In trading, you have to get your timing right to make profit; to build up positions at the right pace, to reduce positions in sync with market speed and to manage positions following the rhythm of the market. The signal service is designed to provide you with an easy and straight forward access to the pulse of the market. It is based on the idea of intrinsic time; as is the FX Heatmap which is a visual representation of the market pulse for a broad range of horizons. The tools enable you to grasp the state of the market at a glance. At the same time, the two services give you a basic indication of volatility or trendiness.

This service is based on our trendiness indicator, which is based on intrinisc time. Intrinsic time dissects the price history on the basis of events - an event is a directional change of the price movement from up to down or vice versa. The trendiness indicator is dynamic, moreover it is not tied to physical time and responds directly to price action.

This service gives you an overview of the market and an indication of the degree of risk of going long or short. The FX Heatmap includes a signal service based on the trendiness of the short- to long-term trends to time the open, manage and close your position.

First, if you don't have an account, sign up for a free account. Then go to your account and click on "Buy more". Chose the option that suits you best and pay via paypal. You'll have immediate access to the real time service.

Intrinsic time is not physical time: in physical time, price changes are computed from one day to the next or one hour to the next. In intrinsic time, we compute price changes from one change of direction of the price to next directional change. A direction change occurs, as soon as the price has reverted from its previous extreme by a specific threshold, say 1% or 0.1%. Intrinsic time is event based (the event is the direction change). Intrinsic time is effective, because it focuses on periods of action and discards phases when nothing happens in markets. When important news events occur, such as at the time of the release of US Non Farm Payrolls, the price action is frequently erratic. The five minutes after Non Farm Payroll numbers are not normal five minutes, but can be very eventful and need to be a analyzed as such. If we use intrinsic time, we discover distinct statistical properties that make markets predictable in statistical terms.

If you consider longer periods of time, 90% or more of the retail traders lose money. Trading is a difficult discipline. Unfortunately, there are few good decision support tools. The objective of our service is to improve your trading capabilities and help you to better manage risk and time your trades.

It is difficult to earn money; life would be too easy if you could just print money by trading. Price action in financial markets is like watching a piece of wood floating down a mountain river after a rainfall. There are many factors that influence price action, so it is hard to keep these many different forces in perspective; this is particularly hard, because under certain conditions the metaphorical flapping of the wings of a butterfly can cause a major price shock, so you ned to keep your eyes wide open and always have a sufficiently large cash reserve. What are the most important rules? Patience. Patience and more patience. During the course of a year, there is ample opportunity to earn money. The sum of price changes bigger than 0.05% over a whole year is 1600% net of transaction costs - if you capture a tiny sliver of these opportunities, say 3% on an unleveraged basis, you are a good trader. So patience and ability to wait for the right moment of time that suits your personal preference is key. You need to combine patience with discipline to follow the pulse of the market. The market has its own rhythm, if you get that right, you can make good money. The FX Heatmap has been designed to help you align your trading decisions with the natural pulse of the market. The signal service is modular and can be used in many different ways: to open and close or manage positions. Feel free to experiment.

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