A growing number of savvy investors manage their own trading accounts
from home or office using their PC. Our library saves you days of
tedious and time-consuming pointing and clicking and
waiting to find useful information about the global currency markets
and companies who cater to this new breed of on-line investor. As
always, confirm all information in writing before you send money!
Forex
Trading Resource Center offers a self-paced home study course
on the art and science of foreign currency trading, featuring the Forex Trader simulation software
to provide you with essential hands-on trading experience without
risking real money. Successful graduates may be invited to join their
"virtual trading team"!
New York
Institute of Finance offers a wide variety of courses on
Foreign Exchange, Global Financial Markets, Technical Analysis and
Trading designed for beginners and professionals alike.
Bridge
News writer Michael Kahn explores a single tool or technique
for technical analysis each month to help you better forecast your
financial future.
Futures
Truth provides detailed reports on over 150
commercially-available trading systems.
Discussion Groups
Wisconsin
TradeStation User Group encourages individual trading success
by sharing ideas, methods, technology and other educational
information.
Club
3000 is a world-wide network of commodity traders who discuss
trading systems and their performance.
Yahoo!
has a number of clubs who discuss currency trading, brokers and other
topics, and you can join in too.
Real-Time Market Data Services
Data
Broadcasting Corp. delivers 24-hour quotations and news
headlines to your PC via radio, cable TV or satellite dish by
subscription.
Forecasting Services
Forexia
offers you their technical analysis tutorial, FX Forecaster
newsletter and live quotes.
Thomson
Research provides daily fundamental, technical and news
analysis for the fixed income, foreign exchange, equity and commodity
markets worldwide.
Trading Systems
Dollar
Trader is the highly-rated computer program developed by
David Fox, Certified Trading Advisor, for trading foreign currency
futures. During the past 4 years (1996-1999), for example, this program
yielded an average annual return of 95% on the Japanese Yen.
Learn:Forex
in California offers free 3-hour seminars on the ForexOne Trading
System.
Technical Analysis Software
TradeStation®
enables you to design and execute your own personal real-time trading
system on your PC.
Forex Trader
introduces you to the essential skills, discipline and attitude
required to be a successful foreign currency trader. The tick data
library on CD-ROM contains over 3 years of real-time intraday quotes on
the Swiss Franc, German Mark, British Pound, and Japanese Yen;
Eurodollar quotes commenced 1999. Only Forex Trader
enables you to thoroughly test your trading system before you risk real
money to make sure you have the right stuff to join
the ranks of successful traders.
On-line Currency Trading
Currency
Management Corp. in London offers 24 hour quotations to
banks, corporations, investment managers and individuals using their
proprietary Internet trading software.
GNI
in London offers 24 hour forex trading, and on-line research about
intra-day fundamentals and technical analysis.
MatchBook
FX in New York pioneered trade-matching software to directly
access live prices, charts, and analytics, execute orders instantly,
and receive full back-office accounting via your PC.
Midas
Online in Denmark offers in-depth market research and
analysis, news, competitive real-time quotes and efficient trade
execution 24 hours a day.
Money
Garden in New York offers free real-time quotes and charts,
24 hour trading accounts, market commentary in English, Spanish,
Russian and Mandarin, and a school for novice traders via standard web
browsers.
Off-line Currency Trading
Union CAL
Ltd. in London provides 24-hour global trading of futures,
options and foreign exchange, and free daily technical analysis and
overnight reports. Forex trading via Internet will be available soon.
Tullett
& Tokyo Forex International, Ltd. has a network of
offices covering Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim to provide
you with a range of currency trading services.
Dealing Software
E-Forex
in San Francisco licenses their dealing software to brokers for
real-time trading via your PC.
MoneyWorld
in the United Kingdom offers daily news, London Stock Exchange quotes,
and helpful guides on a wide range of personal finance topics.
UK-iNvest
in the United Kingdom offers daily, weekly, and weekend news, quotes
and charts on companies listed on major exchanges, and personal finance
discussions.
Professional Associations
Association
Cambiste Internationale sets the education and ethics
standards for 25,000 members of the financial markets (banks, brokers,
traders) world-wide.
International
Federation of Technical Analysts has branches in 20 countries
to promote the interchange of ideas and information, and encourage the
highest standards of professional ethics and competence.
Market
Technicians Association encourages the exchange of technical
information and research, educates the public and the investment
community about the use, value and limitations of technical research,
and upholds a code of ethics and the professional standards among
technical analysts.
Commodity
Futures Trading Commission is currently prohibited from
regulating forex trading in the USA by law, but it offers lots of
useful information and insight to forex traders.
Global Electronic Networks
Many financial institutions supply real-time forex quotations via
private electronic communication networks.
ADP/GTIS
network links over 60 banks and other financial institutions around the
world.
Worldwide Exchanges
Many exchanges offer seminars, short courses and professional study
programs on a variety of subjects, including money markets and currency
trading, open to all interested people.
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