Category: Trading

What are the best scalping strategy indicators?
Scalping requires an ability to move in and out of the forex market quickly, taking short, small gains whilst limiting risk and exposure. Scalpers vary in style and can trade multiple times throughout the day or simply once dependent on the...  Read the full article

What are the key daily events in the FOREX market
Unlike stock markets, forex markets are open to trade 24 hours a day and most trading platforms trade from Sunday evening to Friday evening. This means that during the week buyers and sellers of currencies literally chase the sun around the...  Read the full article

What is credit card hedging?
Credit card hedging can be seen from both the perspective of the consumer and the sellers of credit. Both have a vested interest in the credit agreement being honoured but they also share same risks associated with default. In the case of the...  Read the full article

What is the main factor that influences gbp usd?
The GBP/USD can be a particularly volatile and unpredictable currency pair. For this reason, the many trading opportunities that such a mobile currency can gift to traders makes it an incredibly popular pair. In terms of its relationship to...  Read the full article

Average Directional Index explained
The Average Directional Index (ADX) forms a group of three directional indicators developed by Welles Wilder in 1978 as a way for traders to measure both strength and direction of a trend. The three indicators are formulated so that the ADX...  Read the full article

What are swaps and how do they work?
The potentially grey and obscure world of complex financial instruments is often put aside for the purposes of maintaining both conversation and consciousness over dinner. The world of swaps was firmly placed in this category of protracted and...  Read the full article

What moves the USD CHF?
As the fifth most traded currency pair in the world, the USDCHF sits in the interesting position of consisting of two of the three global reserve currencies, of which the Japanese Yen is considered the third. With this status, its political...  Read the full article

What are the best indicators to signal the end of a trend?
Knowing when the end of a trend has arrived is as imperative as knowing when a trend is about to start. The old adage of buy low, sell high creates the beautifully simple idea that every trader dreams of in finding an indicator which will tell...  Read the full article

What are the best low impact economic indicators?
Economic indicators can be divided in to three categories: high impact, medium impact and low impact. They are distinguished by the expected degree to which they may affect currency prices on their release. Although this is a general categorisation,...  Read the full article

FOREX Hedging Strategies for Gold
Hedging can be described as lowering the risk that you may be exposed to by trading a single currency pair or commodity. It involves the balancing of risk and the creation of an insurance safety-net which will ultimately reduce you exposure...  Read the full article