[DriverDan]

I've seen a number of basic questions recently about Forex trading. I don't claim to be an expert. I haven't even gone live yet. However, I have spent the last 2 months doing full time research into Forex. Since there are so many people interested in learning here are a lot of good resources I've found. We might want to turn this into a sticky

I will add sites posted by others periodically.

Basics/Required Reading - Information for beginners and sites everyone should have bookmarked
InvestOpedia (great resource) - http://www.investopedia.com/
Forex PDF Collection - http://www.savefile.com/projects.php?pid=868431
Forex Basics (short) - http://www.fxsol.com/getting_started/forex_basics.asp
Forex Basics (longer, better) - http://www.goforex.net/forex-basics.htm
MMG Forex for Dummies - http://www.moneymakergroup.com/index.php?showtopic=8775
NY FED Foreign Exchange Site - http://www.ny.frb.org/markets/foreignex.html
ForexTradingWorld - http://www.forextradersworld.com/

News / Analysis
ForexNews - http://www.forexnews.com
DailyFX - http://www.dailyfx.com/calendar/FXCalendar.html
http://www.acetraderfx.com/eng/resources/
http://gm.bankofny.com/Research_Home.asp
http://research.cibcwm.com/res/FEX/FEXResearch.html
http://www.pro-forex.com/en/forexreview.php
http://www.rbsmarkets.com/psp/public/home.aspx
http://www.bbh.com/products/fx_daily.shtml
http://www.gftforex.com/resources/commentary.asp
http://www.fxstreet.com/
http://www.forexcentral.net/forex-forecasts
http://www.mataf.net/en/
http://www.forextelevision.com/FT/index.jsp
http://www.iesm.net/
http://www.fx-charts.com/
http://www.fxcentre.com/
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/4cast/indexi.shtml
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/ubsnews/index.shtml
http://www.mizuho-cb.co.uk/TresInternet/index.htm
http://ozforex.com/cgi-bin/dailycommentary.asp
https://www.rbccm.com/0,,cid-15976_,00.html
http://www.fxtechtrade.com/en/
http://www.scotiafx.com/FXCommentaries.htm

Money Management
TS Research Group (EXCELLENT!) - http://www.tsresearchgroup.com/en/public.php

Specific Techniques
Pivot Points - http://www.tradeology.com/pivotpoints.html
Pivot Point Calculator - http://www.fxstreet.com/conversor/fppc/fppc.asp
Vegas Tunnel Method - http://www.freewebs.com/mswilson/

Research
Free/Pay back data - http://www.forexdata.biz/

Software
MetaTrader4 (free realtime quotes and charting, EXCELLENT) - http://www.metaquotes.net
TradeStation (many markets in one program) - http://www.tradestation.com
Lightpatch's MT4 collection - http://www.lightpatch.com/forex/mt_yahoo/

Forums
StrategyBuilderFX (Trading Strategies and MT4 scripts) - http://www.strategybuilderfx.com/forums/
MoneyTec Trader's Community - http://www.moneytec.com/forums/
FX-Review Forum - http://www.createphpbb.com/phpbb/vie...forum=fxreview
AutoForex ($300 signup fee!) - http://autoforex.biz/
Forex TSD (MT4 scripts) - http://www.tsd-forex.com/
MT4 Indicators and EA Yahoo Group - http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/grou...nd_Indicators/
MT4 script discussion - http://www.metatrader.org/
MoneyMaker Group - http://www.moneymakergroup.com/
FXFisherman - http://www.fxfisherman.com/forums/index.php

Signal Services - 99% of signals are a scam so BE CAREFUL and always learn the basics first
Collective2 (real time signal monitoring) - http://www.collective2.com/
Forex Trading Service Review - http://www.fx-review.com/

Books
Trading In The Zone, by Mark Douglas (psychological)
Trade Your Way To Financial Freedom, by Van K Tharp (psychological)
Come Into My Trading Room, by Alexander Elder (psychological, processes)

Brokers
Oanda - http://www.oanda.com/
InterBankFX - http://www.interbankfx.com/
FXCM - http://www.fxcm.com/
North Finance - http://www.northfinance.com/

I will try to update this as I think of more sites. There are tons out there so feel free to share!

[Humble_Student]

Thats a great list Dan! Let me add a couple good books

"Trading in the Zone"
http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com...=9780735201446

"Trade your way to Financial Freedom"
http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com...70647623&itm=1

"Come into my Trading Room"
http://btobsearch.barnesandnoble.com...71225347&itm=1

[skymus]

... MetaTrader4 (free realtime quotes and charting, EXCELLENT) - http://www.metaquotes.net ...

Dan,

it is indeed EXCELLENT. After you recommended three weeks ago the site to me, I had good experience trading my demo account. Especially good experience was yesterday, when I opened Forum/Chat of www.forexnews.com and started to match ideas flowing in the chat with actions at my demo trade.

Thank you for the referral. Hope to get in live trading one day.

Art

[MotherLode]

Here's a site I've found by our own Phil Dunn. The page does have pop-ups, which are a pain. Could be good reading (haven't gotten there yet): http://www.savefile.com/projects.php?pid=868431

This is over at Money Maker's Group. The author was banned around page 4. Can't imagine why. AlmostRetired took it over. Has lots of great links in it (I read this one about half-way last night): http://www.moneymakergroup.com/index.php?showtopic=8775 (Forex for Dummies)

And, as a real basic explaination about pips: http://www.moneymakergroup.com/index.php?showtopic=9664

ML

[MotherLode]

This was from another thread, and is best over here:

Historical Forex Charts

Originally Posted by dxgoldforless

YES they are available. I would suggest you check out http://www.metaquotes.net Grab the metatrader platform. It is one of the best charting platforms that exist.

dxgoldforless

and this option:

Originally Posted by Noydermot

Look for a reliable data? - visit www.forexdata.biz
Here you will find a vast data collection. Intraday data for 11 currencies since 1997. EOD data since 1986 are free of charge.
Formats are compatible with most popular trading software. Monthly updates.

Understanding Pivot Points & a PP Calculator (from http://www.talkgold.com/forum/r42411-.html)

Originally Posted by phildunn

[here is a] Tutorial about pivot and u can also download a pivot calculator from there

http://www.tradeology.com/pivotpoints.html

and this option:

Originally Posted by Humble_Student

FX Steet has one here

http://www.fxstreet.com/conversor/fppc/fppc.asp

I have to agree with using candles. They have become a very good tool for me. I do know a trader who likes to plot pivots on very volatile days.

Free Forex Forecasting (from http://www.talkgold.com/forum/r41548-.html)

Originally Posted by phildunn

http://www.acetraderfx.com/eng/resources/
http://gm.bankofny.com/Research_Home.asp
http://research.cibcwm.com/res/FEX/FEXResearch.html
http://www.dailyfx.com
http://www.pro-forex.com/en/forexreview.php
http://www.e-forex.ro/index.php/comp...page/Itemid,1/
http://www.ac-markets.com/EN/forex_a...ily_events.asp
http://www.rbsmarkets.com/psp/public/home.aspx
http://www.actionforex.com/forex_ana...and_forecasts/
http://www.bbh.com/products/fx_daily.shtml
http://www.gftforex.com/resources/commentary.asp
http://www.fxstreet.com/
http://www.forexcentral.net/forex-forecasts
http://www.mataf.net/en/
http://www.forextelevision.com/FT/index.jsp
http://www.forexnews.com/
http://www.iesm.net/
http://www.fx-charts.com/
http://www.fxcentre.com/
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/4cast/indexi.shtml
http://fxtrade.oanda.com/resources/ubsnews/index.shtml
http://www.rabotreasuryweb.com/resea...y/TA_daily.pdf
http://www.jyskebank.dk/_jb/commonin...hadowID=118973
https://fx.mellon.com/currencyresear...alfxdaily.html
http://www.mizuho-cb.co.uk/TresInternet/index.htm
http://ozforex.com/cgi-bin/dailycommentary.asp
https://www.rbccm.com/0,,cid-15976_,00.html
http://www.k****ij.com/fxthoughts/fxthoughts.shtml
http://www.fxtechtrade.com/en/
http://www.uboc.com/commercial/main/...5_4631,00.html
http://www.scotiafx.com/FXCommentaries.htm

My collection of free forecast. They help me a lot in forex trading. Wish u luck in trading !

Using a Fibonacci Calculator (from http://www.talkgold.com/forum/r42520-.html)

Originally Posted by I_con_you

...Spend sometime travelling inside www.investopedia.com and learn all you can THERE.

May I suggest that you STAY there for a FULL MONTH.

Make it your school and come back only after you graduate and can teach us some new tricks.

For Fibonacci, one of the links is here:
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/...etracement.asp

If I find more gems, I'll add them.

Scan through this folder. If you put your mouse over a title, you will see the entry post. This is the fastest way to see if a post is worth opening!

Watch for entries from folks who know and do forex trading: AWTY, I_Con_You, DriverDan, PhilDunn, etc. They've written some treasures!

Follow the links, read and learn.

And practice, practice, practice before you go live with your $$$.

ML

[ajayrekha]

I have a book "Trading Chaos - Bill Williams - Wiley Finance" which is really great for learning Williams for FOREX. Its fundas are fantastic. I m ready to scan it whole 251 pages and provide you for just $5 egold. Ithink its more than worth I mentioned here. if need pm me ajay130476 @ yahoo . com (no spaces)

[skymus]

Originally Posted by ajayrekha

I have a book "Trading Chaos - Bill Williams - Wiley Finance" which is really great for learning Williams for FOREX. Its fundas are fantastic. I m ready to scan it whole 251 pages and provide you for just $5 egold. Ithink its more than worth I mentioned here. if need pm me ajay130476 @ yahoo . com (no spaces)

Ajayrekha,

relax. It's not about scanning books or reading a lot. It is about being in the process, experiencing it and then doing your own conclusions: what was positive, negative, what to do next. Try it this way with demo account and give yourself a month or two to EXPERIENCE the flow.

I played pro basketball 20+ years ago and - with all TV and commercials - a lot of folks still don't have a clue how to make a free throw (even now in the NBA). Why? Because they don't analyse themselves, they just try to listen to everybody around what to do. Small details, applied gradually, make us improve, not reading scanned books. Some outside advice is always handy, but most rely on your own experiential wisdom. As NIKE would say JUST DO IT!

The only advice - get forex demo account and build your own strategy.

Best wishes.

Art

[I_con_you]

Originally Posted by MotherLode

...
Watch for entries from folks who know and do forex trading: AWTY, I_Con_You, DriverDan, PhilDunn, etc. They've written some treasures!
...

ML

May I humbly state that I do not deserve such praising.
Why?
I am still on the quest for the illusory 'holy grail'. Still dreaming!!!
How can such a poster even be considered a 'trader' at all?
I am only a lesser noob.

[notanewbie]

This is a really good site. You have to register but it's free.

http://www.forextradersworld.com

There's a lot of stuff there but it's worth a look.

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