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  • noun foreign exchange
  • noun foreign exchange market

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Shortening.

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Examples

  • Instead, many countries are intervening quietly - and unilaterally - in forex markets, and some are already toying with capital controls, which Thailand and Malaysia implemented in the past to stem the tide but with mixed results.

    Asian currency tensions simmer as dollar sinks By ERIKA KINETZ 2010

  • In recent days, the central banks of countries ranging from Russia to Colombia have been suspected of intervening in forex markets because of dollar weakness.

    Asian Central Banks Keep Up Intervention as Dollar Weakens David Roman 2010

  • The time zone in forex trading is referenced in terms of Eastern Standard Time (EST).

    Friday Trading | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • * Tax aimed at curbing increase in short forex holdings

    UPDATE 1-Brazil imposes tax to curb forex short selling | Reuters 2011

  • BOJ Gov Shirakawa: Monetary policy not determined by short-term forex moves

    FXstreet.com 2010

  • Yet current sentiment levels are far from extreme, and we may wait until further clarifications in short-term forex trends before taking a stronger stance on the US currency against key counterparts.

    British Pound May Rally Further Against Yen on Sentiment - Yahoo! Finance 2010

  • In anticipation, we could take the following steps: (a) keep mopping up forex inflows and tie up optional contracts for longer-term forex credit; (b) better align oil and gas pricing to international prices; (c) push for an agreement on GST implementation timelines in the first half of 2010 when states would be less apprehensive about their finances.

    rediff.com 2010

  • Just as the long term forex trader needs a plan of attack when trading the forex market, the short term forex trader must plan for additional challenges due to the immediate reaction to economic data and news.

    FXstreet.com 2009

  • This webinar will discuss strategies for planning short term forex trades, as well as tips for staying focused when trading

    FXstreet.com 2009

  • The short term forex trader must learn to control emotions, boredom and fatigue when spending many hours in front of the screen.

    FXstreet.com 2009

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  • http://www.forexwealthclub.com/ is the place to get more ideas.

    March 7, 2010

  • And XXXX you, danymarlon.

    March 7, 2010

  • I feel I ought to explain my previous comment.

    It was made in response to a comment by danymarlon.

    He/she/it spammed a link about wealth and forex.

    Both his/her/its account, and the comment, has been nuked.

    Leaving my comment suspended sans raison d'être.

    March 7, 2010

  • The info to the right still shows

    appears in these lists:

    Forex Course, by danymarlon

    Have a beer, gangerh.

    March 7, 2010