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Forex vs. Stocks Alright, so your lucky numbers came up and you finally hit the jackpot. Now, where should you invest? There are many options for you to consider, but let’s narrow it down to Forex or stocks. At first glance, you might think that this is a no brainer – everyone knows stocks are [...]

U.S. initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose last week, a sign that the labor market is struggling to gain traction. Jobless claims increased by 1,000 to 427,000 in the week ended June 4, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg News projected a drop in claims to 419,000, according to the median [...]

A surge in market volatility following Japan’s worst earthquake on record and a jump in oil prices may not be enough to keep investment-banking and trading revenue from falling for a fourth consecutive quarter. Analysts have lowered first-quarter earnings estimates at the biggest U.S. banks, saying trading revenue won’t rebound as much as they had [...]

The main goal of the forex market is gaining profit from your position through buying and selling different currencies. For example, you have bought a currency, and this particular currency rises in value. In this case, you gain profit if you quickly close your position. If you close your position and sell the currency back [...]

In order to gain an understanding of what actually moves the prices, or exchange rates in the interbank market, we must first understand that for any transaction to take place, there must be a buyer and there must be a seller – there must be a counter party for every trade. Open interest in the [...]

This article assumes some knowledge of the way the forex market and forex brokers work. Contrary to popular belief, ECN’s are not superior to Market Makers in every way. There are advantages and disadvantages on both sides. Minimum Deposits There are retail market makers out there today that allow traders to begin with $1 in [...]

Hedging is defined as holding two or more positions at the same time, where the purpose is to offset the losses in the first position by the gains received from the other position. Usual hedging is to open a position for a currency A, then opening a reverse for this position on the same currency [...]

In some previous posts I have explained how bad is Etoro as a forex broker, customer support, giving free hands to scamers, freezing platform and so on. In this post I will add another proofs that this broker should not be used! These are not fake reviews, these are real people talking about their experience [...]

When you start your forex trading career you should always make the right decision in choosing a broker. In this blog you can find many articles about how a forex broker should be in order to fill your needs and expectations. But not many of them are reliable and honest. In some previous posts I [...]