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January 14, 2021
Are you just starting on your forex trading journey?
Are you unsure as to the difference between fundamental and technical analysis?
Perhaps you’re wondering which approach to trading is right for you?
Then you’ve come to the right place.
Read on as we di
December 10, 2020
When you trade a currency pair in forex, you are not buying or selling the individual currencies. You are only speculating on their future exchange rates and hope to make profits when the exchange rates move in the direction of your speculation.
Although
November 22, 2020
If you are a forex trader, you probably fall into the category of either scalp trader or day trader. The line that distinguishes the difference between a day trader and a scalp trader is a blurry one.
A day trader is broadly defined as someone who does no
November 12, 2020
Forex candlesticks originated from Japan a very long time ago, and they have become popular since then. What makes them the preferred chart type for many Forex traders is that every single candlestick contains information about the opening price, closing
October 16, 2020
The difference between a lagging indicator and a leading indicator is pretty self-explanatory. A leading indicator identifies a signal before a trend breaks out or price reversal comes into effect. In contrast, a lagging indicator identifies signals after
September 25, 2020
In the capital markets industry, a lot of emphasis is put on timing, and this is especially true for the online Forex trading niche. Visit the website of any Forex broker or platform provider, and one of the first points they’ll make is how fast your orde
September 22, 2020
One of the first things anyone learns when they start out as a Forex trader is understanding and applying support and resistance levels in their trading strategy.
The concept of support and resistance is helpful on so many levels (no pun intended). Suppor
August 11, 2020
Whether you are trading Forex or any other asset class, you are using one of two orders types; a Market Order or a Limit Order. Any other order types you may be familiar with are just variations of Limit Orders and Market Orders.
In this article, we’ll lo
July 29, 2020
Did your hairdresser spark up a conversation about them buying Bitcoin in November 2017 or did your dad ask you to help open a Coinbase account? Well, a Contrarian Investor would have taken that as a sign that it's time to exit BTC or shorten the market.
July 1, 2020
Leverage allows a Forex trader to increase their position size beyond what they’d normally be able to trade, if they were using only their own account size.
Forex brokers offer leverage to their clients in the form of a margin trading accounts. This is wh
