FXCM Research Team

Market structure is crucial to successful trading. A critical part of active trading is identifying the state a market is in, be it rotational, trending, consolidating or entering reversal.

The Nikkei 225 is a weighted-average equities index, denominated in Japanese yen. It is viewed as a benchmark for Japan's economic prowess, and you can learn more about how it works in this FXCM Insights guide.

The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) Emerging Markets Index is a financial product consisting of mid and large-capitalisation corporate listings located in developing nations. It includes prominent companies from Asia, Middle East, India and South Africa.

Python is one of many programming languages used by algo traders to create a trading strategy. A Python wrapper simplifies a function into a much shorter expression that can be used repeatedly. When programming a trading strategy, one may need to use the same function or series of functions repeatedly, for example to authenticate login credentials, to pull live data, or to place a trade. Fxcmpy can easily be installed…

Standardised futures contracts and exchange-traded funds are viable methods of engaging the financial markets. Offering derivative and conventional products, each provides access to the commodity, currency, equity and debt markets.

Learn the ins and outs of the PEG ratio, including how to calculate it and include it as part of your strategy, at FXCM Insights.

There are distinct advantages and disadvantages to short (aka "inverse") ETFs when they're utilised by investors. Learn more about how these specific ETFs work at FXCM Insights.

An automated trading strategy contains a set of rules which will take particular actions in response to incoming market data. When automating a trading strategy, the trader may want to add rules to trade only during certain market conditions. Rob Pasche of QuantNews presents three tools which can be added to an automated trading strategy to filter for ranging markets. The Average Directional Index indicates whether the price of an instrument…

Bond convexity is similar to duration but takes the concept further by measuring how a bond's price will react to certain market conditions. Learn more about how bond convexity works at FXCM Insights.

An important concept for bond investors to understand, duration measures how a bond's price can be expected to react to changes in market interest rates. Learn more about how duration works at FXCM Insights.

Learn more about the "rolling down the yield curve" strategy, why it works, when it doesn't, and how investors can use it as part of their overall approach to markets.