• The Pattern Pulse—9 November 2023

    The Pattern Pulse—9 November 2023

    • November 9, 2023

    Your weekly outlook of technical patterns and structure. The Research Team scans the financial markets for you, highlighting clear and actionable technical structures. Forex: Long-Term Bearish Pennant Pattern Nearing Breaking Point on AUD/USD Monthly Timeframe – Albeit more of a longer-term structure, price action on the monthly timeframe of AUD/USD has been busy carving out

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  • The Pattern Pulse—2 November 2023

    The Pattern Pulse—2 November 2023

    • November 2, 2023

    Your weekly outlook of technical patterns and structure. The Research Team scans the financial markets for you, highlighting clear and actionable technical structures. Forex: EUR/USD bearish Flag at Support Daily Timeframe – From the daily timeframe of EUR/USD, price action has been compressing between two parallel lines to form a potential bearish flag pattern ($1.0448

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  • The Pattern Pulse – 16 March

    The Pattern Pulse – 16 March

    • March 16, 2023

    Your weekly review of technical patterns and structure. The research team scans the financial markets for you, highlighting clear and actionable technical structures. Forex: GBP/JPY Targeting Ascending Support Daily Timeframe – Following the currency pair rejecting the underside of trendline resistance, taken from the high ¥172.13, we can see that the currency pair is on

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  • First Light News—Monday 13 February

    First Light News—Monday 13 February

    • February 13, 2023

    The FP Markets research team produce First Light News around the European open, ensuring traders and investors have the news needed to begin their day. Friday’s Highlights Good morning. Friday ended mixed in the US equities space; the Dow and S&P 500 rallied 0.5% and 0.2%, respectively, while the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.6% amidst selling

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  • The Pattern Pulse—9 February

    The Pattern Pulse—9 February

    • February 9, 2023

    Your weekly review of technical patterns and structure. The research team scans the financial markets, highlighting clear and actionable technical structures. Forex: EUR/USD Testing the Mettle of its 50-Day Simple Moving Average Daily Timeframe – Price action on the EUR/USD’s daily timeframe shows signs of rebounding from its 50-day simple moving average at $1.0703. Buyers

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  • First Light News—Tuesday 7 February

    First Light News—Tuesday 7 February

    • February 7, 2023

    The FP Markets research team produce First Light News around the European open, ensuring traders and investors have the news needed to begin their day. Good morning. Major US equity indices traded lower on Monday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1%, the S&P 500 dropped 0.6% and the Nasdaq 100 fell 0.9%. It was

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  • Best Cryptocurrency Blogs To Follow in 2023

    Best Cryptocurrency Blogs To Follow in 2023

    • January 30, 2023

    Reading Time: 7 Minutes What is the Purpose of a Crypto Blog?  A good crypto blog informs investors of important crypto news, including business, markets, analysis (this can include technical analysis), and education. There is no such thing as the “best crypto blog to follow.” It’s subjective. It depends on what you want from a

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  • Bumper Macro Week Ahead—Market Insight for the Week Ending 3 February

    Bumper Macro Week Ahead—Market Insight for the Week Ending 3 February

    • January 28, 2023

    It is all about the central banks this week; the blockbuster week welcomes the US Federal Reserve (Fed), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Bank of England (BoE), all of which are anticipated to increase rates. The Fed steals the spotlight on Wednesday with markets more or less pricing in a 25 basis-point hike,

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  • Challenges of Being a Forex Trader in 2022

    Challenges of Being a Forex Trader in 2022

    • January 27, 2023

    Reading time: 8 minutes The last few years have been a bit of a whirlwind for the forex trading community. Unprecedented global events, political uncertainty and a boom in tech innovation have resulted in a unique time for the industry. Covid-19 welcomed a new wave of traders as global lockdowns sparked a new era of

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  • 3 Reasons Why iOS Removed MT4 and MT5 From the App Store

    3 Reasons Why iOS Removed MT4 and MT5 From the App Store

    • January 27, 2023

    Reading time: 7 minutes For global forex brokers, Metaquotes remains the main provider of trading software available across computers and mobiles, opening the forex and crypto market for home-grown traders and professionals alike. Standing as the benchmark for efficiency, accessibility and flexibility, both Metatrader 4 (MT4) and Metatrader 5 (MT5) have superseded platform rivals since

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  • 4 Factors to Look at When Choosing a Cryptocurrency Exchange

    4 Factors to Look at When Choosing a Cryptocurrency Exchange

    • January 26, 2023

    Reading time: 7 minutes The crypto boom took the whole world by storm. The concept of digital currencies and the idea of the ‘blockchain’ grew alongside understandable criticism, stigmatised by traditional investors and brick-and-mortar financial institutions as just another short-lasting fad. Years on, digital currency has become a lasting part of the global financial woodwork,

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  • How to Analyse Market Trends to Maximise Your Returns

    How to Analyse Market Trends to Maximise Your Returns

    • January 26, 2023

    Reading time: 8 minutes Graphs and charts have become the focal point of the modern trading community. Easy-to-use trading interfaces and heightened accessibility have bred a new era of traders glued to mobile charts from the stock market to the world of forex. We’ve all heard the saying ‘buy low, sell high’, but this is

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