Scalpers seek to profit from small market movements, taking advantage of a ticker tape that never stands still during the market day...
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7 February 2015, 06:11 #Trading Strategies
Traders love breakouts and breakdowns, but profit strategies that take full advantage of these market phenomena can take a lifetime to master. The trouble starts when we forget our game, fixate on the emotional crowd and react to their excitement or fear...
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7 February 2015, 03:11 #breakout, stock market
Plush Life: Why did people lose their minds over Beanie Babies? (Slate) Dimensions of Popularity: The Journal of Portfolio Management (IIJ) Diversification: From Free Lunch to Greedy Fee-Eater? (Chief Investment Officer) What on earth is the ECB up to...
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6 February 2015, 19:11 #S&P 500
US Dollar Chart Positioning Continues to Warn of Downturn S&P 500 Remains in Consolidation Mode Under 2100 Figure Crude Oil May Be Readying to Turn Lower Anew Below $59 CRUDE OIL TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Prices pushed higher following a prolonged period of consolidation after bottoming as expected...
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6 February 2015, 15:11 #price patterns, crude oil
A 230K rise in U.S. Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) accompanied by faster wage growth may heighten the appeal of the greenback and spur a short-term selloff in EUR/USD as it boosts expectations of seeing the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) normalize monetary policy in mid-2015...
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6 February 2015, 11:04 #fundamental analysis
Finding a strong directional move is the first priority of any trend trader. However, when having to select a currency pair to trade, it can be difficult to identify the best trends. For the ADX 50 strategy we will be using the ADX (Average Directional Index) indicator for this process...
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6 February 2015, 09:11 #Trading Strategies
US DOLLAR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS Prices may be readying to turn lower after producing a bearish Evening Star candlestick pattern. Negative RSI divergence reinforces the case for a downside scenario. A daily close below the intersection of the 14...
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5 February 2015, 18:11 #price patterns
Before getting started it is important to understand that economic releases are designed to try and give a picture of either: What has already happened in the economy based on past numbers (referred to as a lagging indicator) What is anticipated going forward based on past numbers...
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5 February 2015, 15:11
The deal gives Google access to Twitter’s firehose and all the data generated by the social network. Google and Twitter reached an agreement Wednesday to begin incorporating tweets into Google searches for the first time since 2011...
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5 February 2015, 12:23 #Google
2015-02-05 00:30 GMT (or 02:30 MQ MT5 time) | [AUD - Retail Sales] past data is 0.1% forecast data is 0.4% actual data is 0.2% according to the latest press release if actual > forecast (or previous data) = good for currency (for AUD in our case...
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5 February 2015, 12:11 #fundamental analysis