US dollar continues higher as Fed pledges patience toward raising interest rates
The US dollar advanced against a basket of currencies Wednesday, as the Federal Reserve conveyed optimism that inflation would gradually reach its target in the medium-term despite pledging to be patient on raising interest rates. The US dollar index – a weighted average of the greenback’s performance against a basket of six currencies – climbed 0.33 percent to 94.33. The...
Who Really Moves Wall Street? The Top 10 Trading Firms Revealed
Just a few days ago, Goldman Sachs revealed that its trading revenues were at lows not seen since 2005. The company, which is the most reliant of all the big banks on trading revenue is suffering as a result, but it's not the only one having trouble. Trading revenues are falling all over Wall Street. But what exactly does trading...
Top 10 Web Investment and Trading Resources
Want to lose money? The internet is full of trading ideas that will help you do just that. What you need is not to be told what to do, but to get advice that will allow you to think for yourself. To meet this end we've put together a list of ten resources that you will need to make...
Copy Trading Rules Clarified By FCA UK
The Financial Conduct Authority of the UK has released a clarification on the nature of copy-trading services like eToro and the kind of permissions that platforms will need in order to carry out the practice in the country. Copy trading is a relatively new type of investment that allows investors to release their trades publicly and have other traders follow...
Swiss Franc Black Swan and the Hedging Volatility of the Global Economy
A black swan event is a term coined by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and it works as a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise and has major consequences. These kind of events are rare and its occurrence deviates beyond what is normally expected of a situation and can create substantial damage and chaos. Black Swans without any...
Forex Trading Platform: case of cTrader
The cTrader platform, designed for Forex traders, is an insightful and precise, and user-friendly platform designed by Spotware. It offers top-level liquidity and a vigorous trading structure into the platform, with a fast and smart ECN connection. A fast ECN connection is what gives clients the edge when they compete in a cut throat Forex environment. Here are some of the benefits of cTrader: A...
Global Currency Forecast for 2015
The Global Currency Forecast 2015 by Scandinavian Capital Markets (SCM). The outlook for the EURUSD in 2014 was for the prices to move within a 1.2753-1.4225 zone with a downside break of 1.2753 favoring further price decline to 1.2319 followed by 1.2185, and 1.2050. The range for EURUSD in 2014 was 1.2096-1.3992 and the pair closed at the low of 1.2096...
Guide to Trading and Gamification Part 2
Continuing from where we left with the first part, the second part will focus on different examples of online trading and gamification integration and some investor based games to give you a better idea. We have already discussed the advantages of using gamification techniques in online trading and also briefly discussed the point of view of the critics. If...
Satoshi Nakamoto and the Inception of Bitcoins Part 1
Innovation and inventions has been a driver for advancement in technology from the early days. The world remembers the people who make a breakthrough in any field that could prove to be helpful for the whole society. History is filled with inventors who have dedicated their entire life to a goal that they are able to achieve finally. Today,...
Guide to Trading and Gamification Part 1
The trend of integrating two completely different fields to find a comprehensive solution to a problem is becoming commonplace. Scientists and researchers have experimented with it and have received positive results. Now, they are taking it to the next level. It might look odd to some of us but gamification and online trading integration is on its way. In one...
The Best Price Action Trading Strategies
Business trading is not simple anymore. You must have in-depth knowledge of hundreds of factors that could play a vital role in bringing about a change. Businesses invest time and effort to make a strategy that could help them in achieving their goals. They pay hefty amounts to business experts to help them do that and guide them about...
How to Measure Money Flow with Different Indexes
Businessmen need to take hundreds of factors into account before they can make business decisions. Missing out a significant factor from the analysis could prove to be devastating because the same factor you have neglected could make the biggest impact in changing the whole scenario. You will have to take every step by looking at the indicators or otherwise...
How ‘Tradimo Play’ ApS Integrates Gamification and Trading
"Games are the new normal" Al Gore Many companies are now focusing their attention on developing useful applications by integrating two or more fields. Combining the concepts of multiple fields to solve a common problem has become quite common in this day and age. The companies who experimented with this formula have also attained success and that has inspired other...
Find a Bitcoin ATM near You
Technology has brought about a big change in many different fields and business is no exception to that. It started when paper money was replaced by credit and debit cards. Now, we have more than a dozen varieties of digital currencies at our disposal. Although they may have to overcome many issues before they can replace traditional money, they...
How Artificial Intelligence affects financial market
The dawn of the 21st century has brought many novelties with it, Robo Advisor among them. Today, financial markets are not just monitored by humans. They are also flooded with artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence, or AI, is the new theme for covering desired financial aspects of the market. A human mind has shortcomings as it cannot remember large portfolios...
What Is Money Flow Index (MFI)?
When you are performing a technical analysis, you need to focus on various indicators and what they say. Closely analyze the indicators and the bigger picture will be in front of you. Same is the case with the asset trading business. There are many indicators you must consider when trading securities and one of those indicators is the Money...
Price-Action Trading Strategy
To succeed in today’s trading world, you need to be aware of what is going on the market so you can accurately predict what could happen in future. Your biggest chance of survival and making it big in the industry is to know and do things according to a plan or a strategy. This will make it easier for...
Pros and Cons of High Frequency Trading
Norway’s $860 billion sovereign wealth fund — the world’s largest — has decided to abandon algorithm-based High Frequency Trading (HFT). The electronic “trail” left by such trading allows traders elsewhere to profit on the HFT orders placed by the fund. But the decision comes at a very tumultuous time for HFT trading: Although the majority of stock market trade...
