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How Powerful Is Chaos Theory for Financial Forecasting?
At first glance, the markets are quite chaotic, and certainly very complex.
This seems to be a great fit for applying chaos theory and figuring out a mathematical model to generate good market picks.
Chaos Theory uses cutting-edge… Read More
How to Analyse Stocks Like a Pro
There are, of course, entire books and months-long courses on how to become a stock analyst. But let's cut through most of the promotional stuff, and have a look at the core tools that will put you on the way to being a pro at stock… Read More
A Repeat of the 2008 Financial Crisis?
US Regulators released up to $40bn to banks for trading!
Does this suggest banks will set another 2008-like financial crisis in motion?
Join Stavros & David to find out the benefits and the risks of the relaxed Volcker rule.… Read More
What Can FX Traders Learn From Alexander Kearns’ Death?
In a very sad set of circumstances, a 20-year-old college student from Illinois took his own life this week following an error with his trading account.
Alexander Kearns had begun trading a leveraged options account out of boredom during… Read More
Why the Aggressive Drop in Equities?
The equities are on a free-fall!
Concerns over a 2nd wave increased during the US civil unrest. With the Fed heavily accommodative now, the outlook going forward isn't so bright.
Will equities crash?
Join Stavros & James and… Read More
Dollar Cost Averaging: Should You Do It & Why?
Dollar Cost Averaging, or DCA for short, is an investment strategy.
It's also called a constant dollar plan. It's different from a forex trading strategy because it's about how a trader manages money for long term investment purposes.… Read More
Top 5 Trend Indicators you should know about
Trend-following in forex is one of the most common ways to position oneself in the FX markets. Trends usually take a lot of time to form and likewise, it takes a lot of variables for the trend to change direction.
Given the wide… Read More
What are V-Shaped, U-Shaped and L-Shaped Recoveries?
A lot of economic commenters have used letters as a shorthand to describe potential economic scenarios of what might happen after the covid-19 outbreak is controlled. They are great as visual aids, but what exactly is the difference between… Read More
What Is the “Kelly Criterion” in Forex?
Put simply, the Kelly Criterion or Formula is a way to calculate how much of their assets a Forex trader should risk on any given trade in order to maximize the return.
It became notorious among equities traders because it was said that… Read More
Common Mistakes All Forex Traders Make
Everyone makes mistakes; it's part of being human.
And traders are not the exception to being human. Though, often, the FX best traders are the ones who most resemble robots!
Even the most experienced forex traders make mistakes.… Read More