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The nonfarm payroll or NFP is an economic news item which comes out once a month in the US and details the number of jobs added or lost in the economy over the month. This is always a big event and in most cases, massive movements in all markets are seen when it is released.
You can read more about the nonfarm payroll through the Wikipedia entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonfarm_payrolls
I'm going talk about trading the nonfarm payrolls.... don't do it! In my experience I've found t
December 2, 2011
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There are many times in a traders career where he or she will get to a point where they realise that they are using all sorts of complex and elaborate systems to get in and out of trades only to find that nothing is working or that it takes too much time and effort to do all the analysis. Having too much knowledge and expertise is not necessarily a good thing in trading, one can get something called 'analysis paralysis' where you just confuse yourself with all the knowledge you have and end up d
November 7, 2011
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Today I entered short on Gold after seeing a breakdown in the price action. My stop was in the correct place but what I hadn't anticipated was how much money I could have lost when I placed the trade.
I only realised what I had done after I had placed the order and it got triggered. I usually can deal with a 100 point (or pip) loss which amounts to around 2% of my capital. However, I had gone in at the same stake size as my normal trades but my stop was also the equivalent of 250 pips away wh
September 16, 2011
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