May 2019

China’s equity market indices recover, despite imposition of 25% USA import tariffs, euro and sterling registered marginal gains during early sessions.

Despite the technical application of up to 25% tariffs on Chinese imports into USA ports, from midnight USA time, on Friday May 10th, Chinese equity markets rose during the Asian trading session. As to whether the rise is a moderate relief rally now the threats have become reality, or Asian market investors expect a resolution […]

China’s equity market indices recover, despite imposition of 25% USA import tariffs, euro and sterling registered marginal gains during early sessions. Read More »

USA equity markets recover after a significant sell off during the early part of the New York session on Thursday, U.S. dollar rises versus several peers.

U.S. equity indices recovered late on in the New York session, as President Trump rowed back from his threat to apply tariffs, of up to 25% on Chinese imports, starting from Friday May 10th. After the DJIA had plunged by over 400 points during the early part of the session, as price crashed through the

USA equity markets recover after a significant sell off during the early part of the New York session on Thursday, U.S. dollar rises versus several peers. Read More »

Trading one FX pair, during one trading session only, can alleviate: trading stress, improve concentration levels and encourage your trader discipline.

During the early months and years of your trading journey and evolution, as you’re experimenting and exploring the full range of trading opportunities, you’ll commit many of the trading mistakes, all experienced and successful traders will testify to. You’ll trade from an undercapitalised account, apply too much leverage, receive margin calls, overtrade, revenge trade and

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The latest U.K. GDP growth figures and the USA CPI data could have a significant impact on the values of GBP and USD, when the figures are published on Friday May 9th.

The latest U.K. GDP growth figures will be published at 9:30am U.K. time on Friday May 10th. Reuters are forecasting that the (month on month) growth figure for March, will come in at 0.00%, falling from 0.2%. The first quarter growth figure for 2019 is forecast to come in at 0.5%, the cumulative effect of

The latest U.K. GDP growth figures and the USA CPI data could have a significant impact on the values of GBP and USD, when the figures are published on Friday May 9th. Read More »

U.S. dollar remains near six week low versus yen, as markets await outcome of China-USA situation, sterling stabilises after Brexit issues reappear.

China’s equity market indices, continued the recent sell off, after President Trump issued a statement at a political rally in American during the evening. He stated that China broke off negotiations and effectively broke the conditions of the agreement, which had been brokered over recent months. He reiterated the threat issued earlier in the week;

U.S. dollar remains near six week low versus yen, as markets await outcome of China-USA situation, sterling stabilises after Brexit issues reappear. Read More »

The high impact releases that tend to have a higher impact on FX markets.

When faced with the question; “what is your most valuable trading tool?” traders have many different answers and equally many theories to support their convictions. Some traders might suggest their preferred trading platform, such as MetaTrader’s MT4, is the most valuable tool at their disposal. Others might point to all the indicators that compile technical

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Sterling slips as talks between the main U.K. political parties look close to collapse, U.S. dollar trades in tight ranges, as markets await news on China-USA trade situation.

The U.K. pound slipped versus several of its peers, during Wednesday’s trading sessions, as Brexit issues resurfaced after a period of relatively subdued discussion in the mainstream, financial press. After receiving a reprieve from the original March 29th exit date, the U.K. government entered into a month long dialogue with the opposition Labour Party, in

Sterling slips as talks between the main U.K. political parties look close to collapse, U.S. dollar trades in tight ranges, as markets await news on China-USA trade situation. Read More »

How can you match your trading ambitions to your current employment?

The vast majority of retail FX traders are part time; typically they’ll be holding down part time or full time jobs, whilst either attempting to learn how to trade, or continuing their successful trading. It’s tricky to establish the exact numbers from authorities such as ESMA, but retail traders are unlikely to be scalpers, or

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Asian markets sell off on Wednesday morning, as analysts and investors begin to quantify the global trade impact, of increased and new tariffs on Chinese imports into the USA.

The fall in Chinese equity markets, witnessed during the Sydney-Asian sessions on Wednesday morning, was expected based on the increased threats from the Trump administration; to increase tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200m of Chinese imports, beginning on Friday May 10th. The threats to apply new tariffs, of the same amount, on all Chinese

Asian markets sell off on Wednesday morning, as analysts and investors begin to quantify the global trade impact, of increased and new tariffs on Chinese imports into the USA. Read More »

Strive for excellence in your FX trading, not perfection.

Successful traders are, by their nature, perfectionists. They seek alpha (maximum profit) in each and very trade they execute, on every trading day. They’re constantly looking for methods and micro adjustments, as they fine tune their strategy, to squeeze as much profit as possible from the market. However, they often have to control their perfectionist

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