Top 50 Forex Twitter Accounts

Every decent Forex Trader must have a twitter account because it provides immediate news, analysis, charts, and many interesting articles. In order to help you to find the right accounts to follow, here is the list of my 50 favorite twitter accounts.

1. @eFXnews - provides global FX strategies and analyses from leading investment banks worldwide
2. @Investingcom - a top financial web portal that offers news, technical analysis,  real-time quotes, charts
3. @FOREXcom - actionable Forex trade ideas, analyses and more
4. @marketpulsecom - A global team of securities analysts & strategists provide 24/7 coverage of the largest financial markets, with a focus on forex, commodities & global indices.
5. @DailyFX - providing forex trading news, currency forecasts, analysis, education, and strategy.
6. @Fxflow - real-time analysis of Forex market, market predictions of BKForex 
7. @FXStreetNews - 24/5 real-time forex news
8. @marcwalton - Forex mentor and professional Forex trader
9. @ForexLive - news, updates, insights from Forex market
10. @50Pips - independent professional Forex coach and mentor
11. @CharmerCharts - Technical Analysis for the professional futures & Forex trader
12. @piptrain - Forex trading using technical analysis
13. @JamieSaettele - technical strategist at DailyFX
14. @TheTraderFX - independent full-time Forex and Futures trader
15. @CVecchioFX - currency analyst at DailyFx
16. @gregmikeFX - chief currency analyst at FXDD
17. @newsinvesting - real-time news from currency and stock markets
18. @PipCzar - independent trader and currency strategist
19. @IlyaSpivak - global macro strategist at DailyFX
20. @FGoria - financial journalist
21. @Francesc_Forex - president and founder at FXStreet
22. @JoelKruger - currency strategist and trader
23. @forexcrunch - Forex news opinions, forecasts
24. @chrislorifx - foreign exchange fund manager
25. @leanco - independent professional Forex trader
26. @MBForex - trader and currency strategist at DailyFX
27. @kathylienfx - market predictions and real-time analyses at BKForex
28. @tradingfloorcom - Forex and Stocks trading community
29. @currencynews - currency news and Forex fundamental information
30. @forexmagnates - latest retail and institutional Forex news
31. @RenaTrader - full-time Forex and Futures trader
32. @GregaHorvatFX - Forex, Futures and Stock trader
33. @MWellerFX - a senior technical analyst at Forex.com
34. @dfxplussignals - trading signals from DailyFX
35. @WEnglandFX - trading instructor at DailyFX
36. @AidanFX - full-time Forex trader, technical analyst and signal provider
37. @PLTfx - Forex trading advisory and fund management
38. @ElliottForecast - Elliot wave forecasts with swing trading ideas
39. @EasyForexDR - latest Forex trading news
40. @Darlington_Dick - Forex news and opinions
41. @Craig_AlpariUK - a market analyst at Alpari UK
42. @Joshua_AlpariUK - research Forex analyst at Alpari UK
43. @fx4you - Forex broker offering charts and analysis
44. @ForexFreshNews - hot news about Forex market
45. @aspentrading10 - Forex and stock advisory
46. @MCarrilloFX - Forex analyst
47. @edjmoya - a chief technical analyst at World Wide Markets
48. @EdMatts - senior technical strategist at Capital Management
49. @FXDIRK - Forex trades provider 
50. @saxobank - international investment bank

Happy trading !!!

Link to Top Twitter accounts - 2017 edition

Forex Bank Prediction resources

Whether you are a long term trader or a scalper you will always be curious about and would like to know what are the big players in the Forex market doing. What are their positions? Fortunately, certain websites do provide that kind of information. To be more precise I am talking about the positions that are held by the big banks and big hedge funds. 

The best websites with bank positions, or in my opinion, the most useful ones are:

1. eFXnews - it is a Boston based financial media agency covering global FX markets. It provides the positions held by the biggest players in the market. Highly recommendable one.

2. PLTfx - it is FX trading advisory and Funds Management. Another great resource that provides bank Forex positions. It requires login.

3. Forex Quebec - it is a global Forex trading portal that provides bank positions under its bank forecasts section. It is a good resource though it is not providing the forecasts on a daily basis.

4. Dukascopy TV - a Forex broker that is providing the information in video format on a part-time basis.

5. Forex Street - another global Forex trading portal. It provides many positrons of slightly less relevant players in the market. 

In short, it is always useful to know what are the biggest players in the market predicting before you enter your position. 

Profitable trading using Forex Robots (2)

Due to huge interest was shown in the previous post about commercial Forex robots. I have decided to extend the list of recommended ones by two new ones.

• WallStreet Forex Robot
• Trading pairs:  EURUSD, USDJPY, GBPUSD, USDCHF on 1-hour time-frame
• Average weekly gain: 2.24%
• Min. deposit: $1000
• Independent test results #1: Link
• Independent test results #2: Link
• Order website

• Forex MegaDroid
• Trading pairs:  EURUSD on 1-hour time-frame
• Average weekly gain: 0.38%
• Min. deposit: $1000
• Independent test results #1: Link
• Independent test results #2: Link
• Order website

Once again, I remind you that before you start trading on a live account follow the procedure explained in the previous posts about the robots and keep in mind the rules about the testing.

  

Profitable trading using THV strategy

THV is a legendary free manual trading strategy that was developed by Cobraforex. The strategy is originally designed for scalping (trading on smaller time-frames), although some traders successfully use it on larger time-frames. It can be applied to any trading instrument, but since it is a scalping strategy the better results are carried out on currency pairs with smaller spreads.

THV manual and indicators can be downloaded from here. Well, my intention is not to explain to you the strategy, but to point out on few additional things that can improve your trading results. Since it is a scalping strategy, I have applied it to a 5-minute time-frame.

First, I advise you to take only those trades that are in accordance with bigger time-frames. If on 5-minute time-frame buy signal is met then check out if according to THV strategy the pair is in buy zone on 15 minute and 1 on hour time-frame. If it is not, do not enter the trade. Also, if a sell signal is met, check if the pair is in sell zone on 15 minute and 1-hour time-frame.

Second, take a look at Economic calendar. Do not enter the trades half an hour before highly and moderately volatile news release for one of the currencies in the pair.

Finally, check the volume. Do not enter the trade if the volume is low. It should not be the problem if you are trading on a business day during London or New York session.

Hopefully, these remarks will help you to improve your trading results. Good luck!     

Simple news trading strategy

News trading is a style of trading where a trader makes his trading decisions based on economic news releases. The great advantage of trading the news is that you can be very successful in a relatively short period of time. This style is perfect for those who can't dedicate themselves to trading on a full-time basis.

An economic news calendar can be found at investing.com and fxstreet.com. The impact column in the calendar shows how big volatility is expected upon the release of the news. Three other important columns are Actual, Forecast and Previous. Previous shows the indicator data for the previous period. Forecast shows the expected indicator value; Actual is the news release.

So, what is causing big price movements? Well, it is a surprise. In this context, the surprise is the difference between forecasted and actual value. We can see that actual value is sometimes shown in red, sometimes in green and sometimes in black. What does it mean? Green means that actual value is better than expected and it will cause bullish movement for the currency, on the contrary, red means that actual value is worse than expected and bearish movement is expected. Finally, black means that value is within expectation and currency should not move.

So, how to trade the news? Choose the pair that is consisted of currency for which the news will be released. Then, 30 to 45 seconds before the news release put one buy stop order 8 to 12 pips higher than the actual price and one sell stop order 8 to 12 pips lower than the actual price. When the news is released one-stop order should become active (if the actual value is not in expectations). Then cancel the other stop order and close (or leave for a few minutes or more) the active order. When you are satisfied with the gain to close the order. If the news release did not cause the price movement to cancel both stop order and wait for another news release.

I advise you to try this strategy on a demo account first, and then you can move to a live account. If you sign-up to this blog by email, I will send you a script that is automatically placing stop orders.

Happy trading!    

When is your Expert advisor ready for live account trading?

Whether you have developed or purchased an Expert advisor there is a certain procedure that has to be followed before the Expert advisor is ready to trade on a live account. 

The first step is called Back-testing. Back-testing can be performed with the Metatrader platform using a Strategy Tester tool. Back-testing is not reliable, however, it is the first step, it is fast and it can give you some picture of your robot. Back-testing results should not be considered at all if your modeling quality is under 90%. Modeling quality can be improved if you import the history data. That data can be found at forextester.com. 

Strategy tester has two very useful back-testing features: optimization and visual mode back-testing. Optimization compares the trading efficiency with different values of robot entry parameters. It can help you to choose the most profitable combination. Back-testing in visual mode is very interesting when you are developing your own Expert advisor, so you can check does the robot follows your strategy completely.

 

When your Expert advisor accomplishes satisfactory results on back-testing, it is ready for the testing on a demo account. So, put the EA using the best performing back-testing entry parameters on a demo account and leave it for 3 weeks to three months. The duration depends on the time-frame EA has been using. For EAs trading on 1-minute charts, 3-week testing is fine; those trading on 4-hour charts should be left for 3 months on the test. If your EA has achieved satisfactory results on a demo account, it is ready for live trading.

 

Optionally, to be more certain you can start live account trading on a smaller account or using a smaller amount of lots (if is it available) as an entry parameter. Then after one month, you can switch to live to trade on the normal account. 

Well, if you have followed the testing process completely and if your EA has successfully passed all steps. You will certainly enjoy live account trading.

Profitable trading using Forex Robots

Forex robots or Expert Advisors (EA) are the applications that automatically open and close the trades on the Forex market. The trading using forex robots is called automated trading and it can be very profitable.

Automated trading is very suitable for those who want to participate in the Forex market, but do not have the time to dedicate themselves fully to the trading. It useful for those traders who have the problem with emotions, concentration and with the ability to follow a previously set strategy. Also, the traders who can't achieve better result manually would consider the Expert Advisors.

For automated trading, you need a computer with a good Internet connection and MetaTrader 4 platform installed. You will need a Forex broker that is providing Metatrader 4 as a trading platform and that is allowing trading with EAs. Finally, you need an Expert Advisor installed.

So, which EA to chose? The offer on the Internet is huge. Unfortunately, lots of them are scams. Either they are not profitable or they ask for an unlimited amount of money. Well, I have selected two that are profitable and guarantee a quick return of investment.

• Forex Growth Bot
• Trading pairs:  EURUSD on 15-minute time-frame
• Average weekly gain: 2.63%
• Min. deposit: $250
• Independent test results #1: Link
• Independent test results #2: Link
• Order website


• Million Dollar Pips
• Trading pairs:  EURUSD on 1-minute time-frame
• Average weekly gain: 4.62%
• Min. deposit: $1000
• Independent test results #1: Link
• Independent test results #2: Link
• Order website

Finally, when you get the Expert Advisor, firstly I strongly advise reading the manual first and get familiar with the entry parameters. Secondly, test your EA on a demo account for 1 to 3 months before you start using it on a live account.

Happy trading!

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