UK: The FCA and PRA If you live in the U.K., the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) are for you! On April 1, 2013, both of these agencies replaced the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as the financial industry’s regulatory bodies. The Financial Conduct Authority is a non-government agency funded by the firms they regulate,…
Back in the old school days of the 1920-30s, there was this mad genius and professional accountant named Ralph Nelson Elliott. By analyzing closely 75 years’ worth of stock data, Elliott discovered that stock markets, thought to behave in a somewhat chaotic manner, actually didn’t. When he hit 66 years old, he finally gathered enough…
Despite the forex market is the largest financial market in the world, it remains largely unregulated. There is no international organization or global agency that monitors and oversees the currency trading occurring all over the world in the interbank. Due to the unregulated nature of the spot FX market, this opens up the opportunity…
Heikin Ashi is a type of price chart that consists of candlesticks. Modified Japanese candlesticks. A Heikin Ashi chart filters market noise and provides a clearer visual representation of the trend. For beginner traders, this means that the trend is easier to see. For experienced traders, the Heikin Ashi charts help keep them in trending trades, while…
Watch out for forex broker scams! Believe it or not, there are some brokers who “cheat” their clients. One way they do so is by manipulating bid/ask spreads. Normal spreads between brokers would be around 2-3 pips but scammers would have spreads around 7-8 pips. Seven pips might not seem like a lot, but…
What are the limitations of Heikin Ashi? Unfortunately, Heikin Ashi is not the holy grail. Heikin Ashi definitely ain’t no Ed Sheeran song. It ain’t perfect. Just like any other tool used for technical analysis, Heikin Ashi is useful but it does have some weaknesses or limitations. Let’s go over what these limitations are. Heikin Ashi candlesticks…
Forex signal services do everything a robot does except the actual execution of trade entries. Besides possibly using an automated program, a “professional” trader may generate trading signals (for a fee, of course) for clients to act upon. However, you may be paying for a signal in which you do not know the rationale behind each…
Forex robot scams encompass Expert Advisors (also famously known as EAs) and other automated trading systems. What is a forex robot? In the forex world, a “robot” is a program that strictly uses technical signals to enter into trades and lets the human sleep in a hammock on a beach while he “makes” money. With a…
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Don’t have time to learn how to trade forex? Want to be part of the Billionaire’s Club? If you answered “yes” to these two questions, the forex managed accounts scam is the fraud for you! You can call our hotline at 1-800-4XFRAUDS! This scam operates by having an investor “invest” with a “professional” trader, who trades…