Maria Iacob

UK unemployment unexpectedly rises causing sterling to fall marginally

Mind The Gap

In Switzerland the ZEW index fell by 7.7 points in the latest survey, whilst overnight the Australian bank Westpac published its latest findings suggesting that economic confidence is waning slightly by 0.46%. Britain’s unemployment rate has unexpectedly risen in the fourth quarter of last year, suggesting that the recent improvement in the labour market was […]

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So we’ve decided to change our overall trading strategy, what to do next. Part two

Between the lines

OK, so yesterday we decided that our strategy wasn’t working and rather than simply condemn it to the trader recycling bin, we subjected it to what we’ve termed our “due diligence failure template” and categorically proved to ourselves (beyond any reasonable doubt) that it would be pointless to continue trying to make a strategy and

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So you want to change your trading strategy, where do you begin and how dramatic should the changes actually be?

Between the lines

We’ve given our current strategy enough time to either work (or fail), so how do we now go about making a clean break and starting with a fresh new ‘shiny’ strategy? And will this gleaming new strategy be any better than the previous one, or are we looking for a change for the sake of

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Japan’s data points to a slowing economy whilst China’s credit growth causes Aussie to rise

Mind The Gap

Momentum from Wall Street on Friday and signs of credit growth in China caused Asian bourses to be in a bullish mood. This rise was despite the underwhelming gross domestic product data printed out of Japan, whose economic recovery failed to regain momentum as expected in the last three months of 2013, government data showed

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Swing/trend trading analysis for the week beginning February 16th

Is The Trend Still Your Friend

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

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Germany and France post moderate GDP increases for the last quarter of 2013, whilst Italy GDP expands for first time since spring 2011

Mind The Gap

Construction output in the UK has risen. According to the latest data available from the ONS output in the last quarter of 2013 rose by 0.2%. New work increased by 0.7%. Quarterly the increase in construction output rose by an impressive 3.4%. France has published its latest unemployment data this morning, it’s a flash estimate

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How the DMI – the directional market indicator, helps swing traders develop their directional skills

Between the lines

If you were holding a trading conference and you gathered a group of traders into a hotel bar for a relaxed conversation on all trading related ‘stuff’, to then ask them to nominate “just one indicator that they could rely on, “but only one”, the answers would be revealing. Firstly you’d have to ban the

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