Tag: Forex

Forex Trading Strategy: Scaling In and Out Part 1

One of the most popular techniques for maximising profits and minimising losses when forex trading is to 'scale' in and out of your positions....

How Big is the Retail #Forex #Market?

For the past few years, forex brokers have been crowing about the sheer size of the global forex market, with its $4 trillion daily...

OANDA Buys Leading Forex Copy Trading Network Currensee

OANDA, the pioneering Canadian forex trading provider, has bought out Currensee Global Inc., one of the leading lights in the fast-emerging copy trading and...

Swissquote Expands FX Operations With Purchase of MIG Bank

Fast-rising online trading and private banking firm Swissquote has announced the takeover of one of their biggest local rivals, Switzerland-based forex specialist MIG Bank. There...

Fed Stuns Markets By Maintaining QE3, Dollar Sinks

Markets were left stunned yesterday with the announcement that the Federal Reserve's much-anticipated plans to scale back its quantitative easing programme have been put...

Trading Strategy: Inside Bar Breakouts Part 2

In the previous instalment of our guide to Inside Bar Breakout Strategy, we showed you how to recognise the various types of inside bar...

FX Swaps & Interest Rate Swaps Explained: Part 2

  In the first part of our series on swaps, we looked at two of the most common types of financial swap, the plain vanilla...

FX Swaps & Interest Rate Swaps Explained: Part 1

In the first part of our series on FX swaps and interest rate swaps, we'll be explaining what they are, how they work, and...

London Still the Number One Forex Trading Centre in the World

The global forex market has expanded massively over the past three years, and the City of London remains the world's leading forex trading centre,...

Video Interview With David Cooney, CEO of MahiFX

David Cooney is the CEO and founder of New Zealand-based forex brokers and platform providers MahiFX, one of the fastest-growing players in the online...

BRICS Countries to Commit $100 billion to FX Fighting Fund

The BRICS group of emerging economies, consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are poised to contribute $100 billion to a fighting...

Syria Stand-Off Puts Markets in Risk-Aversion Mode

The recent events in Syria have put markets in a spin, with investors nervous about the impact that a wider war might have. With...

History of Forex Trading

The practice of trading currencies has been around for as long as people have been using money. As was the case with the evolution...

Market Braced for Key Fed Events This Week

With no major economic releases today, and very few planned for the week, all eyes are on the July FOMC meeting minutes on Wednesday...

The Five Essential Elements of a Good Forex Trading Plan

As the old saying goes, 'A failure to plan is a plan for failure', and nowhere is this more true than in the field...

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...

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...