The Complete Risk-Reward Ratio Guide for Forex Traders
- Trading Knowledge, Trending Now
- February 28, 2021
Reading time: 10 minutes ‘It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, but how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong’—George Soros ‘Frankly, I don’t see markets; I see risks, rewards, and money’—Larry Hite A key factor behind Forex trading success is an appropriate balance between
READ MOREReading time: 9 minutes The foreign exchange market—known by most as the Forex market or currency market— is unique in many ways. The Forex market’s gargantuan presence, boasting a global daily currency turnover of US$6.6 trillion per day, is enough to leave most open-mouthed. Until the 1990s, Forex trading, or currency trading, was a practice
READ MOREReading time: 7 minutes ‘What are the most brilliant of our chemical discoveries compared with the invention of fire and the metals?’ – Benjamin Disraeli, UK Prime Minister (1874 – 1880) Over the past two decades, metal prices experienced notable price volatility. The World Bank’s Metals and Minerals Price Index trades at 90.28, as of
READ MOREReading time: 7 minutes To some, Fibonacci values (often referred to as Fibs) exhibit an air of mystery, an esoteric mathematical approach few understand. To others, Fibonacci is nothing more than percentage ratios applied to charts. Introduced by Italian mathematician Leonardo Pisano Bigollo in the 13th century, or better known as ‘Leonardo of Pisa’
READ MOREReading time: 8 minutes According to reports, we spend more than 2 hours a day engaging with social media platforms and messaging apps. In 2020, over 3.6 billion people used social media worldwide, a number projected to increase by almost 4.41 billion in 2025. For many of us, social media is an integral part
READ MOREReading time: 8 minutes According to the Forex Peace Army website, recognised for extensive Forex broker reviews since 2005, approximately 1,600 brokers exist. This—on top of long-winded jargon and unclear statistics—can make hunting for the right Forex broker challenging, not to mention time consuming. To help navigate the ever-changing brokerage landscape, the research team
READ MOREReading time: 7 minutes In mid-October 2019, the IMF forecasted 3.4 percent global growth in 2020 from 3.0 percent in 2019. Prior to COVID-19, global economic growth was humming along at a respectable pace. As a result, financial markets were largely vibrant for most of 2019. A number of commodity markets in particular outperformed benchmark
READ MOREReading time: 7 minutes The Forex market is made up of several commercial banks, hedge funds, proprietary trading firms and individual traders. Its fragmented nature operates through electronic platforms on a twenty-four-hour basis, five days a week. Absent of a primary exchange and clearing house, measuring real-time foreign exchange volume is impossible. Unlike other financial
READ MOREReading time: 7 minutes Gone are the days where traders focused on one financial market. Retail investors trading Forex on the MetaTrader 4 (MT4) platform often monitor and trade other financial instruments, including the cryptocurrency market in the form of cryptocurrency CFDs (contracts for difference). CFDs are a derivatives product that’s readily accessible on the
READ MOREReading time: 8 minutes Although fiat currencies claim centre stage in the financial markets, the cryptocurrencies bandwagon has been calling. A cryptocurrency is a digital asset, a virtual currency liquid enough to function as money. According to CoinMarketCap at the time of writing, the total cryptocurrency market capitalisation (market cap) stands at an eye popping 730
READ MOREReading time: 8 minutes The speed at which technology is developing continues to grow, with many traders eager to embrace it. However, technology remains a mystery for large numbers of traders, and can be particularly confusing when it comes to installing external technical indicators on MetaTrader platforms. This tutorial, however, should help simplify things. MetaQuotes
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