The Global Update

The Challenges of Simulated Trading Simulated trading presents us with a dilemma: On one hand, there can be a great discrepancy between simulated and live results. Demo platforms were designed to help traders learn the platforms, not the markets. As

Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays   3-Dec CONSTRUCTION SPENDING REPORT 10:00 AM 6-Dec INTERNATIONAL TRADE REPORT 8:30 AM 6-Dec MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES… 10:00 AM 6-Dec US INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS & SERVICES 8:30 AM 7-Dec EMPLOYMENT SITUATION REPORT 8:30 AM

If there is one characteristic that distinguishes long-term from short-term speculators, passive investors from active traders, it’s their response to market volatility. Volatility is a statistical measure used to assess the dispersion and variance of returns for a given asset

Fear of taking a loss or missing out on a trade – every reasonable trader, all the way from the smallest retail trader to the largest institutional investor, must confront the emotion of fear! Is fear really a bad thing?

Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays   1-Nov CONSTRUCTION SPENDING REPORT 10:00 AM 2-Nov EMPLOYMENT SITUATION REPORT 8:30 AM 2-Nov MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENTORIES… 10:00 AM 2-Nov INTERNATIONAL TRADE REPORT 8:30 AM 2-Nov US INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS & SE… 8:30 AM

A contrarian view to gold’s decline Spot gold has declined overall since the beginning of the year. Compared to how investors may typically define a “stock” bear market, which is a drop of 20% of more, gold’s drop might still

If you are looking for a few positive and inspiring tips to get started in what can be a very difficult, risky, and unforgiving business, then we hope you will find this post helpful. Be aware that some of these

The Quick And The Dead is a phrase that some traders have used to describe the high-risk yet thrilling nature of day trading. It’s a loaded term; one that conjures up the image of a gunfighter dating back to the

Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays   1-Oct CONSTRUCTION SPENDING 10:00 AM 4-Oct MANUFACTURERS’ SHIPMENTS, INVENT… 10:00 AM 5-Oct EMPLOYMENT SITUATION REPORT 8:30 AM 5-Oct INTERNATIONAL TRADE REPORT 8:30 AM 5-Oct U.S. INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN GOODS & SE… 8:30 AM 8-Oct

How significant would it be to miss a trade or two while day trading? True, you might miss that very big losing trade, or that very big winning trade. But have you stopped to think of the difference it might