We are not machines, we’re emotional beings. None of us like to lose, none of us like to fail. Most of us appear to be either programmed through our DNA, or via our evolutionary development, to strive. In simple terms; the majority of us want to achieve, we want to do better, and we want […]
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After the hawkish narrative, delivered by the FOMC on Wednesday, USA equity investors appeared to take a collective time out on Thursday. Perhaps an atmosphere of puzzlement developed within dealing rooms and across various chat facilities, as the question; “where to next, what happens next?” took hold. U.S. equities slipped, as trading remained stuck in
After months of effort and much trial and error, you eventually develop and discover an edge, more importantly an edge that works for you. You don’t consider yourself to be a novice trader anymore. You’re also now mature enough to know that you haven’t discovered a fabled holy grail, as you’re wise enough to know
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Japan publishes a vast amount of economic data on Thursday evening and Friday morning, which should be closely monitored by traders who specialise in (or who favour) trading yen. In terms of its safe haven appeal to position traders, or as a major currency pair versus the U.S. dollar, the Asian currency can react to
The FOMC announced no rate change, at the conclusion of their two day meeting on Wednesday evening, the key rate of 1.25% remains unchanged. However, in the accompanying narrative, they suggested that one more rate rise could happen in 2017, with December the likely date. And as from October they’ll begin to relieve and gradually
Many experienced traders would deliver a categoric “yes” as the answer to the question, others may deliberate for a while, before answering, “maybe”. And as is the situation with many questions, when discussing and seeking the answer to such binary/black and white questions, both responses would potentially be correct, in our highly complex world of
President Trump delivered a jaw dropping first address to the U.N. assembly on Tuesday, in which he lashed out at just about everyone and everything, whilst voicing his overused and meaningless mantra; “to put America first”. From threatening to “totally destroy North Korea”, to insisting that the Iran truce, so delicately put together by the
In January 2017, the Fed chairperson Janet Yellen, delivered a fairly hawkish statement, indicating that the Fed would raise the key interest rate three times during the year, if both herself and her committee, felt the USA economy was robust enough to cope with the rises. True to her commitment, the rate was duly raised
We’ve become accustomed to many new buzz words and phrases since the various credit crises developed back in 2007/2008: TARP, asset purchase, credit crunch, ZIRP (zero interest rate policy), NIRP (negative interest rate policy), taper, taper twist, helicopter money etc. And how could we ignore the most infamous nuspeak of “Q.E.” (Quantitative easing). Well now
If you’re just starting to take your first steps in our forex industry, then welcome to our fascinating, challenging, at times frustrating, but incredibly rewarding industry. The vast majority of us will probably discover retail forex trading by accident, as much as by design. We may stumble across trading through an introduction, or through an
