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Market Watching in the Autumn – The Orange World Impacts

Global markets continue to search for anything they can grasp onto that points to possible signs of progress on global trade tensions, and by anything, we do mean ‘anything’ – truth social posts, X posts, this person heard from this person something tangible. It shows just how volatile this current market really is that inuendo and whim is be...

April 14, 2025
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Back to Basics: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Creating and Using a Trading Plan.

Why have a Trading Plan? We all know that markets can be chaotic, unpredictable, and emotionally wearing when you are trading. Without a structured approach, even experienced traders can find themselves making impulsive and often poor decisions, both on entry and exit, that lead to significant losses and cap any potential profit. A trading p...

April 14, 2025
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Another Period For The History Books.

We have deliberately waited a few days before commenting on “Liberation Day” and the fallout that would come from President Trump’s new tariffs regime. It will go down as just another historical period of heightened volatility, uncertainty, risk, and a whole manner of market turmoil. This is why we wanted to put what is happening right now...

April 7, 2025
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Learning From Losses: How Successful Traders Turn Setbacks into Comebacks.

In the world of trading, irrespective of what instrument or timeframes you are choosing to trade, losses aren't just inevitable—if you choose to embrace the opportunity they present,  they also have the potential to be massively educational. According to studies from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, nearly 70% of retail traders ex...

April 7, 2025
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The Discipline Illusion: Uncovering the Real Reasons Behind Trading Underperformance.

Introduction In the world of trading, "poor discipline" is frequently cited as the downfall of many aspiring and even experienced traders. It's the convenient explanation when trades go wrong: "I just need more discipline." However, this perspective misses a crucial insight—poor trading discipline is rarely the root problem. Rather, it's a sym...

March 31, 2025
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The Dirty 15 and the ‘liberation’ of what?

We would suggest that right now Markets are underestimating the impact of April 2 US Reciprocal Tariffs – aka Liberation Day monikered by the President. There is consistent and constant chatter around what is being referred to as The Dirty 15. This is the 15 countries the president suggests has been taking advantage of the United States of Ame...

March 28, 2025
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US Government Shutdown Showdown: Trump’s second term confronts its next major test

Introduction With the clock ticking toward a midnight Friday deadline, the United States is teetering on the edge of a partial government shutdown once again. The impasse—centred on a short-term funding bill—marks the first major legislative standoff of Donald Trump's second term in office. Although stopgap measures have been passed by th...

March 26, 2025
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Europe just broke the game wide open

The biggest move in 80 years We need to start with what is probably the biggest structural change Europe has seen since the formation of the European Union to its biggest member – Germany. For the first time in 80 years Germany’s Bundestag has voted to lift the country's “debt brake” to allow the expansion of major defence and infrast...

March 25, 2025
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The Silent Indicators: Market Signals Most Traders Miss

Introduction In the constant pursuit of market edge, traders often find themselves crowded into the same analytical spaces, watching identical indicators and acting on similar signals. This collective attention of market participants potentially creates a paradox: the more traders follow conventional signals, the less effective these signals ...

March 25, 2025
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Volatility as Opportunity: Thriving When Markets Panic

Introduction In the trading world, market volatility is often viewed with anxiety. Headlines scream "market meltdowns" and "investor panic," creating a climate of fear. Yet seasoned traders understand a fundamental truth: volatility doesn't just represent risk—it creates opportunity. This article explores how to recognize, prepare for, and cap...

March 17, 2025
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The 15-Minute Trading Routine Secrets That Professional Traders Won’t Tell You About

In the world of financial trading, efficiency separates the professionals from the amateurs. While novices often spend hours glued to their screens, seasoned professionals across all markets and instruments know that success isn't about screen time—it's about developing a disciplined, systematic approach that cuts through the noise and works in a...

March 11, 2025
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Has Trump killed the Trump trade?

We’re learning a lot about the Trump administration 2.0, it’s going to be hard to bed down, it has a nationalistic principle like never before and unlike the first administration thought bubbles will turn into action rightly or wrongly as all checks and balances now don’t exist. What’s also different between Trump 1.0 and Trump 2.0 is us...

March 7, 2025
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Rewiring the Trader’s Brain: Mastering the Discretionary-to-Automated Trading Transition

Introduction The evolution from discretionary to automated trading represents one of the most profound psychological shifts a trader can experience in their career. This transition isn't merely about adopting new technology—it requires fundamentally rewiring how one thinks about markets, risk, success, and even personal identity as a trader. ...

March 3, 2025
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Get ready for volatility: January core PCE

This coming Friday sees the January core PCE inflation data – the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation. Now most are forecasting that it should confirm that inflation has eased compared to this time last year. The consensus estimate has the monthly increase at  0.2 per cent with the annual rate at 2.5 per cent.  Now that is premised on a r...

February 26, 2025
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Price action fakeouts & traps: How to avoid getting caught on the wrong side of the market

Many traders rely on breakouts as key trading opportunities. The logic is simple: when price moves beyond a well-defined support or resistance level, it signals strength and continuation. However, markets are deceptive, and more often than not, these breakouts turn into fakeouts—also known as false breakouts or traps. A fakeout occurs when pri...

February 24, 2025
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