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WEEKLY MARKET SNAPSHOT 11/01 – 15/01 | GLOBAL EQUITY MARKETS ROAR BACK TO LIFE IN THE FIRST WEEK OF 2021, AS INVESTORS BANK ON A VACCINE-BASED RECOVERY

Is The Trend Still Your Friend

The primary US equity markets, the SPX 500, DJIA 30 and NASDAQ 100 all printed record highs during the first week’s trading of 2021. The reasons were various: the Biden-Harris inauguration approaching, the Senate run-off providing more certainty to the government and law-making process, and progress on vaccine development, although the vaccine rollouts worldwide still […]

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Forex Trading Articles - Heikin Ashi

Consider using Heikin-Ashi bars if you’re struggling with standard candlesticks

Forex Trading and Miscellaneous

When you initially discover forex trading charts, you’ll see candlesticks as the default setting on various timeframes. Candlesticks are classed as the gold standard of price display when you trade markets. When you trade FX, you need a method to illustrate what price is doing, has done and where it might be headed, and it

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Trading Platforms: Algorithmic Trading as a Means of High-Frequency Trading

UK bank and energy stocks powered FTSE 100 rise, US equity markets rise despite Trump’s attempt to create sedition

Market Commentaries

UK stocks closed 3.47% up on Wednesday, January 6 after energy and banking stocks rose considerably due to the recent OPEC agreement restricted oil production and post-Brexit optimism for the banking sector. The Markit services figure rising to 49.4 for December also helped to support the bullish sentiment. Because of the FTSE 100 rise, GBP/USD

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Some Common Myths About Forex Trading

Matching personality types to FX trading styles is a bad idea that needs debunking

Forex Trading and Miscellaneous

There are four primary trading styles for trading forex markets as a retail trader: scalping, day trading, swing trading and position trading. Over recent years a movement has developed on FX trading forums to identify which trading style matches your personality and go with it. The suggestion on forums is that if you’re a twitchy,

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Crude oil slips to 2-week lows, bulls still hold

Oil breaches $50 a barrel, copper prints an eight-year high, ISM manufacturing reading comes in over 60

Market Commentaries

WTI crude oil futures breached $50 per barrel for the first time since February 2020 and rose by 4.68% during Tuesday’s trading sessions. Major oil producers agreed to maintain existing oil output levels into February and March. Saudi Arabia agreed to a production cut, while Russia and Kazakhstan have raised. Copper, often regarded as the

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Bring order to your forex trading and avoid chaos by using market orders

Forex Trading and Miscellaneous

Many market commentators, analysts and mentors claim that markets are random and by association chaotic. If you get down to a granular level, they have a point; if you watch the movement of forex tick charts or one-minute time frames, FX market movements can look random, and you can’t possibly identify trends. However, if you

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Equity markets whipsaw in wide bearish ranges on first full trading day of the year

Market Commentaries

European and US equity markets experienced volatile trading conditions during Monday’s trading sessions. The reasons were various. The leading UK index the FTSE 100 enjoyed a significant rise during the London open due to Brexit fears fading and optimism regarding the start of the Astra Zeneca Oxford vaccine rollout given to the most vulnerable and

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What to look for this week? BoE, NFP, and ECB in focus

Monday is a busy day for economic calendar data releases, as markets recommence trading after the holiday period

Market Commentaries

Global equity, FX and commodity markets reopened on Sunday evening after the Xmas and New Year holidays. The ongoing economic events that dominated markets in the US and EK and Europe; the Pandemic Relief Bill and Brexit are now over. Therefore, investors and traders will turn their attention back to fundamental and technical analysis combined

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