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What is XAU/USD? XAU/USD is the price of 1 ounce of gold (XAU) quoted in US dollars. Trading the pair offers benefits such as acting as a safe haven asset in volatile markets, enhancing portfolio diversification due to its inverse correlation with other assets, and providing high liquidity for quick transactions. However, it comes with challenges...
The 5-3-1 forex strategy emphasises focus on five currency pairs, concentration on three trading strategies and trading only at a particular time in a day. Let’s dive more into this. 1. Five Trading Instruments Here, you’re expected to choose a maximum of 5 currency pairs. This controls your desire to trade every asset you come across and enables...
Sentiment analysis in forex is the method of assessing how other investors feel about a market in any given moment. This analysis is about deciphering the collective mood or emotional tone of participants towards a currency pair. Are they positive, hopeful or negative and pessimistic? Are the majority buying or selling? How to carry out sentiment analysis...
COT is a statistical publication made every Friday at 3:30pm EST by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the US. Regarded as a sentiment indicator, it shows a picture of traders’ positions as of the preceding Tuesday. All open positions are revealed in a categorised format. The aim is to enhance market transparency and potentially prevent price manipulation. Interestingly,...
Margin trading is a trading method that helps traders use their account balance as collateral to access bigger capital from a broker or prop firm. It enables traders to open positions that multiply their balance. We will look at how it works and break down its key components: How does margin trading work? When trading on margin,...
