The Global Update

Trading With No Indicators?  Let’s Take a Look at 3 Strategies That Often Get Overlooked for Their Simplicity While learning about market indicators and their use is very important for new traders, the basics of how to read price action should

What is Stop-Loss Hunting? Stop loss hunting (or “stop hunting” for short) is a type of trading strategy that aims to profit by deliberately triggering other traders’ stop losses. Certainly, this is something that you should watch out for; but

The gold futures market offers plenty of opportunities for day traders and swing traders alike. Gold prices can often be volatile, an attractive quality for traders seeking to exploit large moves within a short period of time. Gold also happens

  View Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays for the month. The Global Update blog features various blogs from throughout the month. Key Events That Moved the Market in the previous month are detailed. 

CME Group has increased Exchange Fees for select markets, as of Feb 1, 2023. This year’s increases are widespread; please review the linked Special Executive Report from CME for fees and pricing details: CLICK HERE Please be aware that the

Crude oil was hovering near $65 a barrel toward the end of 2021. If you can remember, consumer and producer price inflation had already begun creeping up. But then, in February of 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine. Soon enough, all energy

The MACD wasn’t originally designed for day trading or scalping. It was intended for longer-term traders and investors. Still, this makes the MACD indicator a tempting tool for developing ultra-short term strategies if only because it may be an indicator

The MACD (Moving Average Convergence-Divergence) indicator is one of the most well-known and used oscillators in technical analysis, especially for swing traders who take short-term and medium term positions which can span several days to a few weeks. While there

How might you enter a trend early on with near-impeccable timing and with some assurance that there’s likely to be enough momentum to sustain that trend? This is a question that market technician Gerald Appel faced early in his career.

  View Upcoming Government Reports & Holidays for the month. The Global Update blog features various blogs from throughout the month. Key Events That Moved the Market in the previous month are detailed.