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How to correctly open trades?

How can you stop yourself closing your winning FX trades too early, or too late?

You could answer the question in the article title easily with the single word reply; “automate”. In many ways it’s the solution to many trading problems, were emotional control is involved. However, many day traders and scalpers can’t or won’t automate, they trade manually as they prefer the overall sense of trading control it provides. […]

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U.S. dollar trades up in thin trading conditions, euro trades mostly flat after populists fail to make significant gains in the European elections.

Volatility and liquidity were lower in the FX markets during Monday’s trading sessions, as the U.K. and USA enjoyed one day public holidays and no high impact calendar events were published. President Trump also took the weekend off from his usual activity, of threatening various countries’ economies via social media. Instead, he concentrated his efforts

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Euro holds firm as populist parties fail to make gains in European elections.

Despite various polls and mainstream media sources, predicting massive gains for extreme right wing parties in the European elections, the social democrats, liberals and conservatives, held their ground. The populist movements recorded scant gains, as voter turnout across the continent rose to 51%. The European Parliament will remain under the control of pro European parties.

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The latest GDP figures for the U.S.A. will be published during the week, Canada’s GDP is also revealed as is the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision.

Forex and equity market trading will be thin at the start of the week, as Monday is a bank holiday in the U.K. and the USA recognises Memorial Day; a federal holiday in the United States, for remembering and honouring people who have died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The holiday is

The latest GDP figures for the U.S.A. will be published during the week, Canada’s GDP is also revealed as is the Bank of Canada’s interest rate decision. Read More »

Investors Bet on 20-Year Treasuries to Rebound

How to spot when investors are moving into safe haven assets and how the move can provide simple FX trading opportunities.

Traders should ensure they understand the phenomenon of risk on risk off. Often referred to as “RORO”, identifying such market condition can help traders to improve their decision making. When investor and market sentiment is high and bullish, investors take risk on. When investor and market sentiment is low and bearish, investors take risk off,

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Global markets recover during the overnight and morning session on Friday after Thursday’s rout, U.S. dollar continues to slip, after interest rate cut rumours persist.

After global equity markets experienced a sell off across the board during Thursday’s trading sessions, Asian and European markets registered modest recoveries by 8:20am U.K. time on Friday, whilst USA equity market futures pointed to a positive open for the New York session. Chinese equity markets closed up; Shanghai Composite by 0.02% and the CSI

Global markets recover during the overnight and morning session on Friday after Thursday’s rout, U.S. dollar continues to slip, after interest rate cut rumours persist. Read More »

U.S. equity indices and USD crash as market sentiment turns bearish, due to China trade concerns.

European and USA market sentiment reversed during Thursday afternoon’s New York trading session, following on from Chinese equity markets selling off sharply, during Thursday morning’s Asian trading session. The slump over the past twenty four hours, in global equity markets, wasn’t necessarily related to any social media narrative published by the Trump administration, or defensive

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Risk-Reward Ratio: Crafting a Fail-Safe Money Management Plan in Forex

Money management, risk and probability, three of the major overlooked concepts involved in FX trading.

One discussion which many experienced and successful, independent, retail FX traders will enjoy having with other traders, involves what they would have done differently, with the benefit of hindsight? What would they have done back in the day, when they first started trading, based on the knowledge they’ve now acquired? The answers are remarkably consistent.

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German growth rises as forecast, as consumer growth spikes, sterling continues its slump.

Consumer spending rose in Germany by 1.2% in the first quarter of 2019, German capital investment rose by 1.1%, whilst government spending fell by -0.3% in the same period. The figures painted a healthier backdrop for the German economy, that in Q3 to Q4 threatened to contract into a recession. Overall GDP growth for Q1

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Sterling briefly rises as rumours circulates in Westminster that Theresa May was resigning, Canadian dollar falls, as retail sales beats forecasts but oil price slumps.

The U.K. pound rose marginally in early evening versus its peers, as a consequence of political rumours prime minister May was scheduled to immediately resign, after her revised withdrawal agreement (WA) spectacularly backfired on Tuesday. Perhaps, after being caught short on Tuesday, after a revised WA agenda offering a referendum proved to be a largely

Sterling briefly rises as rumours circulates in Westminster that Theresa May was resigning, Canadian dollar falls, as retail sales beats forecasts but oil price slumps. Read More »