One way to make money during times of volatility is to trade CFDs. A CFD, or Contract For Difference is an agreement to exchange the difference in value of a particular financial instrument say a stock index, between the time at which the contract opens and the time at which it closes. There are many markets you can choose to trade on, but let's focus on one for now. FTSE 100 Index The ...

The Department of Labor, the Federal Reserve, the University of Michigan and various other entities issue important economic reports regularly that impact the markets! As a day trader, before you start your trading day you must know what reports are scheduled for that day. You should always be aware of the news events that lie ahead. You can get this information free by googling the keyword, " Economic Calender." Financial newspapers ...

Your FCM or forex broker has to act as a counterparty for each trade that you make providing you with liquidity. Now this can become a problem for the FCM or the broker when the market is thin and illiquid. The FCM or the broker cannot immediately offset the position in the interbank market. The Big Figure Trade is an example of how you can take advantage of your retail FCM ...

Know this fact that stop hunting takes place all times, all days and every day and there are some brokers who specialize in stop hunting for short term gains. It is amusing that some brokers preach the benefits of placing tight stops to their clients as a way to control risk, but in actual reality what they want is stop levels to shoot for. Tight stops usually hurt as there is ...

Day traders live and die with clean and accurate data that is delivered in the fastest possible fashion. Without access to fast streaming data, day traders are doing to be left behind missing crucial points left, right and centre. Today we'll take a look at the best computer set up for Day traders trading any market around the world. Day Traders need to invest in the right Monitors With talk about flexible ...