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Saturday, November 17, 2007

highest pay key words

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Is it possible to find out what google adwords
pay the most? I've decided to research the topic and my findings so far show that many sites claiming that they know the most paid keywords are a hoax (usually the free ones). Read on for details.

Published: Apr 28 2006
Highest Paying Google AdSense Keywords Hoax

A friend sent me a list of supposedly highest
paying keywords for contextual advertising. I wonder is this true or whether this is just a gimmick to make other people believe so... and me supporting the hype by reproducing it here? For your amusement the partial list is at the end of this article. (and don't be surprised if google actually serves you those ads matching those keywords.)

Assuming that whoever produced this list is correct, by looking at the data one can tell that NY and Chicago lawyers are willing to pay a lot of money to get a potential customer via online ads.

But can someone explain why mesothelioma is
in the top rank? Is it because people are afraid to get it? Or is it because many people have it already?

Luckily Google doesn't allow porn ads,
otherwise we would have been drowning in
nasty ads, which probably would have had the highest click rate ever.
The list

Here is a partial list:

$78.30 chicago personal injury lawyer

$73.01 chicago personal injury attorney

$69.17 lasik new york city

$64.27 new york personal injury lawyer

$64.17 new jersey car insurance

$63.10 new york personal injury attorney
$61.64 chicago personal injury lawyers
$61.17 mesothelioma lawyers
$60.74 atlanta personal injury lawyer

$60.29 new york personal injury lawyers
$59.00 lasik dallas

$58.68 new york personal injury lawyers
$58.38 miami personal injury attorney
$58.25 what is mesothelioma
$58.08 best equity loan

$57.95 lasik new york
$56.88 whole life insurance quote
$56.75 new york car insurance
[...]
$53.46 whole life insurance quotes
$53.42 car insurance in new jersey
$53.12 las vegas personal injury lawyer
$53.12 term life insurance quotes
$52.57 mesothelioma treatments
$52.41 equity loan rate
$51.78 equity loan
$51.50 new york personal injury lawyer
$51.29 equity loan rates
$51.15 fixed rate equity loan
$50.54 causes of mesothelioma
[...]
$45.33 los angeles botox
$45.07 new lasik
$44.86 fixed equity loan
$44.51 san diego personal injury attorney
$44.19 125 equity loans
$43.58 mesothelioma cases
$43.57 car insurance in new york
$42.97 equity refinance
$42.70 asbestos and mesothelioma
$42.52 auto insurance quote
[...]
$40.47 [cosmetic surgery los angeles]
$40.04 personal injury attorney atlanta
$39.67 car insurance california
$39.66 oregon personal injury lawyer
$39.43 auto insurance
$39.35 albany personal injury lawyer
$39.21 fixed equity loans
$39.11 personal injury lawyers
$38.84 ameriquest mortgage
$38.31 auto insurance quotes
$38.19 mortgage refinance
$38.17 lump sum settlement
$37.43 cause of mesothelioma
[...]

I wonder whether I should research topics about lawyers and mesothelioma :)
Hoax Revealed

After receiving this list, I've googled for "Highest Paying Google AdSense Keywords" and apparently there is a lot of sites out there suggesting those words, most seem to concentrate on mesothelioma and lawyers but the prices seem to vary. I'm still puzzled how did they find out that information?

OK, I think I've figured it out: many of those sites seem to be a hoax. The source seem to be coming from: hxxp://www.cwire.org/highest-paying-search-terms/, but it will just trick you into clicking on some auto-generated content. Bad boy. No cookie.

Further search reveals more sites advertising similar hoaxes. Oh well, the nature of the internet -- you get both: the good and the less good.

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Last night's trades worked well yielding $1,625.59 to bring the account balance up to $101,778.88.
The only trade that had failed was a limit order to short 100,000 eur/usd from 1.01 that stopped at 1.0110.
The usd/jpy trades closed in the 115.70's and at 115.55. The usd/chf trade took profit at 1.4504.

The only open trade is a usd/chf short from 1.4531 for 50,000 that I'd placed shortly after noon (EST) hoping to catch a retracement to 1.4500 from 1.4550.

** this trade was stopped while I'd been writing this , looks as though the Dow is about to exceed its open. USD is responding positively across the board. Notice the account revision below.

Bal: 101,696.38 ::: P&L: 1,672.79 + (0)
no open trades
current trades :
none

The usd/chf limit order short @ 1.4598 for 100,000 has fired.
I've also added 100,000 usd/jpy short from 116.22 , stop 116.6 , tp 115.55 .

It appears that trading is relatively thin this evening. Price formation among the majors is characterised by small average range variations in clearing prices at most intervals punctuated by 15 to 20 pip spikes, occuring in either direction, that are quickly returned. The latter is indicative of low liquidity.

The usd/chf has recently begun heading towards 1.46 though the dollar has been gradually declining most of the session. The usd/chf seems prone to erratic reversals and occasionally decouples from both dollar and euro movements. I've closed the 70,000 usd/chf short for a 24pip loss an am going to place a limit order to short usd/chf @ 1.46 for 100,000 units. This will be intended as a medium range trade targeting 1.44 w/ a stop @ 1.4715.

the account balance now stands at 100.153.29 w/ -90.38 in unrealized losses.

Monday, July 15, 2002

new trade

Short 150,000 usd/jpy from 116.15 , stop 116.32
* this trade is comprised of two positions- one for 100,000 and a second for 50,000 .

The usd/jpy trade is in response to a fall below 116.20 towards 116. We'll have to see what happens at 116 , but I'm assuming it will penetrate towards 115.7 again.

eur/usd is up to 1.0080 again. There's a good chance it will hit 1.01 tonight , but to this point hasn't displayed sufficient momentum to break significantly higher. I'm frankly not sure which way it will move in the near term , so I'm sitting still. If there's a retracement to .99 or .98 , these levels might provide good buying opportunities. I have a suspicion that we'll be looking at 1.025 within the next month. This may not last long , but until dollar pressure has abated somewhat the dollar down draft will pull the euro higher.

current trades
S 100,000 usd/jpy from 116.15 , stop 116.32
S 70,000 usd/chf from 1.4563 , stop 1.4607, tp 1.45

the Nikkei is currently up 0.28% , from a recent high of 10,500 . A reflection off of 10,400 , and continuation upwards could add value to the Yen .

more good news

from FXStreet :

Tom Fitzpatrick, senior technical analyst at Citibank in New York.
Monday, July 15, 2002
"Parity is a psychological, not a technical level...and whether we pause around parity or not, we are likely to see significant further dollar losses...Our initial target is $1.03 to $1.0450. If that level is taken out, it actually casts a question mark against the whole of the dollar's rally of the last seven years, and could open up a full-blown bear market for the dollar."

Julian Jessop, chief European economist at Standard Chartered Bank.
Monday, July 15, 2002
"The dollar is under pressure from everything from economic problems to asset reallocation away from the U.S. and corporate accounting problems. It's difficult to see any positive factor for the dollar at the moment. The root of the problem is the U.S. current account deficit. If the U.S. doesn't have to attract an enormous amount of foreign capital, people wouldn't have to worry about domestic problems. One solution to this is a weaker dollar."

I've entered a short for 70,000 usd/chf from 1.4563 targeting 1.45 , stop 1.4607.
Also , a limit order to short 100,000 eur/usd @ 1.01 has been entered. I'm expecting to catch some retracement on this , thought I'd gotten stung by the same strategy last night.

There appears to be some resistance at 116.20 usd/jpy . If this breaks and subsequently breaches 116 I'd expect a revisitation of 115.7 and likely 115.5 . There's a limit order for 100,000 long waiting at 115.60 .

Intervention Update

Forexnews :
7/15/2002 8:12:00 PM Japan's Eco Min Takenaka says they must take action on FX if rates move away from fundamentals and that he wants to see BoJ take more easing steps. He also states that he wants BoJ to consider fx moves when deciding monetary policy and adds that Japanese stocks are undervalued.

for further analysis go to the Forexnews Japanese Trading Preview

Also , tomorrow chairman Greenspan reports to Congress and June Industrial Production figures come out with the expectation of a %0.4 rise along with June Capacity Utilization baring a consensus forecast for a %0.3 improvement. Each of these will factor significantly on the dollar considering its recently lows . Their imminence may inhibit further dramatic movements this evening through the first half of the NY session.

Evening Round-up

We're up $268.79 on the account and $241.66 in realized P&L w/ no open trades.

We'd gotten walloped on the 200,000 eur/usd limit order long @ .9995 . I had expected a correction from the 1 - 1.0050 range to either the low .9900's or into the .9800's; the trade was stopped @ 1.0055 ( - $121.00 ) . Rather that retrace , the euro proceeded virtually unabated to 1.0090. It's currently at 1.0040 . The Tokyo and London sessions may push this above 1.01 if the dollar resumes its decline.

Dollar limit orders @ 116.09 (100,000), 115.74 (100,000) , 115.79 (10,000) , which had replaced the original usd/jpy Long trades from the low 117.00's , saved the day by returning $534.61when closed shortly after the close of the NY session for 116.21 and 116.23. A 100,000 usd/chf Short from 1.4583 placed at about 11:00 am , that closed at 1.4556 an hour later, provided $185.49 to bring the account from last night's low of 99,514.62 to 99,700 . The remainder of today's profits are entirely attributable to the usd/jpy trades.

Tonight should prove interesting - will the markets experience buyer's remorse and sell the euro , or will such a robust break above parity inspire Euro bulls to begin climbing for 1.0250 ?

I'm watching eur/jpy for a break below 116.5 as an opportunity to short towards 115.

lessons for the day :
stop loss orders are good
chasing interventions downhill is annoying and inefficient - use limit orders instead.

Bal: 100,268.79 ::: P&L: 241.66 + ( 0 )
No Open Trades

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

benifits

The (FOREX) currency market is the most liquid market in the world having various participants: banks and the investment organizations, corporations and the private speculators using the market not only for realization of speculative operations, but also for insurance upon fluctuation of exchange rates at export-import transactions.
Forex trading in simplest terms is the buying of one currency and the selling of another. Forex trading, also referred to, as “FX” is open to corporations, small businesses, commercial banks, investment funds and private individuals, it is the largest financial market in the world averaging a daily turnover of over $1 trillion dollars, making it a diverse and exciting market. It is a 24-hour market enabling it to accommodate constant changing world currency exchange rates . According to New York time, trading begins at 2.15pm on Sunday in Sydney and Singapore and progresses through to Tokyo at 7pm, London at 2am and reaches New York at 8am. This leaves investors free to respond to global political, economic and social events when they take place, day or night

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The History of FOREX Trading

The origin of Forex trading traces its history to centuries ago. Different currencies and the need to exchange them had existed since the Babylonians. They are credited with the first use of paper notes and receipts. Speculation hardly ever happened, and certainly the enormous speculative activity in the market today would have been frowned upon.

In those days, the value of goods were expressed in terms of other goods(also called as the Barter System). The obvious limitations of such a system encouraged establishing more generally accepted mediums of exchange. It was important that a common base of value could be established. In some economies, items such as teeth, feathers even stones served this purpose, but soon various metals, in particular gold and silver, established themselves as an accepted means of payment as well as a reliable storage of value. Trade was carried among people of Africa, Asia etc through this system.

Coins were initially minted from the preferred metal and in stable political regimes, the introduction of a paper form of governmental I.O.U. during the Middle Ages also gained acceptance. This type of I.O.U. was introduced more successfully through force than through persuasion and is now the basis of today's modern currencies.

Before the First World war, most Central banks supported their currencies with convertibility to gold. However, the gold exchange standard had its weaknesses of boom-bust patterns. As an economy strengthened, it would import a great deal from out of the country until it ran down its gold reserves required to support its money; as a result, the money supply would diminish, interest rates escalate and economic activity slowed to the point of recession. Ultimately, prices of commodities had hit bottom, appearing attractive to other nations, who would sprint into buying fury that injected the economy with gold until it increased its money supply, drive down interest rates and restore wealth into the economy.. However, for this type of gold exchange, there was not necessarily a Centrals bank need for full coverage of the government's currency reserves. This did not occur very often, however when a group mindset fostered this disastrous notion of converting back to gold in mass, panic resulted in so-called "Run on banks " The combination of a greater supply of paper money without the gold to cover led to devastating inflation and resulting political instability. The Great Depression and the removal of the gold standard in 1931 created a serious lull in Forex market activity. From 1931 until 1973, the Forex market went through a series of changes. These changes greatly affected the global economies at the time and speculation in the Forex markets during these times was little.

In order to protect local national interests, increased foreign exchange controls were introduced to prevent market forces from punishing monetary irresponsibility.

Near the end of World War II, the Bretton Woods agreement was reached on the initiative of the USA in July 1944. The conference held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire rejected John Maynard Keynes suggestion for a new world reserve currency in favor of a system built on the US Dollar. International institutions such as the IMF, The World Bank and GATT were created in the same period as the emerging victors of WWII searched for a way to avoid the destabilizing monetary crises leading to the war. The Bretton Woods agreement resulted in a system of fixed exchange rates that reinstated The Gold Standard partly, fixing the USD at $35.00 per ounce of Gold and fixing the other main currencies to the dollar, initially intended to be on a permanent basis.

The Bretton Woods system came under increasing pressure as national economies moved in different directions during the 1960's. A number of realignments held the system alive for a long time but eventually Bretton Woods collapsed in the early 1970's following president Nixon's suspension of the gold convertibility in August 1971. The dollar was not any longer suited as the sole international currency at a time when it was under severe pressure from increasing US budget and trade deficits.

The last few decades have seen foreign exchange trading develop into the world's largest global market. Restrictions on capital flows have been removed in most countries, leaving the market forces free to adjust foreign exchange rates according to their perceived values.

The European Economic Community introduced a new system of fixed exchange rates in 1979, the European Monetary System. The quest continued in Europe for currency stability with the 1991 signing of The Maastricht treaty. This was to not only fix exchange rates but also actually replace many of them with the Euro in 2002. London was, and remains the principal offshore market. In the 1980s, it became the key center in the Eurodollar market when British banks began lending dollars as an alternative to pounds in order to maintain their leading position in global finance.

In Asia, the lack of sustainability of fixed foreign exchange rates has gained new relevance with the events in South East Asia in the latter part of 1997, where currency after currency was devalued against the US dollar, leaving other fixed exchange rates in particular in South America also looking very vulnerable.

While commercial companies have had to face a much more volatile currency environment in recent years, investors and financial institutions have discovered a new playground. The Forex exchange market initially worked under the central banks and the governmental institutions but later on it accommodated the various institutions, at present it also includes the dot com booms and the world wide web. The size of the Forex market now dwarfs any other investment market. The foreign exchange market is the largest financial market in the world. Approximately 1.9 trillion dollars are traded daily in the foreign exchange market. It is estimated that more than USD 1,200 Billion are traded every day. It can be said easily that Forex market is a lucrative opportunity for the modern day savvy investor.

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Investing in Forex

Investing in Forex
Investing in foreign currencies is a relatively new avenue of investing. There are considerably fewer people are aware of this market than there are people aware of several other avenues of investing. Trading foreign currency, also known as forex, is the most lucrative investment market that exists. There are several factors that make this true among which, successful forex traders earn realistic profits of one hundred plus percent each month. Compared to some of the better known investment markets such as corporate stocks, this is an unheard of return on investment. It's very necessary to mention here that a person who invests in forex must, without exception, make it a point to learn the detailed, but simple strategies and information surrounding the market. This very fact is what makes the difference between successful forex traders and other traders.

A few additional points, which create such powerful leverage for investors within the forex market are: The amount of capital required to begin investing in the market is only three hundred dollars. For the most part, any other investment market is going to demand thousands of dollars of the investor in the beginning. Also, the market offers opportunities to profit regardless what the direction of the market may be; In most commonly known markets investors sit and wait for the market to begin an up trend before entering a trade. Even then, investors, as a rule must sit and wait some more to be able to exit the trade with a nice profit. Given that the forex market produces several up, down, and sideways trends in a single day, it can easily be seen that forex stands head and shoulders above other markets. Additionally there are trading strategies, which are taught that provide for compounded profits; these are profits on top of profits. In addition, free demo accounts are available within the industry of forex trading, which facilitate the sharpening of skills without the risk losing any capital. And the advantage regarding the time factor in trading foreign currency is a very attractive point for any investor. Compared to one of the most sought after avenues of investing, which often requires forty or more hours each week, namely in the real-estate market, the forex market requires a much smaller demand on the investor's time. Forex trading requires approximately ten to fifteen hours each week to earn a full time income. It's easy to see that the advantages and great leverage that exist in the forex market, make it among the most lucrative, time liberating, and easy to enter by far.

Forex Software Packages

If you plan to start trading FOREX online you will of course be using a software system. This system will make it easy for you to get information quickly about market prices and make trades. There are two types of FOREX software available, client based and web based.As the FOREX market is a fast moving market and you will need up to the minute information to make informed transactions, it is up to you to see you have a high speed internet connection. Dial up internet access will absolutely not work for this. Another consideration could be the location of the servers used by your broker. If your broker's servers are located quite a distance from you, say in another country, this could potentially slow down your transmissions. If you plan to trade online you will need a modern computer and high speed internet connection.The next consideration would be which type of software, client based or web based? Web based software is housed on your brokers website. You will not have to install any software on your own computer. A web based software program will allow you to log in from any computer that has an internet connection. A client based software program, or one that you download into your own computer will limit you to transactions only on the computer it is downloaded on. Web based software programs are preferred by most brokers who think they are more safe and reliable. Web based software tends to be less vulnerable to attack from viruses and hackers during transmissions than client based software.Any FOREX software should offer you real-time quotes and offer means to quickly enter and exit the market. These are minimal requirements of any trading software. Upgraded software packages are usually offered at an extra monthly fee by brokers.Generally brokers will have client information housed on two severs kept in two different locations. This is to guarantee client data is kept as safe as possible. If there is a power failure or a problem with one server the data is sent back and forth from the second secure server and you will not notice an interruption. Regular back ups of these servers is another way that brokers keep financial data safe in case of server failure

Critical Factors For Successful Forex Trading

Online, Day trading has exploded across America. Some investors have been very successful and boast of huge gains made in incredibly short periods of time. However, there are many others who experience devastating losses because they have not tapped into the 6 critical factors necessary for successful Futures and FOREX Trading. Success in any profession can be broken down into a number of critical factors. Trading is no different. A successful trading strategy incorporates the following 6 factors. 1. Determination of An Edge: Trading Futures is a zero sum game. There must be an identifiable edge over the other market participants. 2. Disciplined Execution:There is no point in identifying an edge if there is no discipline to follow thru. Create a plan, stick with it, then determine if the plan is successful. If it is not, change the plan. The important thing is disciplined execution. 3. Money Management: If the risk per trade is too aggressive, then there is the risk of blowing an account. If trades are too conservative, then the opportunity to optimize returns is missed. It is critical to establish the maximum expected draw down of any system and set money management rules accordingly. 4. Create a Trading Plan: A trading plan will determine what will be done in any given situation during the trade day. A plan helps keep one focused on execution and not distractions. 5. Responsibility: Responsibility lies with the trader. Gains, losses, success, or failure is determined by the skill, determination and discipline of the trader. 6. Commitment: There must be commitment to placing every trade according to plan, even through the losing periods where every trade seems to end up a loser. Trading seems to throw up extremes of good times and bad times. One must not be over confident during the good times, and one must not give up in the bad times. There also must be adequate time every day to compare actual performances against the trading plan.

Forex Trading

FOREX TRADING

The foreign exchange (currency or forex or FX) market exists wherever one currency is traded for another. It is by far the largest financial market in the world, and includes trading between large banks, central banks, currency speculators, multinational corporations, governments and other financial markets and institutions. The average daily trade in the global forex markets currently exceeds US$ 2–2.5 trillion Retail traders (individuals) are a small fraction of this market and may only participate indirectly through brokers or banks.
FOREX or The Foreign exchange rate market is an international market where various currency exchange transactions take place; this is in the shape of simultaneously buying one currency and selling another. The most commonly traded currencies are referred to as “Majors”; over 85% of daily transactions on Forex Trading involve the Majors. These seven currencies are the US Currency (Dollar, USD), Japanese Yen (JPY), Euro (EUR), British Pound (GBP), Swiss Franc (CHF), Canadian Dollar (CAD) and Australian Dollar (AUD). The Forex System in operation today was established in the 1970s when free currency exchange rates were introduced, this period also saw the US Dollar overtake the British Pound as the benchmark currency. Prior to this and in particular during World War II, exchange rate remained more stable.

Benefits of Forex

The (FOREX) currency market is the most liquid market in the world having various participants: banks and the investment organizations, corporations and the private speculators using the market not only for realization of speculative operations, but also for insurance upon fluctuation of exchange rates at export-import transactions.

Forex trading in simplest terms is the buying of one currency and the selling of another. Forex trading, also referred to, as “FX” is open to corporations, small businesses, commercial banks, investment funds and private individuals, it is the largest financial market in the world averaging a daily turnover of over $1 trillion dollars, making it a diverse and exciting market. It is a 24-hour market enabling it to accommodate constant changing world currency exchange rates . According to New York time, trading begins at 2.15pm on Sunday in Sydney and Singapore and progresses through to Tokyo at 7pm, London at 2am and reaches New York at 8am. This leaves investors free to respond to global political, economic and social events when they take place, day or night.

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