There’s a quirky index that’s used in Japan which many other G20 nations would do well to observe and put to use, it’s referred to as the “misery index” and it measures the economic hardship of a country and its people using a very simple formula adding inflation to the level of employment. The level […]
If we take a cursory look at the majority of FX trading blogs and forums we’ll very quickly note just how many hundreds of thousands of threads and articles are dedicated towards method and moreover the technical analysis that underpins that method. And this despite the (what should be) undisputed fact, that it’s medium to
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From the USA the number of job openings referred to as jolts came in in line with expectations at 4 million on Tuesday according to the latest data from the USA BLS department. This encouraging news was also supported by wholesale inventories in the USA which grew by 0.4% in the month of January, versus
No sooner did a member of the UK’s monetary policy committee state yesterday that; a rising pound could choke of the UK recovery and any attempt to move to a more rebalanced economy based on increasing exports, then Germany this morning provides the perfect example of what a coveted exporting powerhouse should resemble. Exports are
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Trading the markets offers up an incredible insight into our own psychology and that of our peer group, a peer group that we often witness on forums suffering all kinds of self-imposed agonies in their struggles to become successful… It’s hard to explain to friends, or close members of our family not involved in our
Initially, shortly after the opening bell on Monday, the USA indices suffered a rapid sell off as investors digested the news that Chinese exports had fallen spectacularly – by 18.1% according to the latest reading from the official Chinese stats body. However, in a relatively slow news day the indices recovered somewhat with the DJIA
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With the news published over the weekend, that China had missed its export target by some distance and exports had fallen by eighteen percent, we were always guaranteed that the Asian bourses would open in the red and with increased volatility… However, not to be left out, Japan also published some disastrous data concerning its
Our weekly trend/swing trading analysis consists of two parts; firstly we analyse the fundamental policy decisions and news events for the coming week. Secondly we use technical analysis in an attempt to determine any potential trading opportunities. Traders reading our key calendar events for the week should note the predictions, as any deviation, from that
Swing-trend trading analysis for the week beginning March 9th Read More »
News in from the German official stats agency has revealed that wholesale prices have reduced by 1.7% perhaps adding to many analysts’ fears that deflation is an issue still stalking the wider European economy. From Australia the news that the construction sector, on which the economy relies on heavily, is undergoing a contraction may come
Many traders in our community will recall vividly the moment they became interested in technical analysis. Many will testify to the fact that it was moving averages that first peaked their interest. Perhaps we’d placed a 21 day moving average on a daily chart and witnessed how price reacted when it met this virtual barrier.
