If someone told you they had uncovered a 300 year old secret that had the potential to bring great wealth, would you listen? If they could explain the mysteries behind the secret so that you could profit as well, would you be interested? If this secret was fully explored on the Internet and available in training CD’s, would you sign up?

For those of you who are involved in the stock market, technical analysis can be somewhat of a mystery. You research and study, yet your trades just don’t end up being very successful.

Hello! My name is Steve Bigalow, and for over 30 years, I have searched for the “Holy Grail” to consistent investment profits. Name any investment philosophy  ever conceived and I have probably tried it. Then, a little over 18 years ago, I discovered Japanese Candlesticks. Since then, I have developed and refined techniques using the Japanese Candlesticks to consistently pull profits from any kind of market. Bull or bear, stocks, commodities, or tulip bulbs, it doesn’t matter. All you need to know is how to recognize the easily-seen signals the Japanese Candlesticks create. I want you to get ready to find out more about that 300 year old secret of Japanese Candlesticks and candlestick trading can give you that head start!

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What is forex?

Quite simply, it’s the global market that allows one to trade two currencies against each other.

If you think one currency will be stronger versus the other, and you end up correct, then you can make a profit.

If you’ve ever traveled to another country, you usually had to find a currency exchange booth at the airport, and then exchange the money you have in your wallet into the currency of the country you are visiting.

Foreign Exchange
You go up to the counter and notice a screen displaying different exchange rates for different currencies.

An exchange rate is the relative price of two currencies from two different countries.

You find “Japanese yen” and think to yourself, “WOW! My one dollar is worth 100 yen?! And I have ten dollars! I’m going to be rich!!!”
When you do this, you’ve essentially participated in the forex market!

You’ve exchanged one currency for another.

Or in forex trading terms, assuming you’re an American visiting Japan, you’ve sold dollars and bought yen.

Currency Exchange

Before you fly back home, you stop by the currency exchange booth to exchange the yen that you miraculously have left over (Tokyo is expensive!) and notice the exchange rates have changed.

It’s these changes in the exchange rates that allow you to make money in the foreign exchange market.