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What types of indicators do I need in my trading strategy?

As traders that we are, or pretend to be, we will spend most of the time looking for the best time to enter the market in a certain direction. In this search, we will use some tools such as technical indicators. From my point of view, any trader who bases his trading on technical analysis should use at least 4 types of indicators.

Well, rather, you should use those indicators that respond to the 4 basic trading needs: recognize the prevailing trend -> confirm the trend -> find the best entry -> find the best exit. These needs can be covered with the information of 1 or several indicators. Thus, I will classify the indicators into 4 categories according to the need they will cover, although this classification is for illustrative purposes only.

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Trend indicators
Trend Confirmation Indicators
Overbought/oversold indicators
Stop-loss and take-profit indicators

Financial Conduct Authority – FCA

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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is a quasi-governmental agency of UK which was created as a successor to the Financial Services Authority (FSA). This body is responsible for regulating firms that provide financial services for consumers of all types (including investors and individual traders) and to maintain the integrity of the financial markets in the UK. Basically the FCA focuses on the regulation of the conduct and integrity of the companies that provide financial services in the country (including those that are subject to supervision by the PRA). Like its predecessor the FSA, FCA is structured as a company limited by guarantee.

This entity is also responsible for the prudential regulation of small firms of the financial sector that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), such as Forex brokers.

The main stock indexes in the world and the funds that replicate them

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Investment in the stock markets has historically been very profitable. During the twentieth century in almost any decade buying equities proved to be a good strategy to preserve purchasing power. However, very few investors in that period will have obtained exactly the results that the market averages show.

When we talk about the evolution of the stock market and markets in general, we almost always refer to some index. This index is usually made up of a number of companies and aims to represent an important segment of the market. For example, the S&P 500, one of the most followed indices in the world, represents the equity of large companies in the United States. Its evolution is closely linked to the evolution of the US economy and companies.

Today we live in a very globalized world, and financial markets are increasingly interconnected. In the same way, more and more investors are observing global indices that seek to reflect the evolution of the economy worldwide.

Cryptomania Trading Contest for Demo Accounts of FXOpen

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The Forex broker FXOpen is organizing a new trading competition for demo accounts called “CryptoMania”, in which any trader who wants to test their skills to trade with cryptocurrencies and wins interesting prizes can participate. All customers of this broker, both new and existing, can participate. In addition to gaining experience in the markets, the winning participants can obtain prizes of up to USD3,000. No participation fee is required.

-Period of the competition: This trading tournament will be held from March 9 to April 3, 2020. The registration period ends on March 22, 2020.

XM demo account tutorial: How to open a new account?

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As in previous guides, this lesson is dedicated to explaining how to create a demo account in the Forex broker XM.

We will explain step by step and in a simple way how to activate an XM demo account or open a real account.

The demo account works as a virtual money trading simulator provided by the same platform.

It is important to know that this Forex broker provides access to the markets from any available device or operating system.

Types of Indicators in Technical Analysis

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To perform a consistent technical analysis, it is necessary to know what are the most important indicators to make our trading decisions. If you are starting your career in the world of trading, the price charts of different currency pairs can be overwhelming at first. In addition, it is confusing to know what are the most appropriate technical indicators to study for each price chart.

In this article, we are going to see the four basic groups of technical indicators that exist based on the information that each one presents. In ForexDominion we already have several articles that explain exactly how all these financial indicators work and how you can use them to analyze trends, price objectives, and strategies. Therefore, we are not going to focus on saying which type of technical indicator is the best, since each trader has its own tastes and strategies, neither in specific details of the indicators but in the general characteristics of these analysis tools, since our goal is to help the reader to better understand each indicator and its use.

US Congress discusses regulation of the Cannabis market with the Federal Reserve

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Medical and recreational marijuana has been opening spaces in several countries of the world and, more recently, in the United States. However, it seems that the regulatory frameworks in the great world power are not clear and there has been a discussion between a member of the American Congress and the central bank of this country, known as the Fed or Federal Reserve System. In a hearing that lasted for two days, the president of the Federal Reserve gave his opinion on various issues before the United States Congress, due to changes in the political and economic scenario since he took office in 2018. One of the issues discussed was the legal vacuum for authorized cannabis companies to operate with banks.

Background: marijuana in the United States and its legal status

The issue of Cannabis has become a headache for the American government. Its structure of independent political-administrative divisions makes regulatory frameworks complex, especially for such controversial issues as marijuana. According to the Business Insider analysis, Cannabis continues to make its way in the North American country. Although at the Federal level it is still illegal in the USA. In the US, many states have put to work to legalize their medicinal and even recreational use – the latter with more recent additions. Of the 50 states that make up the US territory, 33 have accepted the medicinal use of this psychotropic. Meanwhile, recreational use is more limited: only 10 states have been mounted on the train. The last to join was Michigan, where recreational marijuana was approved in December 2018.

From the commercial war to the currency war. How does the economic battle between the United States and China affect the economy?

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The trade war between the United States and China has lived its nth chapter, with the establishment of new tariffs between the two countries, for tens of billions of dollars.

Donald Trump and Xi Jinping continue to fight a battle that involves not only a commercial pulse between the two largest economic powers on the planet but also a fight for global supremacy, for the ability to influence throughout the world.

Naturally, this struggle between the two superpowers, which agglutinate 40% of the world’s GDP (another 20% corresponds to the European Union), affects not only both contestants, but also has multiple and varied effects on other economies. And more if we take into account that together with the increase in tariffs, we have a currency war, more or less buried.

Trading system for MT4 with RAVI FX Fisher and Market Guru indicators

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The trading system for MT4 that we are going to present below aims to enter market trends shortly after they begin. Therefore, it is not a counter-trend system, but rather a trend-following system that uses a series of technical indicators to detect changes in market direction as soon as possible.

It is a system based on a series of well-known technical indicators such as the JCCI and moving averages, although there are also modified indicators that were designed for Metatrader 4. Therefore, this methodology can only be applied to this trading platform.

Together, all these tools are designed to analyze the market trend and determine when a change is likely to occur. However, given that the trend changes are not easy to predict and before one occurs there may be false signals, especially in range markets, it is recommended that the trader always apply risk control and monetary management measures that decrease the impact of losing trades.

As always, it is recommended to test this system in a demo account before using it to trade with real money.

Wuhan coronavirus: how is a pandemic transmitted to the global economy?

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News about the expansion of the coronavirus makes headlines in the news. Many people wonder if this epidemic could spread on a large scale if it will be the next pandemic and will seriously affect not only a large part of the world’s population but also the global economy.

On Tuesday, February 4, the director of global preparedness for the risks of infection of the World Health Organization (WHO) explained that we still cannot talk about a pandemic (which would be when a disease spreads worldwide), but of an epidemic with multiple foci.

In addition to health effects, the impact on the global economy could be very high. If we move to the past only a few years ago we find SARS, the severe acute respiratory syndrome that had its origin in Southeast Asia, and that has some kinship with the coronavirus.

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