Market Commentaries

Identifying what are market trends is a highly subjective issue and discussion point, amongst the trading community. Although the definition of what a trend actually is will vary, depending on who you correspond with, most experienced traders will testify that trends should be measured over weeks and perhaps months, not individual trading sessions, or days. […]

The Aussie dollar fell versus its peers during the Sydney-Asian session, after the Trump administration ratcheted up the trade war rhetoric versus China and Chinese officials stood firm, suggesting they’d offered enough concessions to the USA, but weren’t prepared to shift further. President Trump took to social media over the weekend to reconfirm the USA

It’s a natural tendency to be impatient, when you first discover forex trading. You’re in an enthusiastic rush to take on board all the information, whilst your inquisitive nature will encourage you to roll your sleeves up and experiment with many concepts, that are both unique and new to you. Nothing can prepare you for

Despite the technical application of up to 25% tariffs on Chinese imports into USA ports, from midnight USA time, on Friday May 10th, Chinese equity markets rose during the Asian trading session. As to whether the rise is a moderate relief rally now the threats have become reality, or Asian market investors expect a resolution

During the early months and years of your trading journey and evolution, as you’re experimenting and exploring the full range of trading opportunities, you’ll commit many of the trading mistakes, all experienced and successful traders will testify to. You’ll trade from an undercapitalised account, apply too much leverage, receive margin calls, overtrade, revenge trade and

The latest U.K. GDP growth figures will be published at 9:30am U.K. time on Friday May 10th. Reuters are forecasting that the (month on month) growth figure for March, will come in at 0.00%, falling from 0.2%. The first quarter growth figure for 2019 is forecast to come in at 0.5%, the cumulative effect of

China’s equity market indices, continued the recent sell off, after President Trump issued a statement at a political rally in American during the evening. He stated that China broke off negotiations and effectively broke the conditions of the agreement, which had been brokered over recent months. He reiterated the threat issued earlier in the week;

When faced with the question; “what is your most valuable trading tool?” traders have many different answers and equally many theories to support their convictions. Some traders might suggest their preferred trading platform, such as MetaTrader’s MT4, is the most valuable tool at their disposal. Others might point to all the indicators that compile technical

The vast majority of retail FX traders are part time; typically they’ll be holding down part time or full time jobs, whilst either attempting to learn how to trade, or continuing their successful trading. It’s tricky to establish the exact numbers from authorities such as ESMA, but retail traders are unlikely to be scalpers, or

The fall in Chinese equity markets, witnessed during the Sydney-Asian sessions on Wednesday morning, was expected based on the increased threats from the Trump administration; to increase tariffs from 10% to 25% on $200m of Chinese imports, beginning on Friday May 10th. The threats to apply new tariffs, of the same amount, on all Chinese