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Thanks for talking to us Josh. First and foremost, why the switch to XTB? To be perfectly honest, I had been at City Index (Gain Capital) for a decade and fancied a change. The industry has grown so much over my tenure that you have to constantly evolve to keep ahead of the competition. I
A divergence where an indicator has failed to confirm a new price high and is starting to roll-over, implying a tired uptrend. Indicators where negative divergences are most effective include the 14-day RSI, MACD, on-balance-volume, relative ratio, as well as breadth studies. Apple (AAPL) has struggled the past two weeks, underperforming the broader market. The chart exhibits a bearish momentum divergence. By that we mean the
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Managing your own SIPP certainly gives you a significant amount of control over your long term investments. But should you include CFDs in a SIPP account and which brokers offer CFDs in a SIPP? Here are the basics of trading CFDs in a SIPP account… Firstly can you hold CFDs in a SIPP? Yes, you
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IG has welcomed news that complaints against financial spread betting brokers are falling. The Financial Ombudsman has announced a dramatic decline in the number of complaints levied against financial spread betting firms. While the total number of complaints against the financial industry increased by approximately 50,000 spread betting moved the other way. A spokesperson is
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Peter Cruddas, the founder of leading spread betting broker CMC Markets was quoted in The Times this morning in an article about the end of churn and burn broking. Cruddas highlighted that the days of high client turnover was gone for CMC and that they were focusing on only the “tastiest fish in the sea”
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Online forex trading provider, FXCM, has announced the launch of its new HTML 5 platform in Europe. Trading Station Web 2.0 offers a host of new features including a simpler and more intuitive interface, multiple language offerings, a video library and a speculative sentiment indicator widget which allows you to analyse the trading patterns of
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David Papier, who’s been with ETX Capital, since 2014 gives us his views on why clients should trade with ETX Capital, what makes them stand out from the crowd and helping clients put together effective trading strategies. First and foremost, why should a client trade with ETX Capital as opposed to any other broker? People
As part of what it says is its ongoing crusade to improve transparency Forex and broker FXCM has launched its Effective Spread Widget. It shows the quoted spread for its top FX alongside the spread at which trades were filled – also called the effective spread – the difference is displayed in a tablet key.
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If you’re looking to escape the clutches of ESMA’s leverage cap by going with an ASIC regulated broker and taking your trading offshore here are a few things you need to know. ASIC regulated brokers Pepperstone is the largest Aussie broker by far. City Index, is a well established UK broker also regulated by ASIC
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ETX Capital’s award-winning TraderPro platform was relaunched last year with full HTML 5 functionality and boasting a range of new features. Here’s a quick look at three features you may have missed… In-chart trading You can now carry out virtually all your trading from within the charts. These innovative new design features make it possible
Top 3 new ETX Capital TraderPro platform features you may not know about… Read More »
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