Intro #1 - Quick Start Guide




>> Updated: 16 Sept 2009

Welcome to my Blog, FOREX NEWBIE! If you are a beginning Forex trader and need a jump-start to get you going and be successful, this Blog is aimed at providing you with enough information to do so. I will be sharing my experiences with you and hopefully help you make the right decisions in your quest for success with Forex trading!

This introductory page will enable you to easily find your way around my Blog and get you going in no time! So let's take a quick look at the structure of my Blog:

Title Bar

"FOREX NEWBIE: The Quest For The Best Auto Trading Systems". My mission statement. You can click on the title bar to go to the latest article posted on this blog.

Menu Bar

Located under the Title Bar, the drop-down menus enable you to jump to any article, resource or related websites with one click.

You can also subscribe to my article feeds or comment feeds by clicking on the links to the right-hand side of the Menu Bar.

“Introduction”

This section is aimed at beginning Forex traders and, starting with the first article, I will introduce you to the incredible world of automated Forex trading. You can work you way down through the articles to more in-depth information. Basically this is a step-by-step guide aimed at getting you ready to start trading a.s.a.p!

“My Articles”

This is where all my blog posts (articles) will be listed. Each new article will appear here. Updates to existing articles will be posted in red to make it easy for you to see if and where it was updated. I will also indicate the date when it was updated at the top of the article under the title.

“Auto Trading”

Here are links to the websites of a few of the literally hundreds of automated trading systems out there. The primary goal here is to list the best performing systems that are perfect for beginners. More about these later on…

“Brokers”

This section lists the top recommended brokers. Again, the same rule applies. Only the very best Brokers will be listed here, and they are Brokers that are “newbie” friendly and allow you to start trading with a very small investment. They also welcome Expert Advisors (EA)/ Auto Trading Systems. I will review these Brokers later on in this guide.

“Members”

My new members blog that contains free resources and my strategies and settings I use on my Expert Advisors. To access the members blog, please register at the top of this blogs' sidebar. Registration is currently free. Please allow a few hours to gain access, as this is currently a manual process on my side. You will receive an email where you have to click on the activation link, which will take you to the members blog. If you do not receive this email, please check your spam folder on your email client. Subscription happens via Feedburner. It’s secure and you don’t EVER have to worry that I’ll send spam or share your email address with anyone. Unfortunately, for now, you'll need a Google/Gmail account to be able to register. Opening a google account is free, quick and easy though! In the next few months I'll be creating a proper members' site where anyone can register and there will be loads of new content, so please bear with me for a little while longer!



Side Bar

Located on the right-hand side of my blog. This bar serves as a container for various blog add-ons/widgets.

The most relevant parts are probably the links for viewing my live trading stats on MT4Stats.com as well as the Subscribe via email form at the top of the side-bar. When subscribing to my blog, I will give you access to my new "members-only" blog where you can get all the free resources as well as see my strategies & settings for my EAs. Please allow me a few hours to enable access, as I currently have to do this manually. You will receive an email where you have to click on the activation link, which will then take you to the new members' blog. I ask this small favour because I want to get an idea of how many people are actually downloading my resources and requesting my EA settings. Subscription happens via Feedburner. It’s secure and you don’t EVER have to worry that I’ll send spam or share your email address with anyone. I absolutely hate spam! When you subscribe, only I can see your email address. Don’t post your email address in the comments below the articles (on ANY blog), spammers or spider-bots can detect your address there and you’ll start getting spam emails that might contain gross content or viruses.

Buzz, Tweet & Digg

You will see these links on the left-hand side of each article, just under the article title. If you like my articles, you can help me generate more traffic to my blog by Buzzing, Tweeting or Digging it! You can click on one (or all!! :)) of the links to add to the vote counter and that will help me get an idea of how many people that visited my Blog actually liked my articles and will help me improve my content.

Tags

These are links that you can use to locate articles that are related to the keyword you clicked on. It’s an easy way to find keyword related articles.

Comments

For me this is the most important part of my blog. Your feedback! I encourage you to post your comments (positive or negative) to help me improve my Blog. If you find that some of the information provided anywhere on this Blog is incorrect or offensive, please let me know and I’ll address it immediately. Any commends are highly appreciated. This section can also serve as a forum for people to chat and share info.

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1 comment:

Unknown said...

Dear Pieter,

I tried signing with my Gmail account as a member but I received a message informing me that I need to be invited to read your blog. So I'm contacting you to request for an invitation.

Thanks,
eptan65@gmail.com

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