Central Banks and Monetary Policy in 2018
The year 2018 seems to be a real challenge for the major central banks. With inflation on the rise and a fragile economic recovery, the right balance needs to be…
Trading Tips & Advice
Small or Big Time Frame for Forex?
We are back with another technical material related to forex trading. One of the question that traders have is related to the time frame that they should use when trading….
Particularities of Commodity Currencies
As strange as it might seem to beginning forex traders, there are some commodity currencies in the forex market. We’ll explain how that is possible and how these currencies should…
Forex and Safe-Haven Currencies
We have talked about the basic forex terminology in a previous article, but this time we will elaborate on a subject that is considered to be important by most of…
What Gives Value to Currencies?
What is money and how we perceive it had changed over the past few centuries? There had been many monetary systems in play, but most of them failed after a…
Forex Swap Rates Explained
One of the terms which are harder to understand, especially when it comes to beginning forex traders, is the swap rate. If you are trading forex and if you are…
Bollinger Bands Strategy
Introduction Bollinger Bands is a price indicator that tracks the development of volatility. It was developed by John Bollinger and it is formed of a 20-day simple average in the…
CFD vs. Forex Trading
A contract for Difference or CFD is a relatively new instrument that allows traders with low capital to trade expensive assets like stocks, commodities, precious metals etc. with leverage. Using…
Basic Forex Terminology Explained
This article was specifically designed for beginners in terms of forex trading. We won’t jump into subjects like technical analysis, or fundamental analysis, but we will, however, try to explain…
Forex Technical Tips for Beginners
Have a look at these general tips for all kinds of traders No matter if you are a scalper, day trader, swing trader or position trader, you are most likely…
Understand market sentiment and spot it while it happens
We’ve already discussed about the first two pillars of forex trading, technical analysis and fundamental analysis and now it is time of bring into the spot light the third and…
Forex Trends for 2018
The year 2017 had been pretty active, especially if we talk about the major forex pairs. The EURUSD had a good performance, starting the year around the 1.0500 area and…
The Basics of Fundamental Analysis
As we have mentioned several times in the past, there are a few pillars of success when it comes to trading forex successfully. We’ve talked about technical analysis in a…
How to Trade Forex during Holidays?
The Christmas is approaching for traders as well and with it comes a period when market liquidity and volatility drops. That happens because most of the institutional traders are in…
Managing Risk like a Pro
Since the technical aspects of trading do not represent all you need to know, a deeper understanding is required. We’ve covered the topic of risk management in the past…