Consequence of breaking your trading rules

We know you have been a naughty boy and you want to break your trading routine. The hardest thing of our lives is the best thing that can happen to us and we always want to break it. You can remember how hard it was for your parents to send you to the school. You will have all the sicknesses of the world and still, your daunting mother sent you off to school. Trading in Forex can be boring sometime and you will need a change. Many people try to make that change by not following their routine and the result is not sweet. If you are wondering in your mind and want to know what will happen when you do not follow the routine you have made for your trade, this article will tell you what will happen to your routine.

Discipline is the key to success

In any profession, you need to show a great deal of patience to become successful. When it comes to Forex trading there is no other alternative to discipline. The majority of the senior traders in Singapore are extremely discipline and for this reason, they are able to make a consistent profit. Unlike them, the novice traders are always breaking their rules and losing money. If you look at the success rate among the traders in Singapore you will be surprised to know that most of them are doing relatively well in the investment business. This is only because they always follow the key rule investment. They are never taking any excessive risk neither they are dealing with the market with emotions.

Emotions can easily ruin your trading career and you can do nothing about it. You need to learn to control your emotion by demo trading account for at least six months. If you can successfully demo trade the market, it’s time for you to start trading with your real money. But always remember, discipline is the key to success in Forex trading. Read books about trading psychology since it will greatly help you to become a better trader.

You will get unorganized

The first thing that you will see in your career that you will get unorganized. A routine does not improve a trader but it helps to keep organized. If you know what you are going to do when you have finished brushing your tooth, it will be much easier for you to keep track on your daily works. If you break your routine and do what you want, you may not do something important. When you will break your routine, you will get unorganized and you will make losses. You will analyze the market sometime and sometime you will trade with your mind and you cannot expect that you will make a profit with this trading.

Profit will be harder to make

When you are unorganized in your trades, the profit will not come to you. You have to trade the market with the same routine every day and when you do not do that, you will be trading on a hinge. Following your routine is the right thing to do in Forex and when you break it, you do not make the profit. Traders are always saying to develop your routine and following it every day. This is why it is important for you never to break your routine.

Your career will not improve

Every trader wants to improve their career and it is not possible if you are trading without routine. Always keep a routine and follow it whatever happens. You may not make profit always but you will build consistency in your trading. The successful trader never breaks their trading routine and this is why they are consistent in their career. It is not possible to advance in your career if your routine is not followed. Never break your routine and trade the market with it and you will be successful.

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Your 2018 Investment Resolution – Earn up to 14% p.a. in Returns

It’s the start of 2018 and you are perhaps setting up your investment goals for this year. Why not consider adding peer-to-peer lending into the mix? Also commonly known as debt crowdfunding, P2P lending has been around since 2007 in UK, and catching on in the region. Founded in Singapore, Funding Societies is currently the leading platform in Southeast Asia.

Here’re 5 reasons you should review peer-to-peer lending as part of your investment strategy:

  1. It’s not difficult to understand

Imagine a company needs to take a business loan for expansion, new projects  or seasonal stocking up. Platforms like Funding Societies act as a marketplace to crowdfund such loans, which may potentially yield attractive returns for investors like you.  The company pays its loan principal + interest repayment on a monthly basis and investors receive their initial capital (principal) plus returns on investment (interest).

Another product is invoice financing – Company A has sold its products or services (as a supplier) to Company B (buyer), and is waiting for Company B to pay. The waiting time depends on the invoice payment terms – usually 30, 45, 60 or 90 days. Company A can have an early access to the money by pledging the invoice on a P2P lending platform. Investors receive payments (including invested capital plus interest) on the due date when the invoice is paid.

  1. Investment starts from just $100

As loans are crowdfunded, a $200,000 can be filled by multiple investors starting from as low as $100. As a new investor, this is a good way for you to try peer-to-peer lending as a form of investment.

To many investors on Funding Societies’ platform, they take advantage of this minimal amount to diversify their investments extensively within the platform.

  1. See results in the short term

Business term loans on Funding Societies’ platform typically run for as short as 3 months and up to 12 months. Given that you receive monthly repayments as an investor, this product has a lock-in period as short as the loan tenure.

  1. Potential high returns & rigorous credit assessment

With returns as high as 14% per annum, P2P lending is a serious contender in one’s investment portfolio. Each loan coming to Funding Societies goes through rigorous in-house credit assessment before approving it to be crowdfunded on its platform.

  1. You have full control and still get support from the platform

As an investor, you have full autonomy to choose which loans to invest, depending on your risk appetite.

That said, there is still a Customer Experience team behind Funding Societies’ investor platform that you can reach out to. Miyu, the chatbot, is available 24X7 and steps in to help with round-the-clock queries. Many investors are also shaping some features through active feedback – talk about getting personal!

Start your investment journey with Funding Societies here.

Still have questions?

Funding Societies is organizing an investors’ event on 24 January 2018 from 6.30pm at The Working Capitol (1 Keong Saik Road). Attend the event as the team shares more about P2P lending and the investor platform!

Details and registration at: event.fundingsocieties.com/investor-24jan2018

Disclaimers

This article is contributed by Funding Societies.

It should not be construed that Moneydigest is endorsing this article or any of the products and services provided by Funding Societies.

Nothing in this article should be construed as constitute or form a recommendation, financial advice, or an offer, invitation or solicitation from Funding Societies to buy or subscribe for any securities and/or investment products. The content and materials made available are for informational purposes only and should not be relied on without obtaining the necessary independent financial or other advice in connection therewith before making an investment or other decision as may be appropriate.

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What do candlesticks tell us about Forex

We have seen a gradual improvement in the Forex market because it easy is a profitable market. You should think why new people enter the Forex market but then again, why don’t new people succeed in the market? We can also witness a gradual increase in the number of people who are interested in price analysis. This has changed the viewpoint of investment in the community. We can prove this statement by giving examples such as, there are different types of charts to summarize the technical price but among them, the most effective one is the candlestick chart. Because these charts are more informative, bullish and bearish markets can be traded using the candlesticks. The Singaporean traders are skilled in handling the candlesticks because they have they have the experience. Now, let us read.

Before we go into the details you need to know that candlestick trading is often known as price action trading. Price action trading is often considered the most reliable and simple trading system in the world. But this where the most retail traders make mistake. They blindly follow the price action pattern and take a huge risk in each trade. But you need to understand the fact that no system is perfect. You will always have to face some losing trades even though you know all the details about your trading system. So make sure that you are not risking too much of your account capital in live trading the market.

The fundamentals

Fundamentals of candlesticks are very easy to understand but day traders fail to notice the variations of representation in each interval. We can divide the patterns of candlestick into two such as doji and bullish engulfing. So these two patterns are different from each other. Doji symbolizes that pattern has drained and also it cannot be continued further. But instead of it, we can use bullish engulfing as it is the new trend in the Forex market and also has the possibility to reach to the next level in the market. This is an important concept as we are able to use the tools to assess the available tendencies. However, in Forex trading nothing becomes easier unless you try to make it easy. Also when proceeding with the technical analysis we should be very clear on supply and demand because they play a major role in these situations. When the demand increases at the current level the price tends to decrease. So, as naïve traders, you should be very attentive regarding the technical analysis.

Characteristics of trend

When we study about trading we should make sure to know that trends have a uniqueness that is it trend has its own trends. We can observe many similar features in market trends. At last, this will end to the drained point. But we can find a solution for this problem by using the candlestick which will give us the information about the trending moves we take. The traders who have a greater capability of finding these aspects in trading they will have a good point in their mind as to buy things for a low cost and to sell for a higher price. The traders who know these points will experience the quick change in the supply and demand more than the other traders. In this instance, traders can bear the risks and problems in the Forex market.

One of the uses

Also, candlesticks can be used to confirm the situations where the assist is changed to the opposite of it. But it is also common that there are instances where we can experience ups and downs in trading, but the most important note we must know is how to tolerate those ups and down, especially in trading. These types of events can cost us a lot, but candlesticks can become a friend us as it helps us to understand the market.

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With up to 14% returns, consider Peer-to-Peer Lending in your investment portfolio

Alternative investments are gaining popularity due to the high returns that they potentially yield. One such alternative investment that is worth looking at is peer-to-peer(P2P) lending or commonly known as debt-based crowdfunding.

The concept is simple – small and medium business owners looking for funds to expand their businesses take up business loans which are crowdfunded by investors. The interest paid  back by the businesses is the return on investment for the investors.

Funding Societies is a licensed and approved P2P lending platform in Southeast Asia. It is the industry leader with over 30,000 investors in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia. As the only P2P lending platform to  win the MAS FinTech Award (SME category, 2016), Funding Societies has also won global recognition, being recognised amongst the Top 250 FinTech companies globally by CB Insights and winning the prestigious SME Global Excellence Award by United Nations’ ITU Telecom.

Here, Funding Societies explains why and how you can invest in P2P lending, a unique investment asset class that is complementary to traditional investments:

LOW BARRIERS OF ENTRY & POTENTIAL HIGH RETURNS

As an Investor, you can read the easy to understand factsheet prepared for each loan and invest only if you like the loan. The minimum investment amount is just  $100 and you can earn interest up to 14% p.a.!

If you are too busy and do not have enough time to read the factsheet then you can invest via the Auto Invest feature. Just set your parameters and let the system invest for you.

On the platform, you can invest in two types of investments:  Term Loans and Invoice Financing. The investment periods for both investments are relatively short, 1 – 12 months for Term Loans and up to 3 months for Invoice Financing.

MONTHLY REPAYMENT TO RE-INVEST EASILY

Suppose you invest into a term loan of 12 months this Christmas, you’ll receive part of your principal and interest paid back on a monthly basis until next Christmas.

Here’s an illustration:

Assuming an investor invests $100 in a loan of 10 months at 12% p.a. interest rate. The monthly repayment is calculated below.

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Therefore, the total interest earned by the investor is $10 at the end of the 10 months.

Assuming that the same investor invests 10 of such loans (10 x $100 per loan), he gets $110 in monthly repayments. The total interest earned will be $100.

Furthermore, the investor can reinvest his interest and principal multiple loans to achieve a compounding effect. Here’s another illustration:

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As shown in the above illustration, the investor re-invested his monthly repayment into new loans and was able to get $109, instead of $100 without re-investing.

LICENSED AND COMPLIANT

Funding Societies holds a Capital Markets Services license issued by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.

They have also gone through multiple  internal and  external audits to ensure that all processes are compliant.

Funding Societies is also one of the first peer-to-peer lending platforms to use an independent escrow account to handle all investor funds. What this means to you as an investor is, Funding Societies does not have direct access to your funds and the funds and investments are safeguarded by the 3rd party trustee (which is also licensed by MAS).

STRINGENT IN CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT

The key risk in this investment is businesses defaulting on the loans. However, Funding Societies does thorough due diligence on the company to minimize this risk, which is why the default rate is also one of the lowest in the region at just 1.4% as at 30th November 2017. The returns are priced based on risk, amongst multiple factors. As an investor, you have full autonomy to choose which loans you want to invest in, based on your risk/return appetite.

Funding Societies advocates the “skin in the game” concept. The company and members of the management team invest their own money in every loan to not only co-share the returns but also risks with all the investors.

SMART FEATURES TO MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR YOU

Auto-invest feature reduces the time required to monitor opportunities. Simply input your preferred parameters and the system will do the rest.

Live chat with Miyu the chatbot on Funding Societies’ website and get your queries answered 24/7!

Even though Funding Societies is an online platform, they offer a personal, offline experience for investors. Investors can  email, call or visit their office for a no-obligation chat. Funding Societies is also a winner of the Best in Customer Experience for Alternative Financial Services this year, awarded by Retail Banker International. Try out the platform for yourself to experience it!

SIGN UP NOW TO BE AN INVESTOR WITH FUNDING SOCIETIES

Join more than 30,000 other investors on Funding Societies’ platform, and earn returns of up to 14% per annum. Make your $100 (or more) work harder for you this year and collect your ‘bonus’ next Christmas! Sign up as an investor with Funding Societies now.

Disclaimer

This article is contributed by Funding Societies.

It should not be construed that Moneydigest is endorsing this article or any of the products and services provided by Funding Societies.

Nothing in this article should be construed as constitute or form a recommendation, financial advice, or an offer, invitation or solicitation from Funding Societies to buy or subscribe for any securities and/or investment products. Any past performance, projection, forecast or simulation of results is not necessarily indicative of the future or likely performance of any company or investment. The content and materials made available are for informational purposes only and should not be relied on without obtaining the necessary independent financial or other advice in connection therewith before making an investment or other decision as may be appropriate.

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Beginning your career in Forex: Tips to remember

It is no wonder that Forex is the biggest and the most attractive business market in the world. Millions of people are starting their career in Forex every day. If you want to trade in Forex, you do not need your office but you only need your computer connection and your strategy. When millions of people are trading in Forex, it might seem that all these people are having a good day. They are trading in the markets and although they can lose their money, they can be on track in Forex with a little hard work.

It is actually not that simple in Forex if you do not know the right way of trading. Most beginners in Forex lose their career after only a few months of trading because either they have no experience of the trading market or they have not quite get it right. They make many mistakes which are quite simple for them but deadly when you are a beginner. If you want to trade in Forex and thinking that you have a basic knowledge on the market, this article might come to your help if you want to avoid the mistakes that beginners make in their trading. It will not only give your career head starts but it will also improve your career smoothly in the market.

Sky is the limit

When you start your trading career you must wonder about the profit factor in this industry. To be honest there is no need to do the extensive calculation as you can easily understand the true benefit of professional trading just by observing the life of the successful Singaporean trader. Being an active trader you will be your boss and you set the limit for the potential loss or profit. However, trading is not all easy. In fact, this is not suitable for everyone. You need to trade this market in a relaxed environment so that you can take the perfect decision. Before you consider trading as your full-time profession it’s highly imperative that you consider demo trading account as your practice field. Never start your trading career with the real money since you might lose your entire trading capital. First of all, learn all the fundamentals of this market so that you can easily place your trade with an extreme level of confidence. Never take any risk which you can withstand. Find the perfect balance between your risk tolerance level and profit factor to survive in this industry.

Don’t start with live account

Many traders start trading in the market with all of the strategies they have got on the internet. It is a big mistake for you if you have just started your darer in Forex. You will see that there are lots of strategies for you but you cannot trade them in the live account when you are new. You should remember that it is an investment market where many traders lost their investment. You have to practice in your demo accounts to give you some foundation on the market trading. It will help you in your career and you can understand why demo accounts are here.

Choose a simple strategy for your beginning

There are many strategies that are used by professionals in Forex. Do not try to impress yourself and choose a simple strategy. If your strategy is simple and it works then it is not simple. Any strategy with a simple touch of your hard work and trading techniques can make your career bloom.

Never overtrade, never rush

This is the mistakes that beginners love to make. Do not overtrade in Forex as you are not going to make money if you have placed many trades in the market. Also, do not hurry. You need to be patient to give time to the markets to work out. Be disciplined in your trading and patient for your strategy to work.

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