The importance of gauging market sentiment 101 Having returned from Dubai where I taught around 150 people how to trade the financial markets it has reminded me once again of going over the basics of trading. One of the most foundational aspects to grasp is that of sentiment, or put simply, the mood of the […]

This is an article on human reasoning fallibility as it pertains to trading/investing that is well worth a read. I found it earlier and though I'd share it:  

When can you catch a bounce?   I came across a thought provoking article on Market's Live Blog this am on the S&P500 futures chart. The piece was suggesting that some buyers might be buying S&P500 futures this am on the premise that after four big down days then a correction is due. Here was the […]

Trade continues in forex despite the closing of futures tade due to limit locks  (its not actually closed, I explained here: )  US equity futures circuit break triggered – ES limit down

The next decade is often different from the prior one "Financial markets tend to base their expectations of the future on the experiences of the recent past"

JPM client note on the Japanese yen, say its losing its attraction as a safe haven play USD/JPY annual range of less than 10% for three consecutive years – 2019 range less than 8% (smallest since 1980) Yen:

It's all about building your case In an economic week in the US where the existing home sales, the weekly unemployment claims and the flash manufacturing PMI are the only events on the docket, it is hard to get too excited about the prospects for trading. At least from the economic release angle.

What's the rush? I love this quote from George Soros because it is more true every day. He said it in his book on the crash of 2008 but he might be talking about fake meat, marijuana or electric cars today.

It is not every day that markets get caught out by overwhelming fear ForexLive The new coronavirus outbreak brings back many lessons in markets and one of them is to not be too blinded by the fear.