Trading the News: A Forex Trader's Guide Part 4 When it comes to trading the news, there are essentially two approaches you...
Trading the News: A Forex Trader's Guide Part 3 Some news events are worth trading, others, less so. Why? Well, some of...
Trading the News: A Forex Trader's Guide Part 2 As we discussed yesterday, news is very important in the forex market as...
Technical analysis skills are important for any trader, but if you don't know the underlying reasons behind big market movements, then it...
When it comes to spotting trends, two of the most useful indicators are moving averages and MACD. On one hand, these are...
In broad terms, an oscillator is anything that moves back and forth between two points - so at any time, it will...
Ray Dalio is one of the superstars of the hedge fund world, and one of the most successful investors of all time....
In this series, we'll be looking at two types of chart indicators, namely oscillators and momentum indicators. and how they can be...
The market is inherently unpredictable, and retracements can turn into reversals without any warning. That's why it's important to use trailing stops...
In the previous lesson, we looked at the differences between reversals and retracements, and some strategies to use when you are unsure....
Retracement or Reversal? One of the trickiest things to predict when trading currencies is whether what you are witnessing is a retracement...
What is a ranging market? A ranging market is the opposite of a trending market, in that the price is bouncing between...
Moving Averages in a Trending Market The ADX can be a useful tool for determining the strength of trends, but it's more...
What is a trending market? When a price is mostly moving in one direction - up or down - over a given...
Before diving in and making a forex trade, it is always worth taking a wider view of the market environment that you...
To recap, whenever an investor wants to buy stocks listed abroad, they need to buy some local currency first. This drives up...
One potential problem with using the equity markets to inform your forex trades is that it can be hard to tell which...
Yesterday, we looked at the relationship between stock markets and currencies. Today, we're going to take a look at the most important...
Many traders will look at the economic news releases, the currency charts, or both when assessing whether a currency pair is likely...
As much as we would all like it to be possible for every trade to be a winner, it just isn't possible....
One of the most commonly-heard pieces of advice for novice traders is to work out a strategy using demo mode and/or backtesting...