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DAY 5 - Low Volatility Monday

Forex
Monday's are usually low volatility day compare to other days and with London on a public holiday, there was hardly any moves in major currency pairs. Hopefully, we would see some high volatility later in the week mainly on Thursday as interest rate decision is due by ECB & BoE.
Equities
As regards to equities, the boost to market sentiment provided by NFP data did not last long and global equities start the week on the back foot, as investors digest the latest sign of weakness from China'…
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Forex Volatility - Posted on 22nd April

Finally markets reopen after a four day holiday break, but market volatility remained low today and we have seen no clear direction on majority of currencies. Global equities have managed to stage a small rebound from last week's lows, which indicates that stock traders are less concerned about tensions in Ukraine and are confident about the U.S. first-quarter earnings season so far.
I am expecting volatility to pick-up tomorrow and Thursday due to some important fundamental numbers coming out o…
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Forex Trading - Business or Gamble

I read this story on one of the forum and shared it here few months ago, thought it would be a good time to re post it and share it with fellow traders:

I wonder if any of you guys can help me?
I can't understand what I did wrong this year.
I had such a great idea for a business but it just fell apart.
The idea was simple : I know a supplier that I can get items from
really cheap and it was my intention to sell them on for a nice profit
in the expensive area I live in (people will pay extort…
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geula4x 24 Dec.

+1 Liked: An interesting read! Thanks for sharing :-) IMHO "50% of net worth" is way too much to risk!

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