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Saturday, 19 January 2019 19:28
Types of forex signals services and how you can use them
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Types of forex signals services and how you can use them Trading can be difficult; to put it very bluntly and there is a lot of truth to the cliché that more than 90% of retail traders lose money. Let's face it, not everyone is cut out for trading. If not, then we would all be traders, making big money and sitting on yachts taking our dream holidays. There is a reason why you take your car for a fix up to a mechanic and not to a doctor. For the very same reason, if you want to trade…
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Saturday, 19 January 2019 19:23
5 things to know before trading on a recommendation
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5 things to know before trading on a recommendation We all know that intensive study and research is the key to success and part of this is reading as many expert’s opinions as possible. You may find these opinions practically everywhere: newspapers (Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, etc), magazines (The Economist, Forbes, Business Week, Barron’s, etc), websites (marketwatch.com, bloomberg.com, reuters.com, money.cnn.com, etc), blogs, you name it. There is plenty of information provided by thousands of experts. However, how do you navigate this sea of information? How do you know if an “expert” is really an expert? How can you…
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Saturday, 19 January 2019 19:21
7 Important things about your trading platform
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7 Important things about your trading platform Trading is a fight. The trading floor is like a boxing ring in which millions of traders fight for winning or at least for survival. In order for you to succeed, you need all the help you can get and the first one is your trading platform. The trading platform should not be just a tool that helps you place orders, but it should be a weapon and a way of making a difference. In order for this to happen it must fulfill some requirements, different from trader to trader. Without saying…
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Friday, 18 January 2019 12:12
What are the benefits of trading with a regulated broker?
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What are the benefits of trading with a regulated broker? In an ever evolving world of the internet, it is now just as easy to set up an elaborate business to attract clients or customers only to shut shop and disappear. Anyone who has bought something or used a service at some point might have had their brush with some kind of scam at one point. With the retail forex world which has grown by leaps and bounds, as a trader you too must have question the legitimacy of a regulated forex broker and an unregulated forex broker. So…
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Friday, 18 January 2019 12:11
5 Things to check before starting your trading session
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5 Things to check before starting your trading session “Today it is a good day for making money” - that’s what you said to yourself this morning. Now that the opening bell is about to ring on the trading floor, you’re in front of your computer and you are eager to start trading. Still, before that, take a look at the tips below as they may help you avoid losing any money. 1. Make sure you’re in good physical shapeYesterday you’ve had a great trading day, one of those days when every trade goes your way, so you felt…
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8 Basic Rules any trader should obey Did you ever wonder what is the difference between winners and losers in the long term? Like most people you probably think the answer is education. Then, you read a few more books, some articles and thought that was it. Now you’re the man. Well… guess what? It’s not that. Any of us can swallow tons of information and still some will produce better results. Even though you may hear them being called Uber-traders, they actually have one simple thing in common: discipline. Let me elaborate and make it easier for you…
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Why most news traders fail? The market is volatile, the candlesticks move up and down like a yoyo and the prices changes dramatically in a split second. In a normal day you might struggle to place a few profitable trades. You will analyse the market, you will test your trading strategy over and over again just to have a couple of profitable trades. But if you choose to trade during volatile times the reward will be much higher but it does come at a price. Many traders decide to adapt their trading strategies and to adjust their automated trading…
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Wednesday, 26 December 2018 17:25
The History of Bonuses and promotions in the Forex market
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The History of Bonuses and promotions in the Forex market Bonuses offered by Forex brokers are almost becoming universal to the point when you might be surprised if a broker does not offer you a bonus or promotion to sign up with them. This is of course not true of all brokers as some brokers prefer to offer better trading conditions in place of a bonus, which might be preferred by some traders. Nevertheless, the majority of brokers became very aggressive in their marketing tactics and are now competing with each other on who offers the biggest bonus. This article…
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Wednesday, 26 December 2018 17:24
Signs you have what it takes to be a Forex Trader
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Signs you have what it takes to be a Forex Trader There are thousands of training websites out there teaching their readers about the Forex market and providing them the tools required to become a Forex trader. They provide lots of information that might give the impression you can easily become a successful Forex trader by simply learning all the material out there. Unfortunately, while it helps it is not that easy to become a profitable forex trader. Some may say that you need to be born with the traits to be a successful trader. You need to love…
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The history of Forex Brokers These days New Forex Brokers seem to constantly be emerging. New names appear on a daily basis and traders are left wondering how many Forex Brokers are actually out there. Now we are in the thick of a growing industry you are probably asked yourself how the heck all these Brokers started. In the late nineties there were only a handful of Forex Brokers as the internet was not used so widely and people in general did not know about Forex trading and there were not great resources of information like there are today. In…
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How to spot a Forex Trader Forex traders come in all shapes and sizes; young, old, male, female, students, doctors, accountants... you name; they trade Forex.The trade can take place directly from a laptop or desktop computer or even from a mobile device or a tablet. Whether you are living, in an apartment in New York, in a villa in the Mediterranean or in a Chalet in Switzerland, Forex traders project some common characteristics. Those characteristics will allow you to spot a forex trader from the crowd. New York trader 1. Loads of trading screens in his apartment…
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How to choose your Forex Broker It’s extremely common for traders to use multiple brokers and quite often traders are always in search of a new broker. You might wonder why traders are obsessed with jumping from broker to broker so we have dissected exactly why. The main reasons you should always be searching for a new broker are as follows: • Better trading conditions: Better spreads, or better execution of your orders. Less slippage, no trading restrictions such as trading during the news and more. The better the conditions the more money you will make or the less you…
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3 Tips to Successful Trading You thought about it but it was already too late - the position you opened is losing and you’re scratching your head and thinking “why the hell did I make this mistake?” Your analysis was correct and there were no news releases at that time so your trade was fully justified but you still managed to open a losing position.We will try to provide you with tips so you can stay focused while you are trading, understand what you could have missed or done differently so history doesn’t repeat itself. 1. Stay Focused If you’re…
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What happened on Black Thursday A normal employee in the private sector always fears of a Black Friday. Normally Friday is the day when companies release bad news, which quite often coincides with firing employees or making redundancies. In the Forex market it happened on Thursday. The most well-known Forex brokers with the strongest books ended up losing millions within an hour; even stock listed companies were severely affected. On Thursday January 15th 2015 the Swiss National Bank issued a statement that it would scrap the EURCHF floor it said it would continue to support. In a surprise announcement…
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How do Forex Brokers make money? Let’s face it. It will be more profitable to run a Forex broker than trading in the market. Why? The return on investment can be comparably higher than the profits made from trading. In our previous post we have introduced the two main business models of brokers; Straight Through Processing and Market Making. Now, we will use those business models in order to provide you with a clearer idea of the profits brokers make.First and quickly, we will touch on how Market Maker brokers profit from offering their services. Well, this is simple they…
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- How to day trade when the market panics?
- The interdependency between the financial markets
- What is Forex Stop Hunting?
- Costs Associated With Forex Trading
