Kita semua pasti setuju bahwa bertransaksiforex bisa mengakibatkan kerugian yang tidak sedikit  (high risk, high return). Banyak orang mencoba dengan berbagai cara untuk membatasi kerugian mereka dalam bertransaksi namun seringkali tidak efektif.

Berikut ini kami berikan tips yang efektif cara terbaik menghindari kerugian dalam transaksi forex.
1. Over trading
Melakukan transaksi yang berlebihan terhadap dana yang kita miliki. Transaksi forex adalah sistem margin sehingga sangat beresiko, maka kita perlu memperhitungkan dengan cermat berapa sebaiknya jumlah lot yang kita transaksikan. 10 persen dari dana yang kita miliki setiap masuk posisi adalah salah satu cara yang baik.

2. Memahami Efek suatu Berita (Fundamental)
Trader yang bertransaksi dengan mengandalkan berita beberapa kali kecewa karena tidak sesuai dengan yang mereka prediksi. Maka sangat penting bagi trader untuk memahami dengan jelas berita yang akan diumumkan dan mencari tahu bagaimana pasar mengantisipasinya.

3. Tidak Bergantung Pada Orang Lain
Trader yang berhasil adalah trader yang mengandalkan kemampuannya sendiri sehingga dapat mengetahui apakah analisanya efektif atau tidak, bukan karena bergantung pada analisa orang lain.

4. Over Confident
Hal ini seringkali menjadi masalah besar dalam transaksi. Terlalu percaya diri sangat berbahaya karena kadangkala kita tidak persis apa yang terjadi di pasar. Terlalu banyak faktor yang mempengaruhi.

5. Chartist
Trader yang terlalu mengandalkan chart dalam transaksi. Memang pergerakan harga cenderung bergerak dalam pola yang sudah ada namun berita (fundamental) ataupun kebijakan tertentu bisa merubah tren di pasar. Baik kalau membuat kombinasi keduanya.

6. Gunakan Stop Loss
Ada dilema yang harus dihadapi trader dalam bertransaksi di forex, ketika posisi mereka menyentuh stop loss harga kembali berbalik ke arah yang sudah mereka prediksi. Namun banyak kasus membuktikan bahwa tanpa stop losskerugian trader bisa sangat tidak terbatas.

7. Sistem trading yang sederhana
Ada kecenderungan bahwa semakin banyak indikator yang kita gunakan dalam chart akan lebih banyak sinyal yang kita peroleh. Namun kenyataannya, semakin banyak indikator membuat kita bingung karena masing-masing memberi sinyal yang berbeda. Menggunakan 2 atau 3 indikator dapat mempermudah kita untuk masuk pasar.

8. Sistem Automated trading
Banyak trader terlalu yakin dengan sistem robot trading tertentu sehingga tidak melakukan intervensi sedikitpun. Masalah mulai timbul ketika tren pasar berubah. Kontrol terus sistem robot yang kita gunakan dalam transaksi forex.

9. Trading by Moment
Tidak perlu setiap hari masuk pasar. Ambil posisi pada saat Anda melihat momen yang cocok untuk masuk. Jika tidak ada momen, lebih baik berdiam diri seraya terus memantau pasar.

10. Tidak pernah berhenti Belajar
Para pemula seringkali menganggap mudah dalam bertransaksi forex sehingga tidak mau lagi meluangkan waktu untuk belajar lebih jauh. Dengan terus belajar maka Anda akan mengetahui lebih jelas seluk-beluk transaksi di forex.

Sumber: http://bisniskeuangan.kompas.com

It’s Veteran’s Day and everybody is finding their own way to honor the men and women who have and are currently serving in the armed forces. This morning, Bon Jovi performed at Rockefeller Center in NYC and invited all local military personnel, their families and civilian volunteers to come be a part of the festivities.

While we aren’t all Bon Jovi and can’t show our support through a rock concert (unless they want to watch me play RockBand), there are plenty of things we can do to show our appreciation for the troops.

1. Have a veteran in your family? Call or sit down with them and ask them about their service. Chances are they’ll have a lot of stories to share, and your interest in their life is probably the greatest gift you could give them on this day.

And then take them for a meal at Applebee’s. Veterans and active duty military eat free today! I’m sure if you ask nicely they will share their Triple Chocolate Meltdown with you.

2. Move past your usual gray shirt/black sweatpants class uniform and get a little more patriotic today. Don a little red, sport a little blue or, if you’re feeling especially grateful to our men in uniform, pick up something that shows some real American pride.

3. Pop some kettle corn and settle in for a hottie veteran movie marathon. Pearl Harbor, Jarhead, Stop-Loss…. the possibilities are endless. And maybe you can finally answer the age old question: Ben Affleck or Josh Hartnett? It’s tough, I know.

4. Send a care package to troops on duty. In high school, I went through a program and “adopted” a soldier. I would send him letters and packages from time to time and I may have pretended he was my boyfriend for awhile. Totally normal. Sadly, my duties as pen pal have since fallen by the wayside, but today I think I might rekindle our romance friendship and show my appreciation via shaving cream and beef jerky.

5. Before you chug that beer at Dollar Pitcher Night take a moment, reflect and pour one out to honor our American heroes.

Big or small, do something to honor the men and women who risk their lives preserving our safety, our land and our freedom. Veterans, we salute you!

The purpose of this blog is to show a friend how to double his original $2k investment in 3 months or less using the following criterias:

1) The portfolio will start with $2000
2) I will sell a position when it hits my 3% stop loss (i.e. u buy XYZ @ 6.50..at 6.31 my stop loss would kick in)
3) I will only make a maximum of 3 day trades/week , since I’m stuck under the PDT rule (but I can swing trade)
4) The account will have margin (so i can short…but will not use margin buying power to purchase stocks)
5) In order to maximize my returns, I will go all in on each position (go big or go broke)….not recommended!!!

..3….2….1…muahhhaa….here we go…..

Efter att under två perioder ha stridit i Irak, kommer den dekorerade sergeanten Brandon King (Ryan Phillippe) hem till den lilla sömniga hemstaden i Texas. Plågad av minnena från striderna och kamraters bortgångar försöker han börja ett nytt liv där hemma. Hans vänner Steve (Channing Tatum) och Tommy (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) har också varit med i Irak och även de lider på olika sätt av sviterna efter kriget. Allt rasar samman då King blir beordrad att på nytt bege sig till Mellanöstern (Stop-Loss är en amerikansk militär term som innebär en icke frivillig förlängning av en soldats militärtjänstgöring). King vill på inga villkor tillbaka till den plats där han upplevt så mycket död och olycka. Det blir en kamp med pliktkänsla och övertygelse samtidigt som hans val kan komma att påverka resterande del av hans liv – oavsett vad han väljer.

Det är idag inte så ofta man ser amerikanska filmer ur krigsveteraners perspektiv och frågan är hur dessa sargade människor uppmärksammas på hemmaplan efter att ha offrat så mycket för sitt land… eller i alla fall för dess ledare. Filmen beskriver hur även den starkaste kommer hem och lider av svår posttraumatisk stress och hur de på några månader genomgår stora personlighetsförändringar. Regissören Kimberly Pierce som tidigare gjort den otroligt gripande Boys Don’t Cry, lyckas inte fullt lika bra här, men det är onekligen en oerhört stark och gripande film. Till och med den annars rätt mediokra Tatum presterar bra även om duktige Phillippe så klart är strået vassare. Den som stjäl alla scener han är med i är dock Gordon-Levitt vars sorgliga gestalt dröjer sig kvar långt efter filmen tagit slut.

Betyg: 4

Forex trading is considered a risky investment; therefore many are hesitant to even try. Is it the fear of the unknown, or is Forex really that scary? What are the risks involved? Are there ways to avoid the pitfalls?

Read full article about risks in forex here

Em conformidade com as alterações pelo mundo e em conjunto com divulgações de empresas como a Vale que declarou em seu balanço redução de lucro de mais de 60% no último trimestre em relação ao mesmo período do ano anterior, cobrança de IOF sobre o capital estrangeiro nas operações de compra na bolsa e com a CETIP tentando entrar nas negociações de ativos, infrentando diretamente a BM&F, fez com que o IBOVESPA recuasse quase 5% no último pregão o que caracteriza a maior queda desde março.

Tal desenho nos leva a crer numa queda pelo menos até o final desta semana, uma vez que houve a quebra do suoporte do canal de alta iniciado em 15 de julho.

Observando o estudo de IFR, vemos que não alcançou a zona de sobre-vendido, e as MME de 9 e 21 períodos, traçadas sobre o gráfico, ainda nem se cruzaram. Estes fatores juntos corroboram com a intensão da continuidade da queda.

IBOV diário

Acreditamos que tal cenário continuará até nó máximo os 55.000 pontos e em seguida entrará numa congestão, de aproximadamente o mesmo período da queda. Neste momento encontrará novo canal de alta, pois este movimento desta semana é apenas uma correção por conta da forte elevação de 120% desde o agravamento da crise internacional em outubro de 2008.

Conforme veremos no gráfico abaixo USIM5 segue a mesma tendência, por isso, para quem aposta neste ativo, é hora de continuar comprado com um stop loss bem apertado e que sabe fazendo uns hedge com derivativos para se garantir.

USIM5 diário

Já o PETR4, VALE5 e BBDC4 só não quebraram o suporte do canal de alta, mas seguem a tendência de perto, por isso um STOP LOSS e HEDGE serão bem-vindos.

PETR4 diário

VALE5 diário

BBDC4 diário

Salientamos que o estudo do IFR de todos os gráficos não atingiram a zona de sobre-vedido, bem como as MME de 9 e 21 períodos também não se cruzaram ainda e isso, tal qual no IBOV, pode nos indicar baixa por ainda algum tempo.

Army Times
By Jim Tice – Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Oct 21, 2009 11:01:04 EDT

Soldiers, retirees and veterans who think they may be eligible for retroactive stop-loss pay have 12 months to apply for the special $500 per month entitlement authorized by Congress earlier this year.

As many as 140,000 current and former soldiers may qualify for payment.

Effective Oct. 21, the Army will compensate soldiers for each month, or portion of a month, they were retained on active duty beyond their contracted separation or voluntary retirement date.

Claims may be submitted starting Oct. 21 and must be filed by Oct. 21, 2010.

Payments are retroactive to Sept. 11, 2001, and cover involuntary service performed through Sept. 30, 2009.

However, soldiers who have received regular stop-loss pay for service performed after Oct. 1, 2008, will be compensated only if they were in stop-loss status before that date.

The retroactive compensation will be paid lump sum for the months served in stop-loss status.

Soldiers will not receive regular stop-loss pay and retroactive stop-loss pay for the same period.

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service will determine the applicable tax exclusion for retroactive pay that was earned in a combat zone, according to Army officials.

While all the armed forces have imposed some form of stop-loss since 9/11, the Army has liberally applied the policy to its active and reserve components over the past nine years, with restrictions initially imposed on soldiers in priority specialties, and since 2003, on entire units.

Because of stop-loss’s widespread use, Army personnel officials estimate that nearly 140,000 current and former soldiers may be eligible.

To qualify, soldiers, retirees, veterans or their survivors must file a claim with the Army no later than Oct. 21, 2010.

Claims can be submitted electronically beginning Oct. 21 at a dedicated Web site, https://www.stoplosspay.army.mil.

Soldiers and former soldiers qualify for retroactive stop-loss pay if they were retained on active duty beyond:

• A contractual expiration term of service, or ETS, date, or in the case of reservists, their contractual ETS in the Selected Reserve.

• An approved separation date based on an unqualified resignation or release from active duty or, in the case of reservists, an approved request for transfer to the Individual Ready Reserve.

• An approved retirement based on length of service.

الضربة القاضية.. لا تحاولها بدون مرشد

لقد أدخلت إبني قبل حوالي شهر إلى دورة كاراتيه عند معلماً محنكاً بفنون الدفاع عن النفس. كان هذا بعد إلحاح طويل من إبني مع إنني أردت أن أدخله إلى دورة كرة قدم أو رياضة أخرى بعيدة عن العنف. لكنه، وربما بتأثير المسلسلات الكرتونية التي يشاهدها، أصر على هذاه الدورة.

وذات يوم عاد إلى البيت بعد أن تعلم تقنية جديدة فيها يدور دورة كاملة حول نفسه ومن ثم يركل منافسه برجله. وأبني الذي طالما كان سريع الإستيعاب أجاد “الضربة القاضية” كما أسماها، وقام بتمثيلها أمامي أنا وزوجي بأنفعال وظهرت وكأنها بسيطة . قام زوجي عن الكرسي وأراد إعادة الحركة امام إبننا ولكن لسوء الحظ ، ولكونه يحمل بعض الكيلوغرامات الزائدة  ، سقط على الأرض، والحمد لله أنه لم يصاب بأذى.

طبعاً تسائلتم لماذا كتبت كل هذه المقدمة وما علاقتها بالفوركس؟

لقد خطر في ذهني أن نفس الشيء ينطبق على المتاجرة بالفوركس، أو المتاجرة بأي شيء على شاكلة الفوركس. فجميع أنواع الأوهام، والإستراتيجيات المعقدة تغريك بالمحاولة كونها تظهر بسيطة. والمرادف التجاري للوقوع من دون أن تصاب بأذى هو تحمل الخسارة من دون أن تدمر حسابك.

الهدف الأساسي = الأرباح > الخسائر

إذا استمريت بالمتاجرة لأي فترة زمنية فسوف تُمنى ببعض المكاسب وأيضا ببعض الخسائر. لا أحد يربح بجميع صفقاته، ولا أحد يخسر بجميع صفقاته، رغم أن هذا قد يحدث في بعض الأحيان. الهدف الأساسي هو أن تتأكد من أن أرباحك تفوق خسائرك، ولكن للوصول إلى هذه المرحلة يجب عليك التأكد أولا من أن خسائرك لن تجبرك على التوقف عن المتاجرة.

هناك خطوتان للتأكد من أن خسائرك لن تجبرك على الخروج من المتاجرة، أو التأكد من أنه يمكنك الوقوع من دون أن تصاب بأذى. الخطوة الأولى هي ألا تخاطر بأكثر مما يمكنك تحمل خسارته. ولكي تتأكد من ذلك إساأل أي خبير في مجال إدارة الحسابات في الفوركس أو الأسهم وسوف يخبرك بأن الإستراتيجية المضمونة هي أن لا تتاجر بأكثر من 2% من حسابك بالصفقة الواحدة.

الخطوة الثانية هي أن تدرك أن الأماني والأحلام ليست ضمن استراتيجيات المتاجرة. ولا الإعتقاد بانك تعرف متى يرتد السوق. إذا فتحت صفقة وكانت تسير نحو الخسارة، فاخرج من الصفقة متى تصل إلى إلى نقطة وقف الخسارة stop-loss point التي وضعتها سابقا. لا تفكر حتى “بأنه نقاط قليلة أخرى وسوف يرتد الإتجاه”. قد يحدث الأمر بهذا الشكل بكل تأكيد، وقد لا يحصل. وإذا لم يرتد اتجاه السوق، واستمريت أنت في تحريك نقاط وقف الخسارة، سوف تجد نفسك خارج المتاجرة في نهاية المطاف.

بعد تسعة أشهر من بداية متاجرتي، جنيت ذات مرة 20.000 دولار في حوالي نصف ساعة. وبطبيعة الحال، اعترفت لنفسي فورا بأنني عبقرية وأصبحت لأول مرة خبيرة في تجارة العملات، متيقنة من أنني ربحت هذا بحسن إختياري الإستراتيجية الصحيحة، وقلت : “انا لست بحاجة إلى التوصيات السخيفة التي تنشر على الإنترنت”. في اليوم التالي خسرت 7.000 دولار في 20 دقيقة وبصفقة واحدة. جلست أراقب خسارتي، وانا أعرف بأنني كنت على حق وأن الإتجاه سوف يرتد في أي لحظة. لم يفعل. لحسن حظي والحمد لله، إنتابني شعور غير مريح، فقمت بالخروج من الصفقة قبل أن تصيبني “الضربة القاضية” وأخسر كل شيء. وعلمت أنني لو ما فعلت ذلك لانتهت متاجرتي بالفوركس في تلك اللحظة دون أن أدفع رسوم دورة الكاراتي التي يتدرب فيها إبني.

النقطة الحاسمة هنا: هي أنه لا توجد أي قوة على الأرض كان بأمكانها أن تحول هذه الصفقة إلى صفقة رابحة. لقد قدّر الله لها الخسارة لحظة أن قمت بفتحها. ولكن إذا كنت أتبع إدارة مالية جيدة وقتها، لكنت خسرت 500 دولار بدلا من 7.000 دولار.

When you trade forex, it is important to understand how to place orders with a forex broker. Trading orders are chosen according to your trading style and intentions – the way you plan to enter and exit forex market.

Read full article about stop loss and limit orders here

Posted: September 11, 2009

September 11, 2001

I was driving to work the morning the attacks occurred – when word came over talk radio that a plane had hit the WTC, I, like most Americans, was shocked.  My wife and my youngest son called me while they were watching the televised reports.  The second plane hit tower two while we were still on the phone.  The first thing out of my mouth was “We are now at war.” but with whom, I couldn’t say.  My wife was stunned; my son angry.  My oldest son was away at college, so none of us could talk to him till later that day.

I didn’t find out about the Pentagon or Flight 93 crashes until later in the day.  It was a quiet and somber day at work, and I couldn’t wait to get home to hear more about what happened.  The oldest was more confused than angry.  He didn’t understand why someone would do this.  My youngest was ready to join up and not finish his senior year of high school.

My wife and I convinced the youngest to stay and graduate and even convinced him to try college for a year before joining.  It worked, at least until late in his first year in school.  He announced to us when we came to parents day late in the school year that he had enlisted in the Army and was going to become a communication specialist and a paratrooper.  My heart swelled with pride, and I felt fear for my son’s safety at the same time.  My fears were allayed for the first two and a half yrs as his duty kept him stateside.  Then he was posted to Germany (not terribly far from where I was stationed oh so many yrs ago.), and his first email to me stated he was going to war.  I admit I got more than a bit emotional when I read that.  I kept the news to myself until after my wife’s birthday, and then told her the news.

He called just before leaving and told me “Dad, I am scared.” I put on a brave voice and told him I’d be concerned if he wasn’t.  I assumed he would spend most of his time at FOB Q-West and not go on missions.  I could not have been more wrong.

Turns out he was the best comms guy in-country and was in great demand traveling far and wide from his FOB near Mosul.  That’s when they found out he could shoot very well.  He spent more time traipsing around with other units like the 101^st, 1^st Armored, et al.  He turned down his Combat Action Badge (CAB) because the event resulted in the loss of a NY National Guardsman, and he felt it wrong to accept an award when someone else died on what he considered his watch even though he was an SPC4.  His firstborn son was born shortly after his arrival.  He stayed in Iraq till October, 2006 – 11 months – felt much longer to all of us.  The relief my wife and I felt upon his return was palpable.  We knew he was out of Harm’s Way for good.  Then eight months before his ETS we got word from him – “STOP-LOSS”.  The stress of having a child in combat was again thrust upon us!

His second deployment was as lead scout/lead driver for the 16^th STB, a Personal Security Team.  Yes, that sounded nice and safe…  He also returned to Q-West, now a COB.  I figured this tour would be a bit calmer since the surge was basically over – wrong again; Although, this tour was done without as many bullets being thrown by him at terrorists than his first tour.  That said, this tour resulted in him receiving a battlefield promotion to SGT (E5) and a Bronze Star.

We consider him a hero – he does not.  He said “The heroes are the ones who can’t come home and renew their lives.”  He had the honor of accompanying a fallen Marine, on the plane to Germany, LCPL Bruce Farrell, who gave his all in Afghanistan.

The stress felt by my family is similar to all military families, regardless if they are in Harm’s Way or training up to go.  We consider the families of our military to be heroes as well.  Hope you do to.

May God bless and keep our Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and their families safe.  May God grant them peace of heart and mind, and may God bless the United States of America.

Bruce

NOTE:  I originally wrote he received a Bronze Star.  I should have written “been nominated” for a Bronze Star.  My Bad!

A word from the Editor: Now this may be showing my age but I remember back when Civics was a class not a foreign car. My civics teacher, who I also remember by some coincidence, looked like Mr. Kotter (age showing again). Now I didn’t do a lot of listening to any teacher back then, but one thing I do remember was ole Mr. Dawes’ speech on the “Constant struggle between the rights of man –vs- the rights of Society” an age old battle as he put it, waged in the public forum and enshrined in our constitution. Which brings me to the topic today: Ontario’s stunt driving law; Draconian legislation or Protector of the innocent?

Warning: Today’s blog Contains Graphic Images you may not want to see

Steak :

I guess before I get into it today I should explain, for those of you elsewhere, how the law in Ontario breaks down a stunt:

” For the purposes of section 172 of the Act, “stunt” includes any activity where one or more persons engage in any of the following driving behaviors:
1. Driving a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates an intention to lift some or all of its tires from the surface of the highway, including driving a motorcycle with only one wheel in contact with the ground, but not including the use of lift axles on commercial motor vehicles.
2. Driving a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates an intention to cause some or all of its tires to lose traction with the surface of the highway while turning.
3. Driving a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates an intention to spin it or cause it to circle, without maintaining control over it.
4. Driving two or more motor vehicles side by side or in proximity to each other, where one of the motor vehicles occupies a lane of traffic or other portion of the highway intended for use by oncoming traffic for a period of time that is longer than is reasonably required to pass another motor vehicle.
5. Driving a motor vehicle with a person in the trunk of the motor vehicle.
6. Driving a motor vehicle while the driver is not sitting in the driver’s seat.
7. Driving a motor vehicle at a rate of speed that is 50 kilometers per hour or more over the speed limit.
8. Driving a motor vehicle without due care and attention, without reasonable consideration for other persons using the highway or in a manner that may endanger any person by,
i. Driving a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates an intention to prevent another vehicle from passing,
ii. Stopping or slowing down a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates the driver’s sole intention in stopping or slowing down is to interfere with the movement of another vehicle by cutting off its passage on the highway or to cause another vehicle to stop or slow down in circumstances where the other vehicle would not ordinarily do so,
iii. Driving a motor vehicle in a manner that indicates an intention to drive, without justification, as close as possible to another vehicle, pedestrian or fixed object on or near the highway, or
iv. making a left turn where,
(A) The driver is stopped at an intersection controlled by a traffic control signal system in response to a circular red indication;
(B) At least one vehicle facing the opposite direction is similarly stopped in response to a circular red indication; and
(C) The driver executes the left turn immediately before or after the system shows only a circular green indication in both directions and in a manner that indicates an intention to complete or attempt to complete the left turn before the vehicle facing the opposite direction is able to proceed straight through the intersection in response to the circular green indication facing that vehicle. O. Reg. 455/07, s. 3.”

Your friendly neighborhood police man

Eggs

The first person to be killed by a car was a 44-year-old British woman named Bridget Driscoll. As the coroner stood over her body on that cold August day back in 1896 and declared it an accidental death, he said, “This must never happen again”. But since then more than 25 million people have been killed by cars and 1.7 million more are predicted to die every year. And as far as I’m concerned, that’s 1.7 million to many. I’m not so foolish as to believe that accidents are not going to happen, but I think everyone can agree that to many people are killed in motor related accidents.

It only takes a second tuned into any traffic radio station to hear reports of everything from fender benders to multiple car collisions. Thankfully not every collision ends in a fatality but to many of them do, and to often factors like excessive speed and alcohol are involved. I think it’s rare today to meet anyone who’s lives haven’t been affected by the consequences of unsafe driving, and weather that’s a loss of a loved one or broken bones, the cost of saving some time is just to high. And isn’t that really what it breaks down to, saving time?

People these days are so concerned with saving time that it seems like they’ll sacrifice almost any thing to try to save a few minuets. Just look at all the late night infomercials touting crappy products, all with the promise of making your life easier and saving you time. It’s become an obsession for us, and as it turns out deadly one at that.

When it comes to keeping myself and my kids safe I’m up for almost means nessasary. We should be putting more tools into law enforcers hands, not taking them away. And even if that includes a little erosion of my civil liberties, and that means I’ll have to keep a closer eye on my speedometer then I guess that’s the price we pay to keep our streets safe.

Sobering, Isn't it?

As operações de Homebroker (transações via internet) bateram 6 recordes operacionais em agosto/09

1) recorde em volume total R$ 42,54 bilhões

2) recorde em volume médio diário R$ 2,02 bilhões

3) recorde em quantidade de negócios 4.392.467

4) recorde em média diária de negócios 209.165

5) recorde em participação no volume financeiro 19%

6) recorde em participação no volume de negócios 30,4%

O valor médio por operação foi de R$ 10,72 mil.

Esses dados são frutos da confiança na nossa economia. É o ímpeto de homens e mulheres apostando economias às vezes acumuladas em toda uma vida, gestores de fundos, eu, você… Ajudando as nossas empresas a se capitalizarem, “oxigenando” o mercado!

Contudo, aproveito para criticar e trazer para compor o outro lado da Tribuna da dialética e da construção da informação e do conhecimento as proposições veiculadas em alguns meios de comunicação que a bola da vez é a análise gráfica do comportamento das ações. “Esqueça a análise fundamentalista!”, bradam. É… são esses “profetas” que escrevem livros pós-crise, que após uma notícia bombástica sobre fraudes, problemas judiciais e trabalhistas envolvendo (até recentemente) companhias conceitudas, as suas famosas “blue chips”, ações bastante líquidas e valorizadas despencam, companhias quebram e os profetas do pós-alguma-coisa aparecem e culpam as variáveis do icógnito… Mas não perdem a oportunidade de  vender seus livrinhos…

Como postei em 23/12/08 sobre as ferramentas do my yahoo!, do yahoo! finanças e do excel em 27/11/08 para auxiliar o trabalho do investidor, hoje complemento esse suporte com as ferramentas fantásticas do ipod e iphone da apple. O software “Stocks” desses aparelhos é atualizado pelo Yahoo! a cada 20 minutos com informações de ações do mundo todo! Você pode adicionar suas ações e acompanha-las rapidamente com valorização percentual ou em moeda, e um gráfico que pode ser configurado como cotações do dia, da semana, do mês, de 3 meses, de 6 meses, de 1 ano e de 2 anos. Concilie essas ferramentas gráficas com informações sobre a empresa, do mercado local, nacional, internacional e pondere o retorno em função de um determinado risco e tire suas próprias conclusões.

Ipod da Apple e o software "Stocks"

Hoje, 09/09/2009, em comemoração ao dia do administrador dou os parabéns a todos os administradores que com dinamismo e intelecto são como “maestros” tocando a sinfonia de tambores da produção da vida material de todo o mundo…

Take Profit (TP) dan Stop Loss (SL) sebenarnya bisa digunakan untuk mengukur prestasi forex trading kita secara lebih sistematis. Selain itu bila dilakukan dengan disiplin pada nilai tertentu dapat mengurangi stress yang. Umumnya seorang trader mengalami stress menghadapi naik turunnya harga running. Ketika harga searah dengan yang diharapkan akan senang dan ketika harga berlawanan dengan yang diinginkan akan mengalami stressing.

Berapa pips TP dan SL harus kita pasang ? Tidak ada patokan pasti berapa nilai TP dan SL harus dipasang. Seseorang mempunyai gaya trading yang berbeda-beda. Selain itu beda pasangan mata uang juga mempunyai TP dan SL yang beda. Kita bisa mencoba dengan pasang TP dan SL yang berbeda-beda untuk kemudian mencari nilai yang paling pas dengan pasangan mata uang dan gaya trading kita. Untuk itu gunakan demo account terlebih dahulu. Baru ketika kita menemukan konfigurasi yang pas dengan gaya trading dan pasangan mata uang yang diperdagangkan bisa dipraktekkan dengan real account.

Jangan mengubah-ubah nilai TP dan SL sebelum tereksekusi agar tidak stress . Ini penting sekali. Ketika berada dalam open position terkadang kita tergoda untuk mengubah TP dan SL. Padahal dalam situasi tersebut pengambilan keputusan yang dilakukan lebih tidak akurat dibanding ketika kita belum melakukan open position. Biasanya keputusan untuk mengubah nilai TP dan SL lebih dipengaruhi faktor emosi, bukan karena pengamatan yang akurat. Setelah terbiasa tradingTP dan SL tertentu bisa kita lihat apakah lebih banyak Profit atau Loss. Bila masih lebih banyak Loss bisa kita ubah lagi konfigurasinya hingga mendapatkan hasil yang lebih banyak profit. dengan pasangan mata uang tertentu dan nilai

Sucker Punch cast

by Peter Sciretta – SlashFilm.com

Mad Men star Jon Hamm has joined the primarily female cast of Zack Snyder‘s Sucker Punch.

Snyder has called the film “Alice in Wonderland with machine guns”, a 1950’s-period action movie which tells the story of a girl named Baby Doll (Emily Browning) who is confined to a mental institution by her evil stepfather, who intends to have her lobotomized in five days. While imprisoned, she imagines an alternative reality to hide her from the pain. In this fantasy world, where she needs to steal five objects to help her out before she is deflowered by a vile man.

Jamie Chung (Dragonball Evolution), Jenna Malone (Into The Wild, Donnie Darko), Vanessa Hudgens (High School Musical), Abbie Cornish (Stop-Loss) play Browning’s fellow inmates who also travel into the alternate reality. Carla Gugino has also been cast as a nurse in the insane asylum who becomes a madam at a brothel in the film’s alternate reality.

THR says that details for Hamm’s character are being kept under lock and key, but his character is known as High Roller. But Snyder has said that the alternative reality in the film is where the psych ward world shifts into this strange high-roller’s brothel. So we can assume that Hamm’s character is the owner of the sub world brothel, and might also have a counterpart in the real world mental institution, possibly the “warden” type? Maybe the vile man mentioned in the plot synopsis?

The film’s cast is finally coming together, after a bunch of sudden cast departures hit the project suspiciously following the release of Snyder’s Watchmen. Amanda Seyfried, Evan Rachel Wood and Emma Stone all dropped out due to scheduling conflicts; Hamm is certainly a nice addition to the already impressive ensemble.

Sucker Punch is set to begin filming this fall in Vancouver. Warner Bros has previously announced a March 25th 2011 release date.

There have been a number of movies that focus on the current war on Iraq.Of those I’ve only seen Paul Haggis’ In The Valley of Elah and Kimberly Pierce’s Stop Loss. The former’s strength comes from a great lead performance, while the latter is trash. So, Kathryn Bigelow’s is easily the best movie about the war in Iraq yet.

The movie follows one team in Iraq who is responsible for disarming bombs. Most of the focus is on Sergeant James (Jeremy Renner), who is the guy that actually goes out there and cut the bombs’ wires. He is a seemingly fearless individual who loves doing his job. He has a family, but he really doesn’t think about them. Then There’s Sergeant Samborn (Anthony Mackie), who is pretty much the voice of reason, and Specialist Eldridge (Brian Geraghty), whose job is to protect Sergeant James, but is already traumatized. They are shown doing their job from when they only have 36 days left in their tour of duty, to about the second to last day. We see them celebrating, afraid, and trying to keep their cool under stressful, life or death situations.

This is only the second war movie that doesn’t take a stand on whether the reason for being there is right or wrong (the other being Letters from Iwo Jima). It is just about the men that sign up to be soldiers and what the type of danger they face. There are few scenes of them talking about their lives back in the the US, which shows how focused they have to be to do what they have to do.

As a whole, the movie is great. It has an interesting story and a well written script. However, it is not an action movie or a thrilling movie, like some of the ads led me to belief. Rather, it is a slow-burning, dialogue-driven, character drama. There are some action scenes and explosions, but their sole purpose is to show the danger in Iraq, not just to keep the people entertained. What kept me entertained was the tension created by Kathryn Bigelow. From the moment the quote in the beginning shows up, it is her movie. There is not a bad shot, bad performance, or filler thanks to her. Her work here is definitely one of the finest directing jobs of the decade.

Thanks to her, Jeremy Renner gives a great performance. He plays a driven and fearless character, and there never is a false note. Near the end, where he is becoming more human, he could have been over the top, but he wasn’t. Like his character, he made the right choices under extreme tension. Mackie and Geraghty give strong performance, but they don’t come close to matching Renner.

As I said, it was nice to see a war movie that doesn’t take sides, but tells a story about the men who fight the war, without making them seem crazy to join the army. Although it is not perfect, it is a great showcase for Bigelow and Renner’s work. Hopefully their work will be remembered come awards season.

NY Gets It Right

July 20, 2009

The New York Office of General Counsel (OGC) has correctly ruled that stop-loss insurers are not subject to the state’s prompt payment law. (OGC Opinion No. 09-04-08). The distinction is that stop-loss insures only the employer plan sponsor and does not provide health coverage to covered employees. There are no “covered  lives” associated with a stop loss policy because stop loss  indemnifies  employers (plan sponsors) and does not pay health benefit claims to individuals or providers.  In other words, stop loss insurance reimburses employers for excess losses over a predetermined amount. The OGC got it right by reversing  and clarifying an earlier opinion that concluded stop loss insurance  constitutes health and accident insurance.(07/19/09).

My first buy is a risky one so obviously I will use the 3000 £ fund. Vedanta Resources is a mining company. It’s a hot stock in hot industry. It’s very volatile but in the past i successfully managed to predict it’s trends. Now it seems to be on an ascending trend. I took a 10 £ per point buy position at 1511.5 hoping to get at at least 1600  even 1800. As my judgement was made by looking at the daily chart I am planing to hold this position a week or even more. I set the stop loss at 1420 thus blocking around 894 £ of my 3000 fund. I set this stop loss by looking at the chart and not by judging how much money I invest. I hope it was a good idea. Any comments are welcomed.

Due to new Compliance Rule 2-43(b), starting from 31 July 2009, traders with US-based forex brokers will be able to use entry orders to place stops and limits. Entry orders help to minimize the losses and provide the ability to profit.

 In order to use entry orders for stop-loss and limits:

For Buy Positions

Placing an entry order to sell below the price where you got into the position protects you from additional losses. Placing an entry order to sell above the price where you got in locks in profits.

For example, if you have a BUY EUR/USD position at 1.3900, you could place:

a stop-loss using a sell entry order (Stop Entry, SE) at 1.3800

or

a limit using a sell entry order (Limit Entry, LE) at 1.4000.

For Sell Positions

Placing an entry order to buy above the price where you got in protects you from additional losses. Placing an entry order to buy below the price where you got in locks in profits.

For example, if you have a SELL EUR/USD position at 1.3900, you could place:

a stop-loss by using a buy entry order (Stop Entry, SE) at 1.4000

or

a limit using a buy entry order (Limit Entry, LE) at 1.3800.

The National Futures Association (NFA), our industry’s self regulatory organization in the United States, has informed all Forex Dealer Members, which includes FXCM, that it has adopted new Compliance Rule 2-43(b) regarding forex trading. Read Compliance Rule 2-43(b)

Due to new Compliance Rule 2-43(b), starting from 31 July 2009, traders with US-based forex brokers will be able to use entry orders to place stops and limits. Entry orders help to minimize the losses and provide the ability to profit. 

 In order to use entry orders for stop-loss and limits: 

For Buy Positions

Placing an entry order to sell below the price where you got into the position protects you from additional losses. Placing an entry order to sell above the price where you got in locks in profits.

For example, if you have a BUY EUR/USD position at 1.3900, you could place:

a stop-loss using a sell entry order (Stop Entry, SE) at 1.3800

or

a limit using a sell entry order (Limit Entry, LE) at 1.4000.

For Sell Positions

Placing an entry order to buy above the price where you got in protects you from additional losses. Placing an entry order to buy below the price where you got in locks in profits.

For example, if you have a SELL EUR/USD position at 1.3900, you could place:

a stop-loss by using a buy entry order (Stop Entry, SE) at 1.4000

or

a limit using a buy entry order (Limit Entry, LE) at 1.3800.

The National Futures Association (NFA), our industry’s self regulatory organization in the United States, has informed all Forex Dealer Members, which includes FXCM forex broker , that it has adopted new Compliance Rule 2-43(b) regarding forex trading. Read Compliance Rule 2-43(b)

In spite of its flaws, Stop Loss touched a nerve in me.  It reminded me how we as humans naturally chaff against injustice and long to see things set aright.  If the purpose of story is to move its hears, the fact that this film did so for me makes it a worthy undertaking in my book.

I do agree, however, with others who’ve said that there were story elements unnecessarily included to drive home the point of the storytellers (i.e., stop lossing soldiers is unjust and needs to cease as a practice of the US military). I’m a little disappointed that the writers didn’t trust the characters to convey this to the audience, but Stop Loss wouldn’t be the first movie to focus too much on “the point” and not enough on character and story.

In the end, the performances were heartfelt and the film’s creators were honest in their storytelling . . . and that, when the sun sets, is all I can ask for. For those interested in stories of modern day injustice or current US military undertakings, I would recommend this film.

National Futures Association (NFA), forex industry self regulatory organization in United States, announced that it is now following the new Compliance Rule 2-43 regarding forex trading.

• This rule requires that orders be executed First In, First Out (FIFO). FIFO requires that when multiple positions are held in the same currency pair, the position which was first opened will be the first to be closed. Stop loss and limit orders do not comply with FIFO.
• The NFA’s stance is that FIFO provides more transparency to customers, offering a more accurate picture of the P/L than viewing the results of individual positions. This brings the forex market more in line with the practices of the futures and equities markets.

What impact does the new rule have on traders?

Traders who trade via forex brokers regulated by NFA will no longer be able to place stop-loss or limit orders. The ability to modify or close trades from “Open Positions” window is also no longer available. This major new rule will go into effect after July 31, 2009.

Read Compliance Rule 2-43(b)