How to sell your trading homework November 13, 2011 HERE are two innovations that allow traders who have developed a successful strategy or system to make money from it. Zignals and eToro approach things from different directions, but both are interesting developments for traders. ETORO The beauty of the eToro CopyMe system is in its simplicity. If you have a tempting strategy, traders can [...]
Technological change drives better trading January 30, 2012 THE latest foray in the ongoing battle of technology that has griped retail trading since the invention of the internet comes from IG Index. As part of its shiny new Insight portal, it is releasing details of its clients’ net positions (see right for an example of the information now available). More information and collaboration [...]
DRAGHI TURNOVER RAISES ECB MOVES November 6, 2011 ON THURSDAY, the world’s equity markets got an unexpected, but thoroughly welcome present: a 25 basis points reduction in the European Central Bank’s (ECB) key lending rate. And the generous benefactor? None other than Mario Draghi, its newly installed head. Analysts had not expected the move, not least because Draghi only assumed his new role [...]
LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF HOPE October 16, 2011 THE Eurozone is in dire need of a quick capital injection, perhaps €2 trillion, says economist Nouriel Roubini. Roubini is not the only economist alarmed by the Eurozone’s banking system. Even outgoing ECB head Jean-Claude Trichet said recently that the systemic crisis must be decisively tackled, as the interconnectedness threatens the Eurozone’s financial stability, and [...]
Follow trading leaders using social networks June 28, 2011 THERE’S plenty of cheap talk on social media’s bright future and its potential to turn friends and followers into profit. However, thus far, returns have failed to live up to the hype. Except in forex trading, where social networks like Currensee and eToro allow you to not only follow and interact with other traders, but [...]
Strong dollar should be seen as a warning September 27, 2011 THOUGH yesterday saw a broad market rally, it was a tiny chink of light in an otherwise dark tunnel for the economy. The ongoing Eurozone debt crisis and the seeming inability of anybody involved to take hold of the situation with a credible plan for managing the fallout of an inevitable Greek default has driven [...]
Why CFD traders should take positions on indices July 25, 2011 CONTRACTS for difference (CFD) lend themselves to trading on indices. Where investors would usually be restricted to taking a position on one particular asset, index trading through CFDs enables you to invest in segments of the market, or even the health of the broader national market. And with the current volatility in the markets, traders [...]
Why CFD traders should take positions on indices July 25, 2011 CONTRACTS for difference (CFD) lend themselves to trading on indices. Where investors would usually be restricted to taking a position on one particular asset, index trading through CFDs enables you to invest in segments of the market, or even the health of the broader national market. And with the current volatility in the markets, traders [...]
Looking at off-the-shelf CFD trading strategies July 4, 2011 STARING at a blank page, chewing on your pencil and trying to work out a trading strategy can be a daunting task. There are plenty of guide books out there to aid you, of course. But is there any merit in taking an off-the-shelf trading strategy devised by an experienced trader and using it yourself [...]
PERSONAL FINANCE NEWS November 18, 2010 BRITS TO WORK BEYOND RETIREMENT AGE Over 4m Brits aged 50-plus expect to work beyond their state retirement age by an average of just over six years, according to the first Working Late Index, published this week by insurance, investment and retirement group LV=. A quarter believe they will work five to 10 years more, [...]