Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst ...

One of the most common mistakes made by beginners is not having a plan. A trading plan outlines the strategies and techniques that you’ll use to execute trades and manage risks. Without a plan, you’re ...

As you may know, financial markets move up and down throughout the trading day. Because of this, some traders like to use automated ‘orders’ to enter or exit a trade when a market reaches a specific ...

Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician (CMT). Nearly 30 years ago, the foreign exchange market (forex) was characterized by ...

Around forty years ago, my lifelong obsession with trading and markets began when I started work in the interbank forex market. Even after all these years, I can remember all too well what I felt ...

Forex trading has a reputation for being complex, filled with charts, technical terms and endless market chatter. But at its heart it is surprisingly simple. You are buying one currency while selling ...

Historically, short selling (also referred to as ‘shorting’ or ‘going short’) has been used in stock markets under negotiated contracts. However, it has spread to almost every financial instrument, ...