This past week we witnessed the setting up of milestones as stocks ended January with their worst performance since 2009. The FOMC announcement minutes were exactly as expected and a rate hike is not on…
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CURRENCY PROFILE: Learn The Essentials of Trading the Loonie (CAD)
Seasoned Forex traders know the traits and characteristics of each major Forex currency as well as they know their friends. For example, if you know that your friend is deathly allergic to peanuts, you would…
FOREX TRADING OUTLOOK: Oil Paves The Way
How does the recent decline in oil affect the Forex market? Also, don’t be caught unaware of this weeks major market events with the upcoming FOMC and BOJ. And what can you do in a choppy, sideways…
Oil Plunges, Chaos In the Markets
Markets resumed their risk-averse trading today and oil spiraled to a new lows, The DJIA plummeted over 500 points during the USA session. Under these conditions, the gold and yen have been the most favorable. The dollar also suffered…
FOREX TRADING OUTLOOK: After the “Perfect Storm”
A Recipe for a Financial “Perfect Storm” Last week saw the Global Equity markets, Oil, stocks and other markets come under heavy pressure. It was a combination of all the criteria required for the “Perfect Storm”…
CURRENCY PROFILE: Help for Trading the United States Dollar (USD)
You may have been trading the Forex currency market for years, but do you really understand the general economic characteristics of the currency you are trading? This series takes a snapshot of each of…
BEGINNER’S GUIDE: Why Are So Many People Forex Trading?
In previous posts we have discussed the many ins and outs of Forex trading. However, the one thing we haven’t covered is why trading foreign currencies is gaining more and more popularity by people all…
Look to the Yuan or the Greenback?
Chinese Yuan And What We Can Learn From The Swissy In the Forex market the common mantra has always been “a healthy currency is a healthy economy”. I believe this is about as accurate an assessment…
Forex – A New Year and a Fresh Start to the Old Situation.
Forex Trading Outlook: January 4-8, 2016 A slow start to the new Forex year is expected with the week picking up some momentum as we head toward Friday’s US Non-Farm Jobs Report (NFP) release. An upward momentum in…
Western Traders, Don’t Forget About China
For most western traders, we think of December as being the holiday season, and that markets will resurface with more activity come January. And that is very true and valid because this time of year has…
