7 Jul 2008

Forex Analysis at 8th july 2008

EUR/USD
The pair is in the middle of a very strong downtrend and is testing fresh lows on a daily basis. The support level of 1.5650 has been breached and a bearish cross on the 4 hour cart's Slow Stochastic suggests further bearish move is impending. Going short might be preferable today, as the next target price might be around 1.5550.
GBP/USD
There is a very accurate bearish channel forming on the 4 hour chart, as the cable is now traded around 1.9750. A breach through that level will validate a very strong bearish move with a potential target price of 1.9670. Going short might be a wise choice today.
USD/JPY
After a moderate bearish correction, the pair has resumed its bullish trend. The Slow Stochastic on the daily chart is showing that the trend has plenty of room to grow, and a fresh cross on the 4 hour's Slow Stochastic supports that notion. Going long appears to be the right strategy for today.
USD/CHF
The pair has breached through the Fibonacci key level of 1.0310, and all oscillators on the 4 hours chart are indicating further bullish movement. The hourlies Bollinger Bands are showing that the price has crossed its upper border, signaling that the current trend should continue, as the pair's new target price might be 1.0370.
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sugest by ferniawan rese

EUR/USD suggest short range target 10 pips closed
USD/JPY suggest long range target 10 pips closed
GBP/USD suggest short range target 10 pips closed
USD/CHF suggest long range target 10 pips closed
USD/CAD suggest short range target 10 pips closed
AUD/USD suggest short range target 10 pips closed
NZD/USD suggest short range target 10 pips closed
EUR/JPY suggest short range target 10 pips closed
EUR/GBP suggest - range target - pips closed
EUR/CHF suggest short range target 15 pips closed
GBP/JPY suggest short range target 10 pips closed

forex analysis 07-07-08

The U.S. dollar reached its lowest value against the European currency in more than two months today as the traders are waiting ADP report on the June jobs dynamics and expect it to show a first decline in four months.

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. reports on the employment in the non-farm private business sector each month, relying on the private data of its business clients. June report will be released today at 12:15 GMT and the median analysts’ forecast is a decline by 20k after 40k gain in May.

The dollar also declined against the Australian currency today as the macroeconomic statistics there pushed the AUD rate higher against almost all other currencies. Despite loses against euro, Australian and New Zealand dollars, USD managed to grow against the Great Britain pound today as the Bank of England will probably abstain from increasing the rates and may even cut the interest rate during its next meeting on July 10.

Although the dollar is trading quite low this week and is experiencing a downside daily trend against euro since June 16, in a longer term period the EUR/USD pair is still going sideways. The approach of the period’s maximum levels may trigger the sell-out on the pair by the range speculators.

EUR/USD went up today from 1.5793 to 1.5813 as of 8:26 GMT with a maximum at 1.5849 (the highest level since April 24). GBP/USD dropped 1.9953 to 1.9894, while AUD/USD rose from 0.9551 to 0.9608.

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EUR/USD 1.566 1.576 10 pips
USD/JPY 10719 - 10729 - 10 pips
GBP/USD 19739 119749 10 pips
USD/CHF 10276 - 10286 - 10 pips
USD/CAD 10175 10185 13 pips
AUD /USD - 9535 - 9520 15 pips
NZD/USD 7530 - 7540 - 10 pips
EUR/JPY 16823 16833 10 pips
EUR/GBP 7950 - 7965 - 15 pips
EUR/CHF 16131 - 16141 - 10 pips
GBP/JPY - - - - -

6 Jul 2008

result analysis 03-07-08

Euro down :Market lower in thin volume as US goes on holiday
04.07.2008 12:52 Friday
•*** ECONOMIC DATA ***
•FR May Central Government Balance: -€50.1B v -€45.0B prior
•SP May Industrial Output WDA: -5.5% v -0.8%e || Prior revised from -0.2% to 0.2%
•SP May Industrial Output NSA: -7.3% v 11.3% prior || Prior revised from 11.3% to 11.8%
•GE May Factory Orders: M/M -0.9% v 0.8%e || Prior revised from -1.8% to -1.7% |||| Y/Y -2.0% v 2.0%e || Prior revised from 15.0% to 15.2%
•*** SPEAKERS/FIXED INCOME/FX/COMMODITIES/ERRATUM ***
•The ECB's Mersch said overnight that an ECB rate hike will not throttle growth, adding that inflation expectations are mounting and pose a dangerous situation. Mersch added that he cannot see any evidence of credit shortage in Europe. Mersch later said that ECB rate increase lowers inflation expectations. Mersch noted that inflation expectations are rising and that it is dangerous to the economy.
•In equity news overnight JP Morgan said in a note sent to clients that recent selling of European insurers is overdone. An analyst at Goldman Sachs said overnight that European banks may need to raise €60B, and may need to raise €90B if losses widen. An analyst at UBS said overnight that he sees a 5,100 "value floor" for the FTSE 100. UBS [UBSN.SZ] reiterated overnight that there is no need to raise new equity. Goldman Sachs cuts the European Basic Resources Sector to Neutral from Buy. UBS said that they see Q2 at or slightly below break-even, and guided Q2 tier 1 capital ratio at 11.5% or higher. The bank noted that Q2 net new money was negative but added that net new money improved in May and June. Furthermore UBS sees Q2 loss in its investment banking unit, and noted that writedowns in particular are linked to monoline exposure. Bradford and Bingley [BB.UK] announces overnight that it intends to increase the size of its rights issue to £400M. In related news Moody's downgraded Bradford And Bingley's debt ratings to Baa1. Moody's noted that long term ratings remain under review for possible downgrade.
•On the speaker front the ECB's Weber said overnight that the ECB's rate hike was not preventive, noting that price risks have materialized. Weber said that the ECB does not have a forex target but does take forex it into account, adding that the ECB cannot define a Euro forex pain barrier. Weber asserted that German firms remain competitive despite the Euro FX rate. Furthermore Weber said that the ECB hike could accentuate an economic slowdown, and reiterated that central banks must act against second round effects.
•The ECB's Trichet reiterated overnight that the ECB raised rates to fight developing price risks, adding that current interest rates will help to deliver stable prices. Trichet said that the ECB cannot influence oil price and current inflation, adding that increase in oil and commodity prices create a demanding environment. Trichet reiterated that second wage price effects must be prevented, and said that he expects financial market correction and volatility to continue. Trichet also reiterated overnight that Q2 economic growth will be well below that of Q1.
•The ECB's Liebscher said overnight that price risks have increased and are more visible than in the past. Liebscher echoed Trichet noting that the ECB does not have a bias, and does not pre-commit on monetary policy. Liebscher said that he see moderate but ongoing growth in the EU, adding that the ECB's rate hike will not hurt the European economy. Finally Liebscher said that he cannot rule out a further rise in inflation.
•The German Finance Minister said overnight that he sees downside risks to growth, adding the he does not see an economic downturn. The finance minster added that he sees moderate growth in Germany over the coming years.
•The Bank of Spain said in its quarterly economic bulletin overnight that Q2 Euro Zone date points to a continued slowdown in economic activity. The bulletin said that the correction in Spanish construction has intensified, especially in the housing sector. Furthermore the bulletin said that wage increases are growing at a faster rate in Q1 of 2008. Noting that the comments were made before the ECB's July 3rd meeting, the bulletin also said that the ECB is on high alert.


result 03-07-08
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EUR/USD - 1,5701 - 1,5691 10 pips benefit closed
USD/JPY 106,7 - 106,85 - 15 pips benefit closed
GBP/USD - 19817 - 19800 17 pips benefit closed
USD/CHF 10276 - 10286 - 10 pips benefit closed
USD/CAD - 10213 - 10200 13 pips benefit closed
AUD /USD - 9602 - 9590 12 pips can`t close
NZD/USD 7555 - 7565 - 10 pips benefit closed
EUR/JPY - 16743 - 16730 13 pips benefit closed
EUR/GBP 7920 - 7935 - 15 pips can`t closed
EUR/CHF 16100 - 1615 - 15 pips can`t close
GBP/JPY - - - - - none

result benefit 7 part, can`t close 3 part

3 Jul 2008

analysis today 03-07-08

Bovespa May Fall to 60,000 as Commodities Drop, Citigroup Says

By Ferniawan Rese

July 2 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil's Bovespa stock index may drop to 60,000 on further declines in commodity prices, according to Citigroup Inc. strategists.

Citigroup's Bovespa forecast represents a 7.7 percent cut from its previous estimate of 65,000 and a 1.8 percent decline from today's close of 61,106.22.

``By far the biggest long-term risk for Latin American equities is a collapse in commodity prices,'' Citigroup strategists including Geoffrey Dennis wrote in a note to clients. ``Brazil -- with over 60 percent of the index being cyclicals -- would be badly hit and, under such circumstances would likely fall well below the 60,000 level.''

The 19 commodities in the Reuters/Jefferies CRB Index jumped 29 percent through June 30, the most since 1973 and more than any second-half gain in at least five decades, data compiled by Bloomberg show. The rally increased concerns that a correction in commodities prices may be due.

``The risk of such a fall is small near-term as the dollar stays weak,'' Dennis wrote. ``The timing of a major correction in commodity prices is more likely to be into year-end as the U.S. economy and the dollar finally rebound.''

Dennis also cut his forecast for Mexico's Bolsa by 6.6 percent to 28,000 from 30,000. The New York-based strategist kept his ``overweight'' rating for both Mexico and Brazil, though he favors Mexican stocks over Brazilian shares.

Any ``decent'' rebound for Brazilian stocks will depend on improving global conditions and clearer evidence of how high local inflation and interest rates will be, Dennis said.

``We continue to fear an above-consensus rate peak.''

The Bovespa has lost 4.4 percent this year, compared with a 3.4 percent drop for the Bolsa and a 15 percent decline in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index.
forex target buy target sell close target buy close target sell profit result
EUR/USD - 1,5701 - 1,5691 10 pips benefit
USD/JPY 106,7 - 106,85 - 15 pips
GBP/USD - 19817 - 19800 17 pips
USD/CHF 10276 - 10286 - 10 pips
USD/CAD - 10213 - 10200 13 pips
AUD /USD - 9602 - 9590 12 pips
NZD/USD 7555 - 7565 - 10 pips
EUR/JPY - 16743 - 16730 13 pips
EUR/GBP 7920 - 7935 - 15 pips
EUR/CHF 16100 - 1615 - 15 pips
GBP/JPY - - - - - none

30 Jun 2008

analysis today

The USD started Asia on the defensive as most of the major pairs rallied again to new near-term highs against the Greenback; Cable and EURO finding previous resistance a bit tougher to break and stalling at previous monthly highs. Cable high print at 1.9968 roughly in line with previous highs in the same area from late April and reversing to go negative on the day shortly after the European open.

Disappointing UK mortgage approvals put the pressure on Sterling again and the rate made lows just ahead of the US open at 1.9894. EURO made a high print in Asia at 1.5837 before reversing along with GBP; low prints in early New York at 1.5745 before light bids supported the rate off the lows. Both GBP and EURO are tracking each other as cross-spreaders continue to work the Yen side of the crosses; speculation is high that the Yen will continue to weaken against most pairs but today appears to be a profit taking day as the reversals are in all Yen crosses.

USD/JPY was pressured into new monthly lows completing a reasonable fib retracement target for a low print in Europe at 104.98 before bids were seen and a short squeeze resulted. The rate has recovered to the 105.60 area in light trade as New York gets underway. Stops reported at the 105.50 area on the way down and again on the way up suggesting late traders are getting whipsawed.

USD/CHF dropped in tandem with other USD weakness falling to a low print at 1.0130 before a short squeeze took the rate back over the 1.0200 handle; traders note that across the board in all pairs stops were elected from what appears to be the late USD long. That being said, the probability of additional volatility and likely recovery now that the stops have been run is higher; aggressive traders can look to short EURO above the 1.5770 area and take gains on the Short USD/JPY and USD/CHF positions around current pricing if still in from the weekend.

Although the trend is lower for the USD I expect a lot of potential volatility this week and the next thing is to re-short on strength if we get it. Look for the USD to rally into previous resistance across the board and we can re-short it there. Today’s PMI data likely to inspire a bout of volatility.

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29 Jun 2008

Forex Trading Tips

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This year, Apple generated $400 million in free publicity with the iPhone. How did they do it? By creating a newsworthy product and putting on a show for the media. With a little ingenuity, you can get this kind of free advertising, too. Read on for 50 free advertising ideas that will work for your startup.

Small efforts, large responses…

1. Send out press releases: Press releases are a highly effective method for getting your business mentioned by mainstream media. Write about newsworthy events and developments in your business, then submit your release to newspapers, radio stations and TV outlets. This is a great way to get free, credible publicity.

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3. Use public places: People like to read the Starbucks community bulletin board while waiting for their drink. Put up posters in public places like post offices, libraries and coffee shops. You’ll have a high-traffic ad hanging up for free.

4. Enlist the help of friends and relatives: Pass your business cards and samples out to everyone you know. If you’re a photographer, for example, give prints and photo albums to friends and family and ask that they tell people about you whenever they share the photos. You’ll get free word of mouth marketing from excellent sources.

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6. Write a letter to the editor: Has your local paper published a news story that is related to your business? Write a letter to the editor for a free and effective way to get your company in the paper. For example, dog walkers can respond to an article about new leash laws. Use this opportunity to highlight the ways that the story affects your business in positive ways.

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10. Silent auctions: School and church groups usually have fairs and field days during spring and summer months. Look in your community to see if there are opportunities at these events to put your product or service in the silent auction. The group will benefit from the profits of your item, and you’ll have free publicity sitting on the auction block.472253_champ

11. Create an award: Give an award to someone in your community that you admire. This will offer lots of opportunity for publicity: you can send out a newsletter and press release to announce the award. Additionally, the award recipient will provide excellent word of mouth marketing for your business each time they tell someone about what they’ve won.

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13. Use what you already have to promote your business: Paint your delivery vans with your company name, logo and slogan. Your ad will be driving around town all day exposed to thousands of people.

14. Offer free services: Offer your services for free to newspapers in return for ad space. For example, a photographer could trade free photos for a credit and small ad in the paper. Get creative and think of how your product or service could be traded with the media for free publicity.

15. Get a team to sport your logo: Do you know someone who plays in a sports league? Ask them to put your name on the back of their team’s uniforms. Anyone watching the game is bound to notice your ad running up and down the field.

16. Teach a class: Can you teach a skill that others would like to learn? Hairdressers can hold a flat iron and blow drying class. A new restaurant could host a wine tasting. Get people interested in your product or service by giving them the opportunity to learn how they can utilize it better.

17. Seek out speaking engagements: Are there groups that might benefit from your knowledge? Search for seminars, neighborhood meetings and conventions in your area that can provide an opportunity for you to show off your expertise in your field. Bring business cards and product samples to maximize thi free publicity opportunity.

18. Utilize space effectively: Paint your shopping bags, napkins, and other paraphernalia with with your logo and brand name. Anyone who walks around with your shopping bag will provide a free mobile ad for your business.

19. Form strong business partnerships: Enlist the help of companies who offer products that are complementary to yours. Offer to exchange ads and refer business to each other. You’ll both benefit from attracting each others’ customers.

20. Join the chamber of commerce: Local chambers of commerce offer numerous advertising opportunities for members. Get your ad in their newsletter, relocation flyers and more for free.

21. Step up your networking efforts: Join your industry trade associations and community groups. Introduce yourself to new people that may be interested in becoming a customer or forming an advertising partnership with you. Create free word of mouth marketing that starts with you.

(Inter)Netting profits…

22. Set up a website: Customers are looking for your business online. Will you be there? Set up a free and easy website with Yahoo! Geocities or Bravenet. Make it easy to navigate and user-friendly. Having a website will attract new customers that might not have found you otherwise.

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24. Get links to your site: Exchange links with a few highly respected sites in your niche. It’s good for search engine rankings and it’s a signal to readers that your site is respected by peers. Each link is a free mini ad for your site and business.

25. Start your own blog: Blogs are a great forum to use for promoting your business. Build your own and write about your business, products and recent developments. An engaging blog can attract new customers by getting them interested in your business philosophy and what you have to offer. Be sure to link back to your website. There are numerous sites that offer free blog hosting services, like Blogger and Word Press.745711_quer

26. Enable comments on your blog: Get your readers involved in what you have to say. Allow them to leave comments on your blog posts. Be sure to leave responses: this will create a vibrant environment to get people talking about your company.

27. Leave comments on other blogs: Visit industry blogs and leave helpful, insightful comments. Encourage the reader to visit your website by capturing their attention. Leaving good comments will generate interest in your website and products.

28. Use an email signature: How many emails do you send out per day? Each of those can work for you as a free advertisement for your business. Add your company’s contact information and information about your product to your email signatures. You won’t see a huge jump in sales through this technique, but it’s a good way to make your brandname more familiar to the customer, which can lead to trust and more sales in the long run.

29. Participate in online forums: Search online forums for users that might benefit from your products or expertise. Try question and answer forums like Yahoo! Answers or Google Groups. Customers appreciate a company that provides good customer service and knowledge. You can exhibit both and get great free advertising for your company when you help out in an online forum.

30. Write articles: Write articles about your business and products. Be sure to include a link to your website and a few words about yourself at the end. Publishing informative articles shows the customer you’re an expert in your field and thus make them want to go to you for business. Post them on your website and send them agencies like EzineArticles for great exposure.

31. Submit articles to voting sites: Take the articles you’ve written and submit them to social networking sites like Digg. You’ll generate loads of comments and create a buzz for your website and products.

32. Send out newsletters: If someone told you they had a list of 1000 people who were interested in your product, how much would you pay for that list? When you fail to create a newsletter to keep in regular contact with your customers, you not only fail to buy that list, you’re throwing it away. Make sure that you keep a spreadsheet of all your email contacts and put a signup form on your website to compile interested names for a newsletter. Remember to provide an opt-out link so you don’t end up on a spam list.

33. Provide a tell a friend link on your site: Word of mouth marketing is free and very powerful. Get the Internet version of this great marketing: allow your web page visitors to easily tell their friends if they enjoyed your site. Provide a tell a friend link or form on your website to take advantage of your customer’s social circle.

34. Use email as a marketing tool: Send out an email for every occasion possible. Let customers know when you’re having a sale, have found a new headquarters, or hire someone new. Don’t forget to send an e-card for birthdays and thank yous as well. Remember, each email you send out is a free advertisement for your business.

35. Make your website visible: Does your in-store customer aware of your website? Don’t forget to include your web address on receipts, business cards and letterheads. Letting your customers know about additional ways to buy from you only makes it easier for them to do so.

36. Swap advertisements: Graphic banner ads are a great way to get visibility for your business. Unfortunately, they can be expensive; but you don’t always have to pay for them. Swap ad space with other companies and get free publicity on the web.P2

37. Place free ads in your articles: Put your banner ad in your ezine articles. This is a great place for them because the reader is already thinking about your business and their eyes have to pass over the ad to continue reading. Best of all, it’s free.

38. Search for free ads: Some websites offer free ad space for new businesses. Currently, Center Networks is offering a free sidebar ad to startups that are unfunded or angel funded. Use this and other opportunities that you may find to put up a free graphic ad for your business online.

39. Register with online directories: Directories are like search engines, but a little more exclusive. They rely on submissions and human editors to find sites to include in their search results. Register with online directories like dmoz and get access to the vast publicity they offer.

40. Post free classified ads: Use free classified services like Craigslist to post advertisements. You’ll have to make your ad stand out to get noticed, so be sure to use attention-getting techniques for the best exposure.

41. Join online communities: Many consumers turn to the Internet when shopping for services. Businesses in fields like real estate, general contracting and landscaping can greatly benefit from the promotion online groups provide. Join and fill out a profile to attract the best customers.

42. Offer free downloads: Create You Tube videos and host them on your site. Product demonstrations, facility tours and employee interviews are all fun ways to get consumers involved and thinking about your business.

43. Let visitors send e-cards: Help customers send birthday, thank you and holiday cards to their friends and family by setting up an e-card program on your website. Add your logo and incorporate your business into the greeting. Something as simple as "brought to you by (your business)" or "Happy Birthday from: (customer) and (your business)!" should be effective. Each card is a fun way to spread the word and get free exposure for your business and website.

44. Give away free coupons: Offer free coupons on your site and in your email newsletter. Coupons are a great way to turn new customers on to your products. Make them valid in-store and online. Your customers will be compelled to find ways to use them and pass them onto friends and family.

Customers today, publicity agents tomorrow…

45. Offer rewards for referrals: Give customers a discount or a small gift when they refer your product or service to someone. This will provide great incentive for them to give you free word of mouth publicity.

46. Offer perks: Give your customers something that the competition doesn’t. Whether it’s online ordering, free shipping or a play area for kids, customers appreciate it when you go the extra mile. They’ll be sure to let others know about your thoughtfulness.

47. Offer free stuff: There’s nothing as effective as the word “FREE” to create a buzz. Offer your customers small freebies with their purchases and watch them spread the word to their friends and family.

48. Provide more than you promise: Impress your customers by providing them with more than you’ve promised. They’ll value this unexpected surprise and give you free advertising by telling others about their great experience.717896_postcards

49. Mail greeting cards: Show your customer that you care by sending them a card for their birthday and during the holiday season. You’ll have a free advertisement sitting on their fireplace mantle as well as a happy customer who will mention your thoughtfulness to others.

50. Treat your customers well: Consumers are opinionated. They know when they like something and when they don’t. If they feel strongly about it, they’re going to let it be known. Make sure that you give your customers a reason to say nice things about your business to their friends and family. This is the best kind of free publicity. Concentrate on wowing your regulars so that they tell others how much they like your business.
Marketiva, good or bad?

Proboably everyone heard about Marketiva, the most controversive Forex broker, forum threads about it are like soap opera, but they are not giving any info on this broker, they are just arguments and flame wars, so i decided to put hear my objective review on them.

First of all trading is real business, where big money are made and big money are lost, so when my cash is at risk i would like at least to know who is holding them, Marketiva gives us only their team happy faces (which i couldn't actually find by now so they may be gone) and their first names, needless to say i expectet something more from company holding huge amounts of cash.

You can ofcourse try to contact Marketiva team via their website and ther is another surprise, no contact information, no postal address, no telephones, no fax, no nothing only contact form which is used on personal websites and shouldn't be used by professional company IF it is registred company, i am not sure about that, but i am sure they are not registred in any broker organization.
Marketiva claims to be fully automated company working on the internet, so this may be the reason why they do not give any contact info but that is a poor explenation in my opinion.

I also checked their domain name there is everything ok, domain registred for a long time so they are proboably here to stay, but domain costs only 10$ a year. Well there isn't much more i can say about their domain and hosting everything looks good, there are even some contact information but i didn't checked them out.

There also seems to be a problem with Marketiva support, some people where complaining about it, but i never had a problem with support and this is natural that there always will be someone who is complaining, but keep in mind i am not saying thoose who were/are complaining aren't right it is just impossible to prove who is right.

Now most important part, their treading platform, i have to admit it looks nice, it has many "tabs" which can be drag and droped anywhere you like, charts look fine, fast access to account center, help, chat, alerts and signals, and unfortunetly this are all pros.
Open positions behave funny, i won't tell you what i exactly mean you have to see it by yourself, OpenPositionPrice-CurrentPrice rearly seems to match. Charting software has got a lot of indicators but do not allows to draw on charts (trndlines and Fibonacci).
When we are talking about trading it is important to tell that they allow to trade for as small as 1$, this is the biggest adventage over other brokers.

They accept deposits via e-gold (also bank wirehard and e-bullion but this is off interest to me right now) it is hard to tell if it is good, first of all money transfered via e-gold can be laundred, but many users like to pay by e-gold it is very popular and cheap no commissions. Also Marketiva takes only 8$ commision from withdrawals by e-gold most brokers have at least 20$ (by bank wire and it is actually bank commission but i don't care commission is a commission)

My conclusion is if you have more then 500$ to trade forget about Marketiva there are better brokers, but if you want to start trading or learning how to trade and have small amount of cas between 10$ and 100$ Marketiva is best for you. What about those with money between 100$ and 500$? Well you have to decide by yourself do you have enough information about them, do you think your money will be safe with them and remember that there are at least 2 brokers (besides Marketiva) that allow to trade less then 1 mini lot.

Meet Adwords, AdSense, Get Paid smartly

Meet Adwords, AdSense, Get Paid smartly

AdSense is one of the best ways to monetize your web traffic. People see those little Ads by Google tidbits and they click like crazy. Or at least that’s the plan. But have you ever given though to where those ads are coming from? That would be AdWords, the Pay-Per-Click program for people who want to advertise their products on Google.
They are the fine men and women who are willing to part with some coin of the realm every time a visitor to your web site chooses to click on an AdSense ad. Google grabs the cash from the AdWords' member account, keeps some of it for themselves, and gives the rest to you. How much they keep and how much give away is a State secret, but who cares; just as long as we are getting ours each month.

How AdWords Works
AdWords provides pay-per-click advertising to merchants who are willing to shell out anywhere from a minimum .05 per click all the way up to a maximum of $100 per click. Can you imagine anyone paying $100 just to have someone click on an ad?
Anyway, the advertiser joins the AdWords program and gets a control panel similar to the one that we AdSense users get. They can write their ads, pick their keywords, and establish an advertising budget. They get tools to track performance as well as to help them pick keywords. There are no monthly minimum spends required and they can turn their ads on and off at will.

Once an advertiser is happy with their ad, it gets released to the network and shows up on web sites like yours and mine. That’s if the keywords on your site match the keyword requirements of the brand spanking new ad, of course.

They can’t buy their way to the top

Google doesn’t simply push the people with the highest paying ads to the top of the SERP (Search Engine Results Page). They use a rather fair methodology that takes into consideration not only the maximum CPC (cost per click), but also includes a secret recipe for determining an ad’s placement based upon the number of clicks the ad receives. So, at least in theory, an ad paying .05 per click could rise above one paying $5.00 per click if it’s more popular with Google’s audience.

I say in theory because if the owner of the $5 ad is paying attention then he or she will see that they are being bested by a lowly nickel ad and do some serious rewriting to get back up to the top where they belong.

Personally, I’m not sure that I have the guts to invest a lot of money into hoping that people who click on my ad will actually buy something, since I still have to pay Google whether I make a sale or not. But, as a dedicated AdSense user, I’m sure glad that my AdWords brothers and sisters have more nerve than I do. And you should be thankful as well.
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Google’s pay per click

Google’s pay per click is now absolute free



Fellow marketier;




You be the judge, on this shocking announcement made in some time regarding the global world of the Internet. A New York doctor has just released his very private "secret" he's been using since the earliest days of targeted paid advertising at search engines.




He admitts without hesitation that he got over $87 million in pay-per-click advertising over the last nearly 8 years at such search engines as Google, Overture, MSN, Yahoo and others, and resulting to amassed a $300 million fortune!




During the last 2 years alone he's netted over $166 million as a result of what he calls a very simple "oversight" that 95% promoters online keep altogether missing.




So valuable is this secret"oversight" proven knowledge that he's finally decided to share it with the rest of internet marketiers like you and me.




And his timing couldn't be better for us!.



..
Since going public Google's ads haven't become any cheaper!
- Other paid-for search engine advertising at large are rising faster than inflation can keep up!




Short years back, an affiliate could just go to some website, sign up free to sell some product (such as with Amazon stores or the vast ebooks at ClickBank) and then just place a small 4-line pay-per-click ad, fine tune it, and then sit back and make money on autopilot.



But with rising costs this is getting much, much harder, and has literally seen the demise of many, many affiliate businesses go completely under.




But now with the release of this New Englander's super-secret, webmasters, promoters, both big and small entreprenurial home business owners, as well as affiliates with shoestring budgets are back in the game!




You'll get amazed. When asked why he kept this "oversight" secret, the New Yorker responded "I knew I had a good thing, quite possibly a monopoly over any market I cared to try ... I made a success of 16 web businesses in less than a decade ... do you honestly blame me? ..."




But now fortunately he's decided to share his know-how. He knows that doing so doesn't take a single dollar away from his $300 million fortune, and it won't cause widespread usage to the degree that it will even put a dent in search engine activity.




However, to be sure the good doctor had the sense to consult several Internet experts and "macroeconomists" just to be on the safe side.




Additionally, you should know that nothing about his secret either robs search engines (so you don't have to fear Google coming after you!) or is anything about it illegal in any other way.



What you may even find strangely surprising about his secret is the fact that it actually "helps" search engines make even more money! (You'll have to see it for yourself to understand how this is actually possible!)




So if you think you're smarter than most people, then here's your chance to prove it to everybody else! Just grab the good doctor's secret for yourself at:




http://www.1MillionDollarsInGoogleAdsFree.com/jorge Hinojosa MD





But, is only fair to warn you that this doctor fellow from New England is a tad eccentric and self-admittedly "moody" and he's threatened to withdraw this secret at some point soon without so much as a single day's notice ... (Northerners!)




So if want to reach and exceede your marketing goals without breaking the bank in ad costs. Don't take any chances. Because although he may keep it available for the next 2 months, or he may also take it off the market just 2 days from now (and then you'll kick yourself saying "Dad-gummit! I knew I should have grabbed that when I had the chance!" ... so don't let this happen).




Also keep this in mind...



"If nothing moves nothing happens
-----------------------------------
How many times since the commercial release of the Worldwide-Web have you seen sudden "breakthroughs" of great fortune-making potential come and go. Just a few people were in, or seem to be in the right place at the right time to be able to take advantage of them? -- You're right ... very, very few.




So don't overlook this email as it may very well prove to be one of the most influential and important ones you've ever received..






-jorge Hinojosa MD




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Google’s pay per click is now absolute free



Fellow marketier;




You be the judge, on this shocking announcement made in some time regarding the global world of the Internet. A New York doctor has just released his very private "secret" he's been using since the earliest days of targeted paid advertising at search engines.




He admitts without hesitation that he got over $87 million in pay-per-click advertising over the last nearly 8 years at such search engines as Google, Overture, MSN, Yahoo and others, and resulting to amassed a $300 million fortune!




During the last 2 years alone he's netted over $166 million as a result of what he calls a very simple "oversight" that 95% promoters online keep altogether missing.




So valuable is this secret"oversight" proven knowledge that he's finally decided to share it with the rest of internet marketiers like you and me.




And his timing couldn't be better for us!.



..
Since going public Google's ads haven't become any cheaper!
- Other paid-for search engine advertising at large are rising faster than inflation can keep up!




Short years back, an affiliate could just go to some website, sign up free to sell some product (such as with Amazon stores or the vast ebooks at ClickBank) and then just place a small 4-line pay-per-click ad, fine tune it, and then sit back and make money on autopilot.



But with rising costs this is getting much, much harder, and has literally seen the demise of many, many affiliate businesses go completely under.




But now with the release of this New Englander's super-secret, webmasters, promoters, both big and small entreprenurial home business owners, as well as affiliates with shoestring budgets are back in the game!




You'll get amazed. When asked why he kept this "oversight" secret, the New Yorker responded "I knew I had a good thing, quite possibly a monopoly over any market I cared to try ... I made a success of 16 web businesses in less than a decade ... do you honestly blame me? ..."




But now fortunately he's decided to share his know-how. He knows that doing so doesn't take a single dollar away from his $300 million fortune, and it won't cause widespread usage to the degree that it will even put a dent in search engine activity.




However, to be sure the good doctor had the sense to consult several Internet experts and "macroeconomists" just to be on the safe side.




Additionally, you should know that nothing about his secret either robs search engines (so you don't have to fear Google coming after you!) or is anything about it illegal in any other way.



What you may even find strangely surprising about his secret is the fact that it actually "helps" search engines make even more money! (You'll have to see it for yourself to understand how this is actually possible!)




So if you think you're smarter than most people, then here's your chance to prove it to everybody else! Just grab the good doctor's secret for yourself at:




http://www.1MillionDollarsInGoogleAdsFree.com/jorge Hinojosa MD





But, is only fair to warn you that this doctor fellow from New England is a tad eccentric and self-admittedly "moody" and he's threatened to withdraw this secret at some point soon without so much as a single day's notice ... (Northerners!)




So if want to reach and exceede your marketing goals without breaking the bank in ad costs. Don't take any chances. Because although he may keep it available for the next 2 months, or he may also take it off the market just 2 days from now (and then you'll kick yourself saying "Dad-gummit! I knew I should have grabbed that when I had the chance!" ... so don't let this happen).




Also keep this in mind...



"If nothing moves nothing happens
-----------------------------------
How many times since the commercial release of the Worldwide-Web have you seen sudden "breakthroughs" of great fortune-making potential come and go. Just a few people were in, or seem to be in the right place at the right time to be able to take advantage of them? -- You're right ... very, very few.




So don't overlook this email as it may very well prove to be one of the most influential and important ones you've ever received..






-jorge Hinojosa MD




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27 Jun 2008

SEO

SEO - A key for successful Internet marketing

The wide web world certainly has enough space to accommodate ‘n’ number
of websites and is a great way for companies to reach their target
audience all over the world. It seems to be a dream to think of the
soaring profits that a website can make available to you. If this is
what you think you are surely heading for a big trouble. Wake up before
it is too late! Merely online presence over the Internet doesn’t in any
way assure a boost to your business as there are innumerable websites
that have been listed on the web amongst yours to target the same
customer base.

Internet marketing is therefore the key to get noticed and trap the
right customers. Internet users, when they enter a keyword in the
search engines i.e Google, MSN or any other, are provided with a list
of websites that matches the searched keyword. This arrangement of
listed websites in the order of preference is done by way of search engine optimization,
which is tool employed by web crawlers to make it easy for the users to
search what they have been looking for. This also suggests that though
there are umpteen choices of website available to the Internet users,
still the websites that are listed by web crawlers in top ten rankings
of the search engine are the ones that attract most attention of users
and thereby drive most relevant traffic.


So, the solution to a successful Internet marketing
or online website lies in making the website search engine optimized.
There are many SEO companies that can be approached for the same.
However, webmasters must keep it in mind that SEO is a viscious circle
and must be complied to continuously for better SEO rankings in future
and also to maintain that ranking. Also, it requires a lot of patience
to notice results for SEO service as it takes months of efforts on the
part of SEO professionals for a website to be listed among the top ten
rankings of the search engines.

Nonetheless, there are black hat techniques as well that can be
employed for a quick higher SEO listing, but these are unethical SEO
techniques that are not appreciated by any of the search engines. As
soon as these black hat techniques are discovered by search engines,
the website is immediately banned from the search engine listings
forever. Linking farms and spammed websites are some of the black hat
techniques that are commonly employed by people. Webmasters should stay
cautious of such unusual claims offering quick higher ranking of the
website.

Genuine SEO techniques takes a few months to show results and employ
white hat SEO techniques for higher SEO rankings such as link
popularity, article submission, press releases or blog updates,
keyword-rich, updated and original content for the website and many
more. Following these SEO techniques, your website is sure to make
sky-rocketing profits in future. There is no way in which an online
business can flourish without adhering to these SEO techniques.


Author Bio: Denver Internet Marketing Agency Fruition specializes in offering pioneering professional ecommerce services, search engine marketing, SEM services, SEO services, Denver Colorado search marketing, and conversion optimization.



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