Exactly one month is left until the new 50:1 leverage limit is applied in the US. It will be interesting to see how traders react.

• Michael Storm, on Casey’s site, asks what are the making of a good scalper trader, and provides some answers.
• James Wooley explains the price oscillator indicator with examples.
• Francesc Riverola reports that GFT is expected to launch fractional pips quite soon. Will other brokers follow?
• Michael Greenberg dives into misleading PRs and examines the case of FXDD. There are worse things, such as Crown’s reincarnation.
• Adam Kritzer follows the emerging markets, that continue shining, no matter what happens elsewhere.
• Andrei raises a poll about the worst enemy a forex trader has. The results are interesting.
• Larry Greenberg examines the two roles of the Federal Reserve and how it balances between them.
• James Chen talks about trading forex only on price action.

You’re also welcome to read my post, in search of the best forex trader.

The presentations will be led by Michael Storm from Winners Edge Trading although there will be guest presenters and live interviews. The daily online training will cover many important trading issues including:

• Macro Man discusses the similarities between the eve of Lehman Brothers’ collapse and the current Greek crisis in his amusing way.
• Larry Greenberg sees a benign market environment for an economic recovery – yes, despite the deteriorating Greek crisis.
• Adam Kritzer sees gold rising as an alternative currency – he shows the changing patterns in gold trading and compares it with EUR/USD.
• James Chen launched his new book – Essentials of Technical Analysis for Financial Markets. Given Chen’s extensive knowledge and great technical analysis skills, this forex book probably stands out from the crowd.
• Michael Storm, on Casey’s site, asks traders an important question – what are you searching for? Many traders don’t know what they are doing and why.
• James Wooley gives a recent example of how a double bottom + divergence created a high probability setup for him.
• Francesc Riverola states that forex needs to improve price execution on limit. Brokers didn’t provide the best possible price on limit orders during the big gap on April 12th. Time for a change!
• Andrei reports about the release of the MetaTrader 5 Strategy Tester. He compares the differences between this version and the one for MetaTrader 4.
• Michael Greenberg reviews a new social network in town – MeetFX, and discusses the different approach it takes.

That’s it for now. Have a great weekend!

• Macro Man talks about one of the biggest and going burdens on the Euro – the Greek tragedy.
• Kathy Lien presents her forex training videos on Bloomberg.
• Michael Storm, on Casey’s blog, discusses how to deal with losses.
• Adam Kritzer dives into one of the harder currencies: the Japanese Yen, and tries to explain the things that move it.
• Cliff Wachtel, Ava FX’s chief analyst write about the 4 key events for the dollar in 2010.
• Ash, on Michael Greenberg’s blog, looks into the CAD/JPY cross in 2010.

That’s it for now. Have a great weekend!

• Larry Greenberg looks at policymakers worldwide, and states that the world is too reliant on Asian demand.
• James Chen sees the recent EUR/USD weakness as a major trend breakdown, a long term move.
• Adam Kritzer looks at this important pair from a different angle, and states that the it moves mostly from the dollar’s moves, for a long time as well.
• Learning Markets show in a video, that the dollar has hit the bottom.
• Michael Storm, on Casey Stubbs’ blog, discusses the sometimes over-sought question: Is forex trading like gambling?
• Jay Norris dives into serious psychological subjects in forex trading: hope, doubt and fear.
• Michael Greenberg gives a funny example of suspicious broker. Here’s my post about how to avoid forex scams.

One late addition: another link to Michael Greenberg’s blog – it was written by me: About the smarter carry trade.

• James Chen updates on an upcoming webinar titled “Honing in on Oscillator Analysis”. His technical webinars are interesting.
• Dave Lemont, CEO of Currensee, announces that Shaun Downey joins their team as the Chief Market Analyst.
• Kathy Lien downplays the Dubai crisis in a television interview.
• Adam Kritzer debunks the myth about the US dollar and the deficit. This is a follow up to a post that debunked the “strong dollar” policy.
• Larry Greenberg discusses how Obama’s new strategy in Afghanistan will affect the dollar.
• Ashton, on Michael Greenberg’s site, examines the new ACT platform. It looks quite user friendly. Also note the article about forex in the Middle East.
• Jay Norris talks about overlooking the obvious. A reader sent me an email this week about having too many support and resistance lines – something that makes him overlook the big picture.
• Michael Storm, in Casey Stubbs’ site, gives some good old plain advice – have backups!

That’s it for now. Have a great weekend!

• Adam Kritzer interviews Edward Hugh, a macro economist that states that the dollar’s demise is overstated.
• James Chen presents a webinar about combining candlesticks with Western technical analysis.
• Jay Norris talks about the right questions to ask before making a trade.
• Michael Greenberg brings an interesting overview of FXIntel, that compares live spreads by different brokers.
• Kathy Lien wonders how long the dollar can rise on Ben Bernanke’s unclear comments.
• Michael Storm, on Casey Stubbs’ blog, talks about Precision Entries and Maximizing Exits, with many examples.
• Eric deCarbonnel reports that China might drop the dollar peg in order to fight inflation. Currently, they’re quite careful.

That’s it for now. In last week’s links, I promised to updated the list of top 10 blogs. So, here is the updated list of forex blogs.