Banks vs Online Forex Brokers – treatment of Stop Loss Orders How do banks treat stops? A bank triggers a stop when the market trades at that price and then goes bid or offered there depending on whether...
Trader Alert: Watch Out For T-Day (aka Tariff Day) T-Day on March 4. 2025 is not a holiday. It is the day when the U.S. is scheduled to levy significant tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico and...
What Does the Trump Effect Trade Scorecard Show? What happened to the Trump Effect Trade? It was supposed to be a no brainer with tariffs, tax cuts and less regulation fueling the economy while raising the risk of...
Newsquawk Highlights for the Week Ahead: 3-7th March 2025 Week Ahead: 3-7th March 2025 – Highlights include Tariff deadline, US NFP, ISM, China Two Sessions, ECB policy announcement MON: Chinese Caixin Manufacturing PMI (Feb), EZ/UK/US Final Manufacturing...
Is the U.S. headed for a recession by the Savvy Trader? Maybe I’ve missed it but nowhere is anyone talking recession. The U.S. has to inevitably to go into a recession and fairly soon. It is impossible not...
Is Stagflation a Risk for the U.S. Economy and How Would Markets React? Stagflation is a dirty word in a central bank’s handbook. Given recent U.S. economic growth concerns while inflation remains sticky, it is a good time...
Are There Clouds Looming Over the US Economy? While I studied economics in college I look at economic data through the eyes if a trader. To put it simply, is data under or over performing expectations and...
Newsquawk Highlights Week Ahead: 24-28th February 2025 Highlights include US PCE, NVDA earnings, German election, China NPC, PBoC MLF, ECB Minutes, Australian and Tokyo CPI SUN: German National ElectionMON: Bank of Israel Announcement, German Ifo (Feb), EZ HICP...
Do the German Elections Matter? To be frank, I have been hyper focused on the aftermath of the US elections and have not spent much time thinking about the upcoming Sunday vote in Germany.  If markets had shown...
Are Markets Tuning Out President Trump? After weeks of getting whipped around by the latest tariff related news markets seem to either ignoring the latest reports or just taking a breather from headline overload. Take the latest headline...
What Does it Mean for Trading When Two Currencies Move in Opposite Directions There was a time when bank traders were free with disclosing real money flow information. Those were the days bank traders used to post...
How Do Leads and Lags Impact Currency Trading? There are various ways to hedge currency risk to guard against potential losses (or maximize returns) caused by movements in exchange rates. The following are ways to limit exposure to...