• How Social Media is Influencing the Rise in Popularity of Cryptocurrencies

    How Social Media is Influencing the Rise in Popularity of Cryptocurrencies

    • February 8, 2021

    Reading 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

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  • Crucial Things to Consider When Selecting a Great Forex Broker

    Crucial Things to Consider When Selecting a Great Forex Broker

    • February 8, 2021

    Reading 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

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  • Evaluating Commodity Markets in the Post-COVID-19 Era

    Evaluating Commodity Markets in the Post-COVID-19 Era

    • January 18, 2021

    Reading 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

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  • 5 Precious Metals Stock Trades That Add Some Shine to Your Portfolio

    5 Precious Metals Stock Trades That Add Some Shine to Your Portfolio

    • January 8, 2021

    Reading time: 8 minutes Demand for industrial applications, investment portfolio diversification and safe-haven bidding, witnessed precious metals prices soar in 2020, a year governed largely on the back of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). Despite strong bullish gains, primary precious metals such as gold and silver concluded in a corrective phase (figure 1.A). An interesting issue

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  • What is Forex Trade ‘Volume’?

    What is Forex Trade ‘Volume’?

    • January 8, 2021

    Reading 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

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  • How to Trade Cryptocurrency on the MT4 Platform?

    How to Trade Cryptocurrency on the MT4 Platform?

    • January 8, 2021

    Reading 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

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  • Everything You Need to Know About Cryptocurrency CFD trading

    Everything You Need to Know About Cryptocurrency CFD trading

    • January 8, 2021

    Reading 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

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  • FX Trading Tips: How to Install External Indicators on MT5

    FX Trading Tips: How to Install External Indicators on MT5

    • January 8, 2021

    Reading 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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  • FX Trading Must-Haves: Top Forex Trading Tools For 2021

    FX Trading Must-Haves: Top Forex Trading Tools For 2021

    • December 31, 2020

    Reading time: 7 minutes A career in foreign exchange trading (often referred to as currency trading or Forex trading) is an exciting prospect, though is often difficult to know where to begin. With 2021 just around the corner, FP Market’s research team have joined forces and listed some of the must-have Forex trading tools. Divided

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  • Introduction to CFDs: How to Trade CFD Stocks Like a Pro

    Introduction to CFDs: How to Trade CFD Stocks Like a Pro

    • December 30, 2020

    Reading time: 7 minutes Although still in their relative infancy, CFDs, or contracts for difference, have become ubiquitous in the financial markets, offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional share trading. Similar to options and futures, CFDs are derivative products: a contract, or agreement, between two parties to exchange the difference between the opening and closing

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  • A List of the Best MT4 Indicators to Download in 2021

    A List of the Best MT4 Indicators to Download in 2021

    • December 30, 2020

    Reading time: 8 minutes Were you aware that although MetaTrader trading platforms offer in excess of 30 built-in technical indicators, more than 2,000 custom indicators are available? MQL5’s community boasts an extensive library of custom trading indicators for MetaTrader 4 (MT4) and MetaTrader 5 (MT5) users. From basic candlestick detection to advanced Harmonic pattern indicators,

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  • 3 Powerful Japanese Candlestick Patterns Traders Must Know

    3 Powerful Japanese Candlestick Patterns Traders Must Know

    • December 28, 2020
    Reading time: 10 minutes Known for revealing Japanese candlestick analysis to the Western world, Steve Nison is acknowledged as a leading authority on the subject. However, in his widely read book, Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques: A Contemporary Guide to the Ancient Investment Techniques of the Far East, Nison highlights Munehisa Homma (sometimes translated as Sokyu)READ MORE