Understanding Volume Oscillator and Its Role in Technical Analysis Navigating the complex terrain of trading requires a grasp of various technical analysis tools. One such tool is the Volume Oscillator, a potent indicator that offers insight into market trends and their strength. This article provides a comprehensive look at this tool, its interpretation,...
Contracts for Difference (CFDs) have garnered significant attention as derivative products that offer traders the ability to speculate on the price movements of various assets without the need to own them physically. These financial instruments emerged in the latter part of the 20th century, propelled by the advent of the internet revolution, which revolutionized...
There has been a recent upsurge of CFD prop firms appearing. These prop firms offer traders the opportunity to trade with their capital and earn a percentage of the profits. But are these prop firms better than trading with a broker? And what are the risks and benefits of joining them? In this publication, we will explore these questions and more. 🔹What are...
🔷CFD Contacts Contract for Difference is referred to as CFD. It is a type of financial contract that enables traders to make predictions about price changes in a variety of underlying assets, such as indices, equities, and commodities, without actually holding such assets. A contract for difference (CFD) is an arrangement between two parties, usually a trader...
"Gold is money. Everything else is credit.", said John Pierpont Morgan. When borrowers default, markets collapse and banks run into crisis, gold prices skyrocket. Gold is trading at a 12-month high on March 18th. Gold has been valued for thousands of years. Gold has unique properties. It has been enchanting women and men since humans set foot on the planet....
There is one tool with trading, which you can accelerate your portfolio, compared to with investing. I’m talking about Gearing (or leverage). To wrap our head around this concept, here’s a more relatable life example. When you buy a house for R1,000,000, it is very similar to trading derivatives. Initially, the homeowner most probably won’t have the full...
What is FTR? FTR in forex refers to fail to return. An important price action term used to do technical analysis of currency pairs in forex. Simply by its mean, price broke an important level but failed to return from that level. It is called FTR (fail to return). In the picture, I tried to explain this important trading setup simply and completely.
The rule is very easy to understand. Whether you trade using CFDs or Spread Betting, the rule is the same. Never risk more than 2% of your portfolio on any one trade. It’s one rule that you can use whether you have a R1,000 account or a R10,000,000 account. You see, trading is a forever business. This means, as a trader you should risk as little of your...
Not sure what happened but the image didn't show. Here it is again... This is the most important concept you’ll need to understand to accelerate your account. During your trading experience, with gearing, you’ll learn how to multiply your profits. But you can also multiply your losses, if you don’t know what you’re doing. So listen up. What Gearing is in a...
What are CFDs and Spread Trading? Spread Trading (betting) and CFDs are financial instruments that allow us to do one thing. To place a bet on whether a market will go up or down in price – without owning the underlying asset. If we are correct, we stand a chance to make magnified profits and vice versa if wrong. Both CFDs and Spread Trading, allow us to...
Q. How do you work out CFD Interest Swaps with an example? Answer: CFDs is an instrument where you pay a small amount of money to be exposed to the full value of the share. With CFDs, there are daily charges when you buy and daily income interest that you receive when you sell (go short). The charge is known as a ‘daily swap’ or ‘daily interest charge’. You...
I use hourly range charts to analyse the distribution of the market. Range charts make it easier to see the extremes in the chart. I also look at the time and the range of the hour. Statistically, 61.8% time market should range. Also, the market should stay in the same range 61.8% until the next day or session. Draw your volume profile. Mark the time of the...
hello everyone. today i want to explain the relationship between price and volume and open interest. we know that open interest means the number of positions (long/short)that is open.(in short OI) if the price going up and volume and OI is going up too we can see very strong bullish sentiment in market. if price going up but volume and OI going down it means that...
Asset classes - Part 1 - Stocks, Bonds, Commodities and Currencies There are several types of asset classes which group together investments with similar characteristics. However, each asset class also has its own particular features that it does not share with other asset classes. Most common asset classes are: equities, fixed income, real estate, commodities...
CFDs are financial contracts between a broker and trader that pays for the difference in the settlement price between when you open and close a trade. If a trader expects the currency to move higher, they will enter a long position with a specific lot size. Conversely, if the trader expects the currency to move lower, they will enter a short position, expecting...
🏅 CFDS VS ETFS 🏅 ➡️ GOLD ETFS (Right Chart) ETFS PHYSICAL GOLD (ASX:GOLD) offers low-cost access to physical gold via the stock exchange and avoids the need for investors to personally store their own bullion. Each GOLD unit comes with an entitlement to an amount of "physical bullion". This means : Real Gold, Real Bars. ⬅️ GOLD CFDS (Left Chart) CFDs on...
Copper Parallel Channel Trade Idea From 2020/01/15 and 2020/01/24
Why do I like geometry? Because it often meets on charts. - Fibo Retracement; - Fibo Spiral; - Gann Fan; - Gann Square... These are my favorite! Thanks for your support!