Swap in forex? what is it?

SWAP (or Rollover, or Overnight Interest, or Rate) is the interest to be charged or given to you if you have a position to stay.



Examples swap calculation is as follows: (please note that the interest rate used is the interest rate for example in 2005's):

Euro interest rate was 4.25%, and the USA was 3.5%. You have 1 lot EURUSD Sell position, meaning you sell 100,000 Euros, which means you borrow 100,000 Euros with interest 4.25% / year, and buy dollar where you earn interest of 3.5% / year. Then you will pay (4.25% -3.5%) or about 0.9 points EURUSD. The sum will produce 675 dollars / year, or about 1.85 dollars per day. Now 1.85 USD per night depending on the broker-will-be inflated in such a way that there is never the same positive swap, let alone greater than the negative swap 1 pair in the same broker.

For example: swap for long at broker A pip is +1.23, then swap it to sell more than a definite minus 1.23.

Swap from Friday to Monday (2 nights) are usually combined as Wednesday -> Thursday. In most brokers, it will swap multiplied by 3.

How to see the amount of swap in MT4:

1. Right click on the pair in the market watch, then click symbol.


2. Choose a pair that would be seen swapnya, and then click Properties


3. You will see the swap long and short swaps, and swap type.

Swap long is the amount charged / given if the stay position is Buy
Swap short is the amount charged / given if the stay is a Sell position
Swap is a unit type. In the picture above his USD swap type, then swap one day for a Buy XAUUSD (Gold) for 1 lot is -3.52 USD (you will be charged 3.52 USD). Swap this type can in point, AUD, GBP, EUR, USD, etc.. Depending on the setting of each broker
Well, because in Islam is not allowed any flowers, brokers usually provide free-swap for Muslims. The position of the stay will not be charged or given swap.

Currency rate differences large enough to cause a major swap. For example buy AUDUSD will get a sizable swap, because interest rates are much higher than the AUD USD. Similarly, the AUDJPY. Noteworthy is that if you open a sell position or AUDJPY AUDUSD to days (90% for floating loss), swap sometimes feel too big.

How good forex trading psychology?

Before entering the world of forex trading, worth taking the time to give attention to the psychology of trading FOREX. Although this may have nothing to do with all the technical requirements and skills necessary in investment, mental processes and behavior when you trade in. trade often determines success or failure.

Your emotions, feelings and thoughts opinion greatly affect your trading. And if you do not master such things or you could hardly do other than to use your intuition to determine your decisions when dealing with the assets, can lead to severe losses.

The issue is important psychology:

Trader can survive to let the minus and put stoploss dare not, for fear of losing the hope he would return. On the other hand, a bad trader can also close too early as soon as they saw a small profit because they fear that it not be allowed to profit at getting and the value of their assets will fall and result in losses.

Various reasons why individuals need to manage and maintain this fear of trading psychology, though difficult. Most likely the main problem comes from the lack of a mature plan on trading. That is why to plan and forex trading systems is very important before you try to invest your cash in one market.

A plan that fit perfectly can help you decide with logic. This is because the rules take into account special considerations that determine when to enter or exit a trade. In addition, the system can overcome the fear of losing to establish the level of risk that you are comfortable with.

There are some individuals who still fail even if they've succeeded. The reason for this is the lack of commitment or discipline to follow what has been set. The only reason there may be a fear of losing because there are some doubts about the effectiveness and profitability of the rules are followed.

You can control the psychology of trading to make sure your plan will work more or less in line with your expectations. You can do this with a micro account for back testing. This is a way to determine how well the rules you will do to a set of historical data.

Feelings and thoughts can make a profit or break you depending on your level of control. You can manage it by making sure that you are committed to a trading system that has been tried and tested. You will be satisfied with your trading. So, as a friend, I am always reminded that forex trading psychology is worth studying further.