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Ask the Experts
DailyFX Course Instructors |
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| Ask Our Experts Your Forex Trading Questions |
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| The DailyFX education team is available to personally answer your questions about trading strategies, market terminology, risk management, and trading psychology. Below are the profiles of several of our course instructors. You can e-mail any of the instructors and they will respond with a direct link to the FXCM Micro Forum where they will provide the answer to your question (your personal information will be removed). |
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| Thomas Long |
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How I Got Started: I moved to California and needed a 24 hour market.
Favorite Trading Tools: Simple Moving Averages, Trend Lines, Interest Rate Differentials
Typical Time in Trades: 2-5 days
Word of Advice: Give a 10-year-old a chart and ask them if the lines are going up or down. |
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| Thomas Long has been a broker, trader, and analyst in the financial markets for over 15 years. He was introduced to the financial markets when he began working as a futures and commodities broker for a futures commission merchant located at the Chicago Board of Trade. He eventually refined his trading approach while working as a proprietary bond trader for a Chicago bank. He now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and works at FXCM’s San Francisco office. |
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| Matt Russell |
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How I Got Started: I applied my stock trading technical strategies to the EUR/USD.
Favorite Trading Tools: Fibonacci, MACD, Stochastic
Typical Time in Trades: 2-8 hours
Word of Advice: Never move your stops! |
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| Matt Russell has traded for a hedge fund and independently for the last seven years, specializing in equities, equity options, and foreign exchange. He graduated from NYU's Stern School of Business, majoring in Finance and Management, and played for the NYU Golf Team. Matt was introduced to the financial markets by his father, a successful commodity trader for over 30 years. He grew up on Long Island and currently resides in New York City. |
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| Gregory McLeod |
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How I Got Started: I was looking for a market with more liquidity.
Favorite Trading Tools: Daily Charts, Global Economic Calendar, Candlesticks
Typical Time in Trades: 1-2 weeks
Word of Advice: Know when NOT to trade! |
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| Gregory McLeod has been a teacher for 16 years and a trader for over 10 years. He started trading options on futures specializing in grains and currencies. He traded stocks and options until 2000 when he transitioned to trading forex. While working on his MBA, he became interested in the financial markets when he was introduced to trading by his professor. He worked as a research analyst at a proprietary trading firm for three years before joining FXCM. He now lives in Plano, TX, and works at FXCM’s Texas office. |
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| Richard Krivo |
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How I Got Started: I was lured in by the free charts.
Favorite Trading Tools: Speculative Sentiment Index (SSI), 4-hour charts, RSI
Typical Time in Trades: 10 days to one month
Word of Advice: Check multiple time frames to determine where the pair is in its trading cycle. |
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| Richard Krivo has been a teacher, manager, and, for the last six years, an independent currency trader. His interest in economic and financial markets came from his father, an accountant who actively traded equities. His trading style is mid to long term while using multiple time frame analysis as his preferred analytical tool. A native of Ohio, Richard has resided in Texas for four years and works at FXCM’s Texas office. |
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| Special Offer: |
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| The DailyFX Power Course is now FREE for FXCM Micro clients. To receive this $19.99 value simply open an FXCM Micro account, log in to MyFXCM.com, deposit $500, and e-mail orders@fxpowercourse.com stating that you have made the deposit and would like your free course enrollment. In your e-mail, be sure to include your FXCM Micro account number and the date you would like to begin the course. (Courses begin every Monday and Wednesday). |
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