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Profit miscalculation
Why does the profit shown in my trading platform differ from the sum by which the balance has been increased?The point is that in your InstaTrader setups the option to show the deal result in the currency of the order, not in the one of the...
Take Profit order
Take profit is meant for closing a position as soon as the price of a financial instrument starts moving in the right direction. The order is always connected with a specific open position or a pending order.
InstaForex affiliate programs
InstaForex affiliate program is a riskless method of making a profit with InstaForex. Forex brokers earn on spreads their clients pay to open trades. You can earn the part of the broker's profit if you become an affiliate and start attracti...
Failed signal
It is necessary to take into consideration that the price consists of two components – Bid price and Ask price.Bid price is displayed on the chart.Sell order is opened at Bid price and closed at Ask price.Buy order is opened at Ask price an...
Withdrawal of profits gained from Welcome Bonus
The profit received using bonus funds from the moment of registration of a trading account, or from the moment the bonus funds are credited to the account, can be calculated proportionally between real funds and bonus funds on the account....
Chapter 9. Forex market and exchange offices
Forex trading is aimed at making money on currency speculations. We have been describing the currency market above but avoided such topics as what starting capital is needed to work on Forex and what profit can be expected. In this chapter...
Chapter 14. Calculation of profit and loss
We have thoroughly considered the basic terms used on Forex and the main principles of margin trading. It is the time to study how to calculate profit and loss of the opened trades. We know that a trader enters the international currency ma...
How to gain profits with InstaForex StartUp Bonus
You can open and close trades on Forex on your own or subscribe to copying deals of successful traders through the InstaForex ForexCopy system.Trade via browserTrade via mobile app:Android MetaTrader 4iOS MetaTrader 4Trade via PCCopy trades...
How to manage profits earned from StartUp Bonus
First of all you should get profit at least 10% from StartUp bonus amount and make a deposit the same 10% from StartUp bonus amount using your own funds to convert that profit to StartUp bonus 100%.You should do this within 7 days since the...
Restrictions on withdrawing profits when trading 55% Bonus
The Company reserves a right at its discretion to calculate and distribute profit received with the use of bonus funds from the moment of registration of trading accounts, or from the moment of crediting of bonus funds to the account, in pr...
Profit from trading with the Club Bonus
Any profit made over the Club bonus can be withdrawn without any restrictions.
Profit from trading with the Coupon Bonus
The profits derived from the Coupon bonus can be withdrawn with the condition, that the bonus is cancelled in full amount after any withdrawal from trading account.
Leverage
Leverage is the ratio between the amount of the margin and the borrowed funds allocated for it: 1:100, 1:200, 1:500. The leverage of 1:100 means that a trader is required to have an amount in the trading acount which is 100 times less than...
Scalping
Scalping is a differential trading method designed to profit form small price changes. It can be applied in any market, but it is especially effective on Forex as the most liquid and dynamic market.Scalping is a trading strategy that involv...
Equity
Equity is the secure part of the customer account that includes open positions. It is calculated by the following formula: Balance + Floating profit/Floating loss + Swap. Equity is the funds in the customer sub-account minus the current los...
Stop Loss order
Stop loss, or safety order, is an order placed with a broker to automatically close a position when the price reaches a certain level. You can set the safety order to minimize losses in case of unexpected market moves.Stop loss is an order...
Pipsing
This trading approach is used for gaining profit from intraday currency fluctuations. Some traders open more than 200 deals a day while holding a position open for just several minutes. Of course, the profit from each position is rather sma...
Williams Alligator indicator
Williams' Alligator technical indicator is a combination of three Balance Lines (Moving Averages):The three moving averages comprise the Jaw, Teeth, and Lips of the Alligator:Jaw (blue line) – a 13-period smoothed moving average built at th...
Pullback trading
As a rule, market participants are divided into several groups, each of them prefer their own trading methods. It is hard to say what is the exact ratio of supporters of various methods. However, we tend to think that most traders stick to...
Breakout trading
Breakout trading means buying an asset after it has moved above a certain price level (and vice versa for selling). The breakouts can emerge on any time frames. The 5-minute and 15-minute charts are popular among day traders practicing brea...
Money Management
Money Management is a set of rules and specific techniques used for minimizing the risks and maximizing profit.The risk is a maximum amount of assets that will be lost until a decision about closing of an unprofitable position is made. Thus...
Intraday trading
Intraday trading is believed to be one of the most complicated types of Forex trading and, at the same time, the most widely used by independent traders. This trading system suggests opening and closing positions on Forex within one day, i....
Hedging
Hedging is the parctice of protecting client's funds from unfavorable price fluctuations by opening a position in a contrary or opposing market. Hedging: ensures protection from possible losses by the time of forward deal settlement; provid...
Long-term trading
Long-term trading is considered the most predictable trading strategy from the technical point of view. The thing is that long-term trends tend to continue and remain stable over a long period of time. The absence of noise (frequent small p...
Locking
Locking is a type of a hedging strategy aimed at minimizing risks associated with changes in markets behaviour. The difference between hedging and locking is that hedging is used for different trading instruments, while locking is used for...
Martingale
The martingale strategy has been popular among gamble players since the 18th century. The main idea behind this betting strategy lies in the constant increase of bets after each loss. In such a way, all previous losses are easily covered by...
Medium-term trading
The medium-term trading strategy is a method based on medium-term time frames that range from several days to 1-2 months. The advantage of medium-term trading is that you can trade successfully doing other things at the same time. This stra...
Pending order
A pending order is placed when opening a trading position. A pending order is an instruction to the broker to buy or sell a currency pair when the price reaches the pre-defined level mentioned in the order.There are four types of pending or...
Scalping
There is no single opinion about the scalping trading strategy. However, more and more traders are getting interested in this method. Why does scalping look so appealing? Probably because it is one of the few ways to make a quick profit on...
Automated trading
Automated trading is the final step on the path of becoming a trader. If a trader is able not only to create his own trading strategy, but also to code it properly and make it workable, then his/her financial independence is guaranteed.What...
Terms of affiliate programs
Whatever type of affiliate program you choose, you will always have the following advantages:1. You make a profit on every client’s trade of 1.5 pips from the spread or 0.015% from each deal’s volume (depending on a client’s trading account...
Dow Theory
The Dow theory is a theory describing the stocks prices behavior with time. The theory is based on a series of publications by Charles H. Dow (1851-1902), an American journalist, the first editor of 'The Wall Street Journal' and one of the...
Average daily trading strategy for EUR/JPY
The average daily trading strategy consists of certain steps, including analysis, setting certain targets, placing orders, and executing a deal. The main idea of such a strategy is that the trade depends on the analysis that you have carrie...
EUR/JPY pipsing
Pipsing involves daily work in front of your computer, minimum of news and maximum of luck. There is no need to know the financial mechanism of global economy regulation and countries’ GDP. Even the bullish market has a lot of pullbacks dur...
SAR (Parabolic Stop and Reverse)
The next technical analysis indicator which should be paid attention to in the process of Forex education is the Parabolic Stop and Reversal System (PSAR). This indicator was developed by the famous trader Welles Wilder, who contributed muc...
Swing trading
The purpose of swing trading is to catch gains in the long term. This is the main difference between this method and intraday trading. Swing traders take profit every 3 to 5 days. The majority of the world's most successful traders use this...
Price, trading volume and open interest
The price is not the only weighty factor to be considered while analyzing Forex market. Besides the currency exchange rate, its trading volume plays an important role, too.There is the postulate of the Dow Theory that tells that the trend m...
Support, resistance and trend types
The primary task of technical analysis of financial markets in general and the Forex market in particular is finding a trend on a plotted chart. The Dow theory discerns three types of trends: long-term, medium-terms and short-term trends. T...
Simple moving average
The plain form of the [[Moving Averages|moving average (MA)]] is a simple moving average, SMA. This type of technical analysis indicators is depicted as a curve on the price chart, the main task of which is to even (or filter) price changes...
Moving average envelopes
Simple moving average can be transformed into a new tool - moving average envelopes. This tool, like the [[Bollinger bands|Bollinger bands]], is used for the detection of the current price movement boundaries. FormulaThe indicator consists...
Short-term trading
The “secret” of this trading strategy is that the shorter the duration of your trade, the less money you will make.Think about any investment you have ever made. Did you make a killing in one day?And even if you are so lucky, how many times...
Support and resistance levels
Support level – is the prices level which has a rather big potential for buying with the purpose to stop and upturn the price fall. Support level is shown on the chart by a horizontal or almost horizontal line, which connects a few bottoms....
Trend and range fluctuations
The trend exists as long as prices maintain the tendency to rise and to fall through time. When the trend is uprising, every following support and resistance level exceeds the preceding. During the downtrend every following level of low and...
Trend lines
A straight line, connecting two neighboring lows, shows the minimal strength denominator of bulls; and the line, connecting two neighbouring tops, shows the lowest strength denominator of bears. These lines are called trend lines. Trend lin...
Account insurance
There is no company, which gives bank guarantees providing Forex services. InstaForex has hundreds of thousands clients all over the world and they trust the company. Some time ago we offered bank guarantee but due to the world financial cr...
Indicator
Indicator is a signal of some trend changes in the market. You can use different indicators of technical analysis when working on the foreign or stock exchanges, but it is not recommended to use more than three. To understand indicators bet...
PAMM account
PAMM (Percentage Allocation Management Module) is a trading account designed for trust management of investors' funds. The PAMM account enables beneficial cooperation between account managers and investors. With the PAMM system, profits and...
InstaForex ECN trading
InstaForex is an ECN broker providing qualitative trading services on the Forex market. Cooperation with major market makers and brokers complete with large customer base provide InstaForex with high liquidity and opportunity to make fast o...
Requirements for the Real Scalping contestants
1. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest.2. The participants open a separate DEMO account to take part in each monthly contest.3. TThe participants should provide authentic data upon registration, including th...
Receiving the prize won in the Real Scalping contest
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2. The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. The winner acknowledges that any activ...
Withdrawal of the prize money received in the Real Scalping contest
Prizes, unlike profits, cannot be withdrawn. The winner acknowledges that the awarded prize will be canceled in case of any withdrawal of funds
Determination of the Real Scalping winners
The holders of the largest deposits will be declared winners. The participants should meet the following requirement: at least 5% of the total profit must come from trading GBP/USD and GBP/JPY.
How can I get the Chancy Deposit?
In order to receive the prize, the winners should open and verify a trading account within 30 calendar days after the results are announced. The campaign administration will send you a notification by email and ask to provide the necessary...
Rules on withdrawing 30% Bonus
The 30% Bonus can be withdrawn only after BUY or SELL trades are completed. The total volume of the trades must equal X*3 InstaForex lots, where 'X is the sum of received bonuses (the total amount of all bonuses including cancelled or partl...
Cancellation of 30% Bonus in part after withdrawal
1. If after the 30% bonus was credited, a customer failed to take profit in trading but withdrew the money, a part of the bonus proportionate to the withdrawal amount would be cancelled.Example 1. A customer deposited $1,000 and received $3...
Requirements for the Great Race contestants
1. Owners of InstaForex accounts can take part in all steps of the contest.2. Each participant should be registered on the InstaForex website.3. The participants should provide authentic data upon registration, including the full name as it...
Receiving the prize won in the Great Race contes
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2. The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. The winner acknowledges that any activ...
Requirements for the InstaForex Sniper contestants
1. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest2. The contestant opens a separate DEMO account to participate in each weekly contest.3. The contestants should provide authentic data upon registration, including the f...
Receiving the prize won in the InstaForex Sniper contest
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2. The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. The winner acknowledges that any activ...
Affiliate program reward
InstaForex is obliged to:* pay the 1.5 pip affiliate commission for forex major instruments.* pay the 1.2 pip affiliate commission for CFD instruments.* pay $20 affiliate commission for GOLD; $10 affiliate commission for SILVER.* pay 33.3%...
InstaForex referral program
Below are three methods aimed to attract new clients (referrals) so that they bring you profit by each executed deal:- Using affiliate link. Everyone who follows this link and opens a trading account then, becomes your referral.- Using affi...
Can you guarantee that the PAMM-trader will not lose my money?
The PAMM system by InstaForex does not guarantee profit-making by managing traders. It is designed to ensure technical coordination between traders and investors which includes entirely automatical monitoring of PAMM trader accounts, money...
Where can I see the current profit can be withdrawn from the PAMM-trader account?
In Client Cabinet choose the PAMM system out of the main menu, then on the opened page follow the My Investments link.
Requirements for the Lucky Trader contestants
1. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest2. Each contestant should be registered on the InstaForex website.3. The contestant opens a separate DEMO account to participate in each two-week contest.4. The contesta...
Determination of the Lucky Trader winners
To determine the winners of the Lucky Trader contests, the Company uses a rating, which is calculated by summing up profits for all positive trades and subtracting losses for all negative trades. However, there is only one limitation: a con...
Where the investor can see the commission size charged from profit and set by the Trader?
In the monitoring list. If the investment is already accepted, then the information can be found in the My Investments section.
Paragraph 8 of Agreement on 30% Bonus
The Company reserves the right to cancel bonus without prior warning, so we strongly recommend not to use bonus funds in calculation of profit in your trading strategy. The Company is not responsible for any consequences of bonus’s cancella...
The purpose of the PAMM Affiliate Program
PAMM affiliate system by InstaForex gives every client of the company a chance to take risk-free profit by referring investors to the system. Attracting a PAMM investor to any PAMM account, you get a part of the PAMM trader's profit in case...
Example of taking profit
The PAMM trader 111111 sets 50% of profit as the reward for the PAMM partners in the settings of his account (his own reward is 40%). You register in the PAMM system as a partner and refer two investors to the account 111111 by using your a...
Steps of registration in the PAMM Affiliate Program
1. Register with the system as a PAMM partner.2. Choose the PAMM trader accounts you want to attract investors in. You should select the Become an agent option at the page of monitoring list in the PAMM system section of Client Cabinet. Thi...
Can I withdraw my profit not returning the investment?
Yes, you can withdraw your profit derived from a certain investment anytime using the Rollover button opposite to the profitable investment.
What is rollover in InstaForex PAMM-system?
Rollover is an option that allows withdrawing profit not returning the investment. The option also comprises the system of profit distribution between a PAMM investor and a PAMM trader according to the yield interest of both parties. After...
FX-1 Rally prize fund
The size of the prize fund of the weekly contest is 1,500 USD distributed among the winners in the following way:- 1 prize – 500 USD- 2 prize – 400 USD- 3 prize – 300 USD- 4 prize – 200 USD- 5 prize – 100 USDThe prize funds, unlike profits,...
Requirements for the FX-1 Rally contestants
1. Owners of InstaForex trading accounts can take part in the weekly contest.2. Clients over 18 years old have a right to participate in the contest3. Each contestant should be registered on the InstaForex website.4. The contestant opens a...
Determination of the FX-1 Rally winners
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices within the first 10 minutes after the contest is over. The participants acknowledge that the closing prices may vary due to a several minutes difference in closing...
Receiving the prize won in the FX-1 Rally contest
1. The winners should open and verify accounts within 30 consecutive days after the contest results are announced.2.The prize funds will be credited to a verified live trading account of the client.3. Prizes, unlike profits, cannot be withd...
Trader's commission for a profitable trade performed by a subscriber
Yes, the trader will receive commission for this trade.
Do a PAMM trader and a PAMM investor receive a part of annual interest rate profit?
Yes, both a PAMM trader and a PAMM investor receive the annual interest rate profit proportionate to their shares in the PAMM trader's account.
How much time does it take to get profit I withdrew via Rollover?
You will get your profit within one hour after the process of synchronization is over.
If a PAMM investor ordered a Rollover, will a PAMM trader get his share of the profit withdrawn by a PAMM investor?
Yes, after the rollover is requested, the part of the profit withdrawn by an investor is credited to the account of a PAMM trader.
Why did my investment shrink after I ordered a Rollover?
The process of synchronization takes one hour. As soon as it is over, the requested profit is withdrawn from the investment. During the synchronization the investment profit can reduce and so the difference between two sums of the ordered r...
When and how does a PAMM partner get a commission for investments of attracted investors?
A PAMM partner receives commission from the profit made by a PAMM trader. Its size is discussed in advance. The commission is credited to the account of a PAMM partner only once: after the attracted investor withdraws the investment from th...
Does a PAMM partner get a commission from unprofitable investments?
No, PAMM partners do not receive any commission from unprofitable investments.
Restrictions on ForexCopy Trading subscription
You can cancel the subscription of a ForexCopy follower to your account only in case the subscription has been profitable, and a follower closes all the trades copied from your account.
Chapter 1. Introduction
Until the 1970s, the exchange rate of a particular currency was determined by the country's gold reserves. That was due to the fact that global markets were regulated by the gold standard. Each currency had its equivalent in a troy ounce. H...
Chapter 2. Forex market participants
It is vital to understand what part a private investor plays in the global currency exchange market before starting trading forex. Giving an insight into the types of forex participants, as well as their influence on the market, will help y...
Chapter 5. Forex quotes
When we buy something in a shop, a price tag shows us the price of an item in the domestic currency. For example, we pay $12 for a book which is common practice for us.In the Forex market, we always trade one currency against another. There...
Chapter 6. Buy and sell price of currency pairs and spread
Until now, talking about quotes, we have intentionally used only spot (current) Forex exchange rates to make our website easier to understand. However, a Forex quote consists of two rates (prices) - the sell rate (bid) and the buy rate (ask...
Chapter 7. Cross currency pairs
The trading operations on Forex are carried out not only against the US dollar. We intentionally have not touched on these operations until now to make the content more intelligible. The currency rates, which do not include the US dollar, a...
Chapter 10. Margin trading
In the previous chapter we compared work on Forex with the opportunity to earn from the buy/sell operations at an exchange office. It is obvious that Forex has a range of advantages that allow traders to take significant profit in a short t...
Chapter 11. Margin requirement
Each time a trader opens a position through an online broker (dealing company), the part of funds on his account becomes frozen. This part is called a security deposit and used for a guarantee that a trader will never lose more than he has...
Chapter 12. Interest rates and swaps
We have already clarified that margin trading supposes the usage of the loan capital, when a trader borrows assets from his broker to carry out operations on Forex. For better understanding of this chapter, let us study the principle of cas...
Chapter 13. Profits of Forex market players
As we have already mentioned, an individual trader gets access to Forex by means of a broker or a dealing company. Traders earn money via currency speculations. In other words, they close positions at a higher price compared to the price of...
Chapter 15. Difference between forex trading and gambling
There are many articles on the internet in which trading on Forex is compared to gambling in casinos, and in particular, to roulette. The authors of these articles bring out different proofs, citing mathematical extracts from the theory of...
Chapter 17. Stock exchanges and stock indices
Even though this section is devoted to forex education, we will also touch on the stock exchanges and stock indices. At first glance, it seems that the chapter is not related to Forex, but, in fact, it is. Currency rates are interrelated wi...
Chapter 19. George Soros: The story of one trader
Like in every sphere of life, there are outstanding persons on Forex, whose names went down in history. George Soros is one of the most successful traders in the forex history. His career began from the establishment of the Quantum Fund in...
Withdrawal of StartUp Bonus
This bonus is given only to new clients providing them with an opportunity to make profits on Forex without their own investments.
Withdrawal of 100% Bonus
100% Bonus is not allowed for withdrawal, however, there is no limit on withdrawing the profit gained from the bonus.
Withdrawal of profit equal to 100% Bonus amount
There is no limit on withdrawing the profit gained from the bonus, but the bonus is cancelled at any withdrawal from the trading account.
Withdrawal of the prize money received in the Great Race contest
Prizes, unlike profits, cannot be withdrawn. The winner acknowledges that the awarded prize will be canceled in case of any withdrawal of funds.
Why was the Coupon Bonus canceled?
The Company reserves the right to cancel bonus without notice, for that reason, it is strongly recommended not to include bonus in calculations of trading strategy profitability. The Company is not liable for any consequences of bonus cance...
Benefits of third verification level
The third verification level is required for the clients who need to withdraw profits received with the use of some no deposit bonus types. If you are required to pass the third level of verification, you will see a message about it on the...
Main prizes
1. The winner can obtain one of the campaign main prizes only in one of the Company's representative offices in the Russian Federation (Kaliningrad, Moscow, and St. Petersburg). The prize can be delivered to any part of the world based on t...
Exchange rate conversion
How does InstaForex exchange rate converter for deposits and withdrawals differ from other forex brokers?If you replenish your account in a currency that differs from your account one, the company uses the current market rate. The informati...
Withdrawal of the prize money received in the InstaForex Sniper contest
Prizes cannot be withdrawn. However, any profit received over the prize amount may be withdrawn.The winner acknowledges that the awarded prize will be canceled in case of any withdrawal of funds.
Determination of the InstaForex Sniper winners
1. All trades of the contestants are automatically closed at current prices at the end of the contest.2. The owners of the largest deposits are declared the winners.3. If the results of the contest show that two contestants have deposits of...
Prize pool
The prize fund of the contest is 45,000 USD distributed among the winners the following way:- 1st place - 20,000 USD- 2nd place - 10,000 USD- 3rd place - 5,000 USDForex Lady - 5,000 USD.Insta Choice - 5,000 USD.This amount is distributed am...
Basic questions about trading conditions
Can I trade CFDs on American shares in a demo account? A demo account does not provide CFDs trading. In order to trade CFDs, you should open a live account According to the website, a 6% annual interest rate is accrued on th...
Paragraph 7 of Agreement on 55% Bonus
According to the Paragraph 7 of Agreement on 55% Bonus "The Company reserves the right to cancel the 55% Bonus without prior notice. For that reason, we strongly recommend that you refrain from factoring in bonus funds when calculating prof...
Is it possible to use leverage when trading IPO shares?
A fixed leverage is available for trading IPO shares. However, you should remember that margin trading poses significant risks, magnifying both potential profits and potential losses. The contract specifications will be published on our tra...
