This diploma thesis discusses about the possibilities of investing in the capital market with a focus on the foreign exchange market. Analysis of the company, whose output is SWOT analysis, is focused on the economic justification of investments. The essence is the proposal of automatic trading systems that will automatically trade on the basis of information from the market and add value to ivested capital. This automatic trading systems are designed in analytic platform named MetaTrader and their parameters are optimized by genetic algorithms.

The aim of this work is to create an automated trading system for trading currency pairs using technical indicators and technical analysis. The proposed trading system is tested and optimized on historical price data. To verify the robustness of the proposed system was used walk-forward analysis. Automatic trading system also uses rules for position sizing and risk management of open positions. Created system is profitabel on historical price data and also in the walk-forward analysis.

This thesis deals with trading on stock market. It focuses on technical analysis and algorithms based on that. The thesis also includes design, implementation, optimization and testing a trading system which is based on a combination of exponential and simple moving averages. The thesis presents the achieved results.

The subject of this diploma thesis is a design and implementation of an automated trading system for the forex market. It includes an analysis of the main concepts and methods of technical analysis and money management, which constitute an essential theoretical basis for the subsequent practical design of an automatic system. The objective of this work is a development of an automated trading system whose robustness and stability is tested by a walk forward analysis.

The master’s thesis deals with trading the currency market. The aim of thesis is the creation of an automated trading system based on technical analysis. This thesis is divided into several parts. The theoretical aspects and analysis of current situation are followed by automated trading system proposal. The system is designed on basis of technical indicators and tested on historical data and then optimized.

Cette thèse porte sur les arrangements de couples de parents hétérosexuels québécois à revenus modestes en s’attardant aux pratiques et aux significations mises de l’avant dans le récit des personnes rencontrées. Elle vise principalement à cerner les arrangements conjugaux en regard de la division du travail et de la gestion de l’argent et, plus spécifiquement à 1) décrire ces arrangements, 2) cerner l’articulation entre la division du travail et la gestion financière entre conjoints, et 3) cerner les écarts et les convergences entre les pratiques et les significations de ces arrangements dans le récit des personnes participantes. À partir de l’analyse de 30 entretiens semi-directifs réalisés dans une perspective inductive et compréhensive auprès de 17 femmes et 13 hommes, nous mettons au jour l’intrication entre la division sexuelle du travail, la signification sociale de l’argent et la sémantique de la conjugalité contemporaine pour saisir la complexité des arrangements décrits. Nos analyses montrent que les trajectoires professionnelles des femmes sont très marquées par la maternité, contrairement à celles des hommes pour qui des facteurs extérieurs à la famille expliquent les changements. L’utilisation du congé parental de même que les arrangements de garde des enfants montrent les limites qu’imposent à la fois les conditions de travail et de rémunération de même que la ségrégation professionnelle selon le genre. De plus, la division du travail domestique dans les couples rencontrés rend compte du maintien de la division sexuelle du travail. Nos analyses montrent aussi que les arrangements financiers des couples peuvent être décrits à partir des logiques des modes de gestion (mise en commun des revenus ou partage des dépenses), mais que des dimensions de la gestion de l’argent doivent également être abordées (propriété de l’argent, accès à l’argent, contrôle de l’argent et responsabilité du travail de gestion financière). En observant ces quatre dimensions, nous pouvons prendre la pleine mesure de la complexité des arrangements financiers. Étroitement liées entre elles, elles rendent compte de la prégnance des rapports sociaux de sexe au sein des couples. Que ce soit dans la façon de percevoir ses revenus, au-delà de leur source, des liens qui se maintiennent toujours entre la maternité et le dévouement attendu envers ses enfants et le type de dépenses faites, ou de la continuité entre la responsabilité du travail domestique et du travail de gestion financière dans les couples où l’argent est limité, etc., la division sexuelle du travail imprègne fortement les significations de l’argent ainsi que les arrangements financiers observés au sein des couples. Enfin, tant la mise en place des arrangements conjugaux étudiés que la satisfaction que les personnes participantes en ont reflètent les logiques de la division sexuelle du travail, de la signification sociale de l’argent et des règles de la sémantique de la conjugalité contemporaine (fiction de la durée, investissement continu dans la relation, communication, altruisme ou désintérêt, réciprocité différée et confiance). Contrairement à l’idée répandue voulant que les hommes et les femmes en couples hétérosexuels, en tant qu’individus indépendants et égaux, négocient leurs arrangements, nous affirmons, d’une part, qu’ils et elles n’ont pas autant le « choix » qu’il y parait et que, d’autre part, la communication n’est pas le moyen par lequel les arrangements sont mis en place. / This doctoral dissertation is centred on the arrangements of couples of low-income Québec heterosexual parents by focusing on the practices and meanings put forward in the stories of those interviewed. Its main purpose is to identify couples’ arrangements with regard to the division of labour and money management and, more specifically, to 1) describe these arrangements, 2) identify the articulation between the division of labour and financial management between spouses, and 3) identify gaps and convergences between the practices and the meanings of these arrangements in the narrative of the participants. Based on the analysis of 30 semi-structured interviews conducted with an inductive and comprehensive perspective with 17 women and 13 men, we bring to light the entanglement between the sexual division of labor, the social meaning of money and the semantics of contemporary conjugality to grasp the complexity of the arrangements described. Our analysis shows that women's occupational trajectories are very marked by motherhood, unlike those of men for whom factors outside the family explain the changes. The use of parental leave as well as childcare arrangements show the limits imposed by both working and remuneration conditions as well as occupational segregation by gender. In addition, the division of domestic work among the couples met reflects the maintenance of the sexual division of labour. Our analysis also shows that couples' financial arrangements can be described from the logic of management methods (pooling income or sharing expenses), but that money management dimensions also need to be addressed. By observing the property of money, access to money, control of money and moneywork, we can take full measure of the complexity of the financial arrangements. Closely linked, these four dimensions reflect the importance of the social relations of the sexes within couples. Whether it is in the way of perceiving one's income, the links that are still maintained between maternity and the expected dedication towards the children and the types of expenses made, or the continuity between the responsibility of domestic work and moneywork in couples where money is limited, etc., the sexual division of labour strongly imbues the meaning of money as well as the financial arrangements observed within couples. Finally, both the set up of the couples’ arrangements studied and the satisfaction of the participants reflect the logic of the sexual division of labour, the social meaning of money and the rules of the semantics of contemporary conjugality (fiction duration, continuous investment in the relationship, communication, altruism or disinterest, delayed reciprocity and trust). Contrary to popular belief that men and women in heterosexual couples, as independent and equal individuals, negotiate their arrangements, we affirm, on the one hand, that they do not have as much “choice,” and that, on the other hand, communication is not the means by which arrangements are put in place.

The South African Postbank Limited has been tasked by Government with a social mandate to provide basic financial services to people receiving low income and people living in rural areas. Personal financial literacy is an essential element which affects financial inclusion in the target market of a state–owned bank. To achieve the bank?s social mandate and its objective, it would be vital to determine whether people in low income and rural demographics are financially literate. Financial literacy is defined as the ability to manage your money on a day–to–day basis, do future financial planning, choose sound financial products and have appropriate financial knowledge and understanding. Various factors influence the level of financial literacy of a person and in order to improve the financial literacy of a person, cognisance should be taken of that person?s age, gender, living conditions, income–level and socio–economic elements. It will be beneficial for a state–owned bank, in order to reach its social mandate, to implement financial educational programmes to increase financial literacy. The latter will increase the amount of potential customers and thus promote financial inclusion in the long run. The sample in low income and rural areas has been found to be the most wanting in financial literacy and therefore it is crucial to address this shortcoming in the target market of the state–owned bank in order to reach the social mandate of financial inclusion. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.

The South African Postbank Limited has been tasked by Government with a social mandate to provide basic financial services to people receiving low income and people living in rural areas. Personal financial literacy is an essential element which affects financial inclusion in the target market of a state–owned bank. To achieve the bank?s social mandate and its objective, it would be vital to determine whether people in low income and rural demographics are financially literate. Financial literacy is defined as the ability to manage your money on a day–to–day basis, do future financial planning, choose sound financial products and have appropriate financial knowledge and understanding. Various factors influence the level of financial literacy of a person and in order to improve the financial literacy of a person, cognisance should be taken of that person?s age, gender, living conditions, income–level and socio–economic elements. It will be beneficial for a state–owned bank, in order to reach its social mandate, to implement financial educational programmes to increase financial literacy. The latter will increase the amount of potential customers and thus promote financial inclusion in the long run. The sample in low income and rural areas has been found to be the most wanting in financial literacy and therefore it is crucial to address this shortcoming in the target market of the state–owned bank in order to reach the social mandate of financial inclusion. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012.