Trading foreign exchange markets can often feel like picking a winner at the Masters: you try to execute on a general opinion only to be met with a whole mess of choices.
Small Exchange
The Anti-Outlier Trade
Most people like talking about a good outlier story: Can you believe bitcoin is up over 1,000% since the start of 2019? Did you see WTI crude oil futures went negative last year? How crazy was that rally in GameStop from below $20 to above $400 in a matter of weeks?
Do You Even Pairs Trade?
As March draws to a close, equity indices from the Small Exchange are within a few percentage points of unchanged on the month. That said, the last four weeks of stock movement have been anything but sideways for the active trader utilizing pairs opportunities.
Picking a Side in the Battle of Yields
Every so often a market reaches an inflection point, and traders ask themselves: is this a flash in the pan or is the landscape actually changing? Examples include the British pound’s decline following the initial Brexit vote
Is the US Dollar Just Getting Started?
Rarely do traders buy a stock or currency at the absolute lowest price, and so the conversation over whether or not to buy should come down to whether or not you still see upside.
What Are the Benefits of Trading the Small Exchange?
For active traders, finding an ideal market to trade is a critical task. Although the best products exhibit liquidity and volatility―two vital attributes―there are many other factors to consider. Regardless of your experience level, it is easy to get overwhelmed.
Trading Metals That Don’t Rust
Opinions on the future of investing aside, you cannot debate the fact that metals have been as active as ever in the last year of trading.
When Will the Steepening Stop?
While “The Steepening” may sound like a Hollywood-produced thriller wherein an animated monster made of tea leaves terrorizes some unassuming small town, it’s in fact the increase in the spread between short-term and long-term interest rates.
Are Interest Rates the New Crypto?!
Just two months into 2021, ephemeral infatuations with Shiba Inu-based cryptocurrencies and video game retailers have subsided, but yields have continued to keep pace with more enduring trends like the bullish run in Bitcoin.
Learn How to Become a Scalper in Options Trading
Scalping is a short-term trading strategy in which the trader repeatedly takes small profits to secure market share. Although forex and equities products attract many scalper traders, futures and options are also ideal markets for the implementation of this powerful methodology. Let’s take a closer look at scalping and what is required to make money… Read more.