How A Trend Is Born

How A Trend Is Born

When we take the time to analyse what lies beneath market action and more particularly price direction we find there are two major areas of focus. One is the big risk events that lurk in the weekly calendar and the second is the risk environment and to what extent...
Profit Themes

Profit Themes

Tracking down fundamental themes and identifying the sentiment is a vital first step in making our trading choices, so this week we will take a close look at what the pros are thinking as events take place and what we can look forward to this coming week. Urban...
The Profit Puzzle

The Profit Puzzle

Recent trading has brought volatility and choppiness to the markets, and then last week post the US disappointments in the jobs data it all got much calmer. Profits were made longing the commodity currencies and shorting the Euro amongst other opportunities. These...
Daily Triple Threat Trading Outlook, Oct. 8 2015

Daily Triple Threat Trading Outlook, Oct. 8 2015

By: Omar Eltoukhy Hey tradefans!!  Well, a very interesting week has certainly yielded some nice opportunities outside of forex.  That’s why I have gone from only trading the FX market to expanding into trading oil, and the global stock market indices.  While...
Profit From Knowledge

Profit From Knowledge

To trade without understanding what is driving the market is like driving with a blindfold. Invariably even a very basic  knowledge of global macro will show you in which direction you are looking to trade and significantly increasing probabilities of success . Again...
Daily Triple Threat Trading Outlook, Oct. 8 2015

NY Session Outlook , Oct. 1, 2015

By: Omar Eltoukhy Hey traders!  This week has seen some great trades on Tuesday, but very slow otherwise.  However, we are indeed seeing much more tradeable markets than the prior weeks leading into the end of September.  We begin October and with the very beginning...