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Revenge trading is quite possibly the most counter-intuitive, self-destructive behavioral pattern a Forex trader could ever slip into. And yet, so many investors can often find themselves shackled by this seemingly unstoppable compulsion to…

Market Shocked by Fresh US Tariffs The ongoing US-China trade war took another dramatic turn last week. Initially, focus had been on the fresh set of trade talks taking place in Shanghai. Expectations were low given the previous…

It's a common trope on social media and among screenwriters that the stock market is just gambling; that people who invest in the financial markets are speculators, who only get lucky on their trades. Yet traders will insist that what…

Pound Has Been Under Pressure GBP has been under increasing pressure over recent months as the uncertainty around the Brexit outlook increases. This uncertainty is being driven by the Conservative party leadership contest which is…

TRY Craters on CBRT Shock The USD keeps moving higher against the Turkish Lira since President Erdogan fired the country’s central bank governor, Murat Cetinkaya, earlier in the week. Cetinkaya had been governor of the CBRT since April…

Trump and Xi Take Centre Stage The G20 summit held in Japan last weekend was once again upstaged by the meeting which took place along the sidelines between Trump and Chinese premier Xi Jinping. The fresh outbreak of tariff increases…

Risk assets have traded higher across the board so far this week as traders respond to the increasing tensions between the US and Iran. The only exemption is the equities markets as policymakers toned down expectations for aggressive…

Over the last year and a half, the Fed has consistently cited president Trump’s aggressive trade policies as one of the key risk factors to its outlook. In fact, in the last year, Trump’s relentless tariff campaign against China took a…