SubhanALLAH! Indahnya bait-bait nukilan di atas. Semoga dalam kesibukan denai lopak perjuangan kita mencari dunia, masih utuh segumpal kalbu yang sentiasa menzahirkan syukur dan nikmat di atas segala limpah kurniaNya kepada kita. Dan semoga tidak pernah diizinNya kita menghambat sesat walau sesaat; melainkan hanya jejak RasulNya jua sahajalah yang kita gagahi dan kecapi. Maha Suci ALLAH, indahnya agamaMu. Alhamdulillah..

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1 Muharram 1432H

6-7 Disember 2010M

Albert Einstein pernah dipetik sebagai berkata:
".. the most powerful force in the universe is compound interest."

Dengan terma rujukan kita sebagai seorang Muslim, ia boleh kita terima dengan limitasi kepada konteks unsur 'baharu' hasil penemuan aqliah pemikiran seorang manusia ciptaan ALLAH Yang Maha Esa.

Ironinya, bagaimana seorang "a great man of science" memandang tinggi kepada sebuah konsep matematikal dan ekonomi. Malahan di dalam dunia Forex, konsep 'compound interest' merupakan salah satu elemen motivasi utama yang mengikat para pengamalnya kekal menjuarai kecekalan dan ketabahan untuk terus berjuang mencapai matlamat yang diidamkan. Dalam lain perkataan, ia menghayati konsep exponential growth yang secara amali dipraktikkan dalam teorem-teorem amaliah para sarjana bidang-bidang sains, matematik dan ekonomi.

Pun begitu, aku tidak berhajat untuk menulis tentang konsep tersebut. Setidak-tidaknya, bukan kali ini. Mungkin di dalam tulisan-tulisanku yang akan datang, aku akan berkesempatan mengulasnya. Lagipun, ia bukan asing lagi buat para pedagang Forex hari ini. Maklumat berkenaannya semudah menaip kata kunci "compound interest" dalam enjin carian Google dan.. nahh!! Dalam masa 0.11 saat sahaja, sebanyak sekurang-kurangnya 3,150,000 hasilan akan disenaraikan!

Sebenarnya, aku tertarik dengan sebuah lagi penemuan hebat akal manusia hasil izin Dia Yang Maha Kuasa. DNA! Atau istilah penuhnya, Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid. Penemuan struktur "double-helix" DNA oleh James D. Watson dan Francis Crick pada 1953 telah membuka sebuah lembaran baru kepada sejarah pengkajian hidupan di peringkat genom dan biologi sel yang sehingga kini membawa kepada lahirnya era industri Bioteknologi dan Kejuruteraan Genetik. Untuk rekod, kedua-dua saintis, bersama-sama dengan Maurice Wilkins telah dianugerahkan Hadiah Nobel di dalam bidang Fisiologi/ Perubatan pada tahun 1962.

Kenapa DNA? Apa ada kaitannya dengan Forex? Adakah mungkin kaitannya struktur "double-helix" DNA itu dengan struktur "open positions" pada Forex? Apakah ada sesuatu yang boleh diambil pengajaran jika kita membandingkan bes-bes A, C, G dan T pada struktur "double-helix" tersebut dengan susunan-susunan "bid" dan "ask" harga pair pada struktur "open positions" di dalam Forex? Wallahu A'lam.

Jika "compound interest" yang merupakan sebuah teorem Matematik dapat dikaitkan dengan bidang Ekonomi, tidak mustahil dengan sedikit pengubahsuaian, konsep struktur "double-helix" DNA juga boleh 'diserasikan' ke dalam bidang yang lain.

Berbaik sangkalah kita terhadap keizinanNya..

Wallahu A'lam.

Demikian doa ikhlas buat adik-adik yang akan mula menduduki peperiksaan

SPM & STPM 2010 bermula esok hari.

23 November 2010

Sekadar renungan bersama..

- Majalah SOLUSI, Isu No. 22 -

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mengucapkan

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha

1431H/2010M

kepada seluruh umat Islam

Maaf Zahir & Batin

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Hanya itu yang termampu aku ucapkan tatkala mendekati iktibar yang ALLAH hamparkan buatku hari ini. Perasaan bercampur-baur antara gembira dan terkilan. Memang sukar sekali untuk ku gambarkan lantaran ianya adalah anugerah yang tidak disangka-sangka pada detik yang juga tidak terjangkakan. Sesungguhnya, hanya Dia yang Maha Mengetahui segala tindakan dan hanyunan langkah kita. Justeru, wajib untuk kita bersangka baik dengan ketentuan & hikmahNya.

Hari ini sangat bererti buatku. Hari ini aku belajar tentang keyakinan dan harga diri, kesungguhan dan istiqamah. Hari ini seharian aku melihat kelibat keyakinan terhadap ilham anugerahNya. Seringkali kita memandang sepi 'halaman' kita lantaran lebih meyakini 'halaman' orang lain. Kita tanpa sedar kerap tidak endah dengan apa yang telah kita miliki kerana bagi kita ia sekadar ilham "kampungan". Namun, setelah diangkat tabir mata, tatkala terpandang ilham kampungan sebegitu digilap dan dicanai sehalus sutera oleh minda dan tangan insan lain yang lebih istiqamah, barulah terdetik perasaan malu dan kesal dalam diri. Rupa-rupanya, ilham yang terbiar lama di sudut indera kita selama ini bernilai jauh lebih berharga daripada yang kita fikirkan jika dimartabat secukupnya dengan kesungguhan dan keyakinan diri. Natijahnya, sememangnya ilham itu adalah anugerah dariNya. Justeru, setiap anugerahNya tidak mungkin bertaraf marhaen melainkan adalah pertunjuk dan pertolongan langsung dariNya, menjawab munajat awal kita kepadaNya.

Astaghfirullah.. Ampuni aku Ya ALLAH kerana mensia-siakan anugerahMu. Akan ku jejak dan kugilap kembali setiapnya agar ianya akan menjuntaikan kunci rahsiaMu itu. InsyaALLAH.

Sesungguhnya kasih-sayang ALLAH terhadap hambaNya mengatasi segala yang ada di cakerawala ini. Betapa beruntungnya kita, kerana kita adalah hambaNya yang terpilih.

Alhamdulillah..

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Hari ini cuti umum sempena sambutan Deepavali bagi masyarakat berketurunan India. Seharian juga aku sekadar berehat bersama keluarga.

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Saat ini baru sahaja selesai NFP. Sekitar 10.30pm.

Alhamdulillah, nampaknya "skill" masih belum berkarat! Walau agak lama tidak berkesempatan turun ke laut jauh, diizinkanNya juga memperolehi rezeki hari ini. Memang sejak akhir-akhir ini, jadual aktiviti harianku dipenuhi dengan acara-acara di pejabat serta urusan perpindahan kediaman keluarga.

Pun begitu, meski tidak berkesempatan turun jauh ke tengah laut, sesekali sempat juga aku menebar jala & menahan bubu di pinggiran. Kebanyakan masa juga ku habiskan dengan menelaah koleksi buku-buku terbaru berkaitan Forex yang ku beli. Sedikit-sebanyak, dapat juga memperkukuh dan memperbetul kefahaman berkenaannya. Selain "learn" perkara baru, aku juga berkesempatan "re-learn" perkara yang sedia diketahui, di samping "un-learn" perkara-perkara yang selama ini membentuk salah tanggapan terutama konsep dan aspek teknikal dalam dunia Forex. Mmmm.. teringat aku tentang Peter Drucker yang memperkenalkan istilah-istilah tersebut dalam dunia kajian pendidikan dan pembelajaran.

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Alhamdulillah..

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Akhir kata, kepada teman-teman berketurunan India - Happy Deepavali!

SubhanALLAH, telah dua minggu rupanya berlalu sejak kali terakhir aku menulis di dada Traderlog ini. Cepat benar masa berlari. Sementelah, tak sampai dua bulan setengah lagi, tahun baru 2011 akan menjelma.

Mmmm.. di mana kita hari ini? Apakah setahun yang hampir berlalu ini telah memberikan erti dan nilai yang lebih baik kepada kita berbanding usia tahun-tahun sebelumnya? Soalan demi soalan berlegar di benak fikirku.

Tentang Forex. Setelah hampir setahun bergiat aktif dengan aktiviti 'bernelayan', aku tersenyum pahit mengenangkannya. Pencarian demi pencarian, semakin hari semakin jauh ke lubuk rahsianya. Hakikatnya, 'kunci rahsia' itu masih belum ku temui. Malahan, setiap hari, semakin banyak 'mangga kunci' yang ku temui. Astaghfirullah.. bukan pula aku mengeluh mempertikaikan ketentuanMu, Ya Rabb. Sekadar cuma aku bermuhasabah menilai perkembangan diri dalam bidang yang semakin hari semakin 'kucintai' ini. Sesungguhnya, petunjuk demi petunjuk yang Kau hamparkan pasti sahaja memberikanku sejuta pengharapan dan kekuatan untuk terus gigih bertatih.

Banyak yang ingin ku tulis. Namun, ruang masa yang semakin terhad memaksaku meneruskan pencarian yang semakin bermakna ini. Biarlah masa yang menentukan. InsyaALLAH, bila detik itu tiba, kisah dan ceriteranya pasti berbeza.

Semoga sinar cahaya redhaMu terus menerangi perjuangan kami, Ya ALLAH.

3 hari 2 malam.

Bukannya tempoh pakej percutian, tapi itulah tempoh sedetik ini pelayaranku sejak turun ke laut Isnin lalu. Aku masih "sangkut" di tengah laut. Angin mati pada Isnin, disambut pula oleh sesaran arus yang berterusan ke selatan semalam; nampaknya perit sungguh kali ini! Aku hampir-hampir hanyut lantaran kesilapan perletakan pukat yang berselirat kerana cuba mengimbangi arus yang membadai. Malahan, sebahagian tangkapan terpaksa ku lepaskan kembali ke laut semata-mata bagi memastikan kestabilan Ultimate X5 yang agak terjejas dipukul badai. Syukur ke hadratNya, setidak-tidaknya hari ini aku dibantuNya kembali ke lokasi kemudi yang asal. Alhamdulillah.

Saat ini, aku sedikit lega kerana pukat yang dilabuhkan sudah mulai dipenuhi tangkapan. Namun, alang-alang menyeluk pekasam, biar sampai ke pangkal lengan. Demikian bisik hati kecilku. Aku bercadang untuk terus kekal di tengah lautan sehingga tangkapan maksimum diperolehi. Semoga ALLAH swt mengizinkannya berlaku.

Demikianlah kehidupan seorang nelayan. Ada hari-harinya, pelayaran dan tangkapan begitu mudah dan memuaskan. Namun, seringkali juga laut dan badai menjadi asbab, cuba menguji percaturan strategi yang dibuat. Segala-galanya adalah anugerahNya. Dan sebagai hambaNya, kita hanya mampu merancang.. Dia yang menentukan segalanya.

Semoga Kau memberikan kami petunjuk dan ketabahan untuk melalui ujianMu dengan redha dan jaya.

InstaForex Company is glad to announce about launching a mobile version of InstaForex Company official website:

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• Anna Coulling: GBP USD running into deep resistance at USD1.60 & above & may begin to stall.
• Dr. Sivaraman: It is expected to make upward shift in trading zone many times during this quarter.
• ecPulse.com: A daily closing above 1.5996 or the psychological levels of 1.6000 confirm monthly and quarterly trend.
• Ian Coleman: Post a new high at 16024 that should be enough to complete C wave. Next wave is down.
• Ilian Yotov: The GBP is taking advantage of the broad USD sell-off, but if the Bank of England stands as the next central bank in line to offer quantitative easing stimulus, the GBP could have a deja-vu experience with 2009-style weakness.
• Yohay Elam: Austerity, unemployment and QE weigh on the pound.
• Valeria Bednarik: Pound remains overall weak, due to self macro dissapointing data. Despite dollar weakness, the upside remains strongly limited.

Key:
• Bearish: Belief that a particular currency is about to fall in value; understood as a general pessimistic trend about the state of that given currency.
• Bullish: Belief that a particular currency is about to rise in value; understood as a general optimism about the state of that given currency.
• Sideways: A sideways trend manifests when the volume of a currency pair bought and the volume of the same pair sold at a particular price are in balance or nearly in balance.

With inflation, retail sales, an appearance by Ben Bernanke and many more events, this week will be exciting. Here’s an outlook for the major market-moving events that will shape forex trading.

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IMF meetings are held during the weekend. This time, the high tensions between countries on currency values make the statements from these meeting very important. The currency war is raging. On Monday, the US, Canada and Japan are on holidays. This means thinner volume and that the echoes from the Non-Farm Payrolls and the IMF will move the markets. And then we have a fresh flow of data:
* All times are GMT

1. British inflation data: Published on Tuesday at 8:30. British inflation remains above the government target, fueling calls for a rate hike, despite the fragile situation in the UK. It’s expected to stubbornly remain at the same level it was at last month – 3.1% (annualized. Any result will rock the pound. Note that after this release, Mervyn King and some of colleagues appear in parliament and will publicly testify on inflation and the economy.

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2. US FOMC Meeting Minutes: Tuesday, 18:00. The recent decision by Bernanke and co. gave the first hints about a possibility of further dollar printing in the upcoming meeting in November. This statement will provide further details, and will expose the differences inside the central bank – some want a totally different policy. This will rock the markets, despite the relatively late hour.

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3. British employment data: Wednesday, 8:30. While higher inflation boosts the Pound, the job market weakens it. Claimant Count Change, the earliest job report in the UK, is expected to show another rise in the number of unemployed people – 2.8K, similar to last month. The unemployment rate is expected to remain unchanged at 7.8%.

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4. US Federal Budget Balance: Wednesday, 18:00. The huge deficit in that the US government has is painful for the dollar. In the past two months, this deficit was slightly smaller than expected. It’s expected to squeeze this time again – from 90 to 52 billion. Only a surplus will give a serious boost to the dollar, but this is unlikely now.

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5. US Unemployment Claims: Thursday, 12:30. Last week’s weekly jobless claims report exceeded expectations and gave hope for a positive NFP. From 445K, the figure is now expected to rise back to 452K. Only a drop under 430K will show that the job market is significantly improving. A rise above 500K will be very worrying.

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6. US PPI: Thursday, 12:30. Producer prices were slightly higher than expected last month – 0.4%, but this still doesn’t reflect an inflationary change. PPI is expected to edge up at a slower rate this time – 0.2%. Core PPI is likely to copy last month’s rise – a modest 0.1%.

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7. American and Canadian trade balance: Thursday, 12:30. This double-feature release provides high volatility for USD/CAD. The American deficit is expected to remain almost unchanged at 43 billion, while the Canadian deficit is expected to squeeze from 2.7 to 2.1 billion. The impact of the weaker dollar probably won’t be reflected in this release.

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8. Ben Bernanke talks: Friday, 12:15. The chairman of the Federal Reserve will speak in Boston, and might shed more light on possible quantitative easing moves in the upcoming meeting in November. He’ll also have a chance to comment on the recent jobs report. Even if Bernanke doesn’t say anything significant, the markets rock.

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9. US CPI: Friday, 12:30. The hawks at the Federal Reserve are weak – inflation is very tame, and there’s no urge for tightening steps. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is expected to rise by 0.2%, slower than last month’s 0.3% rise. Core CPI, that remained unchanged last time, is expected to rise by a very-modest 0.1%. Only rises above 0.5% will cause worries.

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10. US Retail Sales: Friday, 12:30. This is a key indicator of consumers’ moods. Retail sales rose steadily in the past two months – 0.4%. A 0.5% rise is expected now. Core retail sales, which are carefully watched by the Federal Reserve, are expected to rise by 0.4%. The simultaneous release of CPI and sales will create high volatility.

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11. US Consumer Sentiment: Friday, 13:55. This highly regarded survey by the University of Michigan supplies a strong ending for the week. The initial release will probably show a rise from 68.2 to 69.1 points. The indicator already reached 76 points a few months ago.

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That’s it for the major events this week. Stay tuned for coverages on specific currencies.
(Published on Sat, Oct 9 2010, 13:56 GMT)

Genap sejam dari waktu aku menulis ini, tanggal 10 Oktober 2010 akan menghadirkan dirinya ke dalam kalendar Masihi dunia.

Entah kenapa, tarikh itu begitu ku nantikan. Tiada yang istimewa sebenarnya, sekadar mungkin kerana angka 10.10.10 itu ku lihat sangat "catchy". Bagiku, secara peribadi, ia berpotensi untuk dijadikan titik permulaan 'kesempenaan' untuk mencapai resolusi terkiniku.

Resolusi? Bukankah lebih baik menunggu tahun baru yang tidak sampai 3 bulan lagi akan bermula? Mmmm.. tahun baru muncul setiap tahun, namun 10.10.10 mungkin hanya muncul sekali dalam sejarah hayatku (mengambil fitrah usia Rasulullah saw 63 tahun!).

OK! Makanya, resolusi itu harus benar-benar "gedang" dan hebat!

InsyaALLAH.. malahan, aku meletakkan "limit-order" buat diri sendiri agar Fasa I yang merujuk kepada 'tapak asas & cerucuknya' ku siapkan selengkapnya selewat-lewatnya menjelang 12.00 tengahmalam terakhir 2010 ini. Dan selepas itu, semoga ALLAH terus memberikan kekuatan untukku menerus & melestarikan fasa-fasa yang seterusnya. Amin Ya ALLAH!

Details? Hematku, tak perlu lah dipaparkan di sini. Memadai dikongsi bersama insan-insan tersayang..

Selamat Datang 10.10.10.. Selamat Datang Cita-citaku!!

"Kita perlukannya Bro.. Paling tidak satu pip!" Demikian ujarku kepada Bert.

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Masih terngiang-ngiang di telingaku perbincangan dengan Bert di tepi gerai tasik Serdang selepas solat Jumaat tadi. Perbincangan yang mulanya santai bertukar menjadi lebih serius. Mujurlah, suasana hangat gerai yang bumbungnya dipanah sinar mentari sebelumnya, bertukar dingin lantaran hujan yang semakin lebat.

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Bukan rahsia lagi. Bert sudahpun tendered resignation letter bulan lepas. Ertinya, hujung November ini adalah hari terakhir tugasannya di pejabat. Kali ini aku memang tidak mampu menahan. Hakikatnya tekanan kerja yang semakin memuncak sememangnya sudah tidak lagi sesuai buat "belia" seusia kami yang semakin hari semakin rapuh kepada serangan sindrom-sindrom penyakit moden. Tambahan pula masing-masing memasang impian tinggi untuk menjadikan "laut" sebagai sumber rezeki yang lebih baik.

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Pun begitu, aku cuba memberikan suatu perspektif luar-jangka kepadanya. Bukan rahsia juga bahawa 90% trader di luar sana gagal. Dan hanya separuh daripada baki 10% yang tinggal adalah trader yang benar-benar mampu menguasai pencak silat Mr Market. Fakta ini bukan lagi omongan kosong, malah hampir semua traders mengetahuinya sejak hari pertama mengenali "lautan forex". Ironinya, hampir kesemuanya juga yang menjadi penyumbang statistik fakta tersebut, setidak-tidaknya di awal-awal pembabitan, termasuklah aku!

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Sudahkah kita berada di kelompok 5% terbaik itu? Atau paling tidak, kelompok 5% di bawahnya yang "lebih banyak trade untung berbanding rugi". Mmmm.. tepuk dada, tanya hati, dan lihat trading history..

Bukan aku bersikap pesimis, terangku kepada Bert lagi. Tapi, kita harus betul-betul bersedia dalam erti kata yang sebenarnya. Tempoh sebulan yang ada wajar digunakan secara intensif untuk "mencari" dan memantapkan kaedah dan strategi pelayaran yang disandarkan.

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Strategi dan kaedah yang "terbaik"? Ya.

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"Paling tidak Bro, strategi dan kaedah yang apabila entry dibuat, struktur set-up positions yang dicaturkan akan memberikan confirm minimum profit 1 pip secara automatik apabila ditutup!" Bisikku kepada Bert antara dengar dan tidak..

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Kalau confirm 1 pip profit setiap kali entry, maka..

1 pip => USD0.10?

1 pip => USD1.00?

1 pip => USD10.00?

1 pip => USD100.00?

1 pip => USD1000.00?

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Maafkan aku Sahabat, aku sekadar raising the bar buat kita berdua..

Wallahu A'lam.

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2 minggu. Fuhh!! Tak sempat langsung. Aku jangkakan tempoh seminggu mencukupi untuk semuanya 'tersusun' kembali kepada jadual asal. Namun, rupanya tempoh tambahan seminggu lagi diperlukan untuk menyelesaikan tunggakan tugasan di pejabat usai cuti panjang yang diambil sempena Aidil Fitri.

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Kesibukan tugas juga turut disulami memenuhi undangan aktiviti ziarah Rumah Terbuka kenalan dan organisasi. Kesudahannya, perut yang di sepanjang Ramadhan 'nipis' dan 'pipih' kini kembali 'sasa'.. Mmmm.. bermulalah kembali aktiviti 'menternak perut'!!

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Trading..

Alahai.. 'sedang-sedang' aje! Oktober yang muncul diharap dapat mengembalikan 'kegemilangan' silam. Apapun, walau aktiviti ke laut kurang, namun secara umumnya aku berpuas-hati dengan aktiviti R & D yang giat dijalankan. Beberapa perbincangan dengan rakan-rakan Nelayan, termasuk sesi Resolusi Hijau yang berlangsung pada malam 27 September 2010 bersama 'ahli majlis'.. insyaALLAH telah berjaya meletakkan dimensi baru kepada wadah kami bernelayan secara lebih santai dan bermakna. Ringkasnya, sebagaimana text yang ku hantar kepada Saudagar Lilin, " .. rasanya dah complete semua senario 99%. Menjadi atau tidak macam teorinya bergantung kepada izin ALLAH.." Alhamdulillah.

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Wallahu A'lam.

Selamat menduduki peperiksaan Ujian Penilaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) 2010 kepada 494,493 adik-adik dan anak-anak yang terlibat bermula hari ini sehingga Khamis.

Kepada para ibubapa dan penjaga, doa dan sokongan anda adalah elemen terpenting kepada mereka untuk mencapai kecemerlangan..

Alhamdulillah.

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Dah selesai puasa sebulan. Dah juga sambut Aidil Fitri. Semoga kita semua memperolehi manfaat dan barakah usaian ibadah dan kesyukuran yang dipersembahkan kepadaNya.

Aktiviti ke laut jelas sangat minimum sepanjang tempoh seminggu dua yang lalu. Sesekali dari luar daerah sempat juga aku menjengah deruan ombak laut pada skrin PDA, namun masa dan kesempatan semata-mata tanpa fokus yang optimum mungkin membawa padah. Kesudahannya, sesaran ombak hebat terutamanya sepanjang minggu lalu dilihat dengan penuh cemburu dan rasa terkilan. Bertuah sungguh sahabat-sahabat yang turun ke laut. Hebat sungguh dugaan Maha Pencipta!

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Minggu ini, aku masih sekadar bermain-main di gigi pantai. Sesekali sempat juga keluar ke tengah laut melabuhkan pukat. Namun, kebanyakannya sekadar memasang bubu di muara. Memang hajat di hati hendak terus ke kejauhan, tapi pesan dan ingatan para Sifu supaya perlahan-lahan membina keyakinan selepas berehat panjang wajar dipatuhi. Sementelah, tugasan di pejabat yang menimbun lantaran cuti rehat yang panjang pun harus diberi perhatian.

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Semoga diberi kekuatan dan kelapangan olehNya.. Amin Ya ALLAH.

Madrasah Ramadhan yang sedang menginjak ke penghujungnya benar-benar meruntun tangkai hati. Apakah ada jodoh kita untuk bertemunya lagi di tahun-tahun yang akan datang. Seandainya ini yang terakhir, kita pohonkan agar ia menjadi Ramadhan terhebat yang mampu memberi akhir nafas yang baik buat kita. Andai pula masih ada Ramadhan yang akan datang buat kita, semoga ia menjadi titik mula kepada piawai amali yang lebih baik supaya memperolehi peningkatan hebat di masa mendatang. Semoga kita berlapang dada dengan pentakdiran ALLAH kepada kita.

Bersempena kedatangan Syawal yang gemilang, saya memohon berbanyak-banyak kemaafan dari semua sahabat dan pembaca di atas segala salah dan silap, baik zahir mahupun batin. Semoga dengan saling maaf-memaafi, kita akan dilimpahi dengan rahmat dan redha ALLAH Azza Wajalla.

PI Target (Daily): 1020
Rev Target (Daily): 34%
MLD: 1% frm Bal

Session 3/3:
News: USD
EIT: 10.00pm MYT
EET: 9.30pm MYT
ELT: 11.30pm MYT
EST: 2hrs

PI Target (Daily): 960
Rev Target (Daily): 32%
MLD: 1% frm Bal

Berkati dan makbulkan usahaku ini, Ya ALLAH.

Amin Ya Rabbal Alamin.

Total Daily PI = -10834

Total Daily Rev = -361%

Faktor: Session 1 no trade, Money Management.

Innalillahi wainna ilaihi rajiun.

Interview with Andrey Vedikhin, CEO of Alpari UK and co-founder of the Alpari Group by Francesc Riverola, CEO and Founder of FXstreet.
(Posted on January 28, 2010 at 14:27 in Francesc's Weblog by Francesc)
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The Alpari Group will be offering its proprietary ECN to FX traders in 2011…

1. Why this change in your trading business model? Do you expect to increase your market share in this fast moving and competitive Forex environment?
We have noticed that the expectations of retails clients are changing rapidly. While approximately only five percent trade via ECNs today, we expect this to grow to over 90 percent within the next few years. Currently, not all retail traders can avail themselves of the benefits of ECN trading, due, for example, to the high minimum-trade size requirement. However, ECN trading will become more accessible in the future, as small trades will automatically be aggregated into larger ones. The benefits of ECN trading, including transparency, deep liquidity, market depth and NDD execution, will become available to everybody. Naturally, we will be adapting our business model as we spearhead these fast moving developments.

2. What advantages will your customers get from having an ECN feed in MetaTrader?
They will profit from deeper liquidity, better pricing straight from the banks, ultra-fast Non Dealing Desk execution and no re-quotes. ECN trading is far more transparent for the trader, and they avoid the conflict of interest that existed with the traditional dealer-broker model.

3. How are you going to deal with the typical ECN downsides, such as steep spikes and frequent slippage?
We are already implementing filtering mechanisms to counter problems with bank feeds producing steep spikes. However, frequent slippage does occur, mainly in times of tight liquidity, so our approach to tackling slippage is to significantly increase our liquidity pool through more tier-1 and tier-2 banks as well as from all working client orders.

4. In 2010 MT5 should be available too. Are you planning to switch to MetaTrader 5 or will you offer both MT4 and MT5? What advantages will your customers get who switch to MT5?
We plan to support both MetaTrader 4 and MetaTrader 5. From our perspective, offering the MetaTrader 5 platform will just entail another separate server, as well as a bridge between MetaTrader 5 and our liquidity pool. Adding MetaTrader 5 to our offering in 2010 will give our clients even more choice. From the traders’ standpoint, it is quite different from MetaTrader 4 in that it offers a more powerful programming language, allowing for more complex strategies. Furthermore, MetaTrader 5 is very scalable, and will show the full market depth, providing more transparency.

5. Is the Alpari Group team working to increase and improve the range of on-line trading products and services provided through your trading platforms?
We are constantly striving to improve our products and services. For example, during the first half of 2009, 99.6 percent of Forex and precious metals orders were executed automatically. However, within the next few months, our ground-breaking NDD execution technology will ensure all orders are automated, which will further reduce execution time. In January 2010, we launched the MetaTrader 4 platform on our Pro account, featuring STP, tighter spreads and very competitive commissions. This new offer makes use of our in-house MetaTrader 4 Bridge and is available to everyone, not just institutional traders. In order to better serve our international clients, we are not only planning to open new offices, but are also will working towards offering more trading platforms (MT5, ECN) and products (CFDs).

6. How are the new NFA regulations affecting your business model? Have you seen many customers moving their account to Alpari (UK) or other Alpari branches?
We have recently noticed that a lot of non-US citizens have moved their accounts to the Alpari (UK). However, unlike a few other trading providers, we have not used the legal loophole to bulk-transfer all our US clients to our UK-based company; we consider that to be deeply unethical. Overall, the stricter NFA regulations only affected our business in July 2009, when net deposits decreased slightly. Since August however, net deposits started climbing again and business returned to normal.

7. How do you see regulation changes in the US and Switzerland affecting the retail Forex Industry as a whole?
Companies in the US now face a big disadvantage due to the regulatory amendments and many clients are trying to move to brokers in other regulatory regimes. However, Alpari US is confident that less competition will increase their client base and trading volumes.
In Switzerland, we expect the key players to apply for a banking license and many smaller brokers will move to other offshore countries. This development favors London-based brokers such as Alpari (UK) because more traders will move their accounts to the FSA-regulated brokers, where they are protected by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme; subject to the nature of their claim and status, they receive a high level of funds protection. FSA regulated brokers also offer segregation of funds, whereby client funds are kept completely separate from company funds, safeguarding them in the case of a company going bankrupt.

Also, is in the news that Alpari Group has launched an institutional trading platform, Alpari Direct Pro powered by Currenex.
Other firms in the past have tried to implement Currenex and expand from predominantly retail to a retail/institutional clientèle, often with mixed results:

1. Which features would you highlight of this new platform?
Our new institutional trading platform, Alpari Direct Pro, provides deeper interbank liquidity, full market depth (more transparency), 100% Non Dealing Desk execution, Straight-Through-Processing and complex order types.

2. Who are your most direct competitors in this arena?
In this arena, our most direct UK based competitors would be London Capital Group and GFT.

3. What will the Alpari Group offer the institutional trader that they aren’t currently getting elsewhere?
Apart from our customized Alpari Direct Pro platform, we offer institutional traders with a professional version of MT4 through our in-house STP bridge, and, once MT5 is launched, the MT5 bridge. Both platforms also support many Expert Advisors. These are simple automated trading strategies written for MetaTrader, and are becoming increasing popular. Furthermore, we are offering institutional pricing, NDD execution and faster execution times. All trading will be 100% automated, and we will welcome all traders, including scalpers and winners.

4. How will the Alpari Group set itself apart from other firms currently using Currenex?
Naturally, the essential technology, liquidity and order types are very similar across the board. We are setting ourselves apart from our competitors by incentivising our clients with aggressive marketing promotions such as an competitive commission structure.

5. How difficult will it be for the Alpari Group’s clients to migrate from MetaTrader 4 to Alpari Direct or to Alpari Direct Pro? Will this migration be mandatory or will it be possible to keep using MetaTrader 4 (for example via API or bridge)?
While we expect most of our clients to stay with MT4 or MT5, we will not be forcing anyone to trade with one specific platform or insist they migrate from one to another. Our advanced trading technology is not tied to one specific platform, and the bridge between MetaTrader and our multiple liquidity providers is a good example of how to make the benefits of the best trading technology available to all our clients, no matter what platform they prefer to trade on.
In essence, whether we are dealing with a micro or professional trader, our goal is to make e-Forex trading accessible to everyone.

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