US stocks advance as investors await Fed’s comments
The S&P 500 advanced by 0.8% today as investors continued to trade with the Federal Reserve at the forefront of their every move. With the Fed’s board meeting tomorrow to discuss the continuation, More...
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Using Bollinger Bands with CFD Trading
Ever since John Bollinger developed the Bollinger Bands technical indicator in the 1980s, countless traders around the globe have been using it to guide their trading activities. More...
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Short term CFD traders are not the most likely candidates to make use of fundamental analysis. One would normally find them glued to their laptops, analysing the latest share, More...
USD/JPY rebounds, moving back towards ¥100 mark
The US/JPY pair has rebounded since its June 6th low of 95.90, where it became evident that the more bearish traders lacked the weight to pull it down any further. Over the last More...
EUR/USD Weekly Forecast: 27th May to 31st May
The eyes of forex traders are on the move of EUR/USD currency pair in the coming week. There are various questions arising in the minds of financial gurus. What will be the behavior More...
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Options frontspreads explained
Introduction In a previous article options backspreads, which benefit from volatile trading conditions, were explained More...
Precious metals fall as US economy looks promising
US retail sales data for May beat expectations today while new applications for unemployment benefits fell...
Energy falls on BOJ’s lack of action
The Bank of Japan took no action on their current lending program after two days of...
Is Shipping and Oil ETF Co-Relationship a Bullish Indicator for the Global Economy?
A recent article in the Financial Times detailed how institutional investors and others such as billionaire...
Rolling over and doubling up in binary options trading
It is virtually inevitable that every binary options trader will More...
Credit spreads explained
Anyone who goes on an introductory course in options trading will no doubt become familiar with credit spreads. More...
Rolling over and doubling up in binary options trading
It is virtually inevitable that every binary options trader will come into contact with rolling over and doubling up at some..Options Trading and Margin Requirements
There are few things that options traders find as confusing as margin requirements. The fact that there is a difference between..Issues Related to Back Testing
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Does Systematic Trading Help or Hinder the Financial Markets?
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Emotions and stock trading don’t go hand in hand. They should be kept as far apart as possible. Agreed, money brings..
Forex Fundamental News Strategies
Government news releases containing important national economic data can have major effects on the Forex market causing price to sometimes spike..
Three Volume-Based Technical Indicators to use with CFD trading
While most technical indicators study changes in price behaviour in an attempt to predict future price movements of CFDs, there is..