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May 24, 17 •
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Comments Off on How to trade the reaction to the news and not the news
This week is an excellent example of an economic calendar news week, as it represents one of the busiest in any given month for economic news. We have various MarkitEconomic’s PMIs, interest rate decisions, unemployment data, and GDP releases. The PMIs...
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May 17, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on The importance of choosing the appropriate trading environment for a retail trader
There are many options novice traders have to consider, when they’re evaluating if trading may be a viable opportunity. Whether we’re considering trading as a hobby, as an attempt to gain a part time income, or if it’s to eventually become a...
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May 17, 17 •
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The concept of forex hedging is primarily used by corporations to hedge their exposure to foreign exchange currency fluctuations, manufacturers and exporters are generally considered to be the most frequent users of hedging. The corporate world is not...
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May 12, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on Trend Line Trading
It looks so simple when you see it on a chart; a perfectly drawn trend line, illustrating points on a chart, revealing price continuing to move in a certain direction and trajectory. However, similar to many aspects of the skills we need to develop, in order...
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May 12, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on The importance of choosing the appropriate trading environment for a retail trader
There are many options novice traders have to consider, when they’re evaluating if trading may be a viable opportunity. Whether we’re considering trading as a hobby, as an attempt to gain a part time income, or if it’s to eventually become a...
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Apr 29, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on The importance of using ‘stops’ in Forex trading at the appropriate times
Using stops is one of the most secure trading methods we can employ to ensure that the trading risk we take is limited; if price hits our stop, or our take profit limit order, then we’re out, the trade has ended, it’s either profitable, break...
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Apr 27, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on Why Keeping up to Date with Breaking News and News in general is an Essential Requirement for Trading Forex
As Forex traders it’s essential to keep abreast of all breaking news, and our detailed economic calendar provides the ideal method to ensure you’re aware of what’s upcoming. Through your trading platform you can also programalerts to deliver...
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Apr 21, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on Easing yourself into automation, on the MetaTrader 4 platform
There are times when us analysts and economists sound like broken records, so apologies in advance if this is one of those times. Whenever questioned with regards to the major improvements retail traders can make, in as short as time as possible, many of us...
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Apr 20, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on Is timing everything, when you’re a trader?
Many of us are starstruck by traders who we consider to be “market wizards”; individuals gifted by the ‘trading gods’ and touched by genius. It’s not just traders with outstanding returns who catch our attention, it can be...
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Apr 15, 17 •
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Zahir Shah
Comments Off on Why Many Forex Traders prefer to trade off the four hour time frame
The natural tendency to experiment, is a crucial part of the overall education process, which novice forex traders need to embrace. Without that inquisitive curiosity, it’s impossible to either develop competency as a trader, or to determine what...