Another key feature to successful trading is of course your trade strategy. In this section we provide articles that educate the reader by exploring various aspects of a trade strategy. With a successful trade strategy you can as quickly fill your bankroll, as you can lose it all by not having a clear strategy for your trading. Complemented by great risk management and knowing how your psychology can affect your trading, your trade strategy will make you a successful trader. Read our articles on how to include indicators, price patterns, money management and more on trade strategy to become an expert trader. If you miss anything in this section, please do not hesitate to contacting us and telling us what to write more of. Read more forex education articles.
Trading the news and trading events are opportunities for financial market traders to benefit from the often-heightened volatility that occurs when there is either: In this article we are going to look at various types of trading events and news that could provide opportunities as they produce notable moves in various financial market asset classes. … Continued
What are stock indices? A stock index (the plural of “index” is “indices”) is the measure of the performance of a basket of equities over time. Indices are an aggregation of the performance of the companies that are the constituents of that index. They are used as a gauge of performance for equity markets. Index … Continued
What is forex? Foreign exchange (forex or fx for short) is a term used for the exchange of one currency for another. When a person wants to change money from one currency into another they are taking part in the forex market. If a company needs to buy goods from another country, it will need … Continued
What is an Exchange Traded Fund? An Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is a basket of investments that trade as a security. Most ETFs are designed to track the performance of an index or a basket of assets. As such they are considered to be “passive” investments and subsequently, this helps to reduce costs. Some ETFs … Continued
What are equities? Equities (also known as stocks and shares) represent the fractional ownership of a company. When corporations are publically owned, they will be listed on a stock exchange where their shares can be bought and sold by private investors. Private investors and investment companies will take ownership of equities. This gives them certain … Continued
What are cryptocurrencies? Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies. They are a decentralised form of payment that is seen as an alternative to “fiat” money (paper money that can be printed into infinity by central banks). Cryptocurrencies are secured by cryptography (such as using blockchain technology) that ensures the security and transparency of transactions. Cryptocurrencies can be … Continued
Commodities are the naturally occurring raw materials that are used for manufacturing, production and the consumption of food. They are traded physically on exchanges or through derivative products and funds. What are commodities? Commodities are the raw materials that are used as the building blocks for other processes. Processes can include the manufacture of goods … Continued
What are CFDs? A Contract For Difference (CFD) is a derivative product which allows traders to speculate on the movement in the price of an asset. Put simply, a CFD is a contract between two parties, a buyer and a seller. Both parties agree to exchange the difference in the value of a financial asset … Continued
Should we be value investing or growth investing? The answer is known and obvious – yes. Which might sound like just a cute answer but it’s also true. We should be doing whichever makes us more money at the time of course, so the answer is yes. When growth is more highly valued than value … Continued
“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein Progress can be tracked by considering the history of a set of actions and outcomes. For a trader or investor, if you want to learn how to successfully trade Stocks, Indices, Forex, Bonds or Commodities (or any of the … Continued
Since there have been financial markets there have been many impressive winners and catastrophic losers, with some spectacular tales of significant market losses by individuals and financial markets investing and trading companies. However, as much as we all like a horror story it is towards the winners that we are all naturally attracted as obviously … Continued
There are various steps to a successful trading career whether in Forex or Contracts for Difference (CFD). First, is education! An education is key and an understanding of the fundamentals of markets and the technical analysis approach are key for any beginner trader and we have many education articles to help you here. Once you … Continued
Success in trading is always a challenge and can be difficult even with vast experience and a solid, structured training plan, that has been built over time and tested. However, when markets shift to a more volatile phase, even the most experienced trader or investor can find successful trading and investing extremely difficult. Here we … Continued
We will look at: What are the major asset classes in financial markets? What are the Forex options? What do I need to know about trading the stock market? What are the pros and cons of trading stock indices? Should I consider trading the bond markets? What do I need to know to trade the … Continued
We will look at: What are the major asset classes choices? Where to start with FX? Fundamental versus Technical Analysis The “FX Majors” Safe haven currencies “Risk” or commodity currencies Cross currency analysis Peripheral currencies and Emerging Markets What Forex markets are best suited to you? If you are relatively new to financial market trading … Continued
In this article we are going to take a look at the history of Contract for Difference (CFD) Trading, what CFD Trading is and what are the advantages. We will also focus on Forex Trading, which is really just a subset of CFD Trading and also look at Spread Betting and how Spread Betting accounts … Continued
In this video and article, we are looking at the concepts of Gearing, Leverage and Margin. An example of leverage with Company ABC Non-Leveraged Account BUT Leveraged Account BUT So, with LEVERAGE or GEARING the potential losses AND potential profits are increased. For this reason, leveraged trading on margin has heightened risks and may not … Continued
In this video and complementary article, we are looking at some basic trading term used in financial markets trading. Buy and Sell/ Long and Short Bull and Bear/ Bullish and Bearish Risk On and Risk Off Risk On Risk Off
In this video and accompanying commentary, we are looking at the EIGHT factors that any prospective trader should consider when choosing a Forex Broker or for trading any financial markets. The EIGHT factors we would suggest considering when choosing a FX Broker are: Trust Investment Offerings Commissions and Fees Trading Platform Research Education Customer Service … Continued
In this article and accompanying video we are looking at the different asset classes that investors and traders can invest in and trade. The four main asset classes we are going to look at are: Equities, stocks, shares (including indices, or averages) Bonds (Government and Corporate) Commodities Foreign Exchange (Forex, FX and currencies) Equities, stocks, … Continued
In this article and accompanying video we look to explain the differences between Investing and Trading. The four main ways we can categorise the differences between Investing and Trading are by looking at: Time Frame Flexibility Leverage Returns Time frame Investing Investing is generally seen as a longer-term activity and by longer-term we tend to … Continued
The market is always right. Not you. Not your opinion. Not someone else’s opinion. So, you have a choice: you can fight the market or you can go with it. And how do you know where the market is going? Price action! For example, our robot “Forex Forager” always knows at what price it is … Continued
FX Traders: There’s Only One Place in the World…… where you can talk with highly successful, extremely talented currency traders from 27 countries, all at the same time. Of course, they all know the technical stuff, but they also know the local economic and political conditions in their respective countries. And more knowledge = better … Continued
Many questions arise about fundamental analysis and its effect on the Forex Markets. Many traders try to utilize data or news events to trade and others find it utterly useless. Here, we analyze the effect of fundamentals on the market and why we think there is a better way to trade. Forex trading is based … Continued
Before you can manage a winner, you’ve got to get into it. And you’ve got to get into it with minimum risk. Because in the end, its all about risk reward followed by money/trade management. If you try, for example to enter a currency trade with 30-50-100 pips of risk, you are going to have … Continued