Trading News

The Interactive Brokers Group announced its clients will now be able to trade the popular commodity in as little as one ounce. Coupled with low commissions, trading on US gold offers conservative investors a means to hedge against inflation and unexpected market conditions. Trading US Gold Spot gold will be available for trading like any […]

ASIC-regulated forex and CFD broker, Pepperstone, has tightened spreads across major forex pairs on the Standard account. The online broker has also cut spreads on its Razor account. The move will be welcome news to active forex traders who could see a reduction in costs and an improvement in profit margins. New Forex Spreads Standard […]

CMC Markets has released an innovative new product that picks stocks using the Relative Rotation Graphs algorithm. The signature share baskets allow traders to follow a particular trading strategy while diversifying their existing portfolio. How It Works CMC Markets announced the initial selection of share baskets will use Relative Rotation Graphs. The algorithm homes in […]

The new savings account from NordFX leverages DeFi technology to generate passive income. Clients can also boost profits in the financial markets by taking a trading loan at 3%. Find out how the latest investing solution works. NordFX Savings Account DeFi, or decentralised finance, refers to blockchain-based applications that seek to remove financial intermediaries. Increasingly […]

How much of your portfolio should be in cryptocurrency? In previous articles, we discussed cryptocurrency as an alternative to stocks and gold. To some extent, it could be. The main issue with cryptocurrencies right now is their speculative nature. It means there’s a lot of volatility, often some 10x the level of stocks, depending on […]

ASIC-regulated broker Eightcap has made automated trading even easier. Clients can set up powerful trading algorithms with zero technical skills using the broker’s Capitalise.ai solution. The fee-free service offers an intelligent way to automate effective trading strategies, freeing up time and increasing market exposure. Find out how to get started with the new tool today. […]

Pepperstone has expanded its product range with spread betting and CFDs on leading UK shares. Previously, only US shares were available with the ASIC-regulated broker. The new asset class demonstrates the firm’s drive to deliver a suite of trading instruments for an increasingly global client. German and Australian shares are also available to trade. This new […]

ActivTrades has published its 2020 annual financial results with revenues of £46.5 million, over double the £20.6 million reported in 2019. The broker announced its best results since its 2001 inception with a surge in new trading accounts and interest across its range of products. ActivTrades 2020 Financial Results The FCA-regulated broker reported pre-tax profits […]

Increasingly, decision-making in the markets is done through artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and algorithmic decision-making.  Back in the 1990s and even into the 2000s and today, much analysis on financial markets and securities was done on spreadsheet programs like Microsoft Excel. That’s now changing to more complex ways of analyzing the world. The human […]

Lumber and other wood products went up massively in the early 2020s for various reasons. Many were related to the unique supply and demand parts of the market. Others were related to the monetary environment. We’ll put together the factors driving its movement, and also look at how this can impact other commodity markets that […]