July

The spotlight was on the FOMC decision this week, but the ECB and BOJ policy shifts did their part to spark wild rides, along with a few other market surprises from China and Australia. A busy earnings calendar also allowed U.S. equities…

Another major central bank shifted its policy bias and spurred big moves this week! I’m talking about the ECB and its more dovish than usual announcement. This contrasted with the Fed’s stubbornly hawkish decision, which was later on…

In a tough week filled with major, major catalysts and elevated uncertainty, our FX strategists were able to arguably have two ideas play out effectively by the week close. Take a closer look at what happened and why traders had to stay…

The Hammer The hammer price action pattern is a bullish signal that signifies a higher probability of the market moving higher than lower and is used primarily in up-trending markets. Here is an example of what a hammer candle…

In the ever-evolving world of automatic trading robot, it is crucial to understand the significance of building an optimization process to avoid the pitfall of over-fitting. Over-fitting refers to the phenomenon when a trading…

News like FOMC or NFP are known by the name "The Widow Maker". This exaggeration definetely shows the explosive character of the events. If you have open positions without a strict Stop Loss, you will likely run into a higher…

With the new update we are able to see the trend direction and strength and also the trend start line is drawn on the chart so its easy to see if a divergence is created and reversal is possible ! In the first picture we are…

Rounding up our central bank events this week is the Bank of Japan’s (BOJ) July monetary policy updates.What are traders expecting and how can the event affect JPY’s intraweek trends? Here are the important points you need to know if…

Most traders will agree that there are few things more enjoyable than riding a steady up trend all the way to the top. Unfortunately, as the old adage goes, “all good things must come to an end”. This is particularly true in…

It is expected, with a probability of almost 100%, according to the CME Group, that the Fed will raise interest rates by 25 bp to 5.5%, and this decision is already priced in. But here's how the Fed leaders will act further in…