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Kathy Lien is an internationally published author and director of Currency Research at FX360.com (http://FX360.com), the research arm of GFT Forex, one of the leading providers for online foreign exchange trading. Her books include the highly acclaimed, Day Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit form Market Swings (2005, Wiley) - the second edition will be released in December 2008; High Probability Trading Setups for the Currency Market E-Book (2006, Investopedia); and Millionaire Traders: How Everyday People Are Beating Wall Street at Its Own Game (2007, Wiley). As director of Currency Research, Kathy is responsible for providing research and analysis for GFT. She also runs an FX Signal ServiceBKForex Advisor, with Boris Schlossberg – one of the few investment advisory letters focusing strictly on the 2 Trillion/day FX market. Kathy is a "Trader First, Analyst Second." She publishes both technical and fundamental research reports, market commentaries and trading strategies. A seasoned FX analyst and trader, Kathy has direct interbank experience. Prior to joining GFT, Kathy was the Chief Strategist of DailyFX.com and worked in JPMorgan Chase's Cross Markets and Foreign Exchange Trading groups using both technical and fundamental analysis to trade FX spot and options. She also has experience trading a number of products outside of FX, including interest rate derivatives, bonds, equities and futures. She has taught seminars around the world on day and swing trading the currency market. Kathy is also one of the authors of Investopedia's Forex Education section and has written for Tradingmarkets.com, the Asia Times Online, Stocks & Commodities Magazine, MarketWatch, ActiveTrader Magazine, Currency Trader, Futures Magazine and SFO. She is frequently quoted by Bloomberg, Reuters, the Wall street Journal, and the International Herald Tribune and has appeared on CNN, CNBC, CBS and Bloomberg Radio. She has also hosted trader chats on EliteTrader, eSignal and FXStreet, sharing her expertise in both technical and fundamental analysis. Visit Kathy's websites: KathyLien.com (http://www.kathylien.com/) and FX360.com (http://FX360.com)

Kathy Lien's Company

FX360.com The purpose of FX360.com, the research arm of GFT Forex is to provide you with one-stop access to the meticulous research and knowledgeable market analysis that you've come to know and expect from Kathy Lien and Boris Schlossberg.

In addition to extensive daily commentary on the movements in the foreign exchange market, the following are some other resources you'll find at FX360.com:

- Intraday updates from Kathy and Boris deliver professional outlooks and opinions as the market changes throughout the day

- Get basic and advanced technical analysis reports, twice a day, written in an easy to understand format

- Real-time quoteboard offers you key quotes for currencies, oil, gold as well as international equities so you always have the latest price information – much better than the 10-minute delayed data indicative of other websites and portals

- Real-time, price charts for oil and gold markets, which typically provide you with a leading indicator for the direction of other major markets

- Directional biases for the major currency pairs provided by FX360.com's dedicated team of professional analysts and researchers

- In-depth economic calendar, which includes historical charts of major events, news and data – provided through our real-time calendar, which you can also download into a printable format.

- Streaming videos of the latest business news from around the world to further enhance your trading analysis

- Major articles that represent on-going themes in the global financial world, including economic policies and government decisions that could affect the markets and your trading decisions
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Company Contact Details
Location:
NY; USA
Web URL:
http://www.fx360.com

Kathy Lien's Blog

Kathy Lien's Personal Blog In addition to writing for FX360.com, I also post interesting charts and analytical studies on my blog Kathylien.com. There you will also find my media interviews and quick comments on the forex market.
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Kathy Lien's Book

Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market: Technical and Fundamental Strategies to Profit from Market Moves Discover a variety of technical and fundamental profit-making strategies for trading the currency market with the Second Edition of Day Trading and Swing Trading the Currency Market. In this book, Kathy Lien–Director of Currency Research for one of the most popular Forex providers in the world–describes everything from time-tested technical and fundamental strategies you can use to compete with bank traders to a host of more fundamentally-oriented strategies involving intermarket relationships, interest rate differentials, option volatility, news events, and central bank intervention.
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Snapshot
  • Trader
  • Trading frequency: Daily
Interests:
  • Forex