USD/JPY 1Q Forecast: Can the BoJ Keep Up With the Breakneck Pace of the FOMC?
With Shinzo Abe now no longer leading Japan, can Abenomic-fueled Yen losses remain?
Top Trading Lessons: Take Extra Caution Before Joining Popular Trades
The first quarter of 2020 turned traders on their heads as Covid-19 ripped through the global economy. Swift action from the Federal Reserve and other central banks backstopped the global…
Top Trading Lessons: A Crisis May Scare Away the Crowd, But Not the Best Traders
Many things that happened in 2020 appear to be counterintuitive, especially when it comes to the stock markets.
Top Trading Lessons: A Lesson on Irrational Exuberance and Trader Psychology
You might have heard the aphorism "the market is not the economy" before. The phrase surfaced quite a bit this past year largely owing to COVID-19 and the economic fallout…
Top Trading Lessons: Trade More of What Is in Play, Less of What Isn’t
2020 was filled with extremely high levels of volatility across just about every asset class. The S&P 500 had one of its most volatile years on record, the WTI crude…
Top Trading Lessons: History Doesn't Repeat Itself, But It Often Rhymes
The quote ‘history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes,’ which is largely attributed to Mark Twain, comes to mind as COVID-19 has made 2020 an unforgettable year.
Top Trading Lessons: Don’t Fight the Tape and Don’t Fight the Fed
2020 proved once again that you should always follow two of the commandments laid out by Wall Street legend Marty Zweig in his 1986 book titled “Winning on Wall Street”:…
Top Trading Lessons: Be Confident – Don’t Listen to Noise
A recurring theme this year has been the huge amount of trading advice, commentary, opinion – aka ‘noise’ – around a majority of my trading decisions in 2020.
The Basics of Technical Analysis
This beginners guide will introduce you to the basics of technical analysis, and how it can be used to trade FX.
Top Trading Lessons: Ignore ‘Market Lore’ and Focus on the Evidence
Seemingly one of the most stubbornly durable bits of “market lore” is that traders treat gold as some sort of ultimate safe haven. Tellingly, the financial news media is often…