Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Part I Through the Eyes of a Trader 1
1 On Markets 3
2 The Currency Market 9
3 A Rare Breed 13
4 FX Dealers 19
5 Today’s FX Market 23
6 The Players 27
Part II The Retail Side of Things 33
7 Card Stacking 35
8 Don’t Trust Your FCM 43
9 Third-Party Services 47
10 Fighting Back 51
Part III Joining the 10% 55
11 Becoming a Great Trader 57
12 Picking the Right Approach 63
Part IV FX Trading Tips 73
13 Adapting to the FX Market 75
14 Trading Thin Markets 83
15 Using the Crosses 87
16 All About Stops 93
17 Characteristics of FX Trends 97
18 Trading the FED 103
19 Fading News 109
20 FX Analysts: Who Cares? 113
Part V Dealer Trades 117
21 Trading Against Dealers 119
22 The Big Figure Trade 123
23 The Friday to Sunday Extension 131
24 Sticking it to Your Dealer 137
Part VI The Future 143
25 The End of the Beginning 145
Appendix Trading “How To’s” 149
How to Set Up Your Trading 151
How to Trade Price Action 157
How to Build a Position 163
How to Trade Out of a Losing Position 169
Notes 177
Speaking Like a Dealer 179
FX Glossary 181
Trading Maxims 189
Bibliography 191
CFTC Minimum Finance Requirement 193
Index 209
One of the pioneers in foreign-exchange trading, Agustin Silvani developed one of the first retail-oriented currency programs and currently leads the team of professionals at MIGFX Inc, consistently rated among the top-ten currency traders as ranked by Barron’s, Futures, and Currency Trader Magazine. Mr Silvani’s experience in FX ranges from the interbank to the retail sector, helping manage portfolios ranging from $1 million to more than $10 billion in size, and is a regular contributor to the financial press.
"...could help novices avoid much of the pain...a brutall honest appraisal of how currency markets work." (Investors Chronicle, April 24th 2009)
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