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What You Need to Know About Brexit – by Klavs Valters, Alphates
Brexit 23rd June 2016 – the day the people of United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union, it’s a day which will go down in the history and will always be remembered. The margin by which people voted to leave was not big (51.9% voted to leav...
How to get an edge in the Forex market?
People often ask me how they can get an edge over other traders in the currency market. My simple answer is this. Study financial market history and it will greatly enhance your profit opportunity because Forex markets will highly likely react the sa...
2 Things All Great Traders Have
One Emotional Discipline: This is the precise reason why not everyone can trade. Understanding the fundamentals of the market is not beyond you and learning a technical system that provides an edge in the market is certainly not hugely challenging. H...
How Currency Markets React To The News
Every day currency markets are being bought and sold by institutions and banks and large speculators based on economic news announcements that are released. But why do currencies react strongly to some news announcement and not to others? Let me ...
Why you need to re-train your brain as a Forex Trader
Can you teach old dogs new tricks? Yes, of course you can if you give them treats and train them correctly through the new learning process. To teach an old dog new tricks the dog handler will be re-training the dog’s brain and so it is with human ...
Trading Success as a Forex trader is a bit like doing an apprenticeship
If you are willing to look at your Forex experience a bit like an apprentice completes an apprenticeship you are likely going to achieve a higher level of success. Why should opening a live account and making money in the financial markets be any dif...
Why Thinking in 10’s could help you as a trader
When you boil it all down trading is a game of numbers, the more numbers you make over time the more money you make however many traders don’t focus on the numbers game over time and instead focus their attention only on if they are winning ...
Why is the Swiss Franc a safe haven currency?
The Swiss Franc for close to 100 years has acted as a safe haven currency in times of market uncertainty but many traders and investors have no idea why. So here is the answer. Switzerland is traditionally seen as a neutral country when it comes to g...
The 200-Day Moving Average
One of the worlds most profitable Hedge Fund Managers Paul Tudor Jones called it in Tony Robbins Money Master Book "my #1 Trading indicator " and some of my colleagues in institutions and banks have referred to it as a key barometer for where subst...
NAB tips two more RBA rate cuts
Upcoming News » 6:30pm Manufacturing Production – GBP Overnight we saw small drops on the DOW and S&P500, Gold settled around its lows still finding support around 1333.50. Oil rallied higher with hopes OPEC will stabilize supply. The USD was...
Non-farm payroll beats expectations
Upcoming News » No high impact data tonight » 10:30pm (MED Impact) Building Permits - CAD The big story that finished off last week was the Non-farm payroll employment change. The figure released was far better than what was being expected. The...
Oil continued its rise
Upcoming News » 10:30pm Employment Change - CAD » 10:30pm Trade Balance - CAD » 10:30pm Unemployment Rate - CAD » 10:30pm Average Hourly Earnings - USD » 10:30pm Non-Farm Employment Change - USD » 10:30pm Unemployment Rate - USD The B...
Eyes are on the BOE tonight for the rate decision
Upcoming News » 9:00pm BOE Inflation Report - GBP » 9:00pm MPC Official Bank Rate Votes - GBP » 9:00pm Monetary Policy Summary - GBP » 9:00pm Official Bank Rate - GBP » 9:30pm BOE Gov Carney Speaks - GBP » 10:30pm Unemployment Claims -...
RBA cut interest rates
Upcoming News » 6:30pm Construction PMI - GBP » No release time, GDT Price Index - NZD As expected the RBA cut interest rates by 25 basis points. The AUDUSD dropped on the news but has retraced most of its drop. The AUDUSD lost 54 pips to .7488,...
JPY sees a wild trading session
Upcoming News » 10:30pm GDP - CAD » 10:30pm Advance GDP - USD » Sat 6:00am EBA Bank Stress Test Results - EUR, USD, JPY The JPY saw a wild trading session today as the BOJ boosts dollar lending and ETF purchases. Interest rates to be ke...