September
27

As you know the financial crisis is getting worse all over the world and Brokers have your funds in different Banks. So, you are trading in a reliable Broker but you do not know if your funds are safe or not.

Have you asked your Broker where are your funds deposited?. Imagine that the Bank where your funds are deposited by the Broker goes to bankruptcy…, few Brokers have your funds assured if something goes wrong.

I recommend you to read this interesting article:

http://www.forexpeacearmy.com/forex-forum/forex-basics-boot-camp/3033-wealth-protection.html

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September
22

English:

I have tested this EA a lot and it works without errors but as you know this EA is not automatic: you don´t have to analyse if pairs are going up or down, only if there is enough volatibility. If you see the pair going very slow or stopped then you must stop the EA and when it gains in volatibility again you must click and activate it to open the next progression.

A suggestion: bollinger bands (10 period) or ADX in 30 minutes charts to see the volatibilty before opening a position with this EA. If you do not know how to use these indicators let me know and I will answer your questions.

THE EA WILL BE FREE TO YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER!!, and if you gain money with it I would be glad to receive a donation to my paypal account: joseleon66@gmail.com  but it´s up to you. It´s like some kind of karma: I don´t want to sell it, I only want to receive the money that you decide for this EA.

Español:

He probado este EA bastante y ya funciona sin errores pero como debes ya saber este EA no es automático: no tienes que analizar si un par sube o baja pero SÍ cuando hay suficiente volatibilidad. Si ves que el par donde abriste tu posición va muy lento o casi parado entonces mejor parar el EA, vuelve a hacer click para activarlo cuando vuelva la volatibilidad o movimiento de nuevo para que entonces se abra una nueva progresión.

Una sugerencia: abrir la posición cuando se vea que empieza la volatibilidad usando las bollinger bands (período 10) en charts de 30 minutos o el ADX. Si no sabéis cómo usar estos indicadores solo tenéis que preguntar y os responderé lo antes posible.

¡¡ESTE EA SERÁ GRATUÍTO PARA VUESTRO NÚMERO DE CUENTA!!, y ya dependerá de vosotros si queréis hacer una donación a mi cuenta paypal (joseleon66@gmail.com) si estáis ganando dinero con él. Es una especie de “karma”, no quiero venderlo pero si ganáis dinero y queréis agradecermelo entonces podéis donar a esta cuenta lo que queráis o decidáis que vale el EA.

2
September
11

MetaSpotFX: ECN + mt4

Posted In: Forex, News, Trading by Jose

English:

Great news for Traders who were wishing or looking for an ECN broker with mt4 platform, very soon you will be able to trade with your EA or with mt4 indicators with variable spread, real market and no dealing desk execution.

Check this link:

http://www.metaspotfx.com/

 

Español:

Buenas noticias para todos los Traders que estaban buscando y deseando tradear con la plataforma mt4 en un broker ECN. Dentro de poco podrás tradear en un broker ECN con tu EA, los indicadores de mt4, spreads variables, mercado real y sin dealing desk.

Pincha este enlace:

http://www.metaspotfx.com

1
September
11

Crowne Gold had some problems with IRS (USA) some months ago and they were trying to resolve this problem, meanwhile you can read some posts about it (from AlansMoneyBlog):

2008-08-16 - PLEASE NOTE - Closing Accounts:
Due to the high volume of calls and e-mails to Customer Service & Support staff regarding the closing of accounts we are running behind in returning calls and e-mail messages. Please be patient as all calls will be returned and we will respond to all e-mail inquiries.

2008-08-01 - NOTICE TO ALL CLIENTS:
Crowne Gold is winding down its business and is no longer accepting new accounts or inbound deposits. Crowne staff will be working diligently with every client to ensure an orderly account closure. To contact Crowne, please dial: 775-841-3573. This front office will take a message and pass it along to the staff member responsible for working with you on your account. Crowne will make its best efforts to respond within 48 hours to every accounts initial message.

http://alansmoneyblog.com/2008/01/25/crowne-gold-in-serious-financial-trouble/#comment-1137

And as you know FinanzasForex send the funds to this company and now I read that Crowne Gold is in a process against FinanzasForex:

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-ordce/case_no-3:2008cv01045/case_id-89872/

I will post about it when I get more information about this process.

Some other interesting links:

http://alansmoneyblog.com/2008/09/11/crowne-gold-is-closing-down/

http://nobsnetwork.net/no-bullshit-investment/3455-finanzas-forex-fed-court.html#post14152

http://nobsnetwork.net/specific-hyip-discussion/2636-finanzas-forex-high-yield-forex-investment-8.html#post14151

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August
28

English:

I don´t know if you remember what I posted about a semi-martingale system with a lot of success in Forex Forums and by many users, but this original EA is very expensive: almost $400.

I am coding with a friend a clone of this system and we want it as good as the original with the same or even more features. If it goes well the price would be only $60 or 40 eur, not almost $400 like the original. I don´t see any problem to make all of this because the martingale system is very old yet and we can add it more options by request. Nobody is the owner of this system, the most important thing is the quality of the code and the EA.

Meanwhile I continue testing the original EA (I bought it some time ago) with different progressions and limiting the risk as if I was trading with a stop loss in every trade.

There are different methods to avoid the risk of using a martingale system ;)

 

Español:

No sé si recordáis mi post sobre un EA basado en un sistema semi-martingale que tuvo bastante éxito en diferentes Foros y por usuarios pero que cuesta bastante: casi $400 (dólares).

Junto a un amigo estamos haciendo poco a poco un clon de este EA lo más parecido al original y con las mismas características o incluso más. Si sale bien y os interesa costaría $60 o 40 euros la unidad, no casi $400 como el original. No veo mal hacer algo así porque un sistema martingale con más o menos opciones no es propiedad de nadie y es un método ya muy antiguo, y se podrían añadir más opciones por petición.

Mientras tanto voy probando con el EA original (lo compré hace ya bastante tiempo) en diferentes progresiones, limitando el riesgo de la cuenta como si se tradeara con un stop loss en cada posición abierta.

Hay diferentes maneras de evitar el riesgo que supone usar un método martingale ;)

August
13

English:

First we saw how E-gold founder was indicted for not having a license to transmit money, now e-bullion follows the same way and the founder: James Fayed, is also suspected in the murder of his wife Pamela.

You can read more information from Mark Herpel here (thanks Mark):

http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/pamela-fayeds-murder-beginning-end-e-bullion

 

Español:

Primero vimos como el propietario de e-gold era procesado por no disponer de licencia para transmitir dinero, ahora e-bullion sigue el mismo camino, y el fundador: James Fayed, es también sospechoso por el asesinato de su esposa Pamela.

Podéis leer algo más de este tema (en inglés) gracias a Mark Herpel (gracias Mark) aquí:

http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/pamela-fayeds-murder-beginning-end-e-bullion

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August
6

English:

Analyzing the mistakes I committed when I began to trade Forex and seeing that many beginners continue with the same mistakes, I would like to contribute with my help to those thinking to trade Forex now.

1.- Which broker must I choose to trade.

If you are really comfortable trading in a mt4 (metatrader4) platform you should know that many brokers offering this platform are not totally honest and they use a script or plugin inside their servers called “virtual dealer” with many options:

- Freezing the server when they consider it necessary.

- When you open a new position the price can be opened many pips above or below the real price.

- Reaching your stop loss even when they price has never reached that level. A dealing desk broker knows all the positions opened, where your stop loss are placed, what you are doing, EVERYTHING. And they usually trade against you because they know that 95% of traders lose money and so they gain. If they see that you win many times at once then they can take measures against your trades.

- Delays when you want to open or close a trade.

etc…

You can see all the options of this plugin here:

http://noponzi.com/wp-content/upload…ualdealer1.jpg

http://noponzi.com/wp-content/upload…ualdealer2.jpg

 

Anyway, if you do not want to use an ECN broker to avoid these problems, you may think not placing a real stop loss and waiting with a mental stop loss to close that position (not showing your cards to the enemy). But this option is not always possible and the broker could freeze the server more than 1 hour (I know it from my past experience) and then you will get a lot of problems to find a solution with the broker about your losses (you agreed with their terms and conditions when you opened your account, take a look at them). But if they paralize the server and you had placed your stop loss yet, and later you check that your positions should have been closed, then the broker will fix your problem.

So, it is very difficult to find a solution when you trade with dealing desk brokers and you will never trade relaxed or safe. I talk from my experience.

My recommendation: choose a reliable ECN broker.

BEFORE TRADING IN A REAL ACCOUNT WITH REAL MONEY, TRADE THE FOREX PLATFORM IN DEMO DURING SOME MONTHS. IT´S NOT THE SAME TRADING WITH REAL MONEY THAN DEMO DUE TO PSYCHOLOGY (YOU ARE NOT USING REAL MONEY) BUT YOU SHOULD LEARN HOW TO USE THE PLATFORM AND OPERATIONS WELL BEFORE RISKING YOUR MONEY.

2.- How much money to deposit and money management.

You should risk less than 5% of your equity or available balance (I prefer only 3%).

For example: if your broker only offers you 1:100 leverage where 1 pip = about $1, and you deposit $1000 then:

$1000 x 5% = $50, so you should only risk $50 and remember: $1 = 1 pip in your broker, so you should only risk about 50 pips.

If your broker lets you change the leverage to 1:400 (in many brokers with this leverage 10 pips = about $1) then you can risk 500 pips = $50, but remember that you will only gain $1 with 10 pips. In this case you can open 10 positions with a stop loss of 50 pips each one (you risk 5% of your equity). If you are trading with 1:100 leverage and with  1 pip = $1 condition, then you can only risk a stop loss of 50 pips in 1 trade, or 25 pips in 2 trades, and you will manage the risk very well.

If you see that your opened trade is with some profit yet, then you should move your stop loss to break even (the price where your trade was opened), so if the price reverses against you then you are not risking your money in that trade yet (you do not win and you do not lose) and you can open a new trade in a different pair following a good money management. An example: when you are in +30 pips, you must decide it with your strategy.

Risk-reward: you should open your position if you see that you can gain more than you are risking. If the rules of your strategy tells you that it is possible to reach 60 pips and you are risking in your stop loss 30 pips then it is ok (in this case 1:2 risk-reward). But never risk more than you expect to reach. If your stop loss is 30 pips and you are looking to gain only 15 pips then look for another and best opportunity in a different pair. The best opportunity is reaching more than 1:1 (if you risk 30 pips in your stop loss then you should look for an opportunity to gain more than 30 pips).

For example (1:2 risk-reward):

Stop loss = 30 pips

Possible target = 60 pips

In this case if you lose 6 trades then you are losing -180 pips and if you gain 4 trades then you are gaining +240 pips: +60 pips profit.

Make your calculations if the risk-reward is 1:3 (you gain money only with 3 trades, even losing 7).

3.- Strategy.

You should build or follow a strategy that let your emotions, greed and fear away. Psychology is one of the most important points (with a good money management) to trade Forex.

In a good strategy you must cut your losses soon and let your profit run, protecting the trades. Yes, it is very difficult for a newbie to cut the losses soon because it is against human nature. I mean that all of us would like to close a trade in profit soon to gain that money and if we are losing in a negative position we always think: it can reverses later, I do not want to lose what I have gained all these days… and that is a suicide when you trade Forex. You can also lose all your money.

Example: you are without a stop loss in -50 pips and when you think that your trade can reverses it goes to -100, -200 and now you do not want to lose such amount of money… (I should have closed that position before…), I am sure that it sounds to you a lot ;-)

So, close your losses soon and look for another opportunity. If your money management and psychology are good then you will gain more than you lose sooner or later.

If you know how to follow the general trend, do it!, never go against the general trend.

NEVER TRADE MORE THAN NECESSARY IF YOU HAVE GAINED A GOOD MONEY IN A PARTICULAR DAY.

4.- Psychology

- Apply a good money management and follow a strategy with few options to change your own rules.

- If you lose some money DO NOT open higher lots to recover your losses. It is very dangerous and you can lose again with that higher lot and so you are letting your entire account in jeopardy not following a good money management. Be patient, if you know that your money management, psychology and strategy are right then you will recover those losses soon.

- Never be afraid or feel bad to cut your losses. Think that this is not an easy business and losses are part of the game. If you know that you will gain more than you lose with your money management and risk-reward, then you will be happy even with those losses, and more relaxed.

- Try to find out what timeframe suits you better with your psychology. Maybe it is trading in 1 hour chart and finishing your trading in some hours, or it is daily chart watching the chart few times a day (be carefull with high-impact news, they can change the trend), etc. Think that Market is always right, not yourself.

Surely I leave many things back but I hope that this post will help you if you are thinking to trade Forex.

 

Español:

Analizando los errores que yo mismo cometía cuando empecé a tradear y viendo que se siguen cometiendo por los que empiezan, me gustaría aportar mi ayuda para los principiantes que se están animando a tradear en Forex.

1.- Lo primero a tener en cuenta es el broker a elegir. 

Si estáis ya acostumbrados a tradear en una plataforma mt4 (metatrader4) debéis saber que muchos brokers que usan esta plataforma no actúan honestamente y disponen de un script o plugin en el servidor llamado “virtual dealer” cuyas misiones son:

- Paralizar el servidor el tiempo que deseen acorde a su conveniencia.
- Que cuando se abra una posición lo haga un número de pips por encima o por debajo de lo normal.
- Alcanzar los stop loss que tengáis puestos aunque en realidad el precio nunca haya alcanzado dicho precio. Tened en cuenta que un broker con dealing-desk sabe lo que abres, cierras, tu balance… TODO. Y normalmente tradean al contrario que lo que tu mismo abres, saben que el 95% de los traders pierden y por tanto ellos ganan. A fin de cuentas: tradean contra ti y si ven que puedes ganar pueden tomar medidas contra ello. 
- Retraso al abrir o cerrar posiciones.
etc…

Podéis ver algo de este plugin y sus opciones aquí:

http://noponzi.com/wp-content/upload…ualdealer1.jpg

http://noponzi.com/wp-content/upload…ualdealer2.jpg

Aún así, si usáis un broker no-ECN otra opción sería no poner los stop loss en la plataforma (no enseñar vuestras cartas al enemigo) y tenerlo en mente a la hora de cerrar vuestras posiciones. Pero esto no es siempre posible y sin tener estos stop loss puestos podrían paralizar el servidor durante largo tiempo con las consiguientes pérdidas considerables, en cambio con los stop loss puestos podéis demostrar al broker que esas posiciones deberían haberse cerrado al llegar a vuestros stop loss y os la tienen que respetar. Es decir: sea cual sea la decisión es muy difícil tradear con seguridad y tranquilidad en un broker no-ECN o deshonesto.
Mi recomendación: un broker ECN fiable.

ANTES DE TRADEAR CON DINERO REAL EN UNA CUENTA REAL, PROBAD DURANTE VARIOS MESES EN DEMO. NO SE TRADEA DE IGUAL FORMA EN DEMO QUE EN REAL, DEBIDO SOBRE TODO A LA PSICOLOGIA DIFERENTE RESPECTO A DINERO REAL CON FICTICIO, PERO AL MENOS SE APRENDE A USAR LA PLATAFORMA Y LAS OPERACIONES ANTES DE TRADEAR CON DINERO.

2.- Capital a depositar y manejo del riesgo

Aquí entra en juego cómo vais a manejar vuestro riesgo. Mi recomendación es que deberíais arriesgar en todas vuestras posiciones abiertas un porcentaje inferior al 5% de vuestra equidad (yo prefiero el 3%). Si no tenéis nada abierto entonces lógicamente podéis calcularlo desde vuestro balance disponible.
Por ejemplo, un broker que sólo ofrezca un apalancamiento de 1:100 y dónde 1 lote equivalga a 1 dólar el pip, si ingresáis $1000 podéis hacer un cálculo aproximado:

$1000 x 5% = 50, por lo que deberíais arriesgar únicamente $50, y siendo cada 1 pip = $1 significa que aproximadamente deberíais arriesgar únicamente 50 pips.

Si el broker tiene opción de cambiar el apalancamiento podéis pedir un 1:400, con lo que normalmente tendríais que 10 pips equivale a $1. Mirando el caso anterior significaría que ahora podéis arriesgar no 50 pips sino 500 pips en vuestras posiciones abiertas, pero en consecuencia para ganar $1 tenéis que ganar 10 pips.

Un ejemplo: tener abiertas hasta 10 posiciones con stop loss de 50 pips = 500 pips (arriesgando un 5% de vuestra equidad). Lógicamente en 1:100 podéis tener abiertas a la vez 2 posiciones con stop loss de 25 pips o una única posición con stop loss de 50 pips, y así llevaríais un buen control del riesgo.

En el caso de que una de vuestras posiciones abiertas esté en unos buenos beneficios (según cada cual, por ejemplo digamos 30 pips de ganancias en ese momento), podéis poner el stop loss en el precio que lo abrísteis (lo que llaman break even) y de esta forma ya tenéis esa posición asegurada y podéis abrir otra nueva con el mismo manejo del riesgo.

Tened en cuenta a la hora de abrir una posición si merece la pena por tener un buen riesgo-recompensa. Si estáis usando stop loss de 30 pips y véis que tenéis bastantes posibilidades de alcanzar como mínimo esos 30 pips, el doble o el triple (lo ideal es un 1:2 o superior) seguid adelante y abridla. Si véis que sólo vais a ganar unos 15 pips pero estáis arriesgando 30 en el stop loss entonces esperad otra oportunidad o analizar otro par.

Ejemplo:
stop loss: 30
posible target: 60 pips

En este caso si perdéis 6 posiciones perderéis 180 pips, y si sólo ganáis 4 posiciones ganáis 240 pips. La diferencia a vuestro favor es de +60 pips. Haced los cálculos si el riesgo-recompensa resulta ser de 1:3 en vez de 1:2 y entenderéis a qué me refiero.

3.- Estrategia

Lo ideal es construir o seguir una estrategia donde tenga poca cabida vuestras emociones, temores, avaricia, etc. Aquí es importante tener en cuenta la psicología a la hora de tradear (próximo punto). Es uno de los puntos más importantes en Forex junto al manejo del riesgo y lo mejor es que vuestra estrategia contemple siempre estos puntos.

En una buena estrategia es imprescindible cortar pronto las pérdidas cuando sepáis que vuestra posición ha ido en contra de vuestras normas (algo que va en contra de la naturaleza humana y lo más dificil de hacer para un novato en Forex), asegurar las ganancias para manejar bien el riesgo y dejarlas correr hasta el punto en que sepáis por vuestra estrategia que puede revertir en vuestra contra o hasta que veáis que podéis cerrar con suficientes pips y un buen riesgo-recompensa. 

Digo “en contra de la naturaleza humana” porque solemos pensar en retirar pronto lo que estamos ganando y si vamos perdiendo solemos pensar: ya irá a nuestro favor más tarde o revertirá. Y esto en trading es un suicidio que puede acabar con vuestra cuenta.

Si sabes cómo seguir la tendencia general de un par, !hazlo!, si es posible nunca trades contra dicha tendencia.

NUNCA TRADEAR DE MÁS SI YA HABÉIS CONSEGUIDO UN BUEN BENEFICIO ESE DÍA.

4.- Psicología

- Aplicar un buen manejo del riesgo y una estrategia donde queden pocas opciones para cambiar vuestras propias reglas y seguidlas a rajatabla sin miedo.
- No caer nunca en que si habéis perdido x dinero debéis abrir lotes mucho mayores para recuperar la cuenta. Esto es tremendamente peligroso y lo que suele ocurrir es que volvéis a perder y ahora mucho más, incluso haciendo peligrar la cuenta. Tened paciencia, tarde o temprano iréis recuperando lo perdido si vuestro manejo del riesgo, estrategia y en este caso psicología es correcta.
- No os sintáis mal por cerrar posiciones en pérdidas. Pensad siempre que esto no es un negocio sencillo y que las pérdidas forman parte del juego. Si tenéis claro que vuestra estrategia+manejo del riesgo implica ganar muchas más veces que perder, y que el riesgo-reconpensa es el adecuado, entonces sentíos tranquilos y no darle importancia.

- Averiguad qué tiempo se adapta mejor a vuestra psicología: tradear en chart de 1h y terminar el día en varias horas de tradeo (un número suficiente de pips a ganar o perder), tradear en chart diario y mirar poco el chart durante el día (peligro de las noticias de alto impacto en este caso), etc… Es muy importante saber adaptarse al mercado y seguirlo, el mercado siempre tiene razón: nunca tu.

Seguro que me dejo muchas cosas en el tintero pero espero que os sirva de ayuda o guía en vuestro camino como traders, y sobre todo que aclare muchos aspectos del trading a los que empiezan.

2
July
31

English:

Recently Justin Leblang, who works in MBTrading broker as Support & Customer Service, and answering doubts or problems in many Forums (not only by email), told me that we also have Support & Customer Service in Spanish language and how to contact this person by phone or email.

Yesterday I saw this person in a Spanish network where I post about forex and investments from time to time: invertired. So I contacted him by PM and he gave me permission to talk in my Blog about him.

How to contact him:

Name: Ramon Valenzuela

Email: r.valenzuela@mbtrading.com

Telephone (USA): 480-304-5406 

I hope it helps you when you get a problem or doubt with this Broker.

 

Español:

Recientemente Justin Leblang, que trabaja de soporte para el broker MBTrading y que postea en muchos Foros ayudando sobre las dudas o problemas con la plataforma o este Broker, no solo por email, me comunicó que había también soporte en español dentro de MBTrading, tanto telefónicamente como por email. 

Ayer mismo esta persona de habla hispana que trabaja para MBTrading entró en uno de las redes donde estoy: invertired y nos pusimos en contacto, dándome permiso para poder postear en mi Blog sobre él y la forma de contactarle.

Aquí os dejo con su contacto:

Nombre: Ramón Valenzuela

Email: r.valenzuela@mbtrading.com

Teléfono (USA): (+1) 480-304-5406 

Espero que si tradeáis en este Broker os sirva de ayuda si tenéis algún problema o duda.

 

0
July
22

You can read some more information in E-gold Blog,

I consider these points the most interesting to read:

The criminal case has been resolved. The resolution of the criminal case however provides for a second chance, an opportunity to address the flaws embedded in the e-gold system and to transform the “e-gold Operation” into the institutions I, the other directors, and our longsuffering employees and contractors have always envisioned, one that serves to advance the material welfare of mankind.

In harmony with this transformation, we acknowledge that e-gold is indeed a Financial Institution or Agency as defined in US law and should be regulated as a Financial Institution. E-gold Ltd. has submitted an application to FinCEN to be registered as a Money Services Business and will be seeking licensure in all states that require it. Most importantly, working in conjunction with US government agencies, we will be exerting every effort to bring e-gold into compliance with US law and regulation as quickly as possible.

2.3.  User agrees to not use e-gold in any manner that violates the laws of whatever jurisdiction to which the User is subject.

4.6.1.1.  If e-gold investigators reasonably suspect that the e-gold account of User is being used to launder the proceeds of crime or for any other criminal purpose, Issuer may freeze the e-gold account and any other e-gold accounts of User.   Additionally, at the sole discretion of Issuer, User will be subject to damages and other penalties, including criminal prosecution where available and the notification of the general public of User’s actions, at the sole discretion of Issuer.

The next generation of the e-gold application will undertake to enforce a “one-human being/one e-gold User” rule. Instead of the existing logic where a User logs directly into an account, a User in the next generation system logs in as a User. Only validated Users are empowered with the ability to create multiple accounts.

The advantage from the cybercrime-thwarting standpoint will be an ever-stronger ability to blacklist a person who has abused the e-gold system.

e-gold is intensively working on this next generation User-based log-in system but it is likely to be another 6-9  months to deployment. Meanwhile, emergency surgery is required NOW.

1)  Effective immediately, new e-gold account creation is suspended until a compliant interim solution for Customer Identification can be ensured.

2)  We are requesting that autoexchangers - even though the technical beauty of the autoexchanger concept is sublime – cease supporting exchanges to or from e-gold for the time being. 

Looking Forward

We are confident that a regulated e-gold rebuilt to a more systematic specification will be less hospitable to criminals, and more attractive to mainstream business use without being less accessible to those disregarded by legacy payment systems.

 

0
June
16

English:

Maybe this strategy can be useful to you if you trade Forex.

If you are interested to know one of my own forex strategies you can find it in my Forex Forum:

http://forex.noponzi.com

Enjoy!

 

Español:

Quizás esta estrategia pueda ser útil para ti si tradeas en Forex.

Si estás interesado en conocer una de mis propias estrategias tradeando en Forex puedes encontrarla en mi Foro sobre Forex:

http://forex.noponzi.com

¡Qué la disfrutes!

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