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August 28, 2017 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

Should You Trade Gaps In Forex?

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The focus of this article is a new study by Caporale and Plastun. They suggest that there’s an edge to be had in forex markets by trading gaps. However, they could not find an edge in other assets. Following are some of the findings from the research paper and then some concerns we have about […]

Filed Under: Forex, Strategies/ Systems, Technical Analysis Tagged With: forex, gaps, strategies

September 18, 2015 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

Janet Yellen Does It Again : Dollar Drops

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As I predicted on Monday, the Federal Reserve kept interest rates on hold yesterday and this saw the US dollar drop against most of its major trading partners. The central bank cited low inflation and uncertainty abroad as the main reason to keep rates on hold and this has pushed market expectations for the first […]

Filed Under: Forex, Update Tagged With: forex, update

January 30, 2015 By Michael Coren Leave a Comment

Understanding The US Dollar Index (USDX)

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USDX is the US Dollar index that is used as an indicator by traders who wish to deal in gold currencies, futures, commodities and bonds. It’s one of several indicators which help Forex traders to assess the relative strength or weakness of the US dollar against another currency.

Filed Under: Commodities, Forex Tagged With: forex, usd

June 4, 2014 By Joe Marwood 6 Comments

This is why forex trading is not easy (simple trading systems debunked)

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People often want to know whether forex trading is profitable. They see a strategy online promising 1000% returns and millions of dollars in profits and wonder whether they too can become successful forex traders. On the flip side, though, they will also have heard the stories of those traders who have lost money and in […]

Filed Under: Amibroker, Forex, Strategies/ Systems, Trend Following Tagged With: amibroker, forex, trading systems, Trend Following

March 25, 2014 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

The similarities between trading and cricket

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Trading and cricket It is not altogether uncommon for people to try and compare professions with sport. With trading this is equally true and I have heard many times people compare trading to American football, baseball, golf or even tennis. In many ways, baseball is a good comparison; The film Moneyball with Brad Pitt is an […]

Filed Under: Forex, Opinion, Sports Tagged With: cricket, sports, trading

February 5, 2014 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

Setting up a Free MetaTrader 4 Expert Advisor

MetaTrader 4 is the trading platform of choice for thousands of forex traders because it allows charting, back-testing, the coding of expert advisors and lots more. It’s a true all-in-one package that can be downloaded free from most brokers. Expert Advisors are simply trading systems that use MT4’s own built in programming language and using […]

Filed Under: Forex Tagged With: expert advisors, forex, metatrader, trading, trading systems

December 25, 2013 By Joe Marwood Leave a Comment

List of economic indicators to trade forex

List of economic indicators

Predicting the direction of forex markets, particularly on a short term basis, is no easy task. For longer durations, however, it is a good idea to see a list of economic indicators as these show the fundamental reasons why currencies move. Technical indicators work too, but they are best combined with the fundamentals. Below is […]

Filed Under: Forex, Tools Tagged With: cot report, finance, forex, trading

November 3, 2013 By Joe Marwood 1 Comment

Using the COT report to trade forex

The COT report or commitment of traders report is provided by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and is an excellent tool for forex and commodity traders to analyse what other participants are doing in the market. The COT report is published using data from Chicago and New York futures exchanges every Friday at 14.30 EST […]

Filed Under: Forex, How to, Tools Tagged With: commitment of traders, commodities, cot report, finance, forex, investment, stocks, trading

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Joe Marwood is an independent trader and investor specialising in financial market analysis and trading systems. He worked as a professional futures trader for a trading firm in London and has a passion for building mechanical trading strategies. He has been in the market since 2008 and working with Amibroker since 2011.

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