July 2017

Many new traders make the mistake of focusing the majority of their attention on entries. Traders obsess over finding the best strategy, with the highest hit rates and the most precise entries. However, what is often overlooked is the far…

The two-day FOMC meeting concluded yesterday with the release of the monetary policy statement. With no press conference scheduled, the markets were widely expecting to see no changes. As expected the U.S. Federal Reserve kept the policy…

Divergence based trading strategies are quite common and often used in tandem with trend following strategies. Perhaps one of the most commonly used technical indicator that comes to mind when using the concept of divergence in forex is the…

The US is lacking one major facet, which threatens to unwind any potential future economic growth: inflation. Lagging inflation has perplexed Federal Reserve members for many years now and has complicated the path to ending its lengthy…

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported earnings yesterday. A steep drop in second-quarter profit thanks to a European anti-trust fine, worth $2.75 billion, sent Alphabet’s stock lower. Shares fell by 3% in the wake of the announcement…

What is technical analysis? The use of charts and the study of historical price movements to help predict future trends. By looking through prices, the goal is to determine patterns and past signals to try and identify the direction of…