Tag: risk management

Looking for any evidence that the market as a turning point? Look no further than the VIX index that tracks volatility in the S&P...

A future is a derivative contract in which two parties agree to make a specified transaction at a particular date in the future. Buying...

At the beginning of last year, the Members of Congress in the US, Edward J. Markey, stated algorithm trading or high frequency trading clearly...

Wall Street, along with the financial centres in London and Hong Kong, have become algorithm trading hubs where thousands of traders employ sophisticated algorithm...

Volatility is the statistical calculation of the spreading of returns based on a specific market index or a particular security. You can measure volatility...

You might have read or heard someone envisage or forecast that a particular retail organization or a chain of stores is going shut down...

If you follow up on the news pertaining to the stock market, you will see that most of the investors are engaged in what...

If you pick up trading books or end up doing some heavy research on how to successfully start trading and making money, you will...

Low levels of market volatility have threatened the efforts of various brokers and service providers in the Forex market. And as a direct result...

What is KYC?  In order to go into the full details of KYC, it is first important that you understand the phrase ‘Know Your Customer’...

One of the keys to success when trading forex is to have a plan of action in place, and have the discipline to put...

The currency markets are fast moving, and if you take your eyes off the screen for just a few seconds, you could easily miss...

In forex trading, as in life, it is common for people to make the same mistakes over and over again. It's one thing deciding...

Let's face it, it's always hard to deal with failure. But, all things being equal, it's much easier to deal with one or two...

One of the constants of trading is that there is always some level of risk involved. In the case of an arbitrage trade, this...

Summary Throughout this series, we have looked into what goes into making a successful trading plan, and the things that you have to do in...

Risk Capital Risk capital may sound like something that's probably more complex than it sounds (such as risk management), but it isn't. In fact, it's...

The first thing you need to do when developing a forex trading plan is to try to figure out who you are as a...