Encouraging Economic Data From Europe Sends EUR/USD Haywire

The key economic data in Europe this morning concerned the Eurozone, and it makes for encouraging reading. In Q2 2013, the German economy grew...

Major Currencies: The Euro (EUR)

  The euro, which is denominated either by the € sign or the EUR code, is the official currency of the eurozone, a grouping of...

Australian Regulators Set Down New Rules on HFT and Dark Liquidity

  Although high frequency trading has been an integral part of the capital markets in countries like the US and the UK for several years,...

Forex Market Outlook: Pacing the Bulls

Over the past few weeks, investors and everybody involved in the markets across the globe have been generally cheering about the very attractive state...

Forex Magnates Directory: A Visual Map of Forex brokers

Leading forex industry site Forex Magnates has added an innovative new feature to the Forex Magnates Directory: The Global Map of Brokers. This is an...

Weekly Market Outlook: Jobs Figures, Uncertainties, Security Threats and Everything in...

The past week saw the release of the latest job figures from the United States that received fairly mixed reactions from the market. While...

Dollar Hits Lowest Level For 7 Weeks

The US dollar has taken something of a battering this week, after 5 consecutive losing sessions. Uncertainty over Fed tapering, signs of improvement in...

Online Forex Trading VS Institutional Trading… and How You Can Bridge...

In the world of forex trading, there are several tiers of investors, but they can be loosely divided into two groups – institutional (inter-bank)...

AUD Climbs Against the Dollar on Chinese Trade Balance Report

There was good news and bad news for the Australian economy this morning. Instead of gaining the expected 6.2K jobs in July, the Australian...

Currency Trading Vs Hedge Funds

If you have a lot of money to invest, then you essentially have two options. You can invest it in a low-risk way, such...

Bank of England to Keep Interest Rates at Historic Lows

Today, the Bank of England released its quarterly Inflation Report, which came with the announcement that interest rates would be kept at historic lows...

7 Articles for ETF Investors

Exchange Traded Funds offer a useful way to gain exposure to different markets, but far from being a quick fix, they require just as...

MahiFX adds Metatrader 4 Integration to its Product Range

Online Forex trading platform providers and brokers MahiFX have announced that they are to introduce leading algorithm trading platform Metatrader 4 alongside their proprietary...

5 Popular Portfolio Types

One of the golden rules of investing is that you should always have a degree of diversity in your portfolio. The main advantage of...

CFD Trading: Ten Tips to Maximize Profits

CFD trading offers many advantages over trading other financial instruments, such as the ability to take short positions and leverage your trades for greater...

GBPUSD Rallies On PMI Construction Data Surprise

After several years of economic gloom, the UK economy finally seems to be picking up, pushing up the value of the pound against the...

tradersdna Academy – Forex Trading Education by Wayne Walker Part 5...

  In the eleventh episode of the Traders DNA Academy's Forex Trading Education video series, Global Capital Markets Solutions Managing Director Wayne Walker sheds some...

Discipline or Trading Strategy – What is More Important?

  Often, traders will expend huge amounts of time honing and calibrating their trading strategy, and this is, of course, a good thing to do....

OANDA launches automated technical analysis powered by Autochartist

Canadian forex broker OANDA has announced that it will be integrating automated technical analysis functionality, powered by Autochartist, into its platform. This feature will...

Social Media Wielding an Increasing Influence on Markets, According to Survey

This week, tick data management and analytics specialist OneMarketData published the results of a survey into the use of social media across investment and...