Hi everyone

As some of you already know, Ashraf Laidi, chief foreign exchange strategist at CMC Markets in London, was in Barcelona a few weeks ago to attend FXstreet’s International Traders Conference (ITC 2009).

Ashraf was one of guest speakers at the event. But he is also a great soccer fan so he arranged his busy schedule to stay a few more days in Barcelona and go to a F.C. Barcelona’s game.

Ashraf went with me to watch Barcelona playing against Russian Champion Rubin Kazan. We had a great time at the stadium, but Rubin Kazan was a tough opponent and unexpectedly they beat us 1-2.

Here you have a picture of our night at the stadium.

Apologies for my weird face, I was eating a sandwich Ashraf bought for me… It was delicious

Francesc

Hi everyone

EUR/USD has already broken 1.50 and seems more USD weakness is ahead of us. Some predict a USD recovery while others are bearish and forecast USD declining much beyond 1.60 level.

We interviewed some of the guest speakers of the last 3rd edition of the International Traders Conference held here in Barcelona from October 14th to 16th 2009.

View their different opinions here:

EUR/USD to reach levels below 1.35 or above 1.75?
Watch the videos with Rob Booker, Ashraf Laidi, Kim Cramer Larsson and James Chen forecasts.

What do you think?
Go to FXstreet’s Forum and  tell us if you agree with Rob Booker, Ashraf Laidi, Kim Cramer or James Chen: http://www.fxstreet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53208

Hi everyone

At the ITC 2009, too many people asked Markus Heitkoetter about how to get Range Bars Charts for Metatrader MT4.

Well, our Forum Manager Alberto Muñoz found it.

Here you have

Range Bars Charts for Metatrader MT4

Hi everyone

We taped a few short videos with our guest speakers during the ITC 2009 to get their view about Fundamentals, Technicals and Educational Forex stuff.

We already published a few short videos from Rob Booker and his forecasts about the EUR/USD, the NFA new requirements and blowing up account syndrome.

This time, we get the view of Ashraf Laidi, Chief Strategist at CMC Markets and one of the most known experts in the Forex field.

Enjoy it

Video Interview with Ashraf Laidi: Levels for the EUR/USD and GBP crosses for 4Q/2009

Video Interview with Rob Booker: How to avoid the blowing up account syndrome

Video Interview with Rob Booker: The ultimate explanation about the NFA new regulation

Video Interview with Rob Booker: EUR/USD Forecast

Hi all,

After the Panel Discussion and Audience Q&A, it was time for food and drinks and being together again a last time before going home… Here are some pictures, but of course, there are more on our flickr page

Now this is time for rest during the weekend after these 3 intensive days!

Thanks to all of you for coming, and of course to our guest speakers for the amazing dedication! We had a great time!

Francesc

The ITC’s final panel discussion is going on right now with the topic of the international crisis and financial markets. Eight currency traders experts are sharing with us their thoughts about the actual economic situation and their forecasts for USD, Oil, Gold, Stocks and Bonds in the next months.

Ashraf Laidi has affirmed that worst of financial crisis is behind us, at this moment, but it is too early to say that it has finished. According to Laidi: “First half of 2010 will be the key moment”. Rob Booker said that world economy is still weak but Kim Kramer Larsson believed that the recovery will start in 2010.

Right now, their are discussing the Dean Baker’s proposal about financial taxes. Rob Booker and Markus Heitkoetter are complaining about the taxes increase trend in crisis times; on the other hand, Valeria Bednarik just explained some benefits about tax increases.

We continued the intense live trading sessions in the morning of the 3rd day of the conference. During these 3 trading sessions with the experts we’ve had the opportunity to put in practice all the theory acquired during the speeches and also exchange opinions with other traders and with the experts themselves. This way we have seen different systems and styles… and we will get back home with a mix of everything, after picking the tips and strategies we have preferred.
We’re - hopefully - all better traders today!!

Right now, in the panel discusssion moderated by Alberto Muñoz, the 7 guest speakers are analizing the keys of the crisis that affects the markets. Just discussed if the crisis is already behing us or no… quite lively and even funny so far…

We’ll keep you posted.

Hi all,

To finish the day, Ashraf Laidi did a speech discussing the intermarket relationships (Gold, equities, currencies…) in a long and short term perspective. His presentation had to be of 1 hour and he talked for almost 2 hours and half! People were more than happy about his talkative and “impossible to interrupt” style as he is an extremely respected and knowledgeable expert.
Tomorrow is the last day!
Stay tuned, we will keep updating the blog and post more pictures!

Francesc

On an afternoon of great lectures, Valeria Bednarik shared with us her knowledge about “Intraday Strategies”, her tips about choosing technical indicators and avoiding noise in charts. She emphasised the importance of backtesting our system and having confidence in it.

Rob Booker explained his trading techniques for short-term trades, with his usual entertaining and passionate style as he went over his rather unorthodox but effective system with live examples of it. Attendants were deeply interested by his theory.

On the ITC we had the opportunity to interview some of our guest experts on the conference. We are going to publish on the homepage and exclusively for FXstreet.com’s audience a series of interviews with Rob Booker, Ashraf Laidi, James Chen, Andrei Pehar, Kim Cramer Larsson, Valeria Badnerik and Markus Heitkoetter. The topics range from forecasts on the EUR/USD to the new NFA regulation but also including tips for beginners and other interesting Forex related subjects.

Every day one new interview will be highlighted at the top of the homepage, so stay tuned and keep yourself updated.

See you on the homepage!

First one TODAY! Watch Rob Booker’s forecast for the EUR/USD: Is it going to reach the last year’s highest level at 1.60?