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August 23, 2023
Forex is one of the most volatile markets, but also the one with the most liquidity, which offers opportunities for traders 24/5 globally to take advantage […]
August 23, 2023
“All a person needs to do is observe what the market is telling him and evaluate it.” ~ Jesse Livermore, How to Trade in Stocks Popular […]
August 23, 2023
Popularised by Goichi Hosoda, Ichimoku Kinko Hyo or the Ichimoku Cloud is a leading price action indicator. Hosoda took 30 years to practice and perfect this […]
August 23, 2023
A trading strategy is incomplete without risk management measures. There’s no doubt that markets are volatile, but isn’t this what makes them exciting? Risk management ensures […]
August 23, 2023
Galt and Taggart rightly predicted that 2023 would be a year of high volatility. This was mainly due to the continued monetary tightening in developed economies, clubbed […]
August 23, 2023
The foreign exchange market has the largest daily trade volumes and the highest liquidity. It is a 24/5 market and presents many attractive trading opportunities. Traders […]
August 23, 2023
Contracts for difference (CFDs) allow traders to take advantage of rising and falling asset prices. They are derivative instruments where a trader enters into a contract […]
August 23, 2023
As of mid-July 2023, Bitcoin (BTC) had gained 87.80% year-to-date, while Ether (ETH) had added 66.28%. The massive potential for cryptocurrencies to increase in value has […]
August 23, 2023
Interpreting volume is one of the primary activities that help traders make informed decisions. Based on volume analysis, the On-Balance Volume (OBV) indicator is an effective […]
August 23, 2023
May 2023 marked 12 consecutive months of positive surprises from the US non-farm payroll (NFP) report. This was the longest stretch in several decades that the […]
June 19, 2023
Little did Munehisa Homma know that he was pioneering a trading tradition when he started using candlestick patterns for rice trading in the 18th century. Steve […]
June 14, 2023
Trend trading is a popular strategy because the price movement is quite apparent. However, contrary to what beginners believe, the financial markets range more often than […]
June 7, 2023
Citigroup beat the Q1 2023 profit estimates, which pushed its share price higher. JPMorgan Chase’s stock also climbed an impressive 7% after the release of its […]
May 26, 2023
Forex trading per day exceeded $7.5 trillion in April 2022 worldwide, while global equity trading surpassed $41 trillion in the third quarter of 2021. But there are many […]
May 26, 2023
Crude oil is the most actively traded commodity worldwide, which ensures high liquidity in this market. The global crude oil market size is expected to reach […]
May 19, 2023
The global forex market, valued at $1.93 quadrillion in 2023, is almost 30 times the size of the US stock and bond markets combined! The 24×5 market is […]
May 16, 2023
Fear and greed are the two primary emotions that influence trading decisions. Market sentiment is the cumulative result of the general outlook of market participants, which […]
May 16, 2023
The Fibonacci sequence is found everywhere in nature, from spirals of galaxies to branches of a tree and from DNA molecules to hurricanes. Financial analysts, who […]
May 16, 2023
Indices are baskets of assets that represent a segment of the financial market. Indices may be created based on industry, region, country or exchange. Stock indices […]
May 16, 2023
Trend analysis is one of the most popular tools for beginner traders. It reveals the general market direction and allows traders to ride the trend or […]
