Tag: Currency

These days, it is so easy to open a trading account that most traders have at least two live forex accounts. While there is...

In just the space of a few years, crypto-currencies such as Bitcoin have evolved from being a virtual store of value for online gamers...

Conventional wisdom has it that you should specialise in one currency pair, at least to begin with. This enables you to learn about its...

The Problem(s) With Bitcoin Firstly, it has been proven to be insecure, and the recent thefts of millions of dollars worth of Bitcoins due to...

Bitcoin has hardly been out of the news recently, first with its meteoric rise in value to over $1,000, and then with the bans...

To recap, whenever an investor wants to buy stocks listed abroad, they need to buy some local currency first. This drives up demand -...

One potential problem with using the equity markets to inform your forex trades is that it can be hard to tell which market is...

In any contest, there is almost always a favourite. Sometimes, competitors will be quite evenly matched, but more often than not there is one...

The dollar fell against the euro yesterday, after the Chinese central bank stated that it would phase out its policy of regular intervention in...

Investors would love to see if their hard-earned money reap their well-earned rewards after a hard day’s work. That’s a given. Also, it is...

Yes, the US Government is back in normal operation. Yes, the US Government averted default in their credit obligations. Yes, the US Government unlocked...

In the previous lesson, we showed you how to use a currency correlations table, and how to calculate these correlations yourself. Today, we're going...

In the previous lesson, we explained what currency correlations are, and why they are useful for forex traders. Today, we're going to show you...

If you've been following the forex market for a while, you'll probably have noticed certain trends emerging. For example, you may have noticed that...

Disappointing economic data from the euro zone caused the euro to fall this morning, with the news that industrial output contracted in July. Meanwhile,...

The global forex market has expanded massively over the past three years, and the City of London remains the world's leading forex trading centre,...

The New Zealand dollar, known to currency traders as the 'Kiwi', NZ$, or by the ISO code NZD, is the official currency of New...

Speculation is mounting that US economic reports, set to be released this afternoon, will boost the case for the proposed tapering of monetary stimulus...