Forex Trading and Miscellaneous

Japanese markets will be mostly shut during an extended ten day holiday period, to honour the ascension of a new emperor. Therefore, trading in yen may be reduced as liquidity and volatility recedes. FX traders who favour trading yen, should note this factor over the coming days. Several Asian markets made positive, bullish gains during […]

What is the FX market, what’s it for, who benefits, how can you trade it, how can you attempt to profit from it? If you converse with other FX traders, either face to face or online, you quickly begin to realise that the vast majority of retail traders have very little understanding of the underlying

The kiwi rose versus several peers during the Sydney-Asian trading session, after the latest import and export figures for New Zealand led to a significant improvement in the balance of trade. In an economy reliant on its exporting and production, the improved data has rested fears that any impact of the China v USA trade

At 13:30pm, on Friday April 26th, the latest GDP growth data, relating to the USA economy, will be published. The annualised quarter on quarter figure, for the first quarter of 2019, is forecast by agencies such as Bloomberg and Reuters, to come in at 2.2%, registering no change from the level recorded for Q4 2018.

The Bank of Japan has kept the interest rate at -0.1%, yen rose shortly after the announcement and during the broadcast of the BOJ monetary policy statement and the publication of their outlook report. The BOJ recommitted to its current, ultra loose, monetary policy, however, its belief that it has targeted and is confident, that

It’s hardly surprising that the majority of retail FX traders, fail to acknowledge the impact volatility can have on their trading outcomes. The subject, as a phenomenon and the direct impact it can have on your bottom line, is hardly ever fully discussed in articles, or on trading forums. Only the occasional, fleeting reference, is

The Aussie dollar slumped during the Sydney-Asian trading session, analysts quickly attributed the fall based on inflation coming in below expectations at 1.3% year on year in March, falling from 1.8%, as Q1 CPI came in at 0.00%. The falling CPI metric is an indication of weak growth, therefore, the RBA, Australia’s central bank, are