FOREX Trader James L. Bickford & His Achievements

James L. Bickford has been a well-known figure in the foreign exchange (FOREX) world since the 1980s. Despite his possible success in other fields of work because his academic background is related to statistics, mathematics, and science, he decided to concentrate on FOREX trading. In fact, he has been concentrating on online FOREX since 2001. Although he is also a successful software engineer and has been involved in such profession for almost thirty years, he has also been authoring and co-authoring books related to FOREX.

"Forex Wave Theory: A Technical Analysis for Spot and Futures Currency Traders" is a FOREX book that James L. Bickford wrote and published in May 2007. This book is ideal for readers who are interested in discovering a new approach as to how to analyze price fluctuations in the FOREX market. In this 352-page book, James L. Bickford discusses the most important categories that form part of technical analysis, namely, wave theory, crossover trading systems, econometric models, and pattern recognition.

Readers who are expected to find "Forex Wave Theory: A Technical Analysis for Spot and Futures Currency Traders" interesting are commodity futures traders and spot currency speculators. Those who are just starting a career in FOREX trading may also find this book inspiring because it provides definitions of technical terminologies used by professional traders. To make this book even more interesting, James L. Bickford also included illustrations that explore such topics as the properties of the six-wave cycles, forecasting the fifth wave of the five-wave cycles, the basic types of the three-wave cycles, and a brief history of wave theory.

James L. Bickford is also the author of the FOREX book "Forex Shockwave Analysis." Having an educational background related to statistics and mathematics, he applied his knowledge in such areas to write about the FOREX market-shockwaves. Traders who will read this 368-page book will definitely be inspired as they will be taught how to gain an advantage against other traders and earn bigger profits. Several government agencies are mentioned in this book, including the Census Bureau, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and the Federal Reserve.

"Charting the Major Forex Pairs: Focus on Major Currencies" is a FOREX book that James L. Bickford co-wrote with Michael Archer, a commodity futures and FOREX trader. In this book, the authors have successfully discussed another approach on how to analyze the FOREX markets. The authors believe that understanding the patterns where FOREX markets move is pertinent in helping traders gain advantages in every market. Both James L. Bickford and Archer emphasize in this FOREX book that technical analysis, although preferred by many, is not the only technique that can be used by FOREX traders in order to succeed. Readers are taught how to read charts, which is why this book features a number of historical charts.

These books form part of the achievements of James L. Bickford in the FOREX world. All these are guaranteed to inspire readers to improve their trading skills.