I was at my niece’s baseball game this past summer and it hit me why forex trading is like American baseball. This may sound like a strange analogy, but a trading lesson can be learned from watching a...
Leverage: Trading With Borrowed Funds Simply put, leverage is the ability to trade with borrowed funds. Leverage is a tool by which traders can determine the level of risk – and thus, the potential reward — they...
History of Foreign Exchange The foreign exchange market (fx or forex) as we know it today originated in 1973. However, money has been around in one form or another since the time of Pharaohs. The Babylonians...
I recently sent an email to our members asking those currently managing funds or those looking to do so to contact me. The responses were interesting in that a large majority of respondents expressed an interest...
What Are Forex Fundamentals and Do They Matter? It is important to be aware of fundamentals when trading, especially those that affect monetary policy. In this way, you know how to react to news...
Using Indicators to identify Trends Of the many market sayings thrown around by traders, perhaps none is more overused and less understood than the old adage ‘the trend is your friend’. All too often, the...
Global-View.com is an online currency trading community founded by former Continental Grain subsidiary, ContiCurrency, traders Jay Meisler and John Bland in 1996. The historical significance of the website’s main feature, the FOREX Forum, is that it started an important internet movement for retail trading. It...
There are many opinions and angles on “what’s hot and what’s not” when it comes to trading on any global market. Some “specialists” claim that without being highly educated in any given market field would lead...
Pineapple sweet sour chicken is a tropical twist on a classic dish, with a mouth watering combination of sweet and tangy flavours. With the added Tabasco on top of it becomes a real feast for those...
Bollinger Bands Bollinger Bands are volatility curves used to identify extreme highs or lows in relation to price. Bollinger Bands establish trading parameters, or bands, based on the moving average of a particular instrument and a set number...
Forex View: A Choppy Trading Week with All Eyes Looking Ahead A light US economic calendar next week leaves traders with little to focus on until the next major inflation gauge, the Feb 29 release of the...
Stochastics Stochastic studies, or oscillators, are another useful tool for monitoring the expected sustainability of a trend. They provide a trader with information about the closing price in the current trading period relative to the prior...