you learn to do. 1. Wall Street Journal ...

Good source for Fundementals/News

5 and 62 — Actually, the red line in those examples is the 13 EMA. There are ways to use the 5 EMA as well, but in these examples, it was simply not necessary so I left it out to avoid complication or extra stuff. I hope I didn't goof up and ...

5/13/62 Ema

Difference in Prediction — That's a good question. You'll see at the start of the thread that I said: "If the number is below 49.00, I expect the GBPUSD to rise at least 150 pips within 48 hours. If the number is above 52.00, I expect the ...

The ISM Report for January 3, 2007

Going Long and What Happened? — The ISM index was better than expected, and that did cause a bit of movement this morning -- but it seemed that positive expectations for that report really started things yesterday even. Buying the GBPUSD is a ...

What happened?!

Activity today on the pairs — The ISM index came out at 51.4, which you already know by now. That was better than expected and it sent the USD higher across the board. The GBPUSD took a really good fall! I think the ISM is generally overlooked ...

The ISM Report for January 3, 2007

An ebook or physical copy? — You can protect PDF ebooks now -- if you want more information about this I can help you out. It makes it easier to distribute of course, but still protects you against unauthorized sharing. Some people are just ...

My First Book on Forex

AUDJPY pair — I am not sure what chart you are looking at for a strong sell. This pair is in a very, very strong uptrend -- and has been for about 400 pips. I've posted a chart below for the pair. You can see the rising trendline underneath ...

Aussie Pairs

These are interesting points. 1. A "correct" trendline is not easy to define. Most people find that it's easy to see which lines worked well in the past, but very difficult to draw them and use them on the far right edge of the chart. This is why it ...

trend lines

How to Play the Larger Trend — One way that I have been testing to play the larger trend is to buy above the most recent highs (in the case of the GBPUSD that might end up being 9760 or so by tomorrow morning, if it stops its move upward today ...

The ISM Report for January 3, 2007

More examples — I am going to try to put together some additional examples this week and post them. Your question about using other indicators to filter out the trades is really good. The answer to that is no, not really -- the system is ...

5/13/62 Ema

Historical Data — I think there have been some posts mentioned here already, but here's another place to get the data: url You can click "Last Week" to go to the previous week, and once you do that you can also adjust the date directly in ...

The ISM Report for January 3, 2007

Japan New Year — The market is really set to start moving again, but it will be interesting to see what really happens because: 1. The new year is the most important holiday time in Japan. url This makes me wonder how much activity we'll ...

is the market open?