Saturday, October 31, 2009

How to earn money from Google Adsense

Earning Google Adsense money can be a good source of passive income if you are using it with a website that has some good solid content. Google Adsense usually can be added to any website. However, it is important to note that some blogging service providers do not allow Google Ads to be placed on their blogs.

Instructions:
  1. Step 1

    In my opinion the first step to earning a good amount of money through Google Adsense is polishing the content on your website. The better the content on your website, the more followers your website will have and hence more number of visits and Google Ad clicks.

  2. Step 2

    The next step is to open a Google Adsense account. This is a fairly straight forward process. Once you go to the Google Adsense website, then it guides you through a set up. They usually send a follow up mail stating that they will get back to you in around two days time.

  3. Step 3

    Once you get your notification within a week or so, now its time to set up your account. Google Adsense gives you a step by step set-up process and also issues a Publishers ID that can be found on the top right of your screen.

  4. Step 4

    Some of the steps in the setup can impact your earnings to quite an extent. The primary among them is the placement of the ads. Remember that you get paid based on the number of clicks. Hence, its important to place your Google Adsense Ad's in such a position in your website that you believe will prompt more of your viewers to click on them. Also, do change the format and the font to suit that of your website. A good tip to use is to highlight your Ad's. However, do make sure that they do not over-power your website.

  5. Step 5

    Once your Google Adsense account is set up the next step is to insert your Google Adsense code (HTML) into your website's HTML page. A number of websites offer tips on how to insert the code to those who are not familiar with the procedure. Once your code is inserted the Google Adsense should start appearing on your website.

  6. Step 6

    Depending upon the number of clicks and the quality and the content in your website, your Google Adsense should help you generate a good amount of money from your website. You will be able to monitor your earnings and receive them once they reach the threshold limit. Google Adsense will directly send you the payments once you follow all the steps in the Payment Procedure.



Tips & Warnings :
  • Do spend some extra time placing your Ad's
  • You can use the Google Adsense Keyword search to direct more traffic to your site.
  • Be careful not to use Google Adsense with Blogging services that prohibit them. It can be a breach of the terms and conditions.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Forex Currency Strength Trading

If you're a trader, I'm sure you're familiar with fundamental trading, technical trading, trend trading, candlestick trading, swing trading and all the other varieties of trading styles that riddle the markets these days. Each one professes to be "the way," but in reality, none of them really are.

The only constant I've found in trading any of the markets I trade, especially forex, is that strength is the only factor that drives prices especially in the short term. And since I am a short term trader, this is the only time frame I'm interested in. Strength is a direct indicator of supply vs. demand, and is therefore more of a fundamental indicator than a technical indicator.

However, for some bewildering reason, short term traders have chosen technical analysis as their method of choice. You've probably noticed that every charting website or charting software package includes a long list of technical indicators free of charge. I believe that the reason they're free is because you get what you pay for. These indicators are really good for nothing other than predicting the past.

So, what is strength and how do you determine what's strong and what's weak in the forex market at any given time? You may think that the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a technical indicator that reflects strength. It's really not though.

By definition, the RSI is an indicator that tells us if a currency pair is overbought or oversold. However, just because a currency pair is oversold doesn't mean that the price of that pair is going to move up in the near future. Conversely, just because a currency pair is overbought does not mean its price will move downward in the near future.

The price of the currency pair may behave in this manner, but there is no fundamental reason for this to occur and is therefore not a dependable tool to use in making sound, profitable trading decisions. The reason that the price of a currency pair will move (in every instance) is when there is an imbalance in strength between the 2 individual currencies in the pair.

For instance, if the EUR and the USD are both strong with respect to all the other currencies they trade in pairs with, but there is no imbalance of strength between the EUR and the USD, the price of the EUR/USD pair will not tend to move regardless of the RSI reading at the time, and regardless of how overbought or oversold the pair may be.

So, essentially, the most important piece of information needed to successfully trade a currency pair is how strong each individual currency is compared to the other currencies it trades in pairs with. This information will allow us to match a strong currency with a weak currency, and thus select the best currency pair to trade at the time we are trading. There is no free conventional technical indicator I know of that delivers this information.

There is, however, a very unique tool that does deliver this information clearly, on one screen, and in real time. It's a currency meter that utilizes a real-time data feed to measure the buying and selling activity of each major currency tick-by-tick. A calculation is made using this input and the strength of each currency is displayed graphically on a chart where higher values on the vertical axis indicate strong buying activity for an individual currency, and lower values on the axis indicate strong selling activity.

At one glance, it is easy to match a strong currency with a weak currency using this tool. By looking for a trade in the currency pair identified by this method, you now have an extremely high probability of capturing a near term, predictable price move for a profitable trade. Another benefit of using this tool is that the real-time data feed that it requires is free.

Since I started using this currency meter and making trades based on the imbalance of strength between 2 currencies, both my winning percentage and trading profits have skyrocketed. Trading without this tool is like driving blindfolded and I can no longer trade confidently without it.

If you'd like more information about this unique tool that will enable you to use a unique strength trading approach to trade the forex market, please download and read the free eBook that have written by Chris Scelfo.

The eBook will thoroughly explain the strategy and contains screen shots of the meter in action as well as a profitable trading example made using this method.

Please download and read the free eBook using this link: http://www.forex-trend-trading.com/support-files/forexstrengthtrading.pdf

You'll need the Adobe Acrobat Reader to open the file. You can download the reader for free from the Adobe website.

Thanks and best of luck in your forex trading.

Using unique tools that allow you to "see" the strength of each individual currency with respect to the others in one screen, in real time, you can easily match a strong currency with a weak currency and make repeatable, profitable forex trades.

For Malaysia Trader you can get the tool from the author of Oasis Wealth Builders from their website or forum below. Actually i used oasis tool for my trading strategies and sometimes i used forexgrail or fx4caster tool. This tool must use with Metatrader platform by enabling DDE server in option setting. You also need to show all currency pair in market watch windows to avoid error reading of currency market by DDE server. Happy trading.

http://www.oasiswealthbuilders.com/

http://millionaire.forums-free.com/currency-meter-t44.html




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Thursday, August 13, 2009

The Value of Currencies, Base and Counter Currency

The Base Currency

One currency in a currency pair is always dominant, “only in the way it is quoted”. It is called the Base Currency. The base currency is identified as the first currency in a currency pair. It also is the currency that remains constant when determining a currency pair's price.

The Euro is the dominant base currency against all other global currencies. As a result, currency pairs against the EUR will be identified as EUR/USD, EUR/GBP, EUR/CHF, EUR/JPY, EUR/CAD, etc. All have the EUR acronym as the first in the sequence.

The British Pound is next in the hierarchy of currency name domination.
The major currency pairs versus the GBP would, therefore be identified as GBP/USD, GBP/CHF, GBP/JPY, GBP/CAD. Apart from the EUR/GBP, expect to see GBP as the first currency in a currency pair.

The USD is the next dominant base currency. USD/CAD, USD/JPY, USD/CHF would be the normal currency pair convention for the major currencies. Since the EUR and the GBP are more dominant in terms of base currencies, the dollar is quoted as EUR/USD and GBP/USD.

Knowing the base currency is important as it determines the values of currencies “notional or real” exchanged when a foreign exchange deal is transacted.

The Counter Currency

The Counter Currency is the second currency in a Currency Pair notation.
For example, the JPY is the Counter Currency in the USD/JPY pair. The USD becomes the counter currency in the EUR/USD pair.

The Value of Currencies

The base currency is always equal to one of the currency's monetary unit of exchange i.e., 1 Euro, 1 Pound, 1 Dollar etc.
When a trader buys 100,000 EUR/USD, he is said to be buying or receiving the EURO or the Base Currency and selling or paying for the USD or Counter Currency. The amount of the Base Currency he is buying is equal to 100,000 Euros.

Note that this is true no matter the current exchange rate at the time. The base currency amount remains constant.
The Counter Currency equivalent amount that the investor is selling (or paying), on the other hand, will fluctuate with the exchange rate for the Currency Pair.

It is equal to:

(Amount of Base Currency x Market Foreign Exchange Rate)

Since the Counter Currency is the part of the currency pair that fluctuates higher or lower, it indicates the relative strength or weakness of both currencies in a currency pair. As one currency goes up, the other must go down in relation to one another.

Question 1:

Given a Foreign Exchange rate for the EUR/USD Currency Pair of 1.2049, a trader who buys (or receives) 100,000 Euros would be selling (or paying) what equivalent amount of US dollars?

Question 2:

If a trader buys the EUR/USD at 1.2051 because he has identified a trading opportunity, and the value of the EUR/USD Currency Pair goes to 1.2095, did the trader make a profit or loss on the trade?

Question 1 - Answer:

Base Currency Amount = 100,000 Euros Foreign Exchange Rate = 1.2049
100,000 x 1.2049 = $120,490.00
The trader would be buying or receiving, 100,000 Euros and selling or paying, 120,490 US Dollars.

Question 2 - Answer:

The forex trader made a profit.

By buying the EUR/USD at 1.2051, the trader bought or received 100,000 Euros and sold or paid US$120,510. When the exchange rate rose to 1.2095, the trader could now sell the 100,000 Euros for US$120,950.

Since the trader initially paid or sold $120,510 for the Euros, the total profit on the transaction is equal to $120,950 (the amount now received or bought from selling the Euros at 1.2095) minus $120,510 (the price originally paid or sold).

Total Profit = $440