Forex Trading and Miscellaneous

The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) is an oscillator indicator which was developed and created by an analyst called Donald Lambert in the 1980’s. The CCI is featured in his respected technical trading book; “Commodities Channel Index, Tools for Trading Cyclical Trends”. Despite part of the title referring to commodities, the indicator has also proved to […]

Your trading plan is a highly personal document, it’s not for the author of this article, or any other supposed experts, to tell you that it’s “right”, or “wrong”. Whilst some of us will contend that there’s only one way of trading, in order to consistently take money out of our markets, that’s an incorrect

A trading ‘curse’ that many of us will suffer from early on in our fledgling trading careers is overtrading. Overtrading can be defined as trying too hard, trying to do too much, too soon; we chase the market to try and force profit out of the market, generally from a relatively small account. It’s an

A common mistake novice traders make is what’s referred to as; “chasing the market”. The phenomenon takes place due to a combination of factors, such as: impatience, emotions, inexperience and ultimately trying to force profit out of the market, generally from an account which is poorly capitalized. Chasing the market is a habit performed by

The ongoing question of ‘why investors/traders lose?’ tends to linger in the Forex market. It can’t be that the retail trading markets are like a bent poker game; rigged against the player, as that’s impossible in such a transparent business and marketplace. So does the problem lie with us? “Yes”, is the simple answer and

If you’re an enthusiastic reader of trading news you may have noticed that the word “volatility”, or “VIX” and the phrase “volatility index” has been repeatedly used over recent days and weeks. We’ve heard and read through various news channels, that the VIX (often referred to as the “fear index”) had been unusually low over

The ongoing question of ‘why investors/traders lose?’ tends to linger in the Forex market. It can’t be that the retail trading markets are like a bent poker game; rigged against the player, as that’s impossible in such a transparent business and marketplace. So does the problem lie with us? “Yes”, is the simple answer and

Throughout the constant big conversation we have with our clients, through our blog and regular articles, we constantly remind you there are no short cuts, or life hacks available when you trade forex. In professions such as retail forex trading, there’s often no alternative other than to roll up your sleeves, begin trading and learn

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 aren’t noted for their ability to move markets, generally ranking as low to medium