Just seven days ago I shared I was placing a bet that Trump or other market forces would bring back a measure of volatility to the market. The timing was pure luck, I could haveContinue reading
EUR/USD Economic Calendar: 8/8/17
My demo account at Forex.com was only valid for 30 days which ended sometime early last week. I went on ahead and set up a live account and initiated a small position going long theContinue reading
Trump vs North Korea Brings On Volatility
This afternoon President Trump presented a big red line to North Korea by threatening them with “fire and fury like the world has never seen” if the nation kept up its threats against the US.Continue reading
EUR/USD Economic Calendar: 8/4/17
Yesterday’s high impact event for EUR/USD was the release of the non-farm payrolls at 5:30 AM PST. Turns out the jobs report was stellar, with the US economy adding 209,00 jobs in July. This beatContinue reading
Trading Volatility
This has been quite an astounding bull market. No great leaps, it just keeps steadily climbing up, and up and up some more. Back in February of this year if you were bold enough toContinue reading
EUR/USD Economic Calendar: 8/3/17
There weren’t any high impact events yesterday for the EUR/USD pair, but today there was one. At 7:00 AM PST the Institute of Supply Management (ISM) Services/Non-Manufacturing Composite was released. Ideally we want this numberContinue reading
Can You Really Trade Forex 24 Hours a Day? Really?
No build up here, unlike traditional equity markets you really can trade the forex markets 24 hours a day. Out here on the West Coast I can trade currency pairs for hours in the morning beforeContinue reading
Market Report: July 2017
The following is the July 2017 PaperChase365 Market Report. Please note all returns below exclude dividends: The market continued to show its strength in July, despite the naysayers. Every sector I track put on gains,Continue reading
EUR/USD Economic Calendar: 8/1/17
I need to get a better understanding on how fundamentals drive forex. Experts share that GDP announcements, employment rates, trade balances, etc. all can have a considerable and immediate impact on the direction of aContinue reading
Forex Trading: A New Start
If you have been following this blog you may have noticed my increased interest in Forex trading. For the past month or so I have been playing around in demo account at Forex.com. I’ve alsoContinue reading