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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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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 using Th...

March 7, 2025
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Thematic 4 of 2025 – JUST BLEW UP! The third digital age ramps

Since writing our Thematic paper for 2025 two of the four major themes have already shook markets in 2025. One has been the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States of America and he nationalistic policies the second is the AI revolution taking a massive left hand turn.  With the release of DeepSeek, the AI story may actua...

January 29, 2025
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Falling into the end of the year – Where to for Australia?

With 2024 fast approaching its conclusion we thought it best to have a really good deep dive into where the Australian economy sits and therefore where the opportunities and risks are for 2025. It's pretty clear that things are soft to say the least but there are signs the household is stirring. Government spending is remaining elevated, inflati...

December 4, 2024
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Connecting to public Wi-Fi and hotspots

Public Wi-Fi hotspots are found everywhere in places like your local shops, cafes, hotels, and even at some parks. They can be a convenient way to access the internet when you are out, have poor reception, or are travelling overseas. Learn more about public Wi-Fi and using it securely. Like many things online, there are risks involved when using...

May 27, 2024
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ASIC shuts down nearly 3,500 scam websites, steps up surveillances in push to protect consumers

New data has revealed nearly 3,500 investment scam websites have been knocked out by ASIC's scam website takedown capability since it was launched in July 2023, as ASIC sharpens its efforts to protect Australians from digitally enabled misconduct. ASIC's latest enforcement and regulatory update highlights the regulator's investment scams disrupt...

April 4, 2024
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GO Markets Achieves ISO 27001 Certification

GO Markets proudly announces its achievement of ISO 27001 certification. This milestone underscores GO Markets' unwavering commitment to safeguarding its clients’ information assets and affirms its commitment to maintaining information security at an industry-leading level. This standard, part of the ISO 27000 series, sets out the specificatio...

April 3, 2024
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What are jobless claims?

Jobless claims refer to a weekly statistic published by the U.S. Department of Labor, indicating the number of individuals applying for unemployment insurance benefits. These claims are categorised into two groups: initial claims, encompassing first-time filers, and continuing claims, representing those who were already receiving unemployment benef...

April 27, 2023
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Understanding Retail Sales

Retail sales play a fundamental role in shaping the economic landscape of any country. These sales represent the culmination of consumer demand for finished products, serving as a barometer for economic health and a predictor of market trends. In the United States, this vital metric is meticulously tracked and reported monthly by the U.S. Census Bu...

November 1, 2022
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What Is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?

CPI is a globally recognised economic indicator used by many countries to measure inflation and assess changes in the cost of living for their citizens. It evaluates the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services, such as food, clothing, rent, healthcare, entertainment, and tran...

November 1, 2022
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Understanding CFDs: An introductory guide to CFDs

What are CFDs? A contract for differences (CFD) is an agreement between a buyer and a seller that the buyer will pay the seller the difference between the current value of an asset and its value at the time of the contract. CFDs provide traders and investors with the opportunity to profit from price movements without owning the actual asset...

October 23, 2022
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OCO or stop-limit order

One Cancels the Other (OCO) is a trading strategy commonly used in financial markets, including options trading. It is a conditional order that allows traders to place two orders simultaneously, with one order serving as a hedge or protection against the other. The primary purpose of OCO orders is to manage risk and limit potential losses while sti...

August 18, 2021
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