What are pending orders?

buy limit order

Pending orders are instructions given by traders to their brokers or trading platforms to buy or sell an asset at a specific price in the future. These orders are also known as limit orders or stop orders and allow traders to set up trades ahead of time, even when they are not actively monitoring the market. Pending orders are useful … Read more

Oscillator of a Moving Average (OsMA) – Main Features

OsMA Oscillator

The OsMA (Moving Average of Oscillator) is a technical analysis indicator that measures the difference between an oscillator (usually the MACD) and its signal line (usually a moving average of the MACD).  The traditional OsMA is usually derived from the MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) indicator, which is itself a widely used momentum indicator, but other oscillators can also be … Read more

United States Existing Home Sales Indicator

Existing home sales indicator

General Definition The US Existing Home Sales is a report released by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) that provides information on the number of previously owned homes that were sold during a given month in the United States. The report tracks the number of completed transactions for single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and co-ops, and includes data on the median … Read more

Phillips curve, the relationship between unemployment and inflation

Phillips curve indicator

The Phillips curve is a principle of economic theory that establishes an inverse relationship between inflation and unemployment in a country. This is one of the many links established between the economic and monetary perspectives of the economy. In this article, we moved virtually to a class on macroeconomics at the University. But, unlike those tedious explanations where the slate … Read more

Quantitative Trading – Definition and Concept

Quantitative trading is a way of trading in financial markets using quantitative metrics that allow analyzing numerical variables. This type of trading uses only that information that can be represented by numbers, in tables or charts, that is, of a quantitative nature. For example, the value of the unemployment rate of a country or the evolution over time of the … Read more

What is the Forex spot market?

The cash market or spot market is one in which both the transaction and the settlement of a transaction coincide on the same date. Although it is considered a spot market when delivery occurs up to a maximum of 2 days later. The most important spot market is the Forex spot. In spot markets, transactions are usually settled within a … Read more

History of The Forex Market

  History of the foreign exchange market Money began to be used during the time of the pharaohs, although the Babylonians were the first to use notes and receipts. Since in the Middle East each town had its own currency, foreign currency transactions arose to facilitate commercial exchange between different individuals, regions, and towns. During the Middle Ages, merchants found … Read more

What are Commodities? – Definition, Types and Examples

What are commodities

A commodity is a word we hear very often, especially in countries with high production of raw materials such as agricultural products and metals for example. We can also say that commodity is a word that has entered the most common and informal language, imported from the economic and financial language. But … what is a commodity? How can it affect us?

A commodity is any good that is mass-produced by man, or of which there are large quantities available in nature, that has value or utility and a very low level of differentiation or specialization. But this definition is very broad and covers many different goods. However, there are many goods that do not meet our definition of a commodity and therefore are not considered as such. Here are some examples.

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