Free educational videos: Part 1 - Financial market documentaries, etc...
The dollar and the Fed (US central bank) (44:48)
This video will provide you with a detailed history of the dollar. This video also covers the central bank, interest rates and the resulting debt. No specific forex coverage, but it's still very interesting.
Documentary: Money, banking and the Federal Reserve (41:30)
Canadian documentary: American dollars are not created and controlled by the US government but by a private bank, the Federal Reserve (the FED), which has an exclusive monopoly.
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Documentary: Floored (the demise of traditional floor traders) (83:54)
Although Floored is not really a forex film, it's still a well-done documentary film about the people and business of the Chicago trading floors (specifically, the futures exchange and the changes brought about by electronic trading).
(humor) A smart trader talks to a stupid trader (2:46)
Whether you are a forex or CFD trader (or you invest in stocks), you want to trade based on what you see the market doing. Following advice (and following the herd) is just about the worst thing you can do.
Free educational videos: Part 2 - Forex trading strategies & techniques
An introduction to forex trading (8:07)
A basic introduction to forex trading. This video is really intended for people who have just discovered the existence of forex trading and want to know a bit more.
A breakdown of forex trading hours (4:24)
This video explains the characteristics of the 3 main forex trading sessions: Asian, European and US. Details include: which session is the most important one, etc...
An introduction to the MetaTrader 4 trading platform (6:52)
This video demonstrates how to use the MetaTrader 4 (also known as MT4) trading platform to trade currencies, commodities, futures and indices. This is the most popular trading platform out there as it is very simple to use.
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Strategy: How to use the RSI (relative strength index) indicator (6:33)
This video demonstrates how to use the RSI (relative strength index) indicator to trade currencies, commodities and futures. The RSI indicator is powerful, easy to use and available in most trading platforms.
Strategy: How to use the Fibonacci retracement indicator (5:59)
This video demonstrates how to use the Fibonacci indicator. The Fibonnaci indicator is great as it provides you with retrace levels (for both pullbacks and throwbacks) that give you the best entry points.
Strategy: How to use Bollinger bands (3:34)
This video demonstrates how to use Bollinger bands. Bollinger bands are useful as they keep the evolution of prices within an envelope, simultaneously providing both support and resistance levels.
Strategy: Using a hedging technique to profit in both directions (2:30)
One of several hegding techniques available. This video demonstrates a trader who opens both a long and short position, and then closes them: the first after a strong trend, the second after the retrace.
Strategy: Volume spread analysis, aka VSA (2 videos)
Volume spread analysis helps you understand who is buying and who is selling at any given time. The market is always in one of 4 different phases: accumulation, markup, distribution and markdown. Knowing which phase the market is in will allow you to trade with and not against the pros.
Strategy: VSA - volume spread analysis - to follow the big money (2:30)
By tracking trading volume and the spreads on price bars, you can get a good idea of where the "smart money" (ie. professionals) is going. This video demonstrates how to find out where the market is going.
Strategy: Pin bar reversals (7 videos)
These videos demonstrate a technique which focuses on pin bars. A pin bar is a 1-bar formation which has an obvious large tail or shadow either above or below it.
Strategy: A scalping technique explained (4:37)
One of many scalping techniques available. This video demonstrates scalping using 10 minute candlesticks.
Strategy: Demonstration of another scalping technique (9:27)
Another demonstration of how to scalp the currency market. This video also uses the USD/JPY, but this time in a 5-minute timeframe.
Strategy: Key forex and CFD trading techniques (5 videos)
This is a collection of 5 short but very informative videos. Contents include: 1) Identifying trends, 2) Money management, 3) Forex trading using support and resistance levels, 4) Trading the news, and 5) Forex trading using the RSI.
Strategy: Trading like a professional (3 videos)
This is a collection of 3 long videos outlining some of the principles followed by institutional forex traders (the "smart money"): identifying the trend, trading with the trend, using the moving average indicator, etc...