Gold, Silver and Oil Markets Overview Update
Gold After last week’s NFP (Non-farm payrolls) data gold was boosted. It looks fairly certain now that the tapering of QE will not be implemented this month, but later this year. Gold will also be further helped by the Syrian situation. The US is still waiting for the results that will be obtained from the UN on whether Syria used chemical weapons. More...
Fundamental Analysis & Market Sentiment Introduction
Fundamental Analysis, with respect to the FX market is the analysis of macroeconomic data and political events. This may be used to predict future price movements of a currency. Market sentiment is the general opinion More...
Gold, Silver and Oil Markets Overview
Gold Gold has been under heavy speculation this week. Recent data (new home sales, consumer confidence, durable goods) from the US shows that the recovery is slowing down. Gold prices have increased to $1400 on More...
The Trend Is Your Friend (Trend lines, Support and Resistances)
A market is a series of waves. A wave is constructed of peaks and troughs and these are what define the direction of the market which is also known as the trend. A trend of a market can be applied to any financial More...
Introduction to Options
As always, we shall start with a definition. Options are a form of derivative. Options take the form of a contract where one party sells the right in the contract (often called the writer of an option) to the More...
Revenue growth and surprise profit drop in Q2 for Apple
As one of the world’s biggest and most respected technology firms, Apple are seen as a barometer of how the sector as a whole is performing. Until recently, their growth was almost unrivalled, enjoying quarterly More...
What is Rate of Change?
Rate of change is a momentum oscillator. It can be measured in percentage or in decimal form. Just like RSI it can be used to identify overbought and oversold levels. The saying ‘the trend is your friend’ More...
Beginners Guide to Swaps
You might remember in 2007, during the Financial crisis, the word CDS (Credit Default Swap) was hovering on every news channel. These CDS’s were used to finance mortgages for many people and so it is important More...
Introduction to RSI (Relative Strength Index)
The relative strength index is a momentum oscillator and is the one most used oscillators by traders. The RSI indicator was invented by J. Welles Wilder Jr. The indicator is used to identify overbought levels, oversold More...
An Undervaluation or a falling knife?
The decline in the price of Apple stock from just shy of $700 in September last year to around $400 currently, has driven heated debate throughout the investment community. Bears argue that the company has peaked, More...