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Reading through other investment blogs, I came across this picture of the S&P over time showing how important it is to be in the market on big up days. This shows why time and time again daytraders get burned. If you aren’t in for those few big up days throughout the year, you […]

The FSA–the UK’s main financial regulator–recently announced plans to allow regular types to invest in hedge funds, sort of. The United Kingdom, like the U.S., has til now kept a lock on who could invest in the vehicles. Since hedge funds lack many of the same regulations as other investment vehicles, most government […]

The question of whether margin FX trading is simply too risky for most investors has become more resonant as the FX market continues to boom at the retail level. One reason why risk is of particular concern is because the growth is predominantly in the retail market, which is seen by […]

Do you sell anything online? Do you buy or sell online advertising? If you do and have been doing it long enough, you know how valuable it is to know the conversion statistics for different types of traffic. You could spend a lot of time and money doing trial and error, but […]

For those too confused to trade FX futures, too timid to deposit funds with a spot FX broker, and too lazy to switch their regular stock brokerage accounts over to something else, currency trading is still an option.
Deutsche Bank, in conjunction with a company called Powershares, has launched two exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that allow investors […]

I’ve recently realized that the industry I work in is a microcosm of markets globally. Retail spot forex (foreign exchange, currency trading, FX) has rapidly gone through the phases of initiation and fast growth, and is in the middle of the “new competition” phase in the United States at least. This is where […]

What kind of bizarre trade is this? Some are calling it the new carry trade. Bloomberg has an article describing the upsides and why it is less risky than many think.
Some reasons to take such a trade are the following:

China Yuan non-deliverable forward has an interest rate priced in at an extremely low […]

There are new companies launched every day in the forex world. Well nigh on half of them are selling products that involve getting rich quick by trading news. Trouble is, few execution services are good enough for people to consistently make money trading news. This is the case even in the world […]

In recent articles I’ve discussed the two primary options for trading the price of oil directly. One is oil futures, and the other the oil ETF (exchange traded fund, symbol USO). I recently became aware of another option, which is as close as a private investor can get to trading spot oil, to […]