CFDs are complex instruments and come with a high risk of losing money rapidly due to leverage. 70% of retail investor accounts lose money when trading CFDs with this provider. You should consider whether you understand how CFDs work and whether you can afford to take the high risk of losing your money.
The main purpose of Bollinger Bands® is to help traders determine whether assets are reasonably priced, and whether prices in the market are stable or may be moving toward different…
Achieving success in the forex can be challenging. Nonetheless, traders from around the globe, both experienced and novice, attempt to do exactly that on a daily basis. Given the above-average…
Leading, coincident and lagging indicators are constructed by the Conference Board to reveal common turning point patterns in economic data. Learn more at FXCM.
Donchian channels are a simple, yet diverse technical tool. Created by renowned trader and analyst Richard Donchian, they are used to identify market state and trading signals.
Learn more about the Parabolic SAR (stop and reverse), a technical indicator that examines a security’s momentum to get a better idea of when a trend is ending.
France is a key participant in the European Union and understanding the significance of the country's economic data can give traders an edge with the euro.
The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) employs a moving average to measure the normality of current price action, developed in 1980 by Donald Lambert.
The Average True Range (ATR) indicator is a popular way by which to measure a financial instrument's volatility. Find out more about ATR at FXCM.
Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) is an oscillator-style technical indicator that has become one of the most popular tools among forex traders.
Find out more about how traders look for trends based on alterations in fundamental economic and political indicators that can influence currency flows.
The death cross and the golden cross are technical indicators that traders use in attempt to predict bearish and bullish market momentum.
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