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89. Forex Trading – Understanding the Bid/Ask Spread
clk.atdmt.com A lesson on the two way quote in forex trading referred to as the bid ask spread and what this means to us as traders of the forex market.
January 2, 2010 - 2:29 pm
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January 3, 2010 - 8:39 am
The difference between the bid and the ask is called the “Spread”. This is the amount that Metatrader charges you per trade. That is why bid and ask prices will never equal each other, it’s how they make money from you trading with them. If their “spread” varies during your trade it means that they’re fees are changing while you watch, very bad every time the spread increases. That’s one reason why David promotes FXCM trading platform, because their Spreads are more stable.
January 5, 2010 - 7:40 pm
hence as david said in the video bid is sell price while ask is buy price. surely no one will be willing to sell at a price lower than or equal to the buying price, therefore bid = ask or ask bid is indeed practically impossible
January 6, 2010 - 9:47 am
example of what?
January 8, 2010 - 6:50 am
Give an example in $ terms pls.
January 9, 2010 - 11:29 am
and by bid ask prices converging i meant bid = ask or ask bid, so after diverging as they come back closer together technically they’re converging. sorry about my logical error
January 10, 2010 - 11:08 am
thanks for the answer. for the book, i’ve finished it long before i actually got into trading, when i was still only considering it. as with every “for dummies” or “idiot’s guide” book honestly i find the injection of irrelevant humor distracting. i know they had good intentions when they decided to include jokes in their books, maybe for a better reading experience or memory retention, but personally it’s too much
January 12, 2010 - 10:41 pm
Bid and Ask prices will never converge. Candlestick will go in one direction or the other. However, online platforms take a few seconds to show the true direction of the candle. Example:
If it is trending upward and then downward it will first show as up. After a few seconds it will average out which direction had the strongest momentum then it will show the true direction. Read “Currency Trading For Dummies” by Mark Galant and Brian Dolan.
Good Luck!
January 13, 2010 - 4:34 pm
i use metatrader 4 as my trading platform which enables to display bid and ask prices for one currency pair on one tick chart. most of the time the bid and ask prices move together but sometimes they diverge e.g. bid up, ask down (but so far i’ve never seen them converge, if they do converge). why does this happen and how would it affect the price chart?(ex. can a candlestick simultaneously increase and decrease? how do you determine the close/open prices?) many thanks to anyone who answers
January 16, 2010 - 9:57 pm
Hi David:
I’m just getting started with with forex trading. I am currently reading an introductory book on forex and they introduce another price term called “current price” in addition to the bid ask prices, that the current price is the average ot the other two. I’m trying to figure out how “current price” then fits in with the overall forex trading scheme. Thanks.
January 19, 2010 - 7:23 am
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January 19, 2010 - 12:30 pm
Hello David;!! What time open de Market if I want to buy EUR/USD?. What time close?.
The same question with USD/JPY.
Thanks!!
January 21, 2010 - 3:26 am
Hey Swingkid, Glad to hear from you and yes that is correct. Best Regards, Dave
January 22, 2010 - 4:55 pm
If the Euro strengthens with respect to the USD, then the pair would go up, so I think we would place an order to go long the pair.
January 23, 2010 - 4:26 am
It is a fact that most traders lose money so I would agree that its easier to lose money fast trading than it is to make money fast. Best Regards, Dave
January 23, 2010 - 5:09 am
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January 23, 2010 - 5:14 pm
i heard forex is a good way to make money fast(with the leverage and what not) but a greater way to lose money fast.lol. what say you?
January 26, 2010 - 11:46 am
Hi mmikhaiel, Thanks for the comment. In short yes I do think there is some correlation between the US stock market the US Dollar and certain other currencies such as the Japanese Yen. For a more in depth explanation of why I have a bunch of free videos on what moves the forex market in my free forex trading course over at InformedTrades. Best Regards, Dave
January 27, 2010 - 12:13 am
Hi,
Do you think there is a correlation between the US stock market trading and the Forex trading?
January 29, 2010 - 6:41 pm
Hi 330AKJLP,
Thanks for the comment. Please feel free to post any questions or info that you would like to share over at the ask answer questions section of InformedTrades. Best Regards, Dave
February 1, 2010 - 6:28 pm
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