Nov 27 2008

The 5 Painful Conditions of Poor Cat Urinary Tract Health

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Cat urinary tract health care remains one of the top challenges facing caring cat owners. Be on the lookout for the symptoms cats show when they have poor cat urinary tract health or other feline urinary tract disorder(FLUTD). You also have simple, natural remedies to include in your cat’s daily diet that will reduce if not eliminate the chances of your cat experiencing the excruciating pain associated with urinary tract infection in cats.

You or someone you know probably has endured the human version of a urinary tract infection. There is an intense, persistent urge to urinate accompanied by a burning sensation when urinating. The urine has a strong odor and there may even be blood in the urine.

In the cat world, these symptoms are very similar except that progressed cases of urinary tract infection in cats can lead to a very painful death. Cats of any age may suffer from the disorder, but older cats are more susceptible. Another similarity to human UTI is that both female and male cats can suffer from poor cat urinary tract health.

In fact, male cats are more susceptible to one condition more so than female cats — urinary stones.

5 Conditions of Poor Cat Urinary Cat Health

  1. Incessant licking in the genital area
  2. Blood in the urine
  3. Urinary(Bladder) stones also called uroliths
  4. Urethral obstruction
  5. Death

The only way your cat knows how to deal with an itch or burning sensation in his genital area is to lick and lick and lick. One clue to a urinary tract infection in cats is that you find urine on the floor, or on tile or in the bathtub — really a blessing because you can see it.

Blood may be visible in the urine. However, if you don’t see any blood that doesn’t mean its not there. A trained eye using a microscope will note if there is blood in the urine.

Urinary stones are a huge reason to alert on changes in your cat’s behavior pointing out urinary tract infections in cats. These stones are mineral crystals formed in the bladder.

When the stones leave the bladder they travel down the urethra tube to exit the body. The stones become lodged in the urethra and block the passage of urine. This problem occurs more in male cats than females as the male urethra tube is narrower. Smaller stones cause a blockage where the female’s wider urethra allows the smaller crystals to pass through.

This is where time becomes a critical factor. If the stones aren’t dislodged naturally or medically, your cat endures a painful death. You have 72 hours from the onset to deal with the stones. Unfortunately, your cat may not display symptoms for 24 to 48 hours.

Causes

It was once thought that certain minerals in cat food contributed to urinary stones. Bacteria can also lead to poor cat urinary tract health.

Today, veterinarians pay more attention to the ph level of the cat’s urine. Ph is the measurement of the acid or alkaline level of the urine. Veterinarians recommend the ph level be around 6.0 to 6.5.

Prevention

Ask your vet to check the ph level in your cat’s urine.

Place clean, fresh water bowls throughout the house and outdoors so that water is very available to your cats. Provide smaller meals more frequently. Minimize major routine changes.

Make no mistake about it, you can help your cat stick to a simple, natural pet care program that promotes vital cat urinary tract health. There are a number of natural remedies available that are blends of herbs tested and proven to treat painful and chronic urinary tract infection in cats.

Kate Rieger has been owned by 15+ cats and is a champion of natural remedies for her own cats and her feral cat neighbors.  While she would like to extend simple, natural care to every pet in the neighborhood, she takes it one animal at a time.  Kate is on good behavior during her speaking engagements at various organizations where she spreads the word about natural alternatives to pet ailments. Drop by and pick up more free tips at Pet-Natural-Remedies.com and heal your cat today.

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Nov 20 2008

Don’t Be A Victim Of Investment Fraud

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You may have seen many investment promises to gain riches and wealth quickly and easily. Some investment pitches fail to tell you the specific details of the investment and only tell you the good parts. There is no such thing as a no risk investment and anyone who tells you otherwise is not telling you the whole truth. Whenever you are thinking of investing, before you do anything you need to get written confirmation of any annual reports or prospectuses they have.

Beware of any investing opportunity that tells you any of the following from an investment:

• Avoid if an investment tells you to actively get a loan or financial backing for an investment or asks you to cash in any equity or retirement funds.

• Applies a lot of pressure on you to get you to invest quickly.

• Promises you fast profits with little risk.

• Tells you the federal law disclosure documents are only a formality and not required.

• Asks you to lie on your application forms.

• The information they give you has bad grammar, spelling mistakes or doesn’t make sense.

• Doesn’t send you your money within a good timeframe.

• Tells you they can share with you some kind of inside information.

• Uses high risk words such as ‘limited offer’, ‘high returns’ or ‘guarantee’.

• Use the following words – this particular investment is IRA approved for you.

• Tells you that any offshore investments are completely tax free and always confidential.
Fraudsters tend to look at wealthier people to carry out their investment fraud on. Retirement age or rich people are usually targeted as the more money they have the more likely they are to be able to invest.

There is a certain type of people that investment fraudster look for:

• Able to make monetary decisions

• Wanting to make large investments

• Know quite a bit about financial aspects

• Has more than an average income

• Is retired and wealthy

• Educated above college level

• Had a recent health problem or a financial worry

• Willing to listen to new investment ideas and sales ideas

Many fraudsters are becoming more aware of what we look for. For instance, we know that if something sounds too good to be true it will be. However, more fraudsters are starting to make their pitches sound great but not too great that we automatically become suspicious. This is where we have to become smarter than the fraudsters.

Some of the fraudsters will try to get to sign up to their investment by giving you false hope of riches that don’t exist. Some of them will claim to be a firm that has helped so many other people or try to convince you that they wouldn’t sell you an investment that wouldn’t make you money. These are all tactics to avoid. Make sure you do a lot of research on the company and the people before you sign up to any investment deals.

Writer and author, Cheryline Lawson in conjunction with Fernando Reyes, who is an Internet Marketing guru and expert in a variety of fields including finance invite you to find out more by visiting the website at => http://crowleybiz.com/finance

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Nov 19 2008

Tips on Public Speaking – 3 Mistaken Assumptions

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Anyone contemplating making a speech who isn’t a professional speaker will, inevitably, want to pick up as many tips on public speaking that they can. And they will want those tips to convey some kind of ‘magic formula’ that will enable them to deliver a speech that is witty, to the point and delivered effortlessly with confidence and panache!

The reality, however, is generally somewhat different.

No matter how much thought a person might put into their speech preparation, there are three mistaken assumptions that will make their public speaking task all the more difficult.

Assumption No.1:

That your audience are hostile towards you and that you need to be able to win their approval before your speech can be successful.

In fact, the opposite is true. Your audience actually wants you to make a successful speech. Human nature dictates that our natural empathy with another person means that we will feel that person’s discomfort when we witness it. If, whilst on stage, you are experiencing embarrassment, nervousness or unease when addressing your audience, then they will be sharing in that experience too.

No audience wants to feel bad on your behalf, so instead of being hostile towards you, hey are actually willing you to make a good and entertaining speech.

Assumption No.2:

That one of the main tips on public speaking is that you need to include a number of jokes or anecdotes in every speech you make.

Wrong – although this little gem will crop up on just about every list of public speaking tips you might come across. A successful speech really does not need to be humorous. After all, if you were an absolute ace at telling jokes and stories, you’d be a professional comedian, right? But most of us have great difficulty in even remembering a punchline, let alone be able to deliver it with style, so why make delivering your speech even more stressful than it already is by trying to carry off three or four funny stories just for their own sake?

Assumption No.3:

That you need to be an expert on the topic you are speaking about or your audience will boo you off the stage.

Again, this is a commonly held belief and an entirely misplaced one. In fact, you really don’t need to know much about your topic to deliver a great and satisfying speech. What you do need to know, however, is how to go about researching your topic in order to discover the best and most relevant material to deliver to your audience. If you can get this right – and it is just a matter of learning the correct research technique – you will be able to put together a speech on any topic, for any audience easily, time after time.

So, before you start your search for a list of ‘magic’ tips on public speaking to set you on your way, rid yourself of these three, completely misleading speech-making assumptions.

Remind yourself that your audience isn’t hostile towards you – they actively want you to succeed and deliver the best and most entertaining speech they have ever heard. After all, they want to feel good, on your behalf – not bad.

Secondly, that there is no requirement that you absolutely must include jokes and funny stories in your speech. Unless you feel comfortable relating anecdotes and can recall punchlines faultlessly, don’t put yourself under additional pressure to be a comedian as well as a speech-maker.

And finally, don’t struggle in the belief that you need to be an expert on the topic you are speaking about. Your sole duty is to deliver your speech well and in doing so, your audience will naturally accept that you are knowledgeable about your subject. This you can achieve by thorough and focussed preparation and research before actually writing your speech – a much more achievable task than attaining true, expert status, wouldn’t you agree?

So, when searching for tips on public speaking, look first to divest yourself of these three, common misconceptions and you will have already gone a long way towards your goal of delivering a successful, confident and satisfying speech to your audience.

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Nov 18 2008

Cash Reserve Vs Capital

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In the world of money and profit one of the biggest pitfalls is to be taken in by the promise of “Don’t worry. Everything will be okay. It’s guaranteed to succeed.” We all want to believe in our own success and we all want to take a positive attitude towards attaining success, whether it is financial or otherwise. It is easy to find ourselves persuaded by others – indeed, it is easy for us to persuade ourselves – that this investment will give us the money we want and, by extension, the lifestyle we want. In pursuit of financial dreams it is too easy to leave commonsense behind and set off into a distant land we have never visited before and of which we have no real idea if it is safe or not.

Now let me be clear: No investment is without risk. That’s right. No investment is without risk. That includes the money you put into a bank. It’s highly unlikely if you live in a first world nation, but it is not impossible for that bank to suffer severe problems that cause it to fold, with you losing all of your money. A basic rule of investing is simply this: the more potential profit, the more potential loss. In other words, with greater risks comes the possibility of greater profit. But if things turn badly for you you stand to lose a great deal too. Maybe everything. So before making any investment it is crucial that you weigh the risk to reward ratio and determine how willing you are to stand the risk (psychologically as well as financially).

Under no circumstances should you risk more than you can stand to lose. This may seem an obvious point to some, but with the heady promise of easy profits, a lot of people forget this and put everything they have into a venture only to see it fall flat. Perhaps every once in a while you hear of someone who risks it all and gets the reward. These stories are great. They are inspirational and develop in us all a sense of a ‘can do’ attitude. But as with everything else in the media, you are only hearing about the stories that are unusual and that stand out against a drab background of sameness. You know, the stories that generally don’t happen in normal life. No-one wants to read about a man who lost everything in a business venture that went sour. Why? Because it happens everyday. As unfortunate as it is for the individual concerned, for the public that the media depends on for advertising revenue, stories of business failure would very quickly become matter-of-fact and nothing special. So evaluate the risks carefully on a case-by-case basis and don’t be swayed by the uncommon success of one or two people that you hear about.

And this brings me to the main point I want to make.

Mentally you need to have a very clear demarcation between your cash reserve and your capital. Preferably though, this should extend beyond a mere mental difference and mean that you have taken the trouble to set up two separate accounts to avoid the temptation of ‘borrowing’ from your cash reserve to bolster your capital.

Your cash reserve is a form of accumulated savings and should be placed in a low-risk investment fund. The purpose of having this reserve is not strictly speaking to use it as an investment (though you will slowly acquire interest payments) but to serve as an emergency fund should you be in need of cash at short notice. The money should be liquid, meaning you can get instant or almost instant access to it. Your cash reserve is not your savings as such. It is not saved to do anything, such as pay for a holiday or a new car, except serve you in an emergency. Once accumulated it should not be touched. Aim to build your cash reserve so you have six months of living expenses saved and add to that total thereafter at whatever pace you can afford to.

Your capital on the other hand is the money that you will use to work for you. Your capital is the money you can afford to lose. Without forgetting to be sensible, your capital can be used to secure loans, buy real estate, invest in the stock market or to open a business. If any of these ventures don’t turn out the way you had hoped, well, as bad as that is, it should not be the end of the world. Why? Because you have maintained your cash reserve. You still have money saved to fall back on.

The difference between your cash reserve and your capital is crucial if things go badly. If you have used your cash reserve in conjunction with your capital and things don’t work out then you stand to lose literally everything. Some even go so far as to use their home as collateral. Big mistake. Never, never, never risk anything that you can’t afford to lose without affecting your basic need for food, clothing and housing. Do not put yourself or your family in a position where your life becomes miserable because you have incurred losses that are unsustainable. Take calculated risks, but take those risks with your capital, not your cash reserve.

To sum up then. A simple financial plan for you to begin implementing immediately is to distinguish between your cash reserve and your capital. Your cash reserve should be able to cover six months of living expenses (specific living expenses will vary from person to person and family to family) and should be placed in an account that is low-risk (and most likely therefore with a low return). You should be able to get to this reserve of cash instantly if you need to so whatever savings method you use, it should allow for liquidity. Add to this cash reserve as and when you can, but don’t touch it unless you really need to, and certainly don’t use it for any risky investments.

Your capital by contrast is money that you can afford to lose and is identified by you for the specific reason of having it work for you to earn you a greater profit. While still paying attention to and evaluating investment opportunities and sorting the good deals from the bad, use your capital to build greater and greater profits for yourself and your family. If you suffer a downturn, don’t fret too much about it. Learn your lesson and determine what happened so you can avoid re-experiencing the same result in the future but never forget that you are not going to bankrupt yourself because you have your cash reserve sitting patiently for you, waiting for when you need to access, if you ever do.

Strictly distinguishing between your cash reserve and your capital is an important first step to gaining financial security and thereafter financial freedom. Consider the two factors and begin making the changes in your life today to incorporate a division of your money.

Vincent Cooper is the owner and webmaster of Personal Development Forum, a site dedicated to personal development and growth. In addition he works as a coach, drawing on his vast experience and understanding of Asian culture to create a unique approach to self-growth and spiritual insight. To find out more about his innovative philosophy of development click here

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Nov 17 2008

Learning Pays – Paying For Your Investment Education Or Doing it Yourself

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It is perhaps a weakness of humans that we always think someone else knows better. Is that why many people are persuaded to hand over more than $5,000 to learn one area of investing that is quite learnable through other (less expensive) means? This could also explain why around 250,000 Australians have been persuaded to buy new units at over-the-market prices (mostly on the Gold Coast) in the last ten years through over-hyped free seminars.

True, some areas of investing are complex. Take wraps (vendor finance) for example. Get this deal wrong and you could be left with a house valued at less than the market price or some type of legal entanglement. It would pay to learn about the ins and outs first.

Often what draws us into expensive education is the notion that certain people hold the ’secrets’ to wealth and passive income, and we want to know the secrets too. They have created massive wealth themselves (usually a by-product of their sheer persistence) and now they teach others. This topic is divided, but here is one helpful opinion from Michael on property investing.com forum:

“There are many seminar spruikers out there that purport to do many things. They’re experts at selling dreams but their private persona is very different to the public one most people see. I can think of two that spring to mind in that regard. I’d reiterate the necessity of doing some solid due diligence including asking for student references from those who’ve successfully used the strategies being taught (and be careful that is not someone in the direct employ of the company) and have a solicitor go over any JV (that is, Joint Venture) agreements to ensure your position is protected and that you have legal recourse in all instances, especially in things like profit splits, responsibilities, liabilities and that its clearly documented in all areas.”

Others believe that $5,000 and ongoing costs is money well spent to shorten your learning curve. The course the forum was discussing was a property options course, and one gentleman commented that a good property lawyer with knowledge of options could explain it for a fraction of the cost. There is also a book/CD on the subject, Options Made Simple, by Rob Balanda.

I do not believe that education will prevent you making mistakes as you go from novice to expert investor. Any path to wealth is one fraught with steps backwards as well as forwards, and it is your response to these challenges that really determines your ultimate level of success. Read up on any multi-millionaire and you will find that they failed at least once before they had major success. With all his great mentoring from his Rich Dad, even Robert Kiyosaki had to close his once successful surf wear business, and start from nothing again before he went onto success in training and wealth education.

On the other hand, it is important to get some knowledge before jumping in. For example, as a novice I might be buying a big block and thinking of doing a subdivision. In my research, I would buy a comprehensive manual on subdivisions, search all the good website pages about subdividing, and check the pertinent council regulations regarding minimum area, driveways and zoning, before going to the trouble of viewing properties or being “talked into it”.

If you are confused whether to go ahead with a live workshop or home study course, why not ask yourself these questions:

- Am I likely to use the information at the finish, or will my lend-ability or fear prevent this?

- Am I motivated enough for home study, or do I need the “kick in the pants” that seminar or course speakers initially provide. Alternatively, would an ongoing mentorship be better value?

- What do other people on the investment forums say about this person/company? Hint: Google “full name” and “property” and “forum”. Go in with your eyes wide open.

Remember that most low cost or free seminars are pullers for longer, more expensive courses. Do you think that the spruiker is going to give away his best tips and tricks there, or keep the details for the people who pay?

I think most millionaires would agree with me, (even though I am in the middle class), that only you know your objectives, risk tolerance, and expectations. Only you can proceed along the learning curve.

Jennifer Lancaster runs Power of Words, copywriting and self-publishing. Her book,Sack Your Financial Planner, gives the novice a headstart when planning their financial independence. Helpful articles at http://www.pow.net.au Please email jennifer@pow.net.au for your free money newsletter.

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Nov 17 2008

Insure Your Trip Home – By Travel Insurance

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Successful travel, whether for business or pleasure, usually requires a lot of pre planning. Amid all the details and perhaps dreams, who wants to worry about getting seriously ill or having a bad accident while faraway from home?

We are helpless quite sometimes, because we don’t know our future .Although we can’t prevent a medical crisis, but you can ease the burden by adding one more step in our trip planning: purchasing adequate travel insurance, including insurance that covers evacuation caused by serious medical needs.

I generally use to pass my vacation out side my country. I had think so much about travel insurances that why we need them. But at the begin of this year I got an perfect answer by my one of best friend .In this year he went to pass his vacation in china .In that tour he got seriously injured in an accident but because of the Travel medical insurance, outside the country he able to get a good treatment while bad rest in China’s Private medical hospital. For same treatment we will have to pay a use amount of money and for some people it is very difficult to pay that.

So now we have so many policies in online market, the options are a “per trip” policy that covers the insured for a specific journey at a certain time, and also an annual insurance policy covering all travel during that time and getting a medical evacuation insurance could be the most important travel decision for your travel.

At the very least a good travel insurance policy buys you a little extra peace of mind. Some of them can provide fraud protection, travel insurance, emergency roadside service and auto rental insurance. For instance, a business credit card may provide travel insurance, lost luggage insurance, and auto rental insurance.

Because it is online insurance market and you have to make sure that you have purchased any additional health travel insurance you may need. Some cards offer travel insurance as part of the. Premium cards have the highest credit limits and come with a number of extra features such as product warranties, travel insurance or emergency services. You should keep in your mind that you are following these guidelines.

I will recommend you to take a travel insurance package before go on any trip. Personally I think it would be very foolish not to have some sort of travel insurance, especially if you are flying abroad. People sometimes make the mistake in thinking that their local insurance policies will cover any losses and have a big shock when they come to make a claim. Besides, if you have the right policy, it takes all the worry out of your trip.

Gary smith has done his master in finance and now he is an expert in finance and insurance at cheapesttravelinsurance.co.cc to find cheapest travel insurance, direct travel insurance, cheap travel insurance, and backpacker travel insurance.

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Nov 15 2008

7 Cures For a Lean Purse

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A classic book on wealth by George S. Clason. This book is written in a fascinating and informative story format that is easy to read and understand. The ideas are so simple that you will scratch your head and wonder why you did not apply the useful theories in your life before?

If you follow the ideas that are written in the book, you are guaranteed a road to happiness and prosperity. So here goes the cures of the lean purse!

First Cure. Start the purse to fattening.

Do you spend all the money you received every month? People struggle in life and complained that life is hard because the boss is not paying them enough money to keep food on the table. So why are people not paying themselves first? No matter how much we earned, we cannot be rich without first knowing how to pay ourselves first. If you have a basket and everyday you put in 10 apples in the morning and remove 9 apples in the evening, what will happen to the basket over time? It will become overflowing with apples. So what will happen if you save 10 percent of your income no matter how much it is and what will happen to your bank account overtime? It will be overflowing with money!

Second Cure. Control the expenditures.

If you are thinking… if you are not even earning enough to feed yourself, what is there left to pay yourself? But we have seen people with different amount of income that ends up broke. So it is not the difference in income that is going to hinder you in paying yourself. You will need to differentiate between necessities and desires. If you buy everything that you desire and leave nothing to yourself, you can’t be rich. Instead of splurging, you may instead reward yourself with some of your desires that is still affordable within 90 percent and that is after spending on your necessitities. Warren Buffett one of the richest man in the world and Ingvar Kamprad owner of IKEA are some of the examples we can learn from. Buffett still live in his house that is bought in 1958 for $31500 and Ingvar Kamprad is still driving a 15 years old car and still flies economy and both man have a net worth that is in billions.

Third Cure.Make the gold multiply

To be rich, it is not enough to just save money. The amount we saved must be able to labour and produce more money. A man’s wealth is not in the money he have, it is the income he build that continually flows into his purse that keep it bulging. Investment like stocks, fix deposits or anything that allows your money to work will do the job. One important note, before jumping into any investment, gain an education first. I have lost some money due to lack of education before, don’t repeat the mistake.

Fourth Cure. Guard the treasure from loss.

Education, education and education. Learn and understand anything you want to invest before parting with your money.

Whenever you want to buy a 2nd hand car, what will you do? You will check out the car, test drive the car, check whether there is any welding to ensure that the car has not crashed before and asking your friend who is more of an expert then you before deciding to part with the money. In Singapore, whenever you buy a car, it is almost guaranteed to lose money and yet people will put in so much effort to research the car to determine whether it is worth the money. Yet when it comes to investment, people just throw money into it without doing a proper research. How many people are guilty to listening to your friend’s advice and just dumped money into stocks without research? Raise your hands up.

Warren Buffett’s Rules in Investing.

1. Never lose money.

2.Always remember rule number 1.

Fifth Cure. Own your own home.

Do rich people own their own home? Yes they do! So we will learn from the great role models. Maybe if we can own a few more house and start to collect rental and this will be one of the reliable income streams that we created.

Sixth Cure. Provide in advance for the needs of growing age and protection of the family.

We need to prepare for the time when will be old and for the needs of our children that are escalating with inflation. Keep money in plans that would provide money for the children’s education and insurance that you will know to take care of the family in any case of mishap.

Seventh Cure. Increase the ability to earn.

How much will a novice be paid compared to a master. If you think that you are not earning as much as the colleague beside you. Learn from them! Increase your capability and money will soon follow through. People will be rewarded if they are a master in their craft.

There is abundance in wealth and those who practice the stated rules are assured for success.

“Always bear in mind, your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing”

Abraham Lincoln

Read more articles on personal development and personal finance at Hit Your Goals at http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com Cheers Vincent

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Nov 11 2008

Day Trading – Will You Succeed?

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If you read too many websites about day trading, you might be lulled into believing that it’s all incredibly simple. Don’t make the mistake of plunging into any form of day trading without spending the time to learn what you’re doing. And certainly don’t start by investing every cent you posses, including next week’s mortgage payment. Pretend, or paper trade for a little while, make sure you’re earning profits consistently, and then you can start to think about using some of your real money – but only some!

As you practice trading, you’ll find you learn an enormous amount, and once you have a few dollars of your own on the line, you learn a lot more. It’s usually best to start by trading on a longer timeframe, too, so you can master the skills. Learning the technicalities of trading takes time but it’s possible to master it. The tough part is the psychology – how to deal with your own emotions and reactions in trading situations. If you can read up on the psychological side of trading, particularly day trading, you’ll be better equipped to handle situations as they arise.

If you’re serious about day trading, then you will need to find out how much money you need to get started. Different brokers will have different requirements for funding an account. Be aware, too, that it can be tough to make money trading a flat market. As a day trader, that’s even more relevant to you. You need enough movement in the market to provide profitable opportunities.

So what is day trading? Basically, it means online trading of stocks or indices, within a very short timeframe – in this case, for one day or less. Day trading requires you to make accurate assessments of trading situations very quickly, and act upon your decisions instantly. This is not a game for the indecisive or faint of heart. It’s important to know exactly what signals you’re looking for in order to enter a trade, and know your exit strategy even before you buy. Once your exit signals appear, you have to act immediately, not dither and try to second-guess the market.

If you haven’t already worked it out, day trading can be extremely stressful. If you can’t afford to lose all the money you’re investing, or more to the point, if you have a fear of losing any of the money, don’t do it. Your fear will paralyze your decision making at the times you most need to be quick and decisive. You also need to be very self confident, so that when you’ve done your analysis and seen the signals to enter or exit a trade, you’re confident that you’ve done sufficient research and have made the right decision.

Nerves of steel and a dash of raw cunning are part of a day trader’s personality, and so are discipline, determination and a high tolerance for stress. It can be great fun, but can always stress you to the max. Most successful day traders work for large institutions, not for themselves.

If you want to read more about day trading, click over to David’s site at http://www.futurestradingplus.com

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Nov 09 2008

Forex Trading Mistakes – 2 Common Mistakes the Majority of Traders Make and Lose!

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The 2 x forex mistakes we will look at here are made by the vast majority of new traders and they simply guarantee you will lose so here they are and make sure you avoid them or you will join them…

Trading a Forex Robot with a Simulated Track Record

The bulk of traders don’t even bother learning forex they simply buy a forex robot from a vendor and believe the hype they can get rich with them. They see the track record and think they will do as well in real life but what they don’t realize is the system doesn’t have a real track record – it’s simulated! This means it’s never been traded and made up using past data.

Most forex robots are junk and it is unbelievable that people who are sensible in other areas of life fall for them and the exaggerated claims they put forward but they do and it’s a huge proportion of new traders.

If you want to make money don’t believe spending $100 on a piece of software and knowing nothing will help you win it won’t.

Using Short Term Trading for Profit

Most traders who want to trade forex don’t pick sensible time periods and go for forex swing trading or long term trend following but go for short term trading strategies such as day trading and scalping and these don’t work! Why?

It’s pretty obvious that all daily price action is of a random nature so you can’t use daily levels and the idea that you can tell what a vast diverse of traders is going to do in a few hours is naïve. You can’t and while it may look low risk it’s a very high risk form of trading, as you will never get the odds on your side.

HOW TO WIN

If you want to win at forex trading forget following others and forget forex trading strategies that are destined to lose and get the right forex education.

Anyone can learn to trade forex but you need to put in some effort and learn logical ways to trade and get a method you can apply with discipline – do this and you will be well rewarded for your efforts and can enjoy currency trading success.

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Nov 08 2008

Forex Trading – Why Most Forex Traders Lose Money?

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Trading Psychology? Don’t nag me, I want to make money here!

Forex trading is quickly becoming an attractive business opportunity. Thousands of traders all over the world are tempted by the thought of making piles of money from the comfort of their home. It is just too easy to start trading forex nowadays. All you need is a PC, internet connection and a little amount of spare money. Any forex broker will give you a state-of-the-art trading platform, free charting package and basic forex education. Anyone can do THAT. But if you are smart enough, here are a few quick questions for you:

Don’t you feel something is missing here?

Have you ever asked yourself WHY 95% of retail forex traders lose money? And if so, WHO are the true winners in the forex arena?

Are the big dogs in the forex industry doing it to the “stupid” herd again, just like the tobacco industry did not long ago?

Well, your instincts are right. Once again, someone is not telling you the truth: “There is no easy money in forex trading. Period”. In addition, if you are a typical newbie, your chances to be a forex money maker are virtually zero in the long run. The forex industry knows that. They know that free chart packages, numerous indicators and free technical and fundamental analysis courses will not turn you into a profitable trader. Actually, most forex brokers count on it and exploit it for their own good. They know that even above average, smart people are missing the most important thing which is a prerequisite for any successful trading career. So here are two more questions:

In a market with a daily transaction volume of a few trillion dollars, someone has to make money, right? It goes without saying.

So if most forex traders lose money, what makes the “blessed” few who trade for a living so special? What is the “secret” ingredient most traders miss?

Here is the answer in short: most traders, being human, have fundamental human traits. Every human has these traits. It is in our nature. Part of our D.N.A code. I am talking about traits such as fear, greed and hate of loss. I can name a few more but the important thing is that these traits all have someone in common – they have a DESTRUCTIVE effect on your trading. In fact, they are a success KILLERS. If you are “infected”, and you probably are as you are human, no trading system or set of fancy indicators will help you. If you have some trading experience and you are currently losing money, you know what I am talking about.

Trading Psychology – What separates the men from the boys

The real “holy grail” of trading is mastering yourself. Controlling Your own human traits. Winning traders are very disciplined and self controlled. They know how to cope with losses. They remain focused and objective no matter what. They trade without the fear of loss and they know how to overcome greed. And the traits of winning traders have not changed for decades. Winner traders are those who fine-tuned their trading psychology over the years and did not quit after a few losses. This small group of traders achieved what the vast majority of traders will never learn. It is a hard process, much harder than learning technical analysis, reading charts or understanding the news. It is so hard because it is about controlling our most basic human traits.

Conclusion – Focus on Trading Psychology just like you focus on Trading itself

There are no short cuts in trading, just like there are no short cuts in practicing law, playing professional basketball or orchestrating an orchestra. But if you prepare to do what it takes, you will be rewarded. The winning 5% of forex traders are a living proof to the power of trading psychology.

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