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I’ve put together my views on currency average daily range; Average daily range basically measures how much range has been between a pair in a day and that it gives you the average of those moves and then gives you a figure of how many pips the price is expected to move each day based on historic...

When I first launched my educational service in 2013 one of the things I wanted to offer was a way of ‘showing’ people the methods in action during a live market environment...

The most appropriate way of doing this is to layer your strategy, similar to building a house your first goal should always be to dig the foundations, then you need to build the walls and finally construct the roof and as with building a house it’s imperative to follow that order as you couldn’t...

Leverage in general terms simply means borrowed funds. Leverage is widely used not just in Forex trading but also to acquire physical assets like real estate or cars...

If you are looking for some useful daily analysis to give you some clues about which way the market will go and which particular currencies you should be looking out for, then my daily trade calls will become a fantastic resource...

This is a very popular question that I’m asked frequently, and in this post I will explain the best way to choose a Forex Broker...

Since the global financial crisis the Bank of England and the Federal Reserve have used the policy of quantitative easing to try to revive consumer spending and economic growth...

Keeping track of significant economic indicators and financial news is pretty much the key to trading the Forex markets successfully. Understanding sentiment is an absolutely vital skill that all traders should refine and practice...

Over-trading is one of the most common trading mistakes many forex traders make. This post will explore over-trading and provide you with some tips to help you overcome this destructive emotional trading problem...

Support and resistance is one of the most widely used concepts in trading. One thing to remember is that support and resistance levels are not exact numbers. Often times you will see a support or resistance level that appears to be broken, but soon after find out the market was just testing it...

The single most important factor in building a smooth equity curve in your trading account is the size of the position you take in your trades...

The main event for today will be comments from Fed Chair Yellen, who will be discussing the economic outlook and monetary policy at the World Affairs Council of Philadelphia’s luncheon. As always on Mondays kick start the week with my prepared currency update below...

These types of events happen regularly but this week we have a very interesting scenario occurring because most analysts expect the Bank to upgrade its economic assessment of the UK economy and realign their targets for raising interest rates...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has always been in favour of ‘talking’ the market up and making bold promises that inspire confidence, while at the same time avoiding a catastrophic collapse based on the actual fundamentals of the region and often messy political backdrop...

Learning FX can seem overwhelming. In his latest blog post, Sheriff explains the basics behind the currency markets and the most popular currencies traders need to be aware of. If you’re new to FX, you may be wondering where on earth to start...

After a few hectic weeks of financial news and events, Sheriff explains how he employs fundamental analysis on a daily basis to judge the currency markets and make trades...

Coming up in today’s London session will be PMI data releases from throughout Europe, followed by comments from Fed’s Bullard late in the session. As always on Mondays kick start the week with my prepared currency update below...

Ahead we have UK CPI from which could be a major mover with US CPI later in the NY session. EURGBP long was stopped out on pound strength along with the recent Brexit poll that showed 55% to stay versus 40% to leave...

Today’s session is expected to be uneventful with bank holidays in France, Germany and Switzerland and no significant economic data due until Empire State Manufacturing Index during the NY session...

Forex Factory is probably one of the best known calendars available to retail traders, and this post will help you to understand how to use this tool in your trading...