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Fed to the rescue… again!!

Someone should buy Ben Bernanke and Hank Paulson a pair of super-hero suits, because they’ve come to the rescue again!
Back in March (the last time were down at these levels) they stepped in to rescue the markets when they were on key Fibonacci support levels… Today I’m going to post the mail I sent out to all of …

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First time for everything

Things have been a bit frantic since the last Blog post, both for myself and the markets! As well as speaking at the IX Investor Show and the Trading Symposium I have also finished the first draft of my up-coming book; “Candlestick Charts. An introduction to using candlestick charts”. I just hope there isn’t someone round at Harriman House right …

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Spread Betting – What to trade?

We spent Friday at the IX Investor show where there were many people that were looking into the idea of trading the markets using Spread Betting.
A question that often comes up is what to actually trade, when it comes to Indices like the FTSE and the Dow, because on most Spread betting platforms there are several choices of product. …

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Where did FuturesTechs come from?

We have had our new website available for around 1 month now and we are starting to gain momentum for our new “per end user” offering. Private Investors, CFD and Spread Bet traders are starting to sign up and see the value of our service.
In recent days we’ve seen some interesting moves in the markets:
Gold Futures have turned …

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Short Sterling the pick of the movers!

There’s plenty going on around the traps this week. Let’s just go through a few highlights:
Oil is the one getting the headlines, with ICE Brent Crude getting up to $135 before selling off hard today. The NYMEX WTI* has done a similar thing; selling off $5 from a high just above $135 over the course of today.
As of …

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Viva Las Vegas!!

I’ve just spent the last 5 days in Las Vegas; my first time there. Wow! What a place. I was immediately impressed with the sheer size of it all, especially casino complexes like Caesars Palace and the MGM Grand. While the main reason for the trip was purely for pleasure I couldn’t help but draw a few comparisons between trading …

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