Forex Trading Articles

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  U.S. equity markets fade as Trump re-ignites tariff war with China

  Jul 17, 19 • 490 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Market Commentaries • Comments Off on U.S. equity markets fade as Trump re-ignites tariff war with China

  WTI oil slumped by up to 4% yesterday after both Iran officials and President Trump intimated that a negotiation was possible in order to avoid future conflict. Many analysts were surprised by this sudden Trump climbdown, which represents a departure from his...

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  WTI oil slumps as U.S. administration hints it might negotiate with Iran, U.S. equities end risk-on period

  Jul 17, 19 • 620 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Morning Roll Call • Comments Off on WTI oil slumps as U.S. administration hints it might negotiate with Iran, U.S. equities end risk-on period

  WTI oil slumped by circa 4.0% at one stage during the New York trading session after Iran’s foreign minister talked about a “path to new talks” and President Trump stated in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that he’s “not looking for regime change” in...

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  Controlling your costs and trading through an STP-ECN broker gives you the best chance of experiencing FX trading success

  Jul 16, 19 • 539 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Market Commentaries • Comments Off on Controlling your costs and trading through an STP-ECN broker gives you the best chance of experiencing FX trading success

  It’s wrongly assumed that many FX brokers operate a short-term view of the retail trading industry. The widely held consensus is that they operate a churn process, in as much as they’re looking to rake in as much as possible from their clients in a short...

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  A day of inflation reports could cause fluctuations in the value of GBP, EUR and CAD

  Jul 16, 19 • 523 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Market Commentaries • Comments Off on A day of inflation reports could cause fluctuations in the value of GBP, EUR and CAD

  On Wednesday July 17th several countries’ statistics agencies will publish their latest data on CPI (consumer price inflation). These data releases are usually considered to be high impact calendar events due to their ability to move the markets in the...

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  Swiss franc and Japanese yen rise in safe haven play, sterling slumps as Brexit fears stalk FX markets

  Jul 16, 19 • 542 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Market Commentaries • Comments Off on Swiss franc and Japanese yen rise in safe haven play, sterling slumps as Brexit fears stalk FX markets

  The two currencies considered to be safe havens for investors and FX traders alike rose during the early trading sessions on Tuesday, as both the Swiss franc and Japanese yen registered gains versus the majority of their peers. The globe’s reserve currency,...

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  U.S. equity markets struggle for a reason to break higher, USD makes gains but trades in narrow ranges versus its main peers

  Jul 16, 19 • 516 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Morning Roll Call • Comments Off on U.S. equity markets struggle for a reason to break higher, USD makes gains but trades in narrow ranges versus its main peers

  Investors and traders of USA equities struggled to discover renewed justification to push the leading indices above the recent highs during Monday’s New York session, at 19:00pm U.K. time the SPX traded down -0.10% as the NASDAQ tech-index traded up 0.04%...

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  Don’t ignore the evidence, part-time forex traders are the most successful

  Jul 15, 19 • 627 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Market Commentaries • Comments Off on Don’t ignore the evidence, part-time forex traders are the most successful

  Ambition should always be tempered with reality. When curious and pro-active investors first discover retail forex trading as an initial hobby, it’s inevitable they dream of reaching for the stars. That ambition and vision shouldn’t be discouraged as...

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  China’s GDP falls to a twenty-seven year record low, as USD continues to fall in correlation with rising USA equity markets

  Jul 15, 19 • 442 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Market Commentaries • Comments Off on China’s GDP falls to a twenty-seven year record low, as USD continues to fall in correlation with rising USA equity markets

  China’s year on year GDP growth came in as forecast by Reuters at 6.4%, the quarterly figure of Q2 did beat the 1.5% forecast by coming in at 1.6%, ahead of the Q1 reading of 1.4%. Analysed in isolation the Q2 figure was the lowest in 27 years, since 1992....

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  Will U.S. equity indices continue to reach record highs at the expense of the U.S. dollar?

  Jul 15, 19 • 582 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Morning Roll Call • Comments Off on Will U.S. equity indices continue to reach record highs at the expense of the U.S. dollar?

  The U.S. equity markets maintained their gravity defying rises last week as the DJIA, SPX and NASDAQ indices all continued to take out record highs. It’s worth noting that the DJIA finally broke through the 20,000 level in January 2017 and here we are,...

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  What a Poker beating algorithm can teach FX traders

  Jul 12, 19 • 574 Views • Forex Trading Articles, Market Commentaries • Comments Off on What a Poker beating algorithm can teach FX traders

  Over the past 24 hours the media has reported that an A.I. robot named “Pluribus” has managed to beat multiple players at Poker. The research was jointly undertaken by Facebook and the Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pluribus has...