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Should You Download Forex Tracer?

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Forex Tracer can be described as the expert advisor that signals, reviews, and collect profits from the forex market for its clients. This forex autopilot is proficient in producing winning trades periodically. With small investment, you can earn great profits with it. The all-new version is now Windows Vista compatible. The setting up is as simple as organizing a DVD player. A computer that can support multimedia will be required. This would help you in seeing the charts and graphs. The second requirement from your part will be to have a stable and fast Internet connection. The system runs on data, and for real-time data, you would need a good net connection.

Besides this, you would need nothing, no experience, no manual intervention, or no high initial investment. The system knows when and how to make the trades. It implements its own stop-loss to take profit from all trades. The autopilot is also independent of trading strategies. This makes the appeal of the system universal. Any trader located in any corner of the world and employing any trading strategy will be able to earn profit using Forex Tracer. It supports 30 minutes up-to-date intraday trading. Another remarkable fact is the moment you purchase the software you receive a bonus $100 in your account.

When the autopilot was tested for its performance, it earned over $18,000 in nine days. You can have a look at the detailed backtest report available to believe the claims. You can run the system without risking your real money as it has an option of opening a demo account, where you trade with virtual money to test the performance of the system. Once you are satisfied, you can graduate to open a real account. In case you are not satisfied with their performance, you can get full refund within 60 days of your purchase.

Forex in a 24-7 market and is open for 5½ days in a week. At times, more than one major trading market is open simultaneously. For maximizing your chances of gaining profit you must attend them as much as possible, which is not possible by any human trader. But, as Forex Tracer works independently without any human intervention, it continues trading even when you are nowhere near your computer.

The system presents lowest risk with the potential for highest returns. It is compatible with any metatrader 4 broker. As the system has been developed by industry experts, it is capable of handling all practical and probable situations that one may face in the market.

Downloading Forex Tracer is extremely easy. When you click on the “download now” button you reach the next page where you need to specify your location, Zip or postal code, Name, email, the payment option like credit cards, card number, expiry date, and validation code. You can also use Paypal for making the purchase. When you complete the payment, you are free to download the software in your computer. There are video tutorials to help you in initializing the system and all other supports you may need in running the system.

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How to Stop Losing Money in Forex

Thursday, November 27th, 2008

When a trader begins to trade, what normally happens is that the first few trades are usually successful ones. The new traders then becomes so confident of their supreme abilities in trading that their carefully crafted trading plan and money management rules are cast aside.

Suddenly their trades are not going so well anymore, they begin to lose more and more regularly. It almost seems that the market is ganging up on them to rip the carpet from under their feet! New traders being inexperienced tend to take it very personally and then sub consciously decide to punish the market. The position sizes become larger and larger, money management is totally forgotten, and their trading plan is in tatters now. Any piece of rumor or hearsay is taken to be the gospel truth and acted upon. When all these fail and they still lose money, they turn to “sources” that tout the holy frail of trading. That one plan that could make a trader a million in less than a year! (Come on by now wouldn’t you have woken up already?)

At that desperate situation, many traders choose to believe these sources and make some hefty purchases. They re fund their accounts and take their new trading plan to the market. History repeats itself, their first few trades makes them money then they being to lose again and again. Soon their account is wiped clean and it is about 6 months from when they first started on their path to forex trading.

Does the above story sound faintly familiar to you? It should because close to 95% of new traders that trade goes through this cycle.

Usually at this point in time I get a lot of applicants applying to join my classes and they clamor and complain that it’s the broker’s fault or that the trading plan was a rip off or that they were unlucky.

If you found the above example silly or even simplistic, then you are correct. But isn’t it surprising that 95% of the people who start off as traders give up after 6 months? Simplistic or silly as it may seem, this happens so often that it isn’t even funny anymore. In fact most new traders focus so much on easy and fast profits that they forget the real money making methods.

How then do you stop losing money in Forex and start making some profits? Forex is a business that works best with a defensive stance. If you keep running after the dollars you will only end up losing your whole account! To protect your account must be the first and most important action you as a trader take each time you trade.

There is nothing wrong with the trading plan you started out with or the plan that you bought online or off the shelves. There is noting wrong with the brokers or with the market for that matter. There is a lot of wrong in the way traders think! Discipline both mental and emotional, well planned profit objectives, total money management control. These are the elements that are sadly lacking in the education of many new traders. Prevent yourself from losing anymore money in Forex, plan your trades, trade your plan. Keep a tight rein on your money management, and never take an aggressive stance. This way you will stop the outflow of your money and increase the inflow of pips!

Dr. Joshua Geralds is a successful Investment Specialist with over twenty years experience increasing the income of people world wide. Visit http://www.pipsalot.com to learn how to make steady profits through safe trading and down load your FREE e-book “Money Management” for a limited time only!

Sell In May And Go Away

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

The US stock markets have performed nicely since the lows in March. However, it looks like this was a short term event. While football season is still months away, it is time to bring the defense out.

The Federal Reserve has signaled that they are done lowering rates for the time being. Without additional liquidity provided by the Fed, the markets have to focus on the economy. Unfortunately, the focus will be high oil prices, high food prices, and the fear of inflation.

The financial media is turning their focus on inflation and second guessing the movement of the Fed.
Confirmation of a recession in the US economy has not been made. While the economy is near stalling, it has not stalled yet. Does this mean the Fed lowered rates too much and created inflation? Probably not. But with a slow summer season for the media, the financial presses may take on the opinion that the Fed did lower too much and has created an inflation monster.

Investors have been worried about higher food prices as a confirmation of inflation. The reality is, higher food prices have come from the increasing use of bio-fuels. I am guessing that the high oil and food prices will start to come down after the Summer Olympics. China’s economy is running on full speed right now. After the Olympics, I think we will see the Chinese government tighten their rates to slow down their economy to a normal growth level. This should lessen the demand for oil.

For now, investors should be in a defensive mode for the summer. The use of inverse mutual funds is a nice vehicle to add to a portfolio. This will allow an investor to participate on the current downtrend in the market - and enjoy their summer.

John Rothe is President and Portfolio Manager of the Rothe Financial Group, based in McLean, VA. The Rothe Financial Group, LLC, is an independent money management firm focused on building and protecting the wealth of our clients through customized portfolio management solutions

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99 Top Tips For Saving Money

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

FINANCES: CREDIT CARDS AND LOANS

1. Create a budget and be realistic about all your incomings and outgoings. Make sure you know exactly what money you have and when you will have it. This will help you plan for events such as birthdays or holidays when you may need a little extra cash saved up.

2. Make sure you are getting the best possible interest rate for your savings, opening an online savings account could receive a higher interest rate than a regular current account.

3. Missing your credit card minimum payment dates will hit you with a big charge, so set up a direct debit payment to make sure you never miss the date by accident.

4. Lots of credit cards now offer cashback or points on your purchases or gift vouchers when you first sign up, so make sure you shop around before choosing your credit card. However don’t just choose a card because of a one off benefit, you have to look at the overall package.

5. Don’t be scared to transfer to another credit card with an interest free promotional period as lots of credit cards offer this now. However make sure you transfer to a different one before the promotional period is over as you could be charged with a higher interest rate once it has ended.

6. Keep your credit history healthy- this will make it easier to transfer to different credit cards when you need to.

7. Don’t sign up to department store credit cards even if they do offer you 10% off your first purchase, they charge you a very high interest rate, high late payment charges and are too tempting to have in your wallet while you are out shopping!

8. Don’t get yourself into a mess with paying your mortgage. If you are struggling to pay your monthly payments, speak to your provider about taking a mortgage payment holiday which is better than simply defaulting on your payments.

9. If you have a little extra money, pay more on your credit cards or loans instead of spending it on a treat. If you can pay your debts off quicker, you will pay less interest.

10. If you have been stung in the past by large bank charges, try to reclaim them by writing to your bank. If you think your bank charges are significantly higher than other banks, think about transferring your account.

11. If you travel a lot, use a credit card which doesn’t charge you for using it abroad. Some credit cards charge 2.5% for using it in a foreign country, however there are some that do not charge this fee if you shop around.

12. If you are worried about your finances, get free help from your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau, they understand what troubles you may be facing and are trained to help you think of solutions.

13. Make sure you are claiming any benefits that you are entitled to such as Child Tax Credit, Working Tax Credit. The forms can take a while to fill out and it can be confusing about what you are entitled for but you can go to your local Citizen’s Advice Bureau to help with any queries.

SHOPPING

14. Do you shopping online, this will stop you having to pay for buses or parking and you are more likely to buy what you need when you are online.

15. Join Internet Cashback to earn cashback while you shop online and get access to discount codes which aren’t available in the shops. Earn cashback on a variety of products including your food shopping, clothes shopping, credit cards, insurances etc. Download the Cashback Detector and you will never miss out on cashback while shopping online again!

16. Don’t buy everything from the usual high street shops; use a price comparison website before you buy anything to make sure you are getting the best prices, which could point you to an online shop you have never heard of before with the cheapest products.

17. Try not to impulse shop! Don’t buy something as soon as you see it; give yourself time to think about it so you can see if you really need it. This will also give you chance to shop around for the best price.

18. When buying your groceries try the supermarket’s economy range. You’ll find most of it tastes the same but is half the price, so don’t be put off by the packaging. Supermarket economy ranges are also good for toiletries, medicines and cleaning products.

19. Have a spring clean and sell anything you don’t want or use anymore on Ebay- it is really quick and easy to sell on Ebay now.

20. Do your grocery shopping at night if you can, as supermarkets such as ASDA or Tesco often reduce the price of food like bread, milk or cakes at the end of the day to make sure they sell it.

21. Before you go shopping, make a list of what you need and then stick to it, if you don’t know what you need, you’ll be more likely to overspend.

22. Don’t buy your daily cup of coffee from expensive coffee shops because they are too expensive. A £2 cup of coffee every day will cost you approximately £60 over the whole month! Take a flask out instead!

23. Take a packed lunch to work instead of buying it everyday, it will work out much cheaper especially if you’ve managed to get your bread reduced for your sandwiches the night before.

24. Don’t buy ready made meals; they’re expensive and not very healthy. If you get yourself organised you can cook a meal from scratch in about 20 minutes. It’s healthier and much cheaper.

25. Only buy what you need to eat, buying too much food means it’ll go out of date fast and you lose money on it.

26. Use the leftovers from your evening meals for your lunch the next day, as long as you keep in the fridge it will still stay nice and means you won’t need to buy your dinner out.

27. Always look out for special offers, coupons and discounts. Bulk buy if there is a special offer on something you regularly use, for example a BOGOF on toothpaste however don’t just buy something because it is reduced!

28. Don’t feel you have to be the first person to get the latest products, for example a mobile phone could cost £300 when first launched but could drop to only £50 in the next year.

29. Plan your family and friend’s birthday and Christmas presents in advance by buying them during the sales. If you have enough storage, you could buy your Christmas presents for the following year in the January sales.

EVENING ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE

30. Stop eating out at restaurants at evenings and weekends so often. It’s easy to get lazy and head out for dinner but you’ve got to remember that your meal will cost a lot more in a restaurant than it will cooking for yourself.

31. If you do eat out at a restaurant, try to skip the starter and only have two courses which will save you money without ruining your evening. Also, try to resist the coffee at the end of the meal, you can get one at home for much less.

32. Find a restaurant where you can take your own bottle of wine! These are quite common and will mean you are not paying restaurant prices for your drinks.

33. Take it in turns for you and your friends to throw a dinner party. This is much cheaper than going to a restaurant and is often more fun especially if you have themed evenings.

34. If you are going out for the evening, don’t go too early and have a few drinks before you leave. You will spend much less money but will still have fun!

35. If you have an expensive gym membership and do not use it then cancel it as it is a complete waste of money. Try walking instead or using your local leisure centre which will be much cheaper than a gym membership.

36. If you pay to go to a slimming club, consider starting your own with your family, friends and neighbours instead. You will still get the same motivation but will save on the weekly cost.

37. Don’t pay full price for cinema tickets as most cinemas offer cheap weekend or daytime prices, and if you know someone with an Orange mobile phone you can get 2-for-1 tickets on Wednesday’s with their Orange Wednesday promotion.

38. During summer holidays most council’s have free or cheap events for families and children to take part in, so make sure you hunt around to make the most of what is offered.

39. Libraries are a great place to take the children on a rainy day and are great for adults too as many now stock not only books but CDs , DVDs and magazines.

40. Share the cost of events with your family and friends, for example if you love football then buy a season ticket with your friends and take it in turns to go to the matches. This way you might miss out on some matches but that’s better than missing out on all of them.

41. Try and find a market research group in your area which will pay you very well for telling researches what you think of specific products or ideas. These are enjoyable to do and you are provided with refreshments while you are there.

FASHION

42. Aim to build your wardrobe up with classic pieces that match. This way you will be able to interchange everything, so you won’t have to buy as many new pieces.

43. Go to the factory or clearance shops; they’re much cheaper and give you big brands at low prices and chances are, nobody will know where you bought them from!

44. Try to save your shopping trips until the sales are on. Although make sure you don’t buy things just because they are cheap if you don’t actually need them and take them back if they don’t fit as many shops do not open their fitting rooms during busy sale times.

45. Go to your local charity shop for cheap clothes! Remember, the majority of celebrities shop in charity stores because that’s where all the quirky stuff is so you will be in good company!

46. Don’t splash out on designer clothes for your children. Hand-me-downs and supermarket clothing ranges are a great way to dress your children cheaply and they probably won’t even notice the difference.

47. Learn how to sew and fix your clothes, not only will you be able to sew any holes or rips, you will also be able to customise your own clothes to make one off pieces.

48. Return clothes for a refund that you have bought and then realised you don’t like, don’t just let them sit in your wardrobe with the tags on.

49. Don’t avoid the cheaper shops such as Primark, they are great to stock up on your simple wardrobe necessities such as t-shirts and nightwear.

UTILITIES

50. Only buy home appliances that have been certified as energy efficient, they may cost more to start with but you’ll save more over time on running costs.

51. Replace your old light bulbs with energy efficient light bulbs as they last longer and save you money.

52. Lower your heating thermostat. If there are rooms that you don’t use in your home then turn off the radiator and close the door. If you live in a 2 storey house, you can turn the thermostat down even further upstairs because heat rises. By turning your heating thermostat down 10-20 you will be surprised at how much energy you will save per year.

53. Install more insulation in your attic, replace old curtain liners with new insulating curtain liners and seal any draughts. If you have a big enough budget, install double or even triple glazed windows, these are very efficient means of insulating your home, saving you money on heating costs. They also boost the value of a property significantly.

54. Turn off the lights if you aren’t in the room and make sure everyone in your house does the same. There’s no point in being charged for light that you don’t use. Simple as that!

55. Don’t leave electrical appliances on standby as they still consume electricity. Turn them off at the wall and you could save up to 10% off your electricity bills. According to reports, the UK government is bringing in legislation that will make it compulsory for all new appliances to not have a standby mode because of the huge waste this brings.

56. You can save a lot of money on your water bills very easily, always shower rather than bathing and spend as little time in the shower as possible.

57. If you have a big home with few occupants you could halve your annual water bill by installing a water meter.

58. Turn your washing machine down to 40. Unless your clothes are heavily soiled a wash on 30-40 will still bring them out sparkling clean!

59. Don’t be lazy by sticking with your current utility company, shop around and make sure you are getting the best deal; you can use utility comparison sites to help you see which company will be best for you and use Internet Cashback to earn up to 37.50 pounds for switching utility companies.

TRAVEL

60. Book flights early and save money. While many of the budget airlines will fly to a regional airport, it may actually cost less to fly into an airport closer to a city center (if you are going on a city break) as you won’t have to pay for a taxi to your accommodation.

61. Budget airlines such as Ryanair are now charging per bag checked into the hold in an effort to speed up their turn around times. If you can, pack what you need (minus scissors, liquids etc) into your hold baggage. This also means you don’t have to wait round to pick up your baggage at arrivals.

62. Book hotels online rather than walking in unannounced and being hit with the typically higher walk-in rate.

63. Buy your car rental online rather than arranging for it when you arrive. Car rental is a competitive market and there are plenty of money-saving offers available.

64. If you are planning a journey by train or bus then book early, look for offers and do not travel in peak times. If you buy your ticket on the day of travelling it will be significantly more money than if you book in advance.

65. If you are on a long train or plane journey, buy your refreshments before you board as drinks and snacks are always over priced once you are travelling.

66. There are lots of websites which will send you free samples or money off coupons so find the best one and keep checking it for the samples you want to receive. Shampoo and body lotion samples are great to take on weekends away!

COMMUNICATIONS

67. If you don’t use your landline phone often then change to a pay as you go mobile phone, it is silly paying for line rental if you don’t use it.

68. If you don’t use your internet broadband often then cancel it and make use of free wireless internet in most restaurants, cafes and bars. You simply take your laptop and connect to their wireless for free (although it might cost you a cup of coffee!). You can go to your library and use their computers for free and even have access to their printers and photocopiers for a small cost.

69. If you are on a monthly mobile phone contract, think about going pay as you go instead. You will have much more control over what you spend, and you’ll be surprised at how many people will call you instead of you calling them!

70. Send an email instead of phoning or texting people. Most customer services departments will answer emails now if you have a problem with a service such as your utility bill which means you won’t have to ring their premium rate customer services phone number. You can also send your family and friends emails instead of calling them and even send birthday cards by email to save on postage.

71. There are lots of websites which let you send text messages to mobile phones for free so you won’t use up your credit texting while you can get online and use a messenger service such as MSN Live to talk to your family and friends over the internet for free.

72. Get a Freeview digital box and cancel your SKY or cable TV package. Freeview has lots of free channels and you can now watch the majority of TV programmes on the internet, so you won’t be missing out on your favourite shows.

AROUND THE HOUSE

73. If you have a spare room, advertise for a lodger. There are lots of people who just want a room during the week while they are at work, so you would still get your privacy at weekends. If you live on your own a lodger can provide you with great company and will help pay towards your bills.

74. Don’t be wasteful with products such as toothpaste, body lotion or foundation. When you can’t get anymore out of the tube, cut it open and you will be able to use the bits you couldn’t get to.

75. Re-use old ice-cream tubs or take away packaging, you can use them for freezing food or taking your packed lunch into work.

76. If you have a pet, don’t go out buying expensive bedding from the pet shop, recycle the waste paper from your office or buy your own shredding machine at home and shred up your old newspapers.

77. Only fill the kettle with the amount of water you need, filling it up full wastes energy and takes longer to boil so you’ll have to wait longer for your drink!

78. When you use your washing machine, make sure it’s full every time, if you just have a few items to wash then hand wash them in the sink.

79. Instead of drying your clothes in the tumble dryer, hang them outside or in rainy weather hang them over a clotheshorse. This will also keep your clothes nicer for longer as tumble dryers tend to shrink your clothes!

80. Learn how to make your own cleaning products which are as effective as the products you buy in the shop and you can often use the ingredients you already have in your kitchen cupboards.

81. Grow your own fruit and vegetables in your garden or rent an allotment, especially if you give the vegetables to your pets. Seeds cost virtually nothing compared to the actual products themselves.

MOTORING

82. Downsizing your car could save you 100s of pounds each year in both fuel and road tax so if you are just making journeys to and from work you should seriously consider getting a smaller, more efficient car.

83. Don’t renew your car insurance without shopping around first. Use a price comparison site and you could save £100s every year by changing to a cheaper provider.

For a price comparison service go to CompareTheMarket.com.

84. If you travel to work on your own, try and start a car pool with colleagues who live in your area, not only will this save in petrol costs, it will also keep your car miles low.

85. Don’t jump in your car for all journeys, if you can, walk or cycle and you will save money and get fitter.

86. Start a school run with other parents in your area if you drive your children to school or consider walking them there instead if it is in a walking distance.

87. Don’t drive too fast, the RAC claim most car engines run far more efficiently at 60-70 miles an hour, compared to 80 mph or over.

88. Check your tyre pressure regularly; if your tyres are under inflated by 20% then you’ll use 10% more fuel.

89. Don’t pay to get your car cleaned as it is a waste of money, set aside 30 minutes each week to wash it yourself.

MISC

90. Instead of buying a daily paper, read the news online. Most newspapers have regularly updated websites which have all the news stories for free which could save you approximately 15 pounds per month.

91. If you smoke, try to stop or cut down. The NHS has lots of free services to help you do this and it will save you £100s each year.

92. Monitor how much alcohol you drink. If you are having a few glasses everyday, try to cut back and only have it for special occasions.

93. Don’t spend money you don’t have on gambling sites, especially ones online. It is easy to lose track on how much money you are spending and more often than not, you will lose this money. Try premium bonds instead if you want to try your luck as this way you will not lose your money.

94. It may be cheaper for you to pay for your prescriptions in advance with a pre-payment certificate if you pay for more than five prescription items in four months or 14 items in 12 months.

95. Buy generic medicines when you can, a 16 pack of Anadin costs approximately 2.99 pounds however a Sainsbury branded pack will only cost approximately 33p.

96. Cut and colour your own hair, or get your friends to help you. There are lots of great DIY colour kits out there to give you a new look for under 5 pounds and a pair of clippers won’t set you back much. Be careful though!

97. Pretend it’s your birthday on a night out and you might get a free birthday cake or glass of Champaign.

98. Don’t lose all of your loose pennies, save them up in a jar and at the end of the year you will be surprised at how much money you have collected.

99. Make saving money fun! Saving money doesn’t have to make you miserable! You can still see your friends, buy yourself treats and go on holiday; you just have the added advantage of feeling proud of your finances instead of hiding away from them!

The author of this article is a keen blogger regarding cashback deals for retailers’ such as for ASDA and affiliate marketing programmes.

5 Guidelines For Evaluating Your Trading As A Business

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Trading is just as much of a business as any other industry. Treating what you do as a business will help you improve your trading, allowing you to trade with less emotion. Constantly set trading goals to work towards, just as you would create goals for any business. Here are a few tips to improve your trading as a business, helping you reach your trading goals.

1. Your Trading Plan is Your Business Plan - Your complete trading plan is much like a business plan. Included in your trading plan planner should be a concrete statement on how to generate profits and your specific strategies. Much like your own business, you should have a plan in place to reach your trading goals. Setting swing or day trading goals is critical to producing consistent profits and staying “in business.”

2. Profit Loss Sheets - Bookkeeping may come second to technical analysis and e-mini futures, but it is just as important as day and swing trading itself. You should prepare a profit or loss statement every month and track where you’ve made money and lost money. If you’re finding yourself losing money in the 10 am - 2 pm period of the trading day, you might consider closing up shop during that time.

3. Have a Routine - If you were going to the office every day, you wouldn’t go in sweatpants and a t-shirt. You should be dressing the way you want to perform. Getting up early and getting ready just like you would for any other occupation will keep your mind in the game and bring in consistent earnings. You need to treat yourself the same as you would with a business. Set a trading goal for each day and strive to reach it with profitable trading strategies.

4. Use Profits to Grow - Businesses need more capital to expand and make more money and so does your portfolio. Spending a few extra dollars on advanced trading techniques, tools, and strategies will help you be a better trader. Mark each expenditure against the value of your trading portfolio as you would against the bank account of your business. Each investment is an investment in yourself, and it is also tax-deductible, just like any other business expense.

5. You’re Buying and Selling a Product - Shares of stocks are products just like an article of clothing or a pound of carrots. Trading is buying and selling a stock for a profit, much like owning a business is buying and selling a product for a profit. Think of each stock like a product; you might have to have “sales” to get rid of extra holdings or to cut losses, but it is all a part of running a business.

Organizing your trading life like your business increases your probability of market success. When you take time to manage your business, invest in your business, and treat yourself professionally, these are the tools to make consistent profits.

About the Author:

Leroy Rushing is an active, professional day trader; trading coach; and author. He is the Founder and CEO of Trading EveryDay, a distinguished provider of educational trading products and services that are available worldwide. Trading EveryDay also has many articles with unique perspectives on day trading.

Make Money Being a Freelancer Online

Saturday, October 18th, 2008

Among one of the greatest and easiest ways to make money online is by being a freelancer. By definition a freelancer is a job you do on your own, sort of like running a business. You offer the service and choose the price and people pay you for it. Freelancers include many different people in many different services. These services can help you market your sites, help bring in traffic, help you build a site and more. Here are just a few great freelancing services out there:

SEO a.k.a. search engine optimization - As a service provider you could easily find people that need their sites optimized. The most important thing, may be to convince them why they need this service because a lot of people don’t even know what optimization is or why they need it. This is where you come in. Build a nice little professional website, and tell them why. List all your reasons. Make some affordable packages for individuals as well as bigger companies and corporations.

SEM a.k.a. search engine marketing - You can provide your all knowing search engine marketing techniques to people online. Or better yet you could teach people how to do it on their own. Most of us know that SEO and SEM are two very important processes but so many people don’t know how to market or optimize their websites. This is valuable information for the buyer.

Back links - You can easily start a business where you do back links of some sort. This can be done several different ways, from an actual back linking service, to writing articles for people and putting their URLs in the author box. I think the second one is the easiest and funnest way to do this (for the provider) especially if you know how to write and enjoy writing. Again you the provider charge a set fee and buyers will pay you for these back links. In my experience its best to have set packages the buyer can choose from.

Web hosting - If you own a web hosting business you can easily get people that are in need of hosting. Billions of people online have websites and need someone to host them. You could easily be this person.

Web Design & Development - These are two practices not everyone is good at. I can market, optimize, write do a ton of other things. But when it comes to web design or development the closest thing I know is Myspace html codes! I’m not the only fool like this! Again there are millions of people out there that either don’t know how to do this, or just don’t have the time. This is a great service to offer if you know how to do it.

Article Writer & Submission Services - If your a good writer, you can actually make money from it by providing articles to people. You will be provided with the URLs, keywords and anchor text. Then you the writer will do an article about the category of the site. Not the actual site, but the category of the site. People will pay good money for these services because you are providing them with back links and back links are the cream of the crop.

Content Writer - In my opinion a content writer and an article writer are two different things. But a content writer can be a article writer and an article writer can be a content writer! A content writer, writes for your website. It doesn’t matter if they have a professional type website, or a word press blog/website. You can find people that have websites about topics or subjects you have extensive knowledge about. You will write content for their websites and they will pay you per however you charge. Some people pay per page, per word, per day etc. Its your service, charge what you will but again, be fair and honest with your prices.

Of course there are MANY other ways to make money online as a freelancer but these are a few of the top ways I know of, and some of the top ways to make actual money online. Ive either provided these services before, have thought about it or know friends and colleagues that have are freelancers and have tried these types of services and they have always been successful, as have I. There’s a few things you should be concerned with when providing a service as a freelancer. And here are a few of them:

1- I cant say this enough. Be honest and be fair to your buyer. And always try to be as professional as you can.

2- Build yourself a website, and place a portfolio on that site along with a few paragraphs about why this service is important. If someone doesn’t know what SEO is, then they aren’t going to realize why they need it, which means no business for you. Don’t act like its a magic pill. Its not. But its an important attribute when having a website. Side note; if your a web designer or a developer and your selling this service you sure as heck better have a nice website. Ive gone to sites before where the person boasted about how awesome they were at web design, and their own site wasn’t working!

3- Make sure you advertise. Now if your doing a freelancing service you don’t necessarily have to pay for advertising. The best thing you can do is visit some forums and put out the word about your brand new service. Yes, your going to get a hard time from some people. But others will be more than willing to try out your service. And where one follows, two follows, and where two follows more follow. All you need is a handful of positive reviews (which is where those manners of yours come into play) and you will start receiving the trust of the people!

4- Repeat steps 1-3.

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How to Make Money Online Selling Just About Anything

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Anyone with a little bit of computer knowledge can make money online selling anything their heart desires. You can sell old clothes, furniture, eBooks, information packets, cars, almost anything. The internet is such a huge and versatile area for an online marketplace. You can create a painting or any work of art and sell it online. You can start a home business and sell the products that are offered through that company. Starting a home business can possibly to lead to more profits over a longer period of time then traditional selling, but it all works. Join an affiliate program and sell a product created by someone else.

The most basic and most popular place to make money online selling is eBay. EBay has millions and millions of products being sold all over the world. It is as simple as finding something you are willing to get rid of, then throwing it up on eBay. There step by step instruction will help you get started on the right track. It is very simple so do not let the minor details get you confused.

Create an ecommerce website and start to make money online selling products on your own website. If you are not capable of creating your own site, have someone do it for you. If you want a quicker alternative you can back to eBay and purchase an existing website. Go to eBay and click business and industrial, there you will find a link for business and websites for sale. Sort through sites that you think might interest you and contact the seller with all questions you may have.

Become a power in affiliate marketing. You can make money online selling affiliate products from your website. Go to sites like clickbank or commission junction and sort through products that catch your eye. View the pay scale to see how much you will make off of each sale. Fill out the information and create a link, next place it on your website and bingo, you now can make money online selling products you did not have to create.

To make money online selling affiliate products you must have a marketing strategy in place, unless you are getting quality traffic to your site. One example is you can write a quick 500 word article about your product and submit it to article directories such as Ezine Articles with a link back to your site. So now when anyone reads your article, they now can visit your site through the link you have inserted. There are many other free ways of marketing but article marketing is a basic strategy to get you started.

With the right determination you can make money online selling anything you want. Selling online can lead to long term financial wealth. Many people are becoming ultra successful online. Some are doing it part and some do it full time as a business. Whichever way you want, you too can do it. A lot of people are tired of working the day to day JOB. So, they try and make money online selling anything to help supplement or even take over their current income. You can too.

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Trading Forex - Exotics As Carry Trade

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

The carry trade is an investment strategy involving basic arbitrage between interest rates. Any Forex transaction comprises of simultaneously selling one currency and buying another. Object of the carry trade is to sell a currency with a low interest rate and purchase one with higher interest rate. Trader pays interest on the sold part of the trade and collects it on the currency that was purchased, capturing the rate differential.

This easy strategy has been a buzzword in Forex circles for many years. There are always differences in interest rates to be exploited and sometimes they are quite substantial. To make it more appealing, these imbalances can last for a long time, years even, making the carry trade a darling among the “easy money” crowd. Such was the case for JPY which had been heavily borrowed for years in order to buy NZD, AUD and GBP, until last summer. That’s when the now famous “unwind of the carry trade” took place, sinking a lot of over leveraged traders.

Since then financial press has been relatively quiet on the subject. Recently, though, new variants of the method have started to pop out. On of them involves USD being sold against a basket of other currencies. It is based on the premise that FED will continue to cut rates and the dollar will continue its weakness unabated. Since the outcome for rates of other major economies is also very uncertain, hence the basket of currencies. This makes it for a rather complicated strategy, requiring careful allocation within the basket. This particular a approach makes the carry trade a little more complicated than it needs to be.

Another option gaining attention of late is the use of emerging markets currencies, also known as exotics. Some of the relatively high yielding ones are, as of this writing, Brazilian Real, Mexican Peso, Turkish Lira and South African Rand. While they are not available on all platforms, more and more brokers are adding at least some of them to their offerings. As of late, Rand (ZAR) and Lira (TRY) seem to be leading the pack.

South African Rand has been actively traded for many years now, has accumulated a wealth of historical data and is probably most suitable for individual trader. South African Reserve Bank’s overnight rate stands 11%. Rates have been cut four times last year and this trend is expected to continue. This country has benefited enormously from the commodities boom, especially the metals. It’s not without serious problems though, very high unemployment rate, political instability, and failing infrastructure (electricity shortages) are sure to have effect on the Rand. This currency is available on most of the leading broker’s platforms.

Turkish Lira currently offers the highest interest rates in the industrial world. The benchmark overnight rate was standing at 15,25% lately. In 2001 the country started reforms, backed by International Monetary Fund, which greatly improved economic stability. This led to Turkey being one of the fasting growing economies in the world, for a few years running. Prospective European Union membership also increased the flow of foreign investment. However, country has to overcome very high level of deficit and external debt. Political instability is always possible, as well as the ever present threat of a military conflict with its Kurdish minority.

These exotics certainly offer interesting and tempting opportunities for carry trade enthusiasts. Combined with daily interest payouts and massive leverage availability, they are sure to draw attention of speculators. Let’s not forget, however, that the potential for loss is also high. During adverse times, exotic currencies will tend to move much faster than others. While worthy a second look, this carry trade is probably best suited for the most adventures traders, no matter how much hype surrounds it.

Mike P. Kulej is a Chief Forex Strategist for Spectrum Forex LLC. He specializes in mechanical trading systems as explained on http://www.spectrumforex.com Spectrum Forex LLC offers numerous services to individual traders. With questions and comments e-mail him at kulej@spectrumforex.com

Forex Autopilot Reviews - Can This Software Really Predict Forex Markets?

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

Do you need a better way to predict the Forex markets and make better trades? Before you attempt to make money from this extremely volatile and liquid financial market, it is highly recommend that you learn about some fundamentals and technicals before making any trades with real money.

One particular piece of software called Forex Autopilot has created waves amongst the currency trading community, but does it really work? I have already purchased it for testing on my account, and I will be telling you more about this software in this article.

1. My Results after Using the Forex Autopilot Software

When I first purchased and downloaded the software, I was very skeptical that it would work as the manual does not explain what kind of technicals it uses to enter trades. Other than that, it has a very clear instruction which should enable any beginner to get it running very quickly. It works specifically for the EUR/USD pair, so pay attention to set it to trade this currency pair only.

I first used this software on a demo account, and I was not very impressed with the results in the first few days. I was only breaking even, and I found that Forex Autopilot would constantly hold on to losing positions for a long time. Eventually, it would close with a small loss on those positions. However, after almost one full month of testing, my profit figure has amounted to about 25% of my initial capital after it made many profitable trades with small profits towards the end.

2. Is The Forex Autopilot Right For You?

If you have completely no knowledge of the currency markets, you can still use this program, but I would highly recommend you to read the manual about Forex trading that is including with the package. It fully explains the foreign exchange markets and all its jargon, and also goes into detail about what the Forex Autopilot software is supposed to do and the benefits it can provide.

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The Ugly Facts of Life About Being a Petroleum Trader

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Anyone who’s gotten involved in the inevitable daisy chains that are part of the online international commodity “trading” business has learned a new meaning of the term “dead end.”

The fact is (and this is learned from real oil traders who know from experience) that most of these “deals” are just fake, plain and simple.

Thanks to the Internet, these days some phony-baloney oil brokers even have their own websites and call themselves petroleum suppliers or petroleum companies even though they may not have completed a single real oil trade transaction in their lives. Why do they keep doing it?

I honestly don’t know. The sad thing is these traders’ persistence could be put to good use if they ever took the time to actually learn about the business. And don’t think it’s only the unschooled who fall victim to these daisy chains. Many lawyers, MBAs and educated men and women who should know better are frequently sucked in too.

When real petroleum companies deal with real refiners in foreign countries, the standard procedure is that the seller makes a firm offer to the buyer - subject to whatever he needs done - and the buyer then takes a look at the offer and says either we’ve got a deal or we don’t.

Simple. It’s just like any other trade transaction in that regard. Too many buzzwords and too many qualifiers usually mean you should stay clear. And contacts who are actively seeking banking information before any discussion of product are usually non-players.

What about discounts? Real traders know there’s no discount on orders whether it’s a big deal or a small deal but the “play traders” believe that if the deal is bigger, there should be a bigger discount. This is another example of not knowing the industry.

Instead of looking for suppliers of huge amounts of oil in its various forms, the real buyers know that no single supplier can come up with one million barrels a month (an amount frequently tossed around) because the refining capability just isn’t there.

What about someone fronting for a rich Saudi sheik?

Fat chance, say the real traders. In the case of Saudi Arabia, there are only two legitimate organizations that sell oil on behalf of the country or an oil consortium. Someone who says he’s selling on behalf of a Saudi sheik is just, well, full of sheik!

And if they start talking about millions of barrels per month it’s almost certainly not real unless they’re talking about crude oil.

Remember, a broker’s entire job is to help a petroleum company’s trading department find or sell oil and related products so that he will receive a commission when the deal comes together. Will you get paid? That’s always an issue for export intermediaries but it can be especially tricky in the oil business.

The fact is that most oil companies — and especially the big ones — have traders in their marketing departments who operate honestly and fulfill obligations to brokers. But there are some independent and smaller companies who treat brokers shabbily and their reputations are widely known - another reason to get smart on the oil business before you dive in.

Surprisingly, you will probably find that many of the bigger oil trading companies will not only accept your services but may also provide advice and assistance.

So what’s the bottom line?

Like I said before, it ain’t easy. And you’ve got to know what you’re doing. The fact is, petroleum marketing is a dog-eat-dog business and if you’re a broker, you’d better have the resilience and perseverance to work through the baloney and outright deceit which seems to attach itself to petroleum trading.

Frankly, unless you have contacts in or familiarity with the petroleum industry, I recommend you stay with small- and mid-sized product manufacturers who are not exporting their products. It may not be as exotic as trading in petroleum, but it works - and you can make some real money. If you insist on trading in the volatile petroleum industry, try to find someone who will mentor you on the ins and outs. This is probably the best way to make sure you don’t get “burned” by oil.

Dennis Hessler is the publisher of The Computer User’s Guide to Running Your Own Exporting Company and numerous other books, video tapes, software packages and The International Trade Connection newsletter which is designed to show entrepreneurs new to exporting how to get involved in the booming global market.

Learn more about international trade at his website, http://www.spyglasspoint.com You can also download a free sample copy of The International Trade Connection at the site. If you have questions about any of his products or international trade in general, e-mail Dennis at Dennis@spyglasspoint.com. Spyglass Point Productions, P.O. Box 13141, Pensacola, FL 32591 U.S.A.