Yen recovery tested by pressure
The wobbly Japanese Yen continued to recover as expected in Asian trade as regional stocks fell, boosting demand for the haven-linked currency.Regional stock exchanges fell, reinforcing upward...
Calculating #Forex Profit and Loss
In order to make a profit on a trade, you need to ‘beat the spread’ – meaning that the price has to move in...
Risk-on, Risk-off forex rallies: Any end in sight?
The USD has been the currency haven of choice when the world goes through a convulsion of fear with risk-associated currencies such as GBP...
The Mechanics of Forex Trading
The mechanics of forex trading are very similar to those of other markets such as the stock market, so if you have any trading...
Mich Mathews joins OANDA’s Board of Directors
OANDA Corporation has transformed the business of foreign exchange through an innovative approach to forex trading. The company’s leading online trading platform, fxTrade, introduced a...
How Forex Brokers Make Their Money
Every time you make a currency exchange, you have to pay the broker to carry out the transaction. This is how they stay in...
Lots and Leverage
Although there are exceptions, spot forex trades tend to be conducted in specific amounts known as lots. The standard size for a lot is...
Trading with support and resistance levels
Being able to identify support and resistance levels within trends is one thing, but knowing how to turn these cues into profitable trades is...
Sentiment Analysis
When discussing technical analysis, we stated that price should, in theory, accurately reflect all the available market information. Unfortunately, it is not always that...
GCI Forex Introduces ActTrader ICTS Forex Account for Forex Traders
GCI Trading has introduced ActTrader ICTS Forex Account. It is a chosen liquidity provider for ActTrader trading software and provides state-of-art trading platforms for...
Fundamental Analysis
Fundamental analysis is a way of looking at the market by analysing the economic, social, and political forces that can affect the supply and...
Saxo Bank launches mobile version of corporate website
Saxo Bank, the multi-asset online trading and investment specialist, today launched the mobile-optimised version of its corporate website on m.saxobank.com
The ubiquity of mobile services coupled...
Liquidity and Market Size
Unlike other financial markets such as the London Stock Exchange, the forex spot market does not have a physical location or a central exchange....
What is Forex?
Forex, or FX, is an abbreviation of foreign exchange, and refers to the practice of trading one currency for another. The forex market is...
World’s first: DCM Capital incorporates social media sentiment feed in trading...
DCM Capital has launched the first ever trading platform that incorporates a real-time social media sentiment feed. DCM Dealer is a multi-asset CFD and...
OANDA bolsters to its senior management team
OANDA, a global provider of innovative foreign exchange trading services, is pleased to welcome Jesper Bruun-Olsen as Managing Director, Northeast Asia and Head of...
Enfinium Launches Facebook for Forex
Social trading networks and tools are used by traders for the purpose of sharing knowledge and trading strategies with each other. These tools are quite...
A new way of Forex thinking: Interview with Arif Alexander, Founder...
IntelligentHQ Talks with Arif Alexander of Scandinavian Capital Markets.
Scandinavian Capital Markets (SCM) is a new venture founded by Arif Alexander that provides unique investment solutions in the...
Gold-i: Real-time post trade integration product for MT5 imminent
Gold-i recently won the prestigious Profit & Loss Readers’ Choice Digital Markets Award 2012. Since launching, Gold-i has focused on continual innovation and worked...
Forex Week In Review October 8th to October 12th
IntelligentHQ Forex Week In Review In Association with OANDA Corporation
by Alfonso Esparza
Week in FX Europe Spain holds on Bailout Request
Last week Spanish Finance Minister de Guindos...