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How to Use the ATR MT4 Indicator
There are plenty of ways to use the ATR indicator on the MT4 trading platform. However, today we will be highlighting the main points that can be the most advantageous for beginner FX traders.
The ATR is commonly used to assist day… 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
What Are the Most Popular Reversal Patterns?
Reversal patterns, as the name suggests, change the course of an ongoing trend, whether it is bearish or bullish.
For example, if the price action indicates that the trend is moving upwards, then this should eventually see an end to the… Read More
How to Trade a Credit Crunch
As we mentioned in our last article, we are in the midst of a credit crunch.
Central banks are engaged in unprecedented actions in an effort to stave off a financial crisis which could lead the world into a recession.
We already… Read More