The IG Index Insight Feature – A Useful Tool Or Not?

If you have an account with IG Index, you may well have noticed that they have just created a new research tool called Insight. This is available to all customers free of charge, and it allows you to research and analyse various different financial markets, including each of the currency pairs, in some detail. It [...]

Why You Should Stop Trading The USD/JPY Pair In 2012

I stopped trading the USD/JPY last year because it was proving to be very difficult and the big price swings were becoming less and less frequent. Well the bad news is that it seems to have got even worse in 2012, and the USD/JPY pair looks as if it is on a life support machine [...]

My Most Popular Posts Of 2011

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A Review Of The Forex Markets In 2011

Another year is coming to an end and I think it's fair to say that in general it's been a really tough one for a lot of forex traders. I have certainly found it quite hard to make money in recent months. Indeed I haven't traded at all for several weeks now as I'm taking [...]

How To Predict 5 Day Trends (With Updated Performance Results)

A while ago I posted a link to a video that Bill Poulos created which revealed how his trade alert software was able to detect (and profit from) 5 day trends for the major currency pairs. Well he has recently updated this video and demonstrated how his Forex Profit Accelerator software has performed since then. As [...]

IG Index Reduces Spreads On Forex Pairs

IG Index have brought good news to a lot of forex traders this week with the announcement that they are cutting spreads on many different currency pairs once more. They were already really competitive, but now you will be hard pushed to find a spread betting firm or forex broker that offers tighter spreads. For [...]

Are The Signal Providers On ZuluTrade About To Become A Lot More Profitable?

I've recently received an email from ZuluTrade telling me about an important development with regards to their signal providers. It looks like they are trying to improve the overall quality of their signal providers, and therefore help their customers generate more profits. As you may know, the signal providers get paid a small commission per trade [...]

My Experiences Of Trading Forex And Stocks Using Long Term Charts

To some extent trading the forex markets using long term charts (such as the daily and weekly charts) is a lot easier than trading the short term charts (such as the 1 and 5 minute charts). Indeed that's why my core trading system, ie my main 4 hour trading system (see right for more details), [...]

Weekly Trading Update – 07-11 November 2011

There were no trades for me again this week, and I've actually decided to stop trading forex for the time being. My 4 hour trading system just doesn't generate as many trades as it used to, and with the markets drifting aimlessly with all the uncertainty that's around right now, I think it's best to [...]

Trading Stocks Instead Of Forex: FTSE 100 Or AIM?

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