Tag: futures

Buyback Blackout to Sink the Nasdaq?

One of the key determinants of equity price momentum higher over the last few years has been the buyback spending spree corporations embarked on...

US Dollar Plunges as Global Markets Retreat

The US dollar plunged to nearly two-month lows on Friday, as global stock markets continued to retreat after disappointing Chinese PMI data heightened worries...

A Trader’s Guide to Futures – Part 2

In the first section of this guide we took a look at what a futures contract actually is, and how it works at a...

A Trader’s Guide to Futures Part 1

A future is a derivative contract in which two parties agree to make a specified transaction at a particular date in the future. Buying...

Guide to Trading Precious Metals Part 3

In the previous parts of this series, we shone the spotlight on three of the most traded precious metals - namely gold, silver, and...

Guide to Trading Forex Futures Part 4: Speculating

While forex futures are commonly used as a hedging strategy for directional spot trades, they can also be used in isolation as instruments for...

Guide to Trading Forex Futures Part 1: What Are Futures?

With a daily trading volume of over $2 trillion a day, the spot forex market is by far the world's biggest market. However, spot...

OANDA launches fxTradeNOW, the first Chrome application for live currency trading...

  Innovative solution from leading forex broker allows traders to react quickly to news that influences currency market movements OANDA, a provider of innovative foreign exchange...

Forex News: CBOE, FSA, GBP/USD

CBOE sets record of trading volume CBOE Holdings has announced that in September it has set a record of trading volume for options contracts on...