How the moving average can improve your FX trading – DailyFX Tips & Picks November 24, 2014 THE MOVING average is one of many tools you can use to extract gains from FX markets. It is a technical lagging indicator, derived from the average closing prices of a desired period, and is one of the oldest and most common forms of technical analysis. The central benefit of the moving average is that [...]
Hats off to our deficit-cutting bankers – CNBC Comment November 17, 2014 Nice work gents… I don my hat.” Those forex-rigging traders copped some decent lingo. But it could quite easily have been George Osborne. That’s not to suggest the chancellor was pleased about the manipulation of the $5.3 trillion a day market, of course, But rather that he’s made an even bigger turn than the numpty [...]
How to cut through the noise of the economic calendar – DailyFX Tips & Picks November 17, 2014 TRADING the markets involves having an understanding of both technicals and fundamentals. But with a sometimes ambiguous relationship between macro fundamentals and FX prices, it will usually take time before traders figure out how to incorporate both into their trading. The situation is made more difficult because so many different macro fundamental reports are published [...]
Everything you need to know about spread-betting charges November 10, 2014 Pay close attention to the overnight holding fee and spreads. After a relatively quiet summer, traders are finally seeing global market volatility pick up again. The Vix equity volatility index, for example, hovered between 10 and 12 for long stretches of June and July, but was back up above 20 a few weeks ago. [...]
Q&A: Why transparency should be at the heart of pricing November 10, 2014 What are the current problems with pricing in retail FX and why are some traders concerned? It all comes down to transparency and trust. At present, the standard practice for trading and quoting FX is very opaque, and traders don’t know how much of a mark-up or commission is added to the quotes. In addition, [...]
Web Summit 2014 was attended by Peter Thiel, Bono and Eva Longoria – so why do celebrities invest in startups? – CNBC Comment November 10, 2014 If you attended Europe’s largest tech conference, held in Ireland last week, you probably wouldn’t have known that the continent had just gone through one of its worst periods in financial history. Startups – big and small – headed to Dublin for Web Summit, in order to market their companies and find potential investors, many [...]
Why retail forex traders perform best in the morning – DailyFX Tips & Picks November 10, 2014 It can be hard to work out the best time of day to trade the FX markets, not least because the decision is dependent on the type of strategy you use. But through research, we have some idea of when retail traders may perform the best. Data from 12m real trades were collated, and it [...]
Why the relentless pursuit of youth is a terrible recruitment strategy November 8, 2014 As a culture we celebrate the ideal of youth. We invent names by which to define it – we talk about ‘millennials’ or ‘Gen x/y/z’ – and as employers we court it, using recruitment initiatives designed to vacuum up new talent. And, perhaps most visibly, we celebrate it in popular culture and politics. Of course [...]
Theatre review: Made in Dagenham starring Gemma Arterton November 7, 2014 ★★☆☆☆ Adelphi Theatre If you ever wondered why Carry On Camping, Carry On Up the Nile and Carry On Up The Jungle were never followed by Carry On Second Wave Feminism, or Carry On Women’s Liberation, then watch Made in Dagenham, a new musical in which slap, tickle and gender politics make uneasy [...]
Nine All Blacks stats that will terrify England more than the haka November 7, 2014 The All Blacks will arrive at Twickenham tomorrow surrounded in more mystique and hype than ever before. The black shirts with the silver fern have always been met with respect around the world – but this current New Zealand side may be the most fearsome ever. As Stuart Lancaster’s men gear up for the first [...]