Articles

Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

Articles

Trade from an informed place. We cover news, political events and market analysis plus product updates.

Quick trading Tip…Be Calm and Develop Trading Patience

  When we first start to trade, or subsequently (as a more experienced trader) when we trade a new symbol or system we are often “excited” as we see a “hope” for better results. We often forget that the development of expertise in other areas we have in life (think about what you do in work now for example), you must invest time,...

March 30, 2020
Read More >
The Perfect Storm Brewing in the Oil Market

The Perfect Storm Brewing in the Oil Market The oil and gas industry has been undergoing significant challenges due to the structural shift within the industry. A pandemic-induced economic downturn and an oil price war have now added another layer of uncertainty to the oil markets. Tensions between Saudi Arabia and Russia have disrupted the s...

March 27, 2020
Read More >
Investment Opportunities in the Health Care Sector

It might be difficult to stay optimistic in such plunging markets. Global equities are in a bear market and investors are moving away from riskier assets. Amid the mayhem, there may still be some buying opportunities if investors are selective about certain stocks. We are facing a global pandemic that is slowly forcing major countries into l...

March 24, 2020
Read More >
Inner Circle Video: Markets in turmoil – Risk and opportunities

At this special Inner Circle session Mike Smith (GO Markets), Cameron Malik and Mark Austin (Magnetic Trading) will be picking apart the events that have led to where we are now and outlining the significant risks and equally opportunities that may exist over the coming days, weeks and months. We looked in detail at Indices, equity markets, comm...

March 20, 2020
Read More >
Year to Date: ASX Best Performer

It may be difficult to remain optimistic in such plunging markets. Global equities are in bear market territory and investors are moving away from riskier assets. Amid the mayhem, there might still be some buying opportunities if investors are selective about certain stocks. We are facing a global pandemic that is slowly forcing major co...

March 20, 2020
Read More >
Gold Is Being Liquidated

Liquidity Crisis High levels of liquidity happen when there is both supply and demand for an asset, meaning transactions can take place easily. A market is considered to be liquid if it can absorb liquidity trades with significant changes in price. A liquidity crisis is, therefore, an acute shortage or drying up of liquidity. In simple terms,...

March 18, 2020
Read More >
Should Current Market Volatility Merit a Review of how you are Trading?

  Volatility Revisited Volatility is a measure of the range of price movement over a defined period on a specific timeframe on which any calculation is performed. It may increase or decrease dependent on market conditions and aims to provide the trader with an indication as to whether the range price movement in subsequent candles/bar is lik...

March 11, 2020
Read More >
Mind the gap! Strategies to managing ‘gapping’ risk with Shares and Share CFDs

  Obviously, one of the major differences between trading shares or share market derivatives (e.g. Share CFDs and Options) compared to other instruments such as Forex and Index or Commodity CFDs, is the daily set market hours and the risk of potentially significant differences in price between the close of one trading session and the openin...

March 10, 2020
Read More >
Coronavirus equity market action: Too early to call a bottom?

  At last week’s Share CFD clinic webinar session on Thursday we discussed the current market response to Coronavirus and key technical levels that could be important. Clearly market reaction has been significant, market sentiment over the last week has given a clear sentiment message as to the adverse financial implications of Coronav...

March 2, 2020
Read More >
Inner Circle Video: “Why is my trading system not working?”

Please find below the recording of the video from this weeks exciting Inner Circle session “Why is my trading system not working?": Five key areas to explore NOW. Please note the disclaimer at the start of the video. https://vimeo.com/392460601   Any questions about the content covered then please feel free to drop an email to mi...

February 20, 2020
Read More >
Australian Earnings Results – ASX200 Hits Record High

It was another busy day for the Australian share market with a series of corporate results;  namely for Asaleo Care, Crown, Cleanaway, Domino's Pizza, Fletcher Building, Fortescue Metals, Lovisa, McPherson's, Mount Gibson, McMillan Shakespeare, Nearmap, Seven Group, Sonic Healthcare, St Barbara, Stockland, Vicinity Centres, Wesfarmers, and Wis...

February 19, 2020
Read More >
Australian Earnings Results: Altium Kept the ASX200 in the Red

In the Australian share market, the focus remains on the earnings report. Most sectors were trading in negative territory with significant losses in the energy and information technology sectors. The technology sector was dragged by Altium Ltd. Altium is the world’s leading software company. It has helped a wide range of companies succeed ...

February 18, 2020
Read More >
Australian Earning Results: 17th February 2020

The Australian share market struggled to rise into positive territory on Monday. Sectors performance was mixed, with Information Technology, Energy and Real Estate leading gains of more than 0.5%, while significant losses were seen in the Consumer Discretionary and Communication Services sectors. Brambles Ltd, Regis Resources Limited and QBE...

February 17, 2020
Read More >
Avoiding three pitfalls of shorter timeframe online trading

The relative ease of online trading today has not only increased the opportunity of access but flexibility to trade different time frames that can better “fit” around other things going on in life. Trading short timeframes is a popular choice for many online trading strategies. Indeed, the shorter time-frame charts e.g. 15 minutes or les...

February 16, 2020
Read More >
Video: Inner Circle “Interviews with Successful Traders” series – Mark Austin

Another fantastic webinar session yet again, with this week's session of the Interviews with Successful Traders series featuring Mark Austin of Magnetic Trading, whose main speciality is Index trading. What Mark shared not only had relevance to Index trading, but also across all trading vehicles. We are delighted to share the video from the sess...

February 13, 2020
Read More >