Trading Education

One of the unfortunate realities that we know as retail traders is that we can't practically access arbitrage. Algos are so much faster in balancing triangular arbitrage. So, unless we make an investment in the hundreds of thousands of… Read More

When it comes to either speculating or investing in the financial markets, there are two main approaches. The first being fundamental analysis and the other being technical analysis. Both these fields of study of the financial markets are… Read More

In a Forex context, "peripheral yields" generally refers to the yields on bonds issued by countries in the EU "periphery". They were closely followed by traders around the 2011 financial crunch, and have since been somewhat forgotten.… Read More

The importance of an inversion in the bond yield curve is in its reputation. Of the last nine recessions, it correctly predicted nine of them (or ten, if you count the economic slowdown in the mid-'60s). There isn't any other economic… Read More

In the world of fiat currencies, any small regulatory changes impacting gold create a major buzz in the market. Gold bugs, among others, remain of the view that the global economy could one day revert to the gold standard. The latest Basel… Read More

Once you know how and why bonds are so closely related to forex, we need to take a closer look at bond prices and yields. A currency's value is determined by what you can buy with it. And since most of the currency moves that affect forex… Read More

Bonds have a significant role in determining the direction of currencies and exchange rates, If you haven't been tracking them as part of your trading, here's a good primer on why you should and how they influence the currency pairs in… Read More

The global economy today is experiencing one of the longest expansion patches. Since the 2008 global financial crisis (GFC), the economy is now close to a decade of growth. This is remarkable given that the 2008 GFC started worse-off than … Read More

The Bloomberg terminal is one of the most widely popular terminals for trading and for conducting fundamental analysis. Due to the institutional pricing of the software, it is often out of reach for the average home-based trader. If you… Read More

Not many traders think twice about the execution of their orders when trading. Most focus on the more important things such as their trading strategy, leverage, and other conditions. Once a trade is made, the only thing a trader is… Read More