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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 trad...
3 significant benefits of having an FX trading buddy
By Mike Smith Let’s face it, trading can be a lonely occupation sometimes. Along with the hope of picking up a “hot tip”, this seems to be a key reason why trading forums are so popular. Unfortunately many people leave such forums almost ...
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 o...
Margin Call Podcast – S1 E7: Sophie Gerber | Founder of Sophie Grace and Co-Founder of TRAction Fintech
Sophie Gerber (Linkedin) is a leader in the space of legal & compliance in the finance industry within Australia, publishing regularly across the industry. The breadth of both business, whether it’s Sophie Grace or TRAction FinTech, clearly...
Time For a Change? Considering Longer or Shorter Timeframe FX and CFD Trading
One of the most common questions we are asked on some of the webinar sessions we run is “What timeframe might be best for me to trade?”. This slightly longer article than we would usually write, seemed merited to provide some detai...
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 o...
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 encourage...
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 d...
Updated Product Disclosure Statement (PDS)
Metro Premium Finance 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 rec...
Margin Call Podcast – S1 E6: Karen Wong | Chapter Secretary of the Australian Technical Analysts Association
Karen Wong (Linkedin) is a private FX & Equities Trader, Sydney Chapter Secretary of the Australian Technical Analysts Association and technical contributor for Guppytraders.com. Karen’s entire career has been focused on private trading pri...
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 y...
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 ...
National Emergency
By Deepta Bolaky President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over the US-Mexico border swiftly after the spending bill was approved. It is not the first national emergency the US will face. Other situations of emergency were trigger...
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 ...
Margin Call Podcast – S1 E5: Andrea Marani | CEO of OpenMarkets
Andrea Marani (Linkedin) is the CEO of OpenMarkets and longtime operator in the financial services space. A South African at heart, the now Aussie financial operator has many runs on the board with organisations like Investec, Rabobank, Shaw &...