Hi again Anna Sorry forgot to say that I have noticed the oil prices falling. Could this be the reason the pound is getting stronger? Kind regards John

Hello, After reading your COT Report introduction I wonder if you could send me chart and chartdata for CAD/USD futures? If you have data for gold and silver futures I would be very grateful!!! I just got killed in the us dollar rally….. I was long gold and silver L Regards Kenneth

I would like to bet on the Hungarian forint to weaken against the Euro. (a) What’s the best exchange and contract for me (I’m a U.S. citizen) to do this with, taking into account volume/liquidity concerns? and (b) what would be a good spread trade — in terms of size and expiry-months — to start [...]

Dear Anna, I want to know how do individual investors or institutional companies with huge funds trade spot forex? Do they use online brokers like small traders or is there any other way which is more secure? I read that you recommend splitting account with another broker if we are to trade more than 100K. [...]

Dear Anna, I came across your excellent article on “Choosing your Broker”. I opened an account with OANDA because they provide the services I need (online trading and multicurrency accounts with conversion between currencies at dealing rates). Their spreads are close enough for me, as I don’t plan to do “scalping” or “news trading”. The [...]

Dear Anna, If you can tell what do you expect for a long term investment for about 2 – 5 years… Is it better to invest in Dollar or Euro…and what in short term till November and December. What do you expect Euro and Dollar outlook in the given circumstances… Hope to receive ur reply [...]

Hello Anna, Your site is an inspiration. I have been thinking of becoming a full time FX trader for the last year, and I have been reading up a lot on it. It seems risky but on the other hand it seems like just what I need. What you do for a living is what [...]

Hi Anna Firstly, keep up the great work on the site, I find myself constantly referring to it every few days. Sorry for the e-mail but I just wanted to pick your brain about something. What do you think the retail Forex business will look like in 1-2 years from now after all this has [...]

Hello Anna, I am new to currency trading and have not yet invested any money as I’m still studying the business. Can you tell me where some good places are to get the news for fundamental analysis. Basically where is everyone else looking. I would like to study the effects of different news reports. Also, [...]

I have never bought or sold currency options. With the U. S. dollar devaluation, I would kindly appreciate your description of how I may purchase currency options to try and overcome the U.S.dollar devaluation. I am a senior citizen with very limited experience in purchase and selling of stock options. Thank you Michael

Hi Anna, Whilst browsing thru “ezinearticles.com” site I navigated to your link – Wow!!! I have only read a few pages so far and decided to stop and send you this e-mail. I’m blown away by the clarity, completeness and honesty of the free information you have provided. It’s exactly what I need at this [...]

Anna, Do you have any experience trading with Oanda? Would you trust this company with 25K-50K of trading capital? They have an excess of capital to the tune of about 38 million. This is according to the US futures & commodities web site. Your comments are appreciated. Thank you. Leo

Hello, I see where you have a lot of info on your sites about currency and currency option trading. However, do you recommend a service(s) for trading CME currency futures? And/or currency options? I may have overlooked this. Thanks for your time.

Hi Anna, I see that you use the change in open interest as an early indication of possible market direction change. I was wondering if you also use the Changes in Commitments from the previous week to help you in your decision for making the trade. I might be totally of base on this because [...]

Hello Anna, Thank you so much for very nice and clear explanation of COT report.I have a question that what platform are you using to get cot data as in your website you have shown graph for open interest as well as a sentiment and momentum indicator.I am a new trader and don’t know how [...]

Hello Anna, I am currently gathering information with view to trading futures contracts;many think I’m off my head, but I can see great potential (if careful), when all this madness settles down. My area of research at the moment are futures contracts: position and price limits and, how to evaluate any future broker; I have [...]

I’m about to get involved in covered calls. I notice you prefer one month just OTM calls yielding 3-5%/month. I find this strategy offers very little downside protection and it would be easy to quickly slip into a loss position. I’m a novice but writing 6-12 month ITM or ATM Canadian bank calls with much [...]

Hi Anna, First and foremost, I would like to thank you for this wonderful site that you have with it’s rich contents. I have learnt a valuable lesson in understanding how trading mechanism works and how to invest wisely in financial markets. I’m humble by the courage that you have, in creating a niche for [...]

Hi Anna, I was reading your section on Options Trading (link below). I have an options account already set up in Australia but am now based in the UK.  I would be very interested in being “personally introduced” to the brokers at Interactive Brokers with a view to hearing about the T&C’s and possibly setting [...]

Hi Anna. On your “trading plan” web page, http://www.trading-plan.co.uk/options-trading-plan.htm you’ve cited as part of the straddle setup: IV current > HV past HV current < HV past IV current > IV past Should it not be written as IV current < HV Past and IV current < IV past???? We are looking for an expansion [...]

Hi Anna – a simple question for you – what are the best stocks on the market now to buy?

Anna, I was interested to read your piece on how markets work. The ‘nuts and bolts’ always seem to be skirted over or assumed in other accounts I’ve read, but I’ve always been a bit unsure as to how the price mechanism works. For every seller there must be a buyer, and I couldn’t understand [...]

Hello Anna Thank you very much for your reply. The products I would be interested in would be on European Stock markets, and also SP 500, E-mini, Options, Futures, etc. No Forex, no commodities, no warrants. Initially I was interested with NYSE and NASDAQ, but now the dollar has gone down so much, I could [...]

Hi Anna, I am Fernando from Sydney, Australia. I only started to get into the trading stuff. While I was researching on risk management I came across your site. Thank you and great stuff!! Congratulations!! My question is about the 1% risk per trade rule. In your examples you are not considering fees or taxes. [...]

Anna, Regarding your downthrust example with ICI and given the size of the gap, I would have assumed that professional money had flowed out of the stock, as this action typically suggests a prolonged move lower. In this case, a recovery is highly unusual. Regards David

I’m about to get involved in covered calls. I notice you prefer one month just OTM calls yielding 3-5%/month. I find this strategy offers very little downside protection and it would be easy to quickly slip into a loss position. I’m a novice but writing 6-12 month ITM or ATM Canadian bank calls with much [...]

Hello Anna, hopefully you may remember me my name is Marcus.  We spoke a number of times but not for sometime. Unfortunately due to the current economic climate I had to leave my current company. I am very interested in your site and learning as much as possible to see whether I could develop some [...]

Hi Anna. For financial spread betting, if I choose to let my daily market bet roll over to the next day, will I incur any cost other than the “relative funding rate”, even if the stock price is unchanged? What I am worried about is that I will also be charged for half the spread. [...]

Hi Anna, I found your site because I was googling on Market Makers. Your articles on the topic was very helpful. It isn’t a topic that’s talked about much but it really deserves more attention. After all, any of us private traders are essentially battling against the MM. You’ve touched on a few examples and [...]

Anna, Fab site, first site I read when I got interested in trading earlier this year. I have now read many other sites, books and it seems to be paying off – finally in the black. I have been dipping my toe into FX trading using spread bets and so far I am showing a [...]

Hi Anna…found your web on google…very informative…been trading for a short time now on indices…1m.5m.15m….but wish to try longer time frames…weekly or daily but the wider stops are off putting….need your advice…many thanks…..Alex

Hi Anna, Thanks for sharing your experiences and insights. Your articles are very clear and helpful. At present, I am working through 2 books on how to trade currencies – 7 winning strategies (Grace Cheng) and a book in the Dummies series, and I will be taking some psychological tests such as Myers Briggs to [...]

Very nice site–and who is the prettyredhead. Well, my dear, hate to be prickly, but I’ve got to stand up forBollinger Bands. I don’t know what the textbooks insist on the matter,but BBs do work well, e.g. in outlining range and breakout areas;trades off the top and bottom bands (in conjunction with pivot points,etc.); price [...]

Anna, Thanks for writing your series of articles on trading, they are the clearest and most logical articles I have seen on the subject. I have a SIPP, from the time I was self-employed, and it is currently with Selftrade. I think that Covered Call Writing is a strategy that I would like to use [...]

Hi Anna, I am still on the circuit – thanks for all your help and I hope you and yours are all fine and enjoying our wonderful unpredictable summer. I had intended to be live trading by now (as I had mentioned below back in May). As yet not ! Working on optimising success (if [...]

As I’m sure you know, I have been upgrading all my sites to provide as much information as possible for you, and as well as the regular updates on all the currency pairs, we have recently added a host of new features to the site which I hope you will find useful in your currency [...]

Dear Anna, i am a small intraday trader. i want to ask a question, “where i have to set stop loss order”? in order to prevent more loss.

Good Afternoon, Some analysts are predicting a Doji hammer close today regarding the EUR/USD pair. I am open long at the moment. Is my position going to improve with this prediction or deteriorate rapidly?? I quick answer would help. Regards, Eduardo

Hello Anna, I”m a Canadian middle-aged woman and would like to start VERY small with online trading, until I can educate myself more thoroughly. Are there any books that you can suggest that I read? Thank you for your website – I’m studying everything on it and learning a lot. I’d love to trade for [...]

Anna, Thanks so much for this fantastic website, in particular the bit on money management. I am about to start trading and have taken all the advice to heart. One thing – the broker I am with offers guaranteed stop-loss orders at a premium, to prevent incurring losses should something ‘unforeseen’ happen. Could I ask [...]

Good morning Anna Thank you very much for your answer but my main question was: How these short-sellings could affect the market? How do the market makers know about deals between brokerage firms and their clients? Is it because for each transaction the broker has to hedge into the real market? Thanks Anna NB: Every [...]

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at its lowest level since 2002 with a fall on the day of 1.3%, along with the S & P which fell 1.1%. The Nasdaq was marginally better down less than 1%. Telecoms and materials were the best performing groups of the day, with utilities and energy being the [...]