Forex market hours, and how a clock can help

The forex market is arguably the most liquid market in the world. Its open 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Time is one of the key components of becoming a profitable trader. But before you execute a position, it’s important that you understand the flow of the market. Generally speaking, the market is

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The actions reappear; Forex traders await news from Syria

Analysis made at the close of the US market by Kathy Lien, CEO of Strategy FX at BK Asset Management. US stocks rose sharply on Thursday, all major currencies have gained positions with the exception of the euro , which fell for the first time in five trading days.The massive sale was determined by the

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The Holy Grail of Trading

To the following question to a group of traders: Is there a system that allows beat the market on a regular basis? , The most skeptical reponderían with a resounding NO and the most naive barely flinching would say yes … and perhaps the best answer is not either. How? It is well known that

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Reading the Tape

I remember in my first steps in the world financial markets and technical analysis I was fascinated with the possibilities supposed prediction of price movement of the shares. Entrance seemed magically, the graphical representation of prices and trading volumes and with the help of identifying patterns possible to analyze any market in any sector at

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Going back to the origins

“As we said yesterday …”. Fray Luis de León -(1528-1591) After a long period of inactivity on the blog, where personal and professional occupations have kept me away from publishing articles and after reflection on the contents and the future of it, I want to come back with a fresh and direct approach. The underlying

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Trading for a living

A few days before Christmas one of the gifts that a large majority of aspiring trader would find under the tree would be the magic formula for living from trading. Unfortunately or fortunately for some others this present can exist only in our dreams, because to live the trading is much more complex to condense

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The utility of “paper trading”

  In the process of training and learning the techniques of trading, one of the tools that can be useful is the operating in an account with play money or paper trading , which most brokers usually make available to its customers at no additional cost . Not everyone agrees with the usefulness of this

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Deli II

To relax the weekend a brief appointment, a therapy to relieve tension or pressure and a suggestive painting … Quote: appeared on the Twitter blog “Inspiration exists but you have to find work” . – Pablo Picasso Video: “screamers”, a short film by Roberto Pérez Toledo

S&P: Northbound?

To the tune of the news of new monetary stimulus ( Quantitative Easing ) in the American economy and accompanied by acceptable business results in the 3rd quarter, the SP500 index has experienced a significant bullish rally from late August to the peak reached last November 5 , which has meant a revaluation of 18%.

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Facebook, in the markets?

One of the desires of investors is the possibility of seeing early trading to Facebook on the stock markets. However, as happened at the time with Google its market premiere was delayed. Currently, anyone who wishes not wait to offer IPO can go to secondary markets for unlisted companies ( SecondMarket , SharesPost ) and

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