Trading Strategy

Making trading decisions and developing a sound and effective trading strategy is an important foundation of trading. Before developing a trading strategy, a trader should have a working knowledge of technical analysis as well as knowledge of some of the more popular technical studies.

Sample Strategy 1 - Simple Moving Average

Successful trading is often described as optimizing your risk with respect to your reward, or upside. Any trading strategy should have a disciplined method of limiting risk while making the most out of favorable market moves. We will illustrate one decision making model which uses a Simple Moving Average ("SMA") technical study, based on a 12-period SMA, where each period is 15 minutes. This is one example of a trading decision making strategy, and we encourage any trader to research other strategies as thoroughly as possible.

Forex Market Overview

The global marketplace has changed dramatically over the past several years. New investment strategies are becoming more important in order to minimize risk, as well as to maintain high portfolio returns. Among the most rewarding of the markets opening up to traders is the Foreign Exchange market. Identifiable trading patterns, as well as comparatively low margin requirements, have rewarding trading opportunities for many.

In contrast to the world’s stock markets, foreign exchange is traded without the constraints of a central physical exchange. Transactions are instead conducted via telephone or online. With this transaction structure as its foundation, the Foreign Exchange Market has become by far the largest marketplace in the world. Average volume in foreign exchange exceeds $1.5 trillion per day versus only $25 billion per day traded on the New York Stock Exchange. This high volume is advantageous from a trading standpoint because transactions can be executed quickly and with low transaction costs (i.e., a small bid/ask spread).

Business & Finance Awards

December 2012 - The Convention Centre Dublin

The Business & Finance Awards have been recognising excellence in Irish business for over 36 years and is the longest running and most coveted business awards programme in Ireland. The awards now form part of the Business & Finance international annual awards programme covering three continents namely; Ireland (since 1974), the United States (New York since 2007) and Asia Pacific (2009 Bangkok & 2010 Hong Kong).

Speaking at the 2010 awards, Business & Finance Publisher, Ian Hyland said:

World class events hosted by the Business & Finance Events Team

The Business & Finance Events division hosts world-class Award ceremonies which celebrate success in Irish business and Summits which educate and engage in specific industry areas; leading the way in offering a unique experience to all involved and providing unrivalled networking and business generating opportunities.

Business & Finance awards:
Our Awards serve as a focal point in their industries, recognising excellence and best practice and rewarding achievements both in Ireland and abroad. These prestigious events have become an integral part of the annual business calendar, providing not only a high level networking opportunity but also a chance to participate in and celebrate success.
For entrants we offer the potential for recognition from their most senior peers - independent judging panels drawn from recognised industry leaders,
For guests we provide superb gala awards dinners and entertainment,
For sponsors and commercial partners the marketing opportunity of involvement is without equal in this sphere with a wide variety of packages available.

NIB to be rebranded Danske Bank

National Irish Bank will see its loan portfolio wounded down and its commercial operations rebranded under plans of its parent company Danske Bank.

ccording to a statement accompanying Danske's first quarter interim report, NIB's commercial and investment property loan portfolios will be 'transferred to a new, separate unit of the Danske Bank group that will be responsible for the controlled winding-up of this part of the loan portfolio'.

The NIB group will also use the Danske Bank brand name for all its banking operations by the end of this year.

Overall the Danske Bank Group posted a profit before tax of €213 million for the quarter and a net profit of €0.8 billion. This represents an 11% rise from the first-quarter 2011 and was in line with expectations.