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James Knowles is an Active Trader, and Trading Instructor. James began trading equities and options in 2008 during one of the greatest bull markets of all-time. As the tech boom became the tech bust, James hybridized his short-term trading approach to include Swing-Trading, and Algorithmic system design. James has further developed and refined his approach while working for some of the largest banks in Singapore.
Economic News Calendar Announcement Drive Fundamental Outlooks
Forex traders keep a close watch on the economic calendar because they know that economic announcements provide the data that analysts and […]
Gross Domestic Product (GDP) – Forex Calendar
Economic growth announcements report on how well a country’s economy is doing. Economies can move in one of three directions: […]
Trade Balance Report – Forex Calendar
Trade balance announcements report on how much a country is exporting compared to how much it is importing. Countries that […]
Consumer Confidence Report – Forex Calendar
Consumer confidence announcements report on how confident the consumers within an economy are. Confident consumers tend to spend more because […]
Business Confidence Report – Forex Economic Calendar
Business confidence announcements report on how confident the business managers within an economy are. Confident business managers tend to hire […]
What Does Your Economy Import?
Why do we care what goods or services a country imports? We care because if we know the primary goods and […]
Which Investment Vehicles Are Best For You in Forex?
Why is it important to know which investment vehicles are available for a given currency? We care because we are […]
What Are The Central Bank Mandates?
Why do we care about a country’s central bank, its mandates, and its gold and foreign currency reserve holdings? We care […]
The Role of Central Bank in The Foreign Exchange Market
Central banks do not like uncertainty or unusual levels of volatility in the Forex market. It is much harder to maintain […]
The Principles of Investment Flow
Investment flows represent the money that flows from one country to another as a result of the purchase or sale of assets […]
Retail Foreign Exchange Dealers
Retail traders are speculators. This one is pretty straightforward. You are a retail trader, and let’s face it, you are […]
Supply And Demand Drive The Forex Market
The forces of supply and demand seem to drive every other market on earth, so why shouldn’t they also drive […]
Fundamentals of Futures and Options Currency Exchange Markets
Futures Trading Market The currency futures, a type of forward outright deals, are derived from the spot price. As a […]
Multinational Corporations Role in Forex Markets
Multinational corporations are hedgers. Corporations that operate in multiple countries often run into scenarios in which they have accounts receivable […]
Key Player in The Foreign Exchange Market – Central Bank
Central banks are manipulators. Now, don’t get us wrong. Central banks are not malicious manipulators. They are not out in […]
Investor Fear in The Forex Market
One of the most important things to remember when you are trading in the Forex market is that the market is populated […]
Monitor The Forex Market: The 24 Hours Cycle
Monitoring what is happening throughout the day in the Forex market is much more difficult than monitoring what is happening […]
Government Interventions And Currency Manipulation
Government interventions and currency manipulation are situations in which a government, typically through its central bank, takes specific action in the […]
Government Intervention in the Foreign Exchange Market
Worried That the Currency Is Getting Too Weak Why would a government worry that its currency was getting too weak? Doesn’t […]
Government Intervention And Economic Calendar in Forex
Why do we care if the country that issued the currency has an over-involved government that likes to intervene in […]