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The Gann retracement is a key technical trading tool that differs from a trendline, and offers insights into a stock's price following specific movements.
The hedge ratio is a calculation that quantifies an investment or asset's risk exposure. Learn why hedge ratios are commonly used by producers, banks, funds and traders.
Stop running is the practice of manipulating the price action of a security in order to trigger a bulk execution of stop loss orders at market. A legal trading strategy, it involves driving a market to a desired location and profiting from the ensuing pricing fluctuations.
Internet technology has connected the world in an unprecedented fashion. The ability to transfer information at near light-speeds has revolutionised communication creating an exclusively digital space. Perhaps the largest application of this technology has been in the arena of commerce. Producers, retailers and consumers can now interact via online platforms 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Given that more than 3 billion people worldwide access the internet regularly,…
The relationship between oil and stock pricing is a complex one. It is cyclical in nature, and can prove either positive or negative. There are many studies that prove both.
Day trading can provide financial freedom and professional autonomy. While inherently risky, success in day trading is attainable given the proper psychology and inputs.
Black Wednesday refers to 16 September 1992, the day the U.K. government had to withdraw the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM).
Learn more about exactly what a "bubble" is, how it forms in a marketplace, and why learning its phases can potentially help your investment strategy.
Effective leverage relates the amount of account equity and value of an asset involved in a transaction. It is calculated by dividing the total position size by account equity.
Reversal trading attempts to capture profit through identifying the exhaustion point of a trend in price action. Reversals are an inherently risky counter-trend form of trade.
Position trading is an intermediate-term strategy that involves remaining active in a market for weeks, months or years. It is a commitment of both time and capital.
When executing customers' trades, FXCM can be compensated in several ways, which include, but are not limited to: spreads, charging commissions at the open and close of a trade, and adding a mark-up to rollover, etc. Commission-based pricing is applicable to Active Trader account types.
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