October, 2011 | Forex Trading Blog - Forex News, Articles and Market Analysis

Forex Trading Articles - Forex Indicators

The Impact of Leading and Lagging Indicators on Your Forex Trading

Indicators, as part of a trader’s overall technical analysis, help to identify: momentum, trends, volatility and other aspects of a forex security’s behaviour empowering traders to make more considered and therefore many more profitable long or short (buy or sell) decisions. Whilst some traders use a single indicator, solely for buy and or sell signals, […]

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Daily Forex News - Greece Debt and Austerity Cuts

Debts By A Thousand Cuts

Between the lines

Greece’s government voting in the austerity bill came as no surprise. The government is now a safe bet to get their next tranche of pocket money (circa €8 billion) courtesy of the troika which should ensure they can firstly fill up the cash machines this weekend, not that anyone has any wages or savings to

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As Europe Burns the UK Plays Second Fiddle

Market Commentaries

The latest incumbent in charge of the UK government’s spin and posturing is, as we say in the UK, playing a blinder. Mired in accusations of sleaze with regards to the former News Of The World Sunday newspaper, a former defence Minister, involved in defence ‘matters’, such as who gets what political help and reconstruction

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Eurozone Crisis, It's As Clear As Mud

Between the lines

No sooner had the grand plan to rescue the Eurozone been touted it was summarily squashed and just when you think the French and German leaders couldn’t possibly fit in another meeting Sarkozy thanks his wife for giving birth and hops onto a plane to Berlin. Quite why he and Merkel can’t use Skype remains

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Beware the Godwin's Law by Proxy When Discussing Indicators in Forex Trading

Forex Trading Articles

Godwin’s law is a humorous observation made by Mike Godwin that has become an Internet adage. It states: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches”. Godwin observed that, given enough time, in any online discussion, regardless of topic or scope, someone inevitably criticises some point made

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Will France's Credit Rating be Targeted Irrespective of any Eurozone Solvency Solution?

Market Commentaries

As the dust settles with regards to the overall Franco-German solution which will be unveiled this coming weekend (no doubt in painful bite size chunks) attention may still shift to France and the exposure of its banks, specifically in relation to Greece’s impending default which as a continual narrative appears to have disappeared from the

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Psychology in Forex Trading

Forex Trading Articles

We’ve covered the subject of the 3Ms many times – money management, mind and method. The money management aspect of trading, or position sizing was discussed in a recent article on this FXCC blog. Method, otherwise known as the strategy or technique you employ; mechanical, discretionary or a combination of both, will increasingly feature on

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Daily Forex News - Eurozone Bailout Plan

The €2 Trillion Eurozone Bail Out Fund is Born

Between the lines

So that’s it, the debate is over, the bunting can be put up, street parties can be held in every street throughout Europe as ‘D’ day is with us, the bail out fund lives and we can all breathe a little easier. Other than Bloomberg copy writers obviously, who’ll now have to find someone else

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Thinking Like Winners to Win at Trading

Forex Trading Articles

It can be difficult ‘switching off’ from forex trading given that it’s a twenty four hour industry. Fortunately we get to work ‘office hours’, albeit those office hours extend from London – New York – Tokyo, a punishing 18-20 hour office day. But we do have our weekends to recuperate, Friday evening until Sunday evening/Monday

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When the Finger Points

Market Commentaries

Market commentators and analysts writing for the likes of the FT, Bloomberg and Reuters may want to try writing an economic news story with regards to weak data without ‘blaming’ Europe..”Oh, I see China’s economy has expanded at it’s slowest rate for two years, that’ll be those pesky Europeans and their banking crisis again..” is

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October 2011