Today

Over the last decade we have seen the introduction of a number of online brokers that allow us to enter a contract to either buy (the chart goes up), or sell (the chart goes down), any instrument, be it currencies, commodities, or individual companies listed on the stock exchange.

Your local bank (such as ANZ or ASB) can now provide you with a DIY platform to access you to securities over local stocks with as little as $500.00. Forex DIY broker platforms are also readily available and give you instant access to a four trillion dollar per day liquid market that you can enter and exit at the push of a button from your own PC or laptop computer. Most brokers are regulated by for example, the FCA or FMA and your funds are segregated in to a top tier bank account to add to your security.

My point

My point is, as we can afford to lose it by spending it on unnecessary extras, it's very easy to invest that amount in a trading account to trade it for profit. Of course we don't plan on losing our money, but my message is that we must be of the understanding that we are entering markets that carry volatility and risk, hence there is a possibility of loss.

Market makers

Market Makers are the retail brokerages that provide you and I the opportunity to benefit from the world's largest Commodities, Indices and Currencies without owning a single share. We simply enter a contract known as CFD (Contract For Difference). These contracts allow us to enter and exit any market, on any day of the week (excluding the weekends) with any measurement of available capital in accordance to margins set within our financial account from 2% to 20% and leveraged from 100 to one to 500 to one. It's very flexible and can be tailored to suit any size account without exposing and risking any more than we choose on any particular instrument we trade.

There are other Broker Platforms (such as Binary Options Trading) that also have the potential to be very lucrative. However, CFD will provide you with the most effective and proven vehicle, to control, and manage your capital with minimal risk and very little time in front of the monitor so you can go about your regular activities and let your money work for you.

I will guide and assist you to set up your own individual trading account to trade in the Forex and Commodities markets. I will teach you a number of strategies and methods, along with strict rules to adhere to, so you can achieve a year end result that is better than leaving it sitting under a pillow, depreciating at a rate of 1.6% per annum in accordance to current rates of inflation. Our GDP is on the upside of 3.2% 2014. The downside is that our cost of living is increasing at a rate that's widening the gap between the rich and the poor. CPI average at 4.82% per annum.

So why sit on the side lines? "If we can't beat them, then join them" is my motto. Make your own money work for you to keep up with inflation and be ahead.