Spread between the Buying and Selling Price

Correlation between currency pairs, price developments and indicators are thought a trader has to give consideration to.

Another consideration in trading currencies is the spread between the buying price and the selling price.

Purpose of this post

The purpose is to give some examples and a general idea of currency pairs with different spreads.

The content is only illustrative.

What is a spread between the buying and selling price

A spread is the pips between the price the currency pairs are brought at and the price they are sold at.

Why look at the spread

The wider the spread is the longer it will take to get profit.

Currency pairs with different spreads

Examples of different currency pairs with different spreads; the prices and the spreads are from the 18 of December 2013 from one of the trading platforms; the spreads could vary from other trading platforms.

Currency pairs with a 2 pips spread

EUR/USD	1,3741	1,3743
AUD/USD	0,8904	0,8906
USD/JYP	103,06	103,08

Currency pairs with a 3 pips spread

EUR/JYP	141,60	141,63
NZD/USD	0,8246	0,8249

Currency pairs with a 4 pips spread

EUR/CHF	1,2205	1,2209
EUR/AUD	1,5430	1,5434
USD/CHF	0,8880	0,8884
GBP/USD	1,6376	1,6380

Currency pairs with a 5 pips spread

USD/CAD

1,0642

1,0647

Trading Gold

The posts on this blog have been about trading currency pairs; in this post is the content about commodities. The commodity is gold.

Gold

Gold is a commodity and the most of it comes from India and is used in jewelry and industries.

Impact on the price of gold

Industries

The demand and supply of these industries have an impact on the pricing.

Big events

Big events as the Indian wedding seasons (from September to December) have also impact on the price.

The dollar, inflation and interest rate

The price of gold is valued in dollars which makes the price of the dollar an element in the pricing. As currencies are influenced by the inflation rate and the interest rate are they also factors that influence the price of gold.   

The inflation is measured by the consumer price index (CPI); if the inflation starts to rise the impact of the gold price is negative which means that the price will fall on gold.

Before starting to hedge gold and inflation it would be a good idea to know the inflation rate around the world as the inflation's impact on the gold is not equivalent cause to the calculation of the inflation rate.

The price of gold

The price of gold in 2013 has been bearish; as it is decreased from 1.780 dollars in October 2012 to 1.230 in December 2013.

In the short run gold has been bullish and bearish.

How to buy gold

Gold can be brought on an online CFD trading platform; gold is placed under the section commodities.

More about how to trade on an online trading platform is illustrated in the video on my website.  

Trading CFD: Correlation between AUD/CHF, AUD/USD and EUR/USD

In the post CFD Trading: Correlation between Currency Pairs is written about some common correlation between currency pairs.

In this post

In this post is the focus on the correlation between the AUD/CHF and AUD/USD. The correlation between the AUD/CHF and the EUR/USD is also illustrated.

The purpose is illustrative only.

Correlation

The correlation between currency pairs can be stronger or weaker over a time period. 

In this post is illustrated how the correlation is at the 15 minute charts; the correlation could be stronger or weaker if the correlation was illustrated in charts where the time period was longer or shorter.

Often is the correlation strong or weak as illustrated. The correlation can also be opposite as illustrated in the charts from 10:45.

The correlation between AUD/CHF and AUD/USD

The charts illustrate the correlation between the AUD/CHF and AUD/USD; the charts illustrate a positive correlation between the currency pairs.

The correlation is weaker at 10:45 than it was between 1:45 and 10:45 as the AUD/CHF is decreasing and the AUD/USD becomes flatter.

The correlation between AUD/CHF and EUR/USD

The charts illustrate the correlation between the AUD/CHF and EUR/USD; the charts illustrate a negative correlation between the currency pairs.

The correlation is weaker at 12:30 than it was between 1:45 and 10:45 as the AUD/CHF is increasing and the AUD/USD is increasing.

Correlation between NZD/USD and EUR/USD, GPB/USD, AUD/USD

Correlation between currency pairs is a factor in trading CFD and should be considered before entering a trade.

In this post is the correlation between the NZD/USD and EUR/USD, GPB/USD, AUD/USD illustrated visual in the charts under the section Visual illustration. The purpose is to exemplify the correlation between currency pairs and give a little inspiration on how to think as a trader.

The correlation between NZD/USD and EUR/USD, GPB/USD, AUD/USD are usually strong as changes in the USD has effect on all the currency pairs in the same direction.

Visual illustration

Visual are the charts NZD/USD and EUR/USD, GPB/USD, AUD/USD illustrated; the charts illustrate how the currency pairs are moving in the same direction with a small delay. 

The NZD/USD is increasing (bullish) approximately at 2:15 and again at 9:45 which is also the case for the EUR/USD, GPB/USD and AUD/USD; some of the currency pairs start to rise (bullish) at approximately 9:00 o’clock.  The EUR/USD is rising (bullish) for a shorter period than the NZD/USD, GPB/USD and AUD/USD. 

CFD Trading: Goals

I have been studying the tropic positive psychology a bit deeper the last couple of months.

One of the interesting part is that well-being is valued higher when a person can explain why he or she is at certain points in life but also can explain how to come to the next level.

Another interesting part is that well-being is connected to grow and our well-being is increasing as we grow but only if we have an influence on the progress. Well-being can also be life stages where the goals are reached and where the feeling complacency and tranquility is present.

Well-being in connection to CFD

Well-being is also important in trading CFD as we have to set goals for our trading; the purpose is to measure if we reached our goals. An example of a goal could be a surplus of 20 pips each trading day.

A trading plan is also important as it explains why you are acting as you are; it explains also your goals and if you have reached them; in connection to positive psychology should it have influences on your well-being as you know why you are entering a trade and why you are closing a trade.

Writing your goals

Writing a trading plan makes you more conscious about the goals you want to achieve and how to achieve them. Your conscious about your goals makes it also easier to reach them.

More about psychology trading

In the articles;

·    Forex Online Trading? How to ImproveYour Forex Trading With Visualization Techniques 

·    Forex Online Trading? HowVisualization Techniques Can Improve Skills To Enter A Trade 

are written about visualization techniques that might be helpful in growing your well-being in trading CFD.

CFD Trading: The Risk and the Reward Fraction

CFD trading has large potential rewards and potential risks. In this post is the purpose to write about the risk and the reward in a trade.

Risk and reward

A risk in a trade is the possibility to lose money on a trade. A reward is the possibility to earn a profit in a trade.

The fraction between the risk and the reward should be 1:3 or more for new traders. If the risk is 25 dollars is the expected reward 75 dollars. The 25 dollars is the stop loss level and the 75 dollars are the profit takes level.

The fraction for experienced traders could be set to 1:2.

How to use the risk and the reward fraction?

The risk and reward fraction is an overall fraction in a trading plan; if the fraction is set to 1:3 in each trade during a trading day is the overall fraction also 1:3.

Example: The trades

The trading day consists of 6 trades; the profit takes are set to 60 dollars; as the risk and the reward fraction is set to 1:3 is the stop Loss level set to 20 dollars.

Three of the trades are closed due to the profit takes and two of them are closed due to the stop loss level.

The profit is 120 dollars; 3 times 60 dollars minus 3 times 20 dollars.

Example: A trade is added to the trading day

The trader adds a trade in his trading plan but the trade is closed due to the stop loss level.

The profit is 100 dollars; 3 times 60 dollars minus 4 times 20 dollars.

Example: Conclusion

In the example are the risk and the reward fraction as planned but shrink as the trader adds a trade.

The trader’s planned fraction is lower than expected as he added an extra trade in his trading plan; but he still has a surplus.

Stop Loss

It is difficult for both new traders and more experienced traders to set a stop loss level.

Examples of how to set a stop loss level is in the article “Trading Forex Online? How to Define an Exit Point, AlsoCalled a Stop/Loss?” .

CFD Trading: Correlation between USDCAD and GBPUSD

In the last post was the correlation between the EURUSD and USDCHF illustrated.

In this post is the correlation between the USDCAD and the GBPUSD illustrated. The purpose is only illustrative and inspirational in trading the USDCAD and GBPUSD.

Correlation between USDCAD and GBPUSD

I was watching the USDCAD and the GBPUSD on the charts and the visual correlation is that if the USDCAD is going sideways is the GBPUSD often in and uptrend or in a downtrend.

The trend of the GBPUSD should not affect the USDCAD if it is going sideways.

An Example

The charts are the USDCAD and the GBPUSD; the USDCAD is going sideways and the GBPUSD is in an uptrend; the GBPUSD trend does not affect the currency rate on the USDCAD as it is going sideways.

Another example

The first example was over a longer time period; this example is over a shorter time period.

The currency pair is the USDCAD and the GPBUSD: the USDCAD is going sideways and the GBPUSD is in an uptrend; the GBPUSD trend does not affect the currency rate on the USDCAD as it is going sideways.

Comment

Please leave a comment if you have some interesting correlation between currency pairs.