Author archives: zahir

  • Technical vs. Fundamentals: What is the best?

    The Fundamentals involved in Trading Fundamentals

    Mar 8, 17 • 3812 Views • Fundamental Analysis Comments Off on The Fundamentals involved in Trading Fundamentals

    The efficacy of technical analysis has been disputed for decades, long before the invention of many of the modern day technical indicators we’re now familiar with. Whilst arguments have raged offline, long before tens of thousands of threads were...

  • A Candlestick refresher Course, looking for price action

    Feb 27, 17 • 15581 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on A Candlestick refresher Course, looking for price action

    OK, so most of us forex traders know what candlesticks are and what they’re supposed to represent on our charts. We’ll avoid the history lesson, by delivering this quick synopsis and reminder of the basic candlestick body and shadow meaning....

  • Fractals: Advanced Technical Tool for Forex Traders

    The psychology involved in Forex Trading

    Feb 27, 17 • 13737 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on The psychology involved in Forex Trading

    The 3 Ms of trading is a phenomenon often referred to when discussing trading; mind, method and money-management have become the accepted terms by which we define the disciplines involved in trading. Method is generally defined as the trading strategy...

  • The life of a Forex Trader

    Feb 23, 17 • 13718 Views • Between the lines Comments Off on The life of a Forex Trader

    Retail trading from home can be a lonely activity. Let’s be honest, even if you’re incredibly successful, your spouse and nearest and dearest won’t be that interested in the mechanics involved in trading, beyond the profits. Trying to hold a...

  • Fibonacciand its Application to Forex Trading

    Feb 22, 17 • 5774 Views • Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on Fibonacciand its Application to Forex Trading

    Of all the: terms, patterns, indicators and tools used in trading, the word, allure and concept of “Fibonacci” stands out as the most mysterious and evocative. It’s legendary use in mathematical calculus, lends it an authority not associated...

  • Doji Candlestick Pattern Recognition

    The Heikin Ashi candlestick and its purpose in Forex trading

    Feb 20, 17 • 6928 Views • Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on The Heikin Ashi candlestick and its purpose in Forex trading

    We love to experiment as traders, if we didn’t have that capacity for intellectual curiosity and experimentation, then it’s highly unlikely we’d discover markets to invest in, or trade forex. Naturally, as part of our voyage of discovery, we...

  • Forex Trade - A Counterproductive Approach

    Visualising Success as a Forex Trader

    Feb 15, 17 • 6023 Views • Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on Visualising Success as a Forex Trader

    Trading is a cerebral profession, it’s neither a team, or an individual player sport. However, analysts, traders and market commentators often use sporting analogies to make our points. We’ll talk about having “the guts to get up off the...

  • Misinterpretation in Forex Trading and how to limit your Risk

    Feb 13, 17 • 3048 Views • Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on Misinterpretation in Forex Trading and how to limit your Risk

    This misinterpretation in forex trading; the amount of futile effort and energy that’s been expended, the hundreds of thousands of hours spent, trying to discover the elusive holy grail of trading, is a sobering thought. The wasted time and effort...

  • How to Interpret the Engulfing Pattern to Identify Trend Reversals?

    Patterns in Forex Trading

    Feb 8, 17 • 4079 Views • Forex Trading Articles Comments Off on Patterns in Forex Trading

    Apophenia is regarded as our universal human tendency to seek patterns in random information. In short; we appear to have a predisposition to identify patterns that don’t exist. Naturally the connection between this tendency and forex trading is obvious...