FXCM Research Team

FXCM Research Team

FXCM Research Team consists of a number of FXCM's Market and Product Specialists.

Articles published by FXCM Research Team generally have numerous contributors and aim to provide general Educational and Informative content on Market News and Products.

  • Language Processing Platforms and Forex Trading

    AI and Language Processing In recent years, AI has made amazing progress in understanding and using human language. AI language processing has changed how computers interact with us. It can translate languages, analyse feelings in texts, create chatbots, and help us in many industries. AI and language processing have transformed our world, opening new ways for computers and people to work together. In this article we explore two language processing…

  • Interest rate risk: What is it and how do you manage it?

    Interest rate risk: What is it and how do you manage it? Bonds and other fixed-income products play a large role in the portfolios of most savvy investors. With guaranteed returns and lower exposure to market volatility, bonds typically don't offer the large potential sums that excite some investors. But increased confidence and opportunity to plan offer great benefits to long-term strategies. One factor that majorly influences the value of…

  • How to diversify your portfolio, and why it matters

    How to diversify your portfolio, and why it matters Markets go down as well as up – in trading, it's the closest thing there is to a law of the jungle. As such, while it's every trader's goal to see the value of their portfolio of investments (all the positions and asset classes they hold at any one time) go up, it's highly likely that not all will rise at…

  • Everything you need to know about the CAC 40 index

    Everything you need to know about the CAC40 index If you're looking to diversify your investment portfolio quickly, index trading is ideal. You can use it to speculate on groups of major companies in a given country, gaining cross-sector exposure in one simple move. The CAC 40 offers one such opportunity for traders. Representing France, one of the largest economies in Europe and the world, this index is widely traded…

  • A Beginner’s Guide to the S&P 500 index

    A Beginner's Guide to the S&P 500 index If you're seeking to increase the diversification of your portfolio, index trading could be an avenue that's well worth exploring. It allows you to invest in a sector as a whole, or in a selection of companies within that sector. This can help reduce your risk because the outcome is less reliant on the performance of an individual stock. And the S&P…

  • Stocks vs derivatives – Which is right for you?

    Stocks vs derivatives: Which is right for you? Providing fundamentally different ways to trade, stocks and derivatives offer investors a way of diversifying their portfolio. So, you'll often find that traders spread their investments across a mix of each. While sometimes known as a secondary method of trading due to the relation to an underlying asset, derivatives offer a separate, unique way to trade via a variety of instruments. Meanwhile,…

  • What happened to Terra Classic? Your essential guide

    What happened to Terra Classic? Your essential guide The Terra blockchain network hit the headlines in May 2022 when the price of its cryptocurrency, LUNA, came crashing down. This caused panic in the wider crypto world because Terra was built as a stablecoin project. This meant that, supposedly, it was pretty much impossible to shake. So, it's little wonder its sudden demise resulted in even more chaos. Founded in 2018…

  • A beginner’s guide to the ASX 200 index

    A beginner's guide to the ASX 200 index Index trading can prove a smart way to diversify your investment portfolio. It allows you to speculate on the performance of a group of major companies or sectors, rather than individual stocks. The ASX 200 is one such index. It's highly liquid and tradable and considered the preeminent benchmark index for Australia. And like any index, having a deep understanding of how…

  • Your guide to entry orders

    Your guide to entry orders Keeping track of the price movements of securities is crucial to effective trading. Whether you're involved in forex, commodities, shares or indices, the ability to know whether it's time to buy or sell is the difference between profit and loss. But watching price charts poised to buy isn't the most effective use of your time. You need entry orders. Comprising market, stop-loss, and stop-limit orders,…

  • Sentiment Analysis: What is it? Why do you need it?

    Sentiment Analysis: What is it? Why do you need it? It's not unusual for a trader to have a hunch – to feel as if the market or the price of an asset is about to move. But is a hunch enough to make fully informed decisions about any investment? Using sound logic, reasoning, and analysis gives you the best chance of achieving returns. And sentiment analysis is one of…

  • Everything You Need to Know About Margin Trading

    Everything You Need to Know About Margin Trading Margin trading is a popular method used by traders all over the world. It can offer attractive opportunities, but as with any form of trading there are no guarantees and the level of risk must be taken into account before any decision is made. Trading on margin means using leverage, which has the potential to magnify profits or losses depending on the…

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