Why the Choice of the US Treasury Secretary is Important for Trading. I hate writing about politics and only do so to the extent it impacts trading. This is one of hose times when politics (i.e....
How to Trade the Current EURUSD Trend Unlike retail or day traders, large funds or “real money” traders do not have the luxury of being able to turn positions quickly. While I am not privy to...
Forex Trading Confidential: What Makes USDJPY Move? When you see USDJPY move sharply in one direction or the other assume it is being driven by more than just US dollar buying or selling. More often than...
Prop Trader Confidential: Avoid This Pitfall There are various reasons why most prop traders fail, including inexperience, a lack of discipline, over leverage, poor risk management, lack of a trading plan, poor trading skills, inability to...
Weekly FX Chart Outlook Nov 11-15 For the week ahead it is like digging out after what was not a normal trading week. So, use last week’s low/high as broad ranges (see below) that either have...
Newsquawk Week Ahead Highlights Nov 11-15 Newsquawk Highlights include US and China CPI, US Retail Sales, UK and Australian Jobs MON: US Holiday: Veterans Day. BoJ SOO (Oct), BoC SLOS; Norwegian CPI (Oct) TUE: Fed SLOOS, OPEC...
Is There a Chance the Fed Will Not Cut Interest Rates? Attention will now shift to Thursday’s FOMC decision where a 25bps rate cut is widely expected. So, the surprise would be no change by the...
A Warning to All Traders: Your Stop May Not Be a Stop Anyone who has survived the forex trading wars and is still trading knows how important stops are to preserve capital and staying in the...
Newsquawk Week Ahead Highlight Oct 28-Nov 1 Newsquawk.com Highlights include US NFP, ISM Mfg, PCE, GDP, EZ and Australian CPI, UK Budget, BoJ and Japan LDP Election SUN: Japanese LDP Election MON: Japanese Jobs Report (Sep) TUE: German...
How Does a Currency Options Defense Affect the Spot FX Market? While many new forex traders think of options as binaries, traditional currency options are the ones that have an influence on the spot fx market....
Weekly FX Chart Outlook – October 21-25 Weekly FX Chart Analysis The upcoming week has a light economic calendar, especially from the US in a forex market that seems to need news to create volatility. Arguing for...