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Your Trading Journal Blueprint – Free Download

  Those of you who have attended any of our LIVE Inner Circle education sessions, or participated in our courses, will know that a regular theme covered is the importance and benefits of measuring your trading. One of the key tools we often discuss is the use of a trading journal. For those of you less familiar with this as a concept, a ...

March 29, 2019
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Hawkish & Dovish Explained!

Hawkish and Dovish are two crucial words widely used in our industry whenever there are central bank speeches or talks about monetary policies. But what does it mean? Central banks are more transparent than ever and forex analysts or traders try to dissect the overall tone and language used when central bankers speak to see: How the economy...

March 28, 2019
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GO Markets Launches ASX Share CFDs; Flags Release of US Shares CFDs

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – 27 March 2019. GO Markets is pleased to add ASX shares to its CFD product range, increasing the number of instruments available to more than 250. With a previous focus towards Margin FX (Forex), CFD commodities and Indices, the move is expected to open the door to traders seeking multiple assets within a single platform. ...

March 28, 2019
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Is your trading plan specific enough to allow meaningful and decisive ACTION?

A written trading plan, usually comprising of several guiding action statements, serves the following two invaluable purposes: Facilitates consistency in trading action e.g. in the entry and exit of trades, allowing the trader AND Measures the strategy used specified within each statement to make an evidence-based judgement on how well thes...

March 21, 2019
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Are You Appropriately ‘Aroused’ for Peak Trading Performance?

There is NO such thing as emotionless trading AND in many respects, it may be considered that it is a good thing too. After all, correctly targeted emotions will allow you to: Have an exciting, compelling trading purpose that drives you to do the hard yards with your learning (we know some people fail to complete a course or put learning into ac...

March 8, 2019
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Know the Score: Holding Costs of Daily Fx Positions

Many traders consider trading daily timeframes but when used to trading the shorter timeframes, overnight holding costs of positions may not be something they have come across previously. This brief article has the aim of understanding why these trading costs exist and how they are calculated. But First…An important message about holding costs...

March 5, 2019
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Black and Yellow Gold

Commodities markets were on sell-off mode on Friday. The black and yellow gold was sent to the downside dragged by the disappointing Purchasing Managers Index data. Gold - XAUUSD The Chart shows that Gold price pulled back as from last Wednesday on a broad-based US dollar strength and retreated from its 2019 highs. The yellow metal struggled to ...

March 4, 2019
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From Singapore to Hanoi – Summit 2.0

President Trump is on the “Tweet Rally” with positive headlines on the trade front and much confidence ahead of the Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. Singapore Summit The Singapore Summit marked the first-ever meeting between the Head of State of North Korea and the United States. Both leaders signed a joint statement during the Summit and agr...

February 26, 2019
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Trade Deadline Delayed – “Substantial Progress”

Monday started on a buoyant note as the weekend negotiations between the US and the Chinese officials on structural issues, including intellectual property protection, technology transfer, agriculture among others were productive which encouraged President Trump to extend the 1st March deadline. Asian stocks and trade-sensitive currencies l...

February 25, 2019
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The Dalian Port – “China’s Coal Ban”

Wednesday was the bearer of bad news for Australia. Despite the buoyant employment report which briefly lifted its local currency, the Australian dollar plummeted on Westpac’s rate cut forecasts and the news of China’s Coal Ban. Simmering diplomatic tensions could be the trigger behind the ban. The news that the Dalian port in China has b...

February 21, 2019
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Updated Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)

GO Markets Pty Ltd updated its Product Disclosure Statement (PDS). View our updated Product Disclosure Statement. The changes made to the PDS mainly relate to adding share CFDs to our offer. Please read and save a copy of this document for your records....

February 20, 2019
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MT4 to MT5: Is it Time to Make the Change?

In this brief article we explore the major differences between the MT4 and MT5 Trading Platforms in order to assist reader in deciding whether they should consider switching to the latest version of this established Forex gateway to the market. Do you have to make a switch now? The reality for now is that MT4 is still used widely by brokers and t...

February 18, 2019
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Earnings Report: Brambles Limited

The Logistics Company has reported a 27% decline in net profit (after tax) for the six months ended 31 December. The drop in profit is mainly due to higher costs on: Fuel Transport Brexit-proofing costs. The company was also deprived of the one-off tax benefit of US$130 million from a year ago. Below is a summary of key metrics: Sour...

February 18, 2019
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The Less-Dovish Central Bank

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) made its first interest rate decision and monetary policy, but it was not what the market participants expected. The Central Bank did not follow the same dovish theme seen by other central banks. The Official Cash Rate (OCR) was left at 1.75%, as widely expected, and the RBNZ expects to keep the OCR at this ...

February 13, 2019
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Reserve Bank of New Zealand – First 2019 Policy Statement!

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) will make its first interest rate decision for the year 2019. We will see the Press Conference, Rate and Monetary Policy Statement on Wednesday. Market participants are expecting the RBNZ to adopt the same dovishness seen lately by major central banks The Reserve Bank of Australia The Federal Reserve B...

February 12, 2019
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